04-10-2012 11:06 AM - edited 03-07-2019 06:03 AM
I have a Cisco Catalyst C6506-E running IOS Version 12.2(18)SXF13, and a Catalyst 3750 running Version 12.2(25r)SEC.
I found an oddity looking at my VLANs configured between my 6500 and my 3750. On the 6500, VLAN 223 has an ifIndex of 218. The 3750's VLAN 223 has an ifIndex of 223. The relevant running-config entry for both sides of the trunk connecting the two are identical, namely:
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk native vlan 223
switchport trunk allowed vlan 223
switchport mode trunk
The 3750 is operating in VTP transparent mode, and the 6500 is operating in vtp server mode.
Could this difference in ifIndex or the VTP mode cause any performance penalty for devices on VLAN 223? Or is the ifindex attribute used solely for SNMP?
Thanks for your time,
Paul
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04-11-2012 04:56 AM
Greetings Paul,
The mapping between interface and ifIndex is only relevant for SNMP and will have no bearing on the forwarding performance of your switches.
It's expected that similar interfaces will have different ifIndex values across devices, as product families often use different methods of allocating the indexes (Catalyst 3750 typically allocates a matching ifIndex value to the VLAN number for SVIs reserving 1-4096 for that purpose, while 6500 typically assigns sequentially based on the order that interfaces are brought up).
Hope this helps,
/Phil
04-11-2012 04:56 AM
Greetings Paul,
The mapping between interface and ifIndex is only relevant for SNMP and will have no bearing on the forwarding performance of your switches.
It's expected that similar interfaces will have different ifIndex values across devices, as product families often use different methods of allocating the indexes (Catalyst 3750 typically allocates a matching ifIndex value to the VLAN number for SVIs reserving 1-4096 for that purpose, while 6500 typically assigns sequentially based on the order that interfaces are brought up).
Hope this helps,
/Phil
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