interface Top N Object Variable

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The particular variable to be sampled. Values between 0 and 22, point to MIB objects defined in IF-MIB [RFC2863]. Values between 23 and 37, point to MIB objects defined in EtherLike-MIB [RFC2665]. Values between 38 and 55, point to MIB objects defined in TOKENRING-MIB [RFC1748]. Values between 56 and 72, point to MIB objects defined in RMON-MIB [RFC2819]. Values between 73 and 75, point to MIB objects defined in BRIDGE-MIB [RFC1493]. Because SNMP access control is articulated entirely in terms of the contents of MIB views, no access control mechanism exists that can restrict the value of this object to identify only those objects that exist in a particular MIB view. Because there is thus no acceptable means of restricting the read access that could be obtained through the TopN mechanism, the probe must only grant write access to this object in those views that have read access to all objects on the probe. During a set operation, if the supplied variable name is not available in the selected MIB view, or does not conform the other conditions mentioned above, a badValue error must be returned. This object may not be modified if the associated interfaceTopNControlStatus object is equal to active(1).