This variable uniquely identifies the interface in the ifTable. The value is 0 if the interface is not present in the ifTable.
Sources for this description
Multiple manufacturers; see the original MIB MIB copies (LibreNMS/Observium Community)
OID reference
ethIfIfIndex
1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.2.2.1.3.2.1.2
Description
This variable uniquely identifies the interface in the ifTable. The value is 0 if the interface is not present in the ifTable.
Identification
Identifier and names
- Parent
- 1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.2.2.1.3.2.1 (ethIfEntry)
- Node code
- 2
- Node name
- ethIfIfIndex
- Category
- SNMP management object
- Numeric OID
- 1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.2.2.1.3.2.1.2
- URN notation
- urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.2.2.1.3.2.1.2
ASN.1, OID-IRI and named path variants
- ASN.1 notation
-
{1 3 6 1 4 1 2928 2 2 1 3 2 1 2}
- {iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1) netinsight(2928) netiGeneric(2) netiEthMIB(2) ethObjects(1) ethInterfaceGroup(3) ethIfTable(2) ethIfEntry(1) ethIfIfIndex(2)}
- {iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) enterprises(1) netinsight(2928) netiGeneric(2) netiEthMIB(2) ethObjects(1) ethInterfaceGroup(3) ethIfTable(2) ethIfEntry(1) ethIfIfIndex(2)}
- {iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) ldap-enterprise(1) netinsight(2928) netiGeneric(2) netiEthMIB(2) ethObjects(1) ethInterfaceGroup(3) ethIfTable(2) ethIfEntry(1) ethIfIfIndex(2)}
- {iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) vendor-objects(1) netinsight(2928) netiGeneric(2) netiEthMIB(2) ethObjects(1) ethInterfaceGroup(3) ethIfTable(2) ethIfEntry(1) ethIfIfIndex(2)}
- {iso(1) org(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1) netinsight(2928) netiGeneric(2) netiEthMIB(2) ethObjects(1) ethInterfaceGroup(3) ethIfTable(2) ethIfEntry(1) ethIfIfIndex(2)}
- {iso(1) org(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) enterprises(1) netinsight(2928) netiGeneric(2) netiEthMIB(2) ethObjects(1) ethInterfaceGroup(3) ethIfTable(2) ethIfEntry(1) ethIfIfIndex(2)}
- {iso(1) org(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) ldap-enterprise(1) netinsight(2928) netiGeneric(2) netiEthMIB(2) ethObjects(1) ethInterfaceGroup(3) ethIfTable(2) ethIfEntry(1) ethIfIfIndex(2)}
- {iso(1) org(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) vendor-objects(1) netinsight(2928) netiGeneric(2) netiEthMIB(2) ethObjects(1) ethInterfaceGroup(3) ethIfTable(2) ethIfEntry(1) ethIfIfIndex(2)}
- {iso(1) iso-identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1) netinsight(2928) netiGeneric(2) netiEthMIB(2) ethObjects(1) ethInterfaceGroup(3) ethIfTable(2) ethIfEntry(1) ethIfIfIndex(2)}
- {iso(1) iso-identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) enterprises(1) netinsight(2928) netiGeneric(2) netiEthMIB(2) ethObjects(1) ethInterfaceGroup(3) ethIfTable(2) ethIfEntry(1) ethIfIfIndex(2)}
- {iso(1) iso-identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) ldap-enterprise(1) netinsight(2928) netiGeneric(2) netiEthMIB(2) ethObjects(1) ethInterfaceGroup(3) ethIfTable(2) ethIfEntry(1) ethIfIfIndex(2)}
