RE: SNMP Index Changes

From: Greg Ketell (gketell@juniper.net)
Date: Fri Jun 28 2002 - 10:25:03 EDT


That fits. The stable-index feature went into JUNOS 5.2. You'll be happy
once you switch.

GK

At 06:04 AM 6/28/2002, Owens, Shane (EPIK.ORL) wrote:
>We are currently running 5.1R2 but are in the process of moving to 5.3R1.
>The only indexes which don't appear to change are the permanent interfaces
>(fxp's, tap, pimd, etc) the GigE and Sonet interfaces seem to jump around
>quite a bit (especially on RE failovers).
>
>Shane
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Greg Ketell [mailto:gketell@juniper.net]
>Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 5:03 PM
>To: Julian Eccli; Owens, Shane (EPIK.ORL); juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
>Subject: RE: SNMP Index Changes
>
>
>Actually it should remain stable across reboots and reconfigurations unless
>there is HW change.
>
>This was not always the case, though. What release are you running?
>
>GK
>
>At 09:42 AM 6/27/2002, Julian Eccli wrote:
> >Shane,
> >
> >For SNMP the sequence of interface indices is determined by the
> >sequence those devices get initialized. Once the system is up and
> >running, the indices will remain fixed and stable, provided there is no
> >hot swap, reboot, or reconfiguration (sighup).
> >
> >You should be able to setup MRTG to track by interface IP.
> >
> >
> >-Julian
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Owens, Shane (EPIK.ORL) [mailto:sowens@epik.net]
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 6:12 AM
> > > To: juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
> > > Subject: SNMP Index Changes
> > >
> > >
> > > Does anyone else have a problem with Juniper re-indexing the
> > > interfaces after reboot, software loads, RE-switches etc? We seem
> > > to re-index after
> > > each of these event even with no physical port changes to the
> > > equipment
> > > which wreaks havoc on backend trending systems like Concord and MRTG.
> > >
> > > Shane
> > >
> > >
> > >



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