914

MB_ERR_DELETE_PROTOCOL_ERROR
Explanation
 Various rules limit the responses which an agent
is allowed to make in the first phase of a CMIP delete, when it send
the MIB.DeleteResponse syntax to CMIP services. This error, returned
to the agent application, indicates that the response was not allowed.
The reason depends on whether the instance is a subtree manager or
not and where the instance falls within the scope of the delete. 
This error is returned for six distinct conditions: 
 The instance is a subtree manager and is above the scope of the
delete and has answered accepted (0).
The instance is a subtree manager and is above the scope of the
delete and has answered rejected (1).
The instance is a subtree manager and is below the scope of the
delete and has answered stmChildrenOnly (2).
The instance is not a subtree manager and has answered stmChildrenOnly
(2).
The instance is below the scope of the delete and has answered
noOneSelected (3).
The instance has not answered with 0, 1, 2, or 3.

Programmer response
 Correct the application program 's delete-handling
code. Note that if the object instance is not a subtree manager (the
normal case), then conditions 1-3 are eliminated as possible causes.
Also note that condition 4 does not specify where the instance is
relative to the scope of the delete because non-subtree manager instances
are never allowed to answer stmChildrenOnly. Condition 5 is an error
because the filter for the delete is always stripped from the delete
indication before it is delivered to the instances which are below
the scope of the delete. Because these instances did not receive the
filter, they cannot possibly have failed to pass it. 