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

[Mateusz Błaszczyk]

2008/11/1 Lincoln Dale <ltd at cisco.com>:
> Karl Gaissmaier wrote:
>>>
>>> Maybe RFC1213 ipForwarding would work
>>>
>>>          ipForwarding OBJECT-TYPE
>>>              SYNTAX  INTEGER {
>>>                          forwarding(1),    -- acting as a gateway
>>>                          not-forwarding(2) -- NOT acting as a gateway
>>>                      }
>>>

> the challenge is how to use this moving forward on Cisco platforms that have
> dedicated out-of-band management interfaces (e.g. Nexus platforms), because
> technically speaking, they ALWAYS have at L3 interface configured (mgmt0
> out-of-band) which is L3 by definition because it exists in its own
> 'management' VRF).
> its one case where the MIB falls down & is showing its age.
> in the case of Nexus, we're thinking about 'lying' in the ipForwarding
> answer to exclude 'management VRF' but even so . . .

does it mean that the value of nexus' mgmt VRF is 0 or 1 for ipForwading?
I understand that it should be 0 as it is a host,  not a gateway, shouldn't it?

-- 
-mat