[ixpmanager] Issue in Discovering MAC addresses with the script

[Ahmed Al-Saruri]

Hello,

Thank you for your support.

I will try to update this email when the bug with the ifDescr  is resolved.

On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 6:00 PM Nick Hilliard (INEX) <nick at inex.ie> wrote:

> Ahmed Al-Saruri wrote on 02/08/2019 15:14:
> > The switchport is the same for all interfaces which is:
> > OcNOS-1-3-6-248-DC-IPBASE-IP Infusion-Hw Model is EC_AS5812-54X
> >
> > This is a bug and being fixed by vendor. I am not sure if it is the
> > reason for my issue here or not.
>
> yup, that's definitely both a bug and the cause of this particular
> problem.  Once they fix this, update-l2database.pl should work a good
> deal better.
>
> ifDescr should present the interface name.  There is a lot of dispute in
> snmp circles about what ifName, ifDescr and ifAlias should really
> contain.  Unfortunately a mistake was made by a specific vendor in the
> 1980s when they put the interface name into ifDescr and all other
> vendors have copied this mistake since then.  It would be good if
> IPInfusion could also do this because if they don't, then their snmp
> implementation will be largely incompatible with everyone else's.
>
> > Regarding the switchhostname I have changed the name only when copied to
> > you to hide the real name. There is no space in it.
>
> ok, just checking :-)
>
> Nick
>


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Warm Regards,
Ahmed Alsaruri
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