[c-nsp] SNMP for VRF [Lite] ?

[Tom Zingale (tomz)]

The MPLS-VPN-MIB is only supported on the 3750 metro not the 3750.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-
> bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Phil Mayers
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 1:45 AM
> To: Jeff Kell
> Cc: 'NSP List'
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] SNMP for VRF [Lite] ?
> 
> On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 23:06 -0400, Jeff Kell wrote:
> > Is there a quick way to determine if a switch has VRFs enabled via
SNMP?
> >
> > We have some network monitoring/manipulation procedures that get
> > "broken" when VRFs are enabled.  Logging into the CLI and doing a
'show
> > ip vrf' does the trick, but I am looking for a lightweight SNMP-able
> > variable I can pull from a generic switch (at least down to a 3550)
as
> > opposed to the more elaborate MPLS MIBs for the higher-end routers.
> 
> This is tedious to do, unfortunately.
> 
> There is some support for binding an SNMPv3 context to a VRF, such
that
> queries using that context see ip-related tables specific to the VRF,
> but that appears not to be present in the platforms I've tried it on
> (6500 + sup720, 3750) - maybe it's a GSR-ism. Google for:
> 
> site:cisco.com snmp vrf
> 
> I don't believe MPLS-VPN-MIB is supported for 3750s - certainly the
ones
> I am running (12.2(25)SEE1) don't answer queries for it. It's a pretty
> poor mib anyway - the tables are indexed by that stupid string format:
> 
> x.V.R.F.N.A.M.E.S.T.R.I.N.G.column.row
> 
> ...and is very, very slow on a 6500.
> 
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