[j-nsp] DOM: SNMP polling of RX power for 1 GE SFP impossible?

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> I would like to monitor with Nagios and graph the power received by
> the optical transceivers (MX240 + DPCE-R, MX80).
> 
> My understanding of the situation is: 
> 
> - digital optic monitoring is available on both 1 GE SFP and 10 GE XFP
>   transceivers
> 
> - the CLI command
>       show interfaces diagnostics optics ge-1/0/0 | match Receiver
>   works for both 1 and 10 GE
> 
> - starting with 10.4, the DOM MIB [1] is *only* for 10 GE XFP
> 
> So there is no way to poll by SNMP the power for 1 G SFP. Strange. 

Yes, this is a significant omission, and you're certainly not the only
one to notice it. If enough people ask about it, maybe Juniper will do
something...

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no