Error in Smarts discovery: Agent violates lexicographic ordering.

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance
• Network Observability

Issue/Introduction

Device not properly discovered, error in domain log file

SWFE-W-Agent violates lexicographic ordering in response to GET_NEXT: Agent:
<DeviceIP>, First OID: .1.3.6.1.2.1.17.4.3.1.2.0.48.123.148.107.48

Environment

All Supported Smarts versions

Cause

The Vendor's SNMP implementation is buggy.

Resolution

This indicates that the SNMP agent violates the standard protocol.  Smarts cannot handle this violation but issues a warning so that the customer can address this problem. It will result with a discovery-error or incomplete discovery. Please file a defect report with the device's vendor.