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Justin_Lanoue
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4 months ago
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How is everyone else handling network interface ID changes?

We run into this issue pretty often where let’s say a switch stack role changes and now all the interfaces have their ID change and now our techs are confused why there are duplicate interfaces and a...
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    Stuart_Weenig
    4 months ago

    Is `snmp ifindex persist` an option? That should maintain ifindices through the various changes like reboots or role changes.

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Stuart_Weenig
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4 months ago

Yeah, it should be the default. Back when switches had little to no flash rom, it wasn’t always an option. Guess no one ever updated it.

“It’s only a problem for SNMP and that won’t be around for much longer.” -- an engineer from 1988.