Description

When fxp0 is configured under a logical-system , SNMP polling to the interface will fail. This article explains the issue and suggests two alternative configurations.

Symptoms

How do you configure for SNMP polling to fxp0 while when it is configured in a  logical-system ?

Solution

Example : SNMP polling will not work to fxp0 when configured like this:


logical-systems {
     management {
           interfaces {
                  fxp0 {
                       unit 0;
                   }
           }
           routing-options {
                  static {
                        route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop x.x.x.x;
                  }
           }
     }
}

If the goal is to have SNMP poll to fxp0, then fxp0 cannot be configured under logical-systems or within a routing instance.

For SNMP polling to fxp0 to work, there are two alternatives:

  1. Configure fxp0 outside of the logical-systems /routing instance

  2. Configure a different interface under the local-systems /routing instance and poll to that interface instead