[F10-nsp] code to determine IfIndex

[Aaron Glenn]

On 6/19/07, Jo Rhett <jrhett at svcolo.com> wrote:
> If you build your own internal management tools, you may have found the
> following page lacking in useful details:
>    https://www.force10networks.com/CSPortal20/KnowledgeBase/SNMPFAQ.aspx
>
> Well, using that information and snmpwalk output, I found the following
> code to determine the IfIndex.
>
> The only gotcha is that you really need to know the card type to get the
> interface index, which I think blows chunks.  So to use this script you
> may need to modify the cardtype value to match your environment.  The
> script as published below assumings slot 0-1 contains 24-port SFP cards,
> and all other slots contain 48-port copper cards.

I apologize if I'm having a major brain fart and just not realizing it
-- but wouldn't one rather work the other way. Meaning, lets
discover/poll the device, get the ifIndexes, and then calculate
everything?

aaron