Use of the File Tranfer MIB could be used with other MIBS in the following manner: a) Use another MIB/means to verify available space /make room for a file to be transfered to this device b) Use this MIB to download the file c) Use another MIB/means to select the file you want to make active if your selecting firmware for example. d) Use another MIB/means to reset the device. A management station wishing to initiate a file transfer needs to create an entry in this table. To do so, you must first identify the entPhysicalIndex of the device you intend to do the transfer with. You should then create the associated instance of the row status It must also, either in the same or in successive PDUs, create an instance of mpeDevFileXferFileName, mpeDevFileXferFileType, . mpeDevFileXferServerIpAddress, mpeDevFileXferOperation. It should also modify the default values for the other configuration objects if the defaults are not appropriate. Once the appropriate instance of all the configuration objects have been created, either by an explicit SNMP set request or by default, the row status should be set to active to initiate the request. Note that this entire procedure may be initiated via a single set request which specifies a row status of createAndGo as well as specifies valid values for the non-defaulted configuration objects. Once the MpeDevFileXferConfigEntry request has been created (i.e. the mpeDevFileXferRowStatus has been made active), the entry cannot be modified - the only operation possible after this is to delete the row. Once the request completes, the management station should retrieve the values of the status objects of interest, and should then delete the entry. In order to prevent old entries from clogging the table, entries could be aged out, but an entry will never be deleted within 5 minutes of completing.