[j-nsp] MX480 IPv6 interface counters

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> We have v6 enabled on our MX network - routing etc is working fine, but if I
> check the interface counters using "show int ... statistics detail" the IPv6
> transit statistics all read zero - this is on both 10GE and 1GE, physical
> and logical interfaces:
> 
>     Traffic statistics:
>      Input  bytes  :          92207894161
>      Output bytes  :        1133032537145
>      Input  packets:            755587366
>      Output packets:           2696355621
>      IPv6 transit statistics:
>       Input  bytes  :                   0
>       Output bytes  :                   0
>       Input  packets:                   0
>       Output packets:                   0
> 
> junos is 10.0R2.10

You need "set forwarding-options family inet6 route-accounting" to get
working IPv6 counters on MX. Still doesn't work on for instance M7i.

> Also - does anyone know the OID to query the IPv6 interface counters
> (assuming they're working) - browsing the juniper ipv6 mib it appears
> possible to only query the total number of ipv6 packets across the platform
> as a whole (and derivatives of that information).

Juniper doesn't have proper RFC 4293 IPv6 MIB support yet. I believe it
is under development, but I have no idea when it'll be available.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no