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SNMP: ifDescr and ifAlias

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:24 pm
by jbaird
Hi,

On all switches/routers that I have worked with, I see ifDescr used to describe the interface "number" (eg, ether1, Gi0/1, etc) and ifAlias used to describe the interface description (eg, "Backhaul to XYZ"). The Netonix SNMP implementation seems to combine the two:

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IF-MIB::ifDescr.4 = STRING: Port 4 - BH To SiteA


There doesn't seem to be anything populated in the ifAlias table on the Netonix switches. This is not a huge problem for us operationally, but for standard's sake, would it be an issue or a lot of work to do things the way that other vendors do it?

Thanks

Re: SNMP: ifDescr and ifAlias

Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 9:48 am
by jbaird
Eric,

Do you have any thoughts on this?

Thanks,

Josh

Re: SNMP: ifDescr and ifAlias

Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:47 am
by Eric Stern
Easy enough to do, I'll add it to the list of requested features.

Re: SNMP: ifDescr and ifAlias

Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 11:32 am
by jbaird
Thank you!