[c-nsp] OID to pick up Device Type of Cisco devices

[mussieg at comcast.net]

I highly doubt you will find an OID that tells you if a device is router or a switch.  For awhile now, Cisco has managed to merge the various functions (bridge, switch, router ..etc) into a single chassis.  Your best bet might be to create your own mapping file and use the output of sysDescr.0 to determine which one is which .. 


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From: "Lakshminarayanan P" <lnarayanan.p at gmail.com>
> Hi All,
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> There is a requirement for me to pick up "device types" of Cisco devices
> using SNMP. Could somebody share a OID or direct me to the MIB file that can
> help me get this information?
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> For example, a 2811 polled with this OID should return a value which says
> that the device is a "Router".
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> While I understand that a lot of Cisco modular devices can act as a Switch /
> Router / Firewall / Load Balancer based on the modules installed and/or the
> IOS running, I just need to get the basic device type. As an example, a
> Catalyst 6500 chassis polled with this OID should return something like
> "Switch" regardless of the presence of a Firewall Services Module on it.
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> Is there such an Object?
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> Thanks in anticipation.....
> 
> Lakshminarayanan
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