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In my system, the MIB object snmpEngineBoots is not in sync between two Routing Engines in a dual Routing Engine device. Is this normal behavior?

By Erdem posted 02-01-2016 11:21

  

Question

In my system, the MIB object snmpEngineBoots is not in sync between two Routing Engines in a dual Routing Engine device. Is this normal behavior?

Answer

Yes, this is the expected behavior. Each Routing Engine runs its own SNMP process (snmpd), allowing each Routing Engine to maintain its own engine boots.

 

However, if both routing engines have the same engine ID and the routing engine with lesser snmpEngineBoots value is selected as the master routing engine during the switchover process, the snmpEngineBoots value of the master routing engine is synchronized with the snmpEngineBoots value of the other routing engine.

 

For more information, click Understanding SNMP implementation in Junos OS.


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