The List commands provide read access to a system's MIF database and enable a management application to query the manageable entities within a system. These commands allow a system to be probed to determine its characteristics without incurring the overhead of executing the code required to retrieve current values. All list commands take the following form:

Form

Behavior
List
Accesses lists randomly
List First
Accesses lists from the start
List Next
Accesses lists in sequential order

Specific List commands return information on individual entities. List First and List Next commands return data in a bulk fashion. There are also List commands to retrieve the description fields from a system.

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