[j-nsp] Managing MX480 fxp0

[Chuck Anderson]

You could also put your production traffic into a VRF (not a logical 
system).  Not sure if MS-DPC will work for VRFs (routing-instances).

On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 03:54:15PM +0800, Chen Jiang wrote:
> You cannot put fxp0 into VRF but could put it into a logical system. And
> logical system also have a seperate routing table other than inet.0.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 3:16 AM, Jim Devane <jdevane at switchnap.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I need some ideas/help on a scenario I am sure comes up a lot but having
> > problems with.
> >
> > I have an MX480. I want to be able to manage this MX from an internal
> > (1918) network through the fxp0 port. The internal network is not flat but
> > routed and there are several subnets which may contact the MX for
> > management/polling. I was thinking/hoping to set up a VRF for this port and
> > set routes/default route for the VRF to connect. It turns out I am not able
> > to put fxp0 into a routing-instance. (errors on config checkout)
> > So I put everything production in to a logical system leaving the fxp in
> > the master instance and installing a default route for the master instance.
> > This works, but now the MS-DPC will not export flows if it is in a logical
> > system. So the logical system is out b/c the MS-DPC has to be in the master
> > instance. But I can't but the fxp0 into a logical/routing instance.
> >
> > What is the BCP/recommended method for managing this box if fxp0 is not a
> > "public" routed interface?
> >
> > Unfortunately, I don't have another port to place into a VRF besides the
> > fxp0 (all other ports are 10G)
> >
> > Thanks for any help/ideas!
> > Jim