Re: [IPFIX] IPFIX export: SNMP versus physical Interface

[Juergen Schoenwaelder <[e-mail]>]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 01:30:17PM +0100, Paul Aitken wrote:
> Dear IPFIXers,
> 
> I noticed that the definitions of fields 10 and 14, and fields 252
> and 253 are confusingly similar. See below.
> 
> Cisco uses fields 10 and 14 to export the logical or virtual
> interface (eg. SVI, tunnel), while fields 252 and 253 export the
> actual physical interface.
> 
> For example, if we have an SVI configured on a VLAN, the SNMP index
> of the SVI would be exported using fields 10 and 14, while the SNMP
> index of the physical port in that VLAN would be exported with
> fields 252 and 253.
> 
> So I propose to update fields 10 and 11 to say, "the index of the
> logical or virtual interface ...", to contrast with 252 and 253
> which say, "The index of a networking device's physical interface
> ...".

Not sure this is right because if I only have a physical interface and
no logical/virtual interfaces, I think I still want to report the
physical interface in fields 10 and 11, no? I am not sure why there is
actually a need to change something here.

/js

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