Re: [Devmon] Help with Index Transforms

[Buchan M. <bg...@st...>]

On Monday, 8 August 2011 19:02:10 White, Bruce wrote:
> HI all,
> 
> I'm trying to create my own template  (first one) for a new Cisco Nexus
> n7000 switch.  I see in the documentation the INDEX transforms option
> but the example is not very good and I can't get it to work.
> Unfortunately with the new Nexus switches the ifName, ifAlias, etc. is
> not stored using a number which is just incremented, but by an Index you
> can find in the ifIndex field (OID = .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.1 ).  So to get
> the name you need the ifIndex and then you can get the correct ifName.
> Like:
> 
> IF-MIB::ifIndex.436207616 = INTEGER: 436207616
> IF-MIB::ifDescr.436207616 = STRING: Ethernet1/1

This is not the case for which the INDEX transform was created.

There shouldn't be any real complications here, as this looks like a standard 
IF-MIB usage, ifTable is usually a single table indexed by the same index.

The example given for the INDEX transform is the actual reason it was created, 
where the index is not provided as a value, and can only be seen as the suffix 
of the OID, and is used in a *different* table.

But, I'll reply in more detail to your other mail.

Regards,
Buchan