[j-nsp] What is pc-2/0/0 Type: PIC-Peer?

[Guy Davies]

Hi Chuck,

This is an interface associated with each IQ2 PIC.  It is there for
management purposes and doesn't need to be touched normally.  Just
leave it to quietly get on and don't worry about it ;-)

Rgds,

Guy

On 07/03/2008, Chuck Anderson <cra at wpi.edu> wrote:
> On my shiny new M120 running 8.5 I have this "PIC-Peer" interface
>  which was transmitting ~6000 pps / ~30 Mbps until I changed something
>  in the config (not sure what caused it to stop--I can probably go back
>  and correlate the time on the graph to the log in the router to see
>  what changed).  Now as you can see, it is doing very little traffic.
>  What is this interface for and why was it pushing so much traffic?
>
>  > show interfaces pc-2/0/0
>  Physical interface: pc-2/0/0, Enabled, Physical link is Up
>   Interface index: 139, SNMP ifIndex: 34
>   Type: PIC-Peer, Link-level type: PIC-Peer, MTU: Unlimited, Speed: 800mbps
>   Device flags   : Present Running
>   Interface flags: Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps Internal: 0x4000
>   Link type      : Full-Duplex
>   Link flags     : None
>   Last flapped   : 2008-02-19 14:12:44 EST (2w2d 19:16 ago)
>   Input rate     : 1672 bps (3 pps)
>   Output rate    : 2480 bps (2 pps)
>
>   Logical interface pc-2/0/0.16383 (Index 71) (SNMP ifIndex 35)
>     Flags: Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps Encapsulation: PIC-Peering
>     Protocol inet, MTU: Unlimited
>       Flags: None
>       Addresses, Flags: Is-Preferred Is-Primary
>         Destination: 10.0.0.48, Local: 10.0.0.1
>       Addresses
>         Local: 10.0.0.6
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