The SNMP provider returns a subset of the properties present within an instance of a class because the SNMP agent is returning key information that is incompatible with the CIM MOF definition.

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

Further description:

The SNMP provider uses a GET-NEXT operation to retrieve instance information from a device. The device may return keyed property information that is inconsistent with the MOF definition of the class being retrieved. Where keyed properties are marked with the virtual_key qualifier value set to True, these properties are derived from the SNMP instance information present within the variable binding list of the non-virtual-keyed and non-keyed properties present within the class definition. These properties are not initialized because the typing information is inconsistent with the MOF class definition.

Solutions:

• Check that the MOF class definition is consistent with the SNMP MIB definition used to derive it.
• Check with the SNMP agent vendor to determine the expected typing for these properties.