[j-nsp] Out-of-band on J-series

[Leigh Porter]

Phil Mayers wrote:
> So,
>
> On our M7i we use the 100meg management port to connect into our OOB
> network. This network is a physically separate, flat addressed private
> IP /16.
>
> On the J-series, one does not have an fxp0 with the associated
> protection from accidentally switching packets. What do other people do?
> Use a routing instance with a spare port as the member? What
> disadvantages does that give you (can you syslog into a routing
> instance? ntp? snmp trap?)
No you can not, it is a pain. Everything managementish comes from the
default router instance. We have a seperate management MPLS VPN and it
would be great if traps and things could originate from this!

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Leigh