[nsp] 12.2(14)S ifOperStatus = 6

[Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer)]

Hi Mikhail,

>
> a few days ago we upgraded IOS on 7206VXR/NSE-1 from 12.2(7a) to
> 12.2(14)S -- 12.2(7a) had a terrible bug with NetFlow, and
> the reason we
> chose 12.2(14)S was that another 7206VXR with NPE-300 run
> 12.0S without any
> problems (12.0S does not support NSE-1, 12.2S does).
>
> NetFlow is working fine now, but something is not going right
> with SNMP :
>
> There is a Serial PPP interface configured on abovementioned
> 7206VXR, that
> is running OK :
> Router#sh int ser4/7:0
> Serial4/7:0 is up, line protocol is up
>   5 minute input rate 3000 bits/sec, 6 packets/sec
>   5 minute output rate 34000 bits/sec, 6 packets/sec
>
> Let's now snmpwalk into router to get status of Se4/7:0 interface :
> interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifDescr.X = "Serial4/7:0"
> interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifAdminStatus.X = up(1)
> interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifOperStatus.X = 6
>
> ifOperStatus.X = 6 --- should be up(1), why 6 ?
> ftp://ftp.cisco.com/pub/mibs/v2/IF-MIB.my states :
> ifOperStatus OBJECT-TYPE
> <skip>
> notPresent(6),    -- some component is missing
> <skip>
> it should remain in the notPresent(6) state if the interface
> has missing
> (typically, hardware) components."
> But as we have seen before, interface is up and working !
>
> Has anyone seen anything like that ? Is that a bug or a feature ? :-)


It's a known bug. Check out CSCdz51138.

	oli