[j-nsp] [OT] unit-level vs interface-level description

phil at juniper.net phil at juniper.net
Wed May 29 17:45:25 EDT 2013


>On Tuesday, May 28, 2013 04:14:11 PM Daniel Roesen wrote:
>> Given that most management applications discover the SNMP
>> interface instance with the IP address attached to it
>> and display the interface description of that ifIndex
>> only, I usually only use the logical interface (unit)
>> description. Unless with multi-unit interfaces, where I
>> document the physical remote side in physical interface
>> level description, and the service description on the
>> unit.

Should SNMP have the description for units default to the description
for the interface?  Would that be helpful or just confusing?

Thanks,
 Phil


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