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

Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer) oboehmer at cisco.com
Tue Aug 7 02:18:02 EDT 2007


Jeff Kell <> wrote on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 5:07 AM:

> 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. 
 
Have you checked if your platforms support the "MPLS-VPN-MIB", for
example mplsVpnConfiguredVrfs (1.3.6.1.3.118.1.1.1)?

Do you manager your vrf-lite switches in the global routing table, or
via a VRF? If mgmt is done via the global table, not sure if you need to
pay attention to vrfs..

	oli


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