Description

This article describes the procedure to poll an SRX device for the statistics of a particular interface.

Symptoms

A network administrator often needs to poll SRX devices for various statistics, such as the bandwidth used, input errors, output errors, and so on, of a particular interface.

For example, if the Internet bandwidth usage of a perimeter firewall needs to be calculated, it is best to poll the firewall for the input and output traffic rate on the Internet-facing interface. 

The procedure described in this article will help the administrator do this.

Solution

To poll SRX devices:

  1. Extract the SNMP index of the interface using the following CLI command:

    > show interfaces <interface-name> extensive

    For example :

    root# run show interfaces ge-0/0/0 extensive
    Physical interface: ge-0/0/0, Enabled, Physical link is Up
         Interface index: 134, SNMP ifIndex: 508, Generation: 137       >>>>>>>>SNMP Index = 508<<<<<<<<<<<<

  2. Locate the MIB file.

    mib-jnx-if-extensions is the MIB that will help in obtaining interface statistics.

    The following links provide more information on this MIB:

    http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos14.2/topics/concept/mib-interface-junos-overview.html
    http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos14.2/topics/reference/mibs/mib-jnx-if-extensions.txt

  3. Locate the required OID and append the SNMP index of the interface.

    For example:

    ifIn1SecRate - .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.3.3.1.1.1
    Input rate on interface ge-0/0/0 of Step 1:  .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.3.3.1.1.1.508

    ifOut1SecRate - .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.3.3.1.1.4
    Output rate of interface ge-0/0/0 of Step 1: .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.3.3.1.1.4.508

    Once the required OID is obtained, an SNMP get request can be sent to the SRX to obtain the corresponding value.

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