[c-nsp] SNMP query mac-address-table on 6500/7600 IOS

Richard A Steenbergen ras at e-gerbil.net
Sat Aug 2 18:14:10 EDT 2008


On Sat, Aug 02, 2008 at 02:20:49PM -0500, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
> Is there a way to SNMP query the mac-address-table on a 6500/7600 sup720 
> running IOS (SXF, SRC, whatever)? There are some docs on the subject for 
> lower end catalysts but I'm not getting any data under dot1dTpFdbTable or 
> anything else useful from the bridge mib.
> 
> I'll also settle for alternative ways to solve my problem... I'm trying to 
> identify the actual physical port that a specific IP address (or mac 
> address, since I already have that) is being sent to, when that IP address 
> is routed via a L3 vlan iface that is trunked via multiple switchports. 
> Querying the mac-address-table seems like the easiest way, except I can't 
> seem to make it work via snmp.

Sigh nevermind, found the problem. Seems you have to use a community of 
blah at vlanid to access the bridge mib.

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