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Description

This article provides information on how to identify which MAC address (non-default VLAN) is learnt from which interface via SNMP.

Note: This article applies only to legacy EX series products.

Symptoms

For the default VLAN, the dot1dTpFdbAddress object is available to list all the learnt MAC entries.
For the non-default VLAN, the customer may expect that dot1qTpFdbAddress can achieve the same requirement.
Unfortunately, dot1qTpFdbAddress is not available in Junos, as per RFC 4363 .

Solution

With the following ethernet-switching table as a reference, the procedure to identify which interface is learnt from which MAC address for a certain VLAN is as follows:

{master:0}
lab@EX10> show ethernet-switching table 
Ethernet-switching table: 7 entries, 4 learned
  VLAN              MAC address       Type         Age Interfaces
  default           *                 Flood          - All-members
  vlan750           *                 Flood          - All-members
  vlan750           00:26:88:6d:a9:81 Learn       4:04 ge-0/0/4.0
  vlan750           00:26:88:6d:a9:87 Learn          0 ge-0/0/4.0
  vlan750           00:26:88:74:15:01 Static         - Router
  vlan750           00:26:88:79:4e:4d Learn          0 ge-0/0/10.0
  vlan750           00:26:88:79:4e:4e Learn          0 ge-0/0/11.0

For example, refer to the line highlighted in blue above; it belongs to vlan750 .

Use dot1qVlanStaticName to obtain the VLAN internal index for vlan750 . The following output indicates that the value is 4 :

{master:0}
lab@EX10> show snmp mib walk dot1qVlanStaticName | match vlan750 
dot1qVlanStaticName.4 = vlan750

The corresponding CLI command is as follows:

{master:0}
lab@EX10> show vlans vlan750 extensive | match index    
802.1Q Tag: 750, Internal index: 4, Admin State: Enabled, Origin: Static

Use dot1qTpFdbPort to obtain all of the entries of the right VLAN (add .4 for the required VLAN)

{master:0}
lab@EX10> show snmp mib walk dot1qTpFdbPort.4                   
dot1qTpFdbPort.4.0.0.0.0.0.0 = 0
dot1qTpFdbPort.4.0.38.136.109.169.129 = 517
dot1qTpFdbPort.4.0.38.136.109.169.135 = 517
dot1qTpFdbPort.4.0.38.136.116.21.1 = 0
dot1qTpFdbPort.4.0.38.136.121.78.77 = 523
dot1qTpFdbPort.4.0.38.136.121.78.78 = 524

Obtain the MAC address and port interface Index from the value that was obtained in step 2:
```
dot1qTpFdbPort.4.0.38.136.121.78.77 = 523
```
0.38.136.121.78.77 is the MAC address in the decimal format and 523 is dot1dBasePortIfIndex .
Convert the MAC address from the decimal format to the Hexadecimal format:
```
0.38.136.121.78.77 (Dec)
```
equal to
```
0:26:88:79:4E:4C (Hex)
```

Obtain the interface SNMP IfIndex from dot1dTpFdbPort :

{master:0}
lab@EX10> show snmp mib walk dot1dBasePortIfIndex | match 523 
dot1dBasePortIfIndex.523 = 514

Here, 514 is the SNMP IfIndex for the actual interface.

Obtain the interface name from the SNMP IfIndex :

{master:0}
lab@EX10> show snmp mib get ifName.514 
ifName.514    = ge-0/0/10.0

This interface name can also be obtained from the SNMP IfIndex by using the following CLI command:

{master:0}
lab@EX10> show interfaces extensive | grep SNMP | match 514 
  Logical interface ge-0/0/10.0 (Index 67) (SNMP ifIndex 514) (Generation 132)

With the above procedure, the 00:26:88:79:4e:4d MAC address from the ge-0/0/10 interface under vlan750 was identified. You can use the same procedure to obtain all of the MAC addresses and interface names for vlan750 .

Modification History

2020-05-20: Added note that this article only applies to legacy EX products.