A method is disclosed for Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) bulk information processing. A request for a plurality of object instances stored in a storage space is received. The request specifies a condition and a maximum number of repetitions. The values of one or more object instances of the plurality of object instances are retrieved. The retrieval of object instance values is terminated when the condition is satisfied even though the maximum number of repetitions is not reached. For example, the condition may be specified by one or more pairs of Object Identifier (OID) values, wherein each pair is represented by a starting OID value and an ending OID value. In this example, the condition is satisfied when an OID value of an object instance that is retrieved is not lexicographically between the starting OID value and the ending OID value of any pair of the one or more pairs.