- {iso(1) iso-identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) vendor-objects(1) netinsight(2928) netiGeneric(2) netiEthMIB(2) ethObjects(1) ethInterfaceGroup(3) ethIfTable(2) ethIfEntry(1) ethIfIfIndex(2)}
- {iso(1) iso-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1) netinsight(2928) netiGeneric(2) netiEthMIB(2) ethObjects(1) ethInterfaceGroup(3) ethIfTable(2) ethIfEntry(1) ethIfIfIndex(2)}
- {iso(1) iso-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) enterprises(1) netinsight(2928) netiGeneric(2) netiEthMIB(2) ethObjects(1) ethInterfaceGroup(3) ethIfTable(2) ethIfEntry(1) ethIfIfIndex(2)}
- {iso(1) iso-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) ldap-enterprise(1) netinsight(2928) netiGeneric(2) netiEthMIB(2) ethObjects(1) ethInterfaceGroup(3) ethIfTable(2) ethIfEntry(1) ethIfIfIndex(2)}
- {iso(1) iso-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) vendor-objects(1) netinsight(2928) netiGeneric(2) netiEthMIB(2) ethObjects(1) ethInterfaceGroup(3) ethIfTable(2) ethIfEntry(1) ethIfIfIndex(2)}
- OID-IRI notation
- /1/3/6/1/4/1/2928/2/2/1/3/2/1/2
- /ISO/Identified-Organization/6/1/4/1/2928/2/2/1/3/2/1/2
- /ISO/3/6/1/4/1/2928/2/2/1/3/2/1/2
- Named path variants
- /iso/identified-organization/dod/internet/private/enterprise/2928/netiGeneric/netiEthMIB/ethObjects/ethInterfaceGroup/ethIfTable/ethIfEntry/ethIfIfIndex
- /iso/identified-organization/dod/internet/private/enterprise/netinsight/netiGeneric/netiEthMIB/ethObjects/ethInterfaceGroup/ethIfTable/ethIfEntry/ethIfIfIndex
- /iso/identified-organization/dod/internet/private/enterprises/2928/netiGeneric/netiEthMIB/ethObjects/ethInterfaceGroup/ethIfTable/ethIfEntry/ethIfIfIndex
- /iso/identified-organization/dod/internet/private/enterprises/netinsight/netiGeneric/netiEthMIB/ethObjects/ethInterfaceGroup/ethIfTable/ethIfEntry/ethIfIfIndex
- /iso/identified-organization/dod/internet/private/ldap-enterprise/2928/netiGeneric/netiEthMIB/ethObjects/ethInterfaceGroup/ethIfTable/ethIfEntry/ethIfIfIndex
- /iso/identified-organization/dod/internet/private/ldap-enterprise/netinsight/netiGeneric/netiEthMIB/ethObjects/ethInterfaceGroup/ethIfTable/ethIfEntry/ethIfIfIndex
- /iso/identified-organization/dod/internet/private/vendor-objects/2928/netiGeneric/netiEthMIB/ethObjects/ethInterfaceGroup/ethIfTable/ethIfEntry/ethIfIfIndex
- /iso/identified-organization/dod/internet/private/vendor-objects/netinsight/netiGeneric/netiEthMIB/ethObjects/ethInterfaceGroup/ethIfTable/ethIfEntry/ethIfIfIndex
- /iso/org/dod/internet/private/enterprise/2928/netiGeneric/netiEthMIB/ethObjects/ethInterfaceGroup/ethIfTable/ethIfEntry/ethIfIfIndex
- /iso/org/dod/internet/private/enterprise/netinsight/netiGeneric/netiEthMIB/ethObjects/ethInterfaceGroup/ethIfTable/ethIfEntry/ethIfIfIndex
- /iso/org/dod/internet/private/enterprises/2928/netiGeneric/netiEthMIB/ethObjects/ethInterfaceGroup/ethIfTable/ethIfEntry/ethIfIfIndex
- /iso/org/dod/internet/private/enterprises/netinsight/netiGeneric/netiEthMIB/ethObjects/ethInterfaceGroup/ethIfTable/ethIfEntry/ethIfIfIndex
- /iso/org/dod/internet/private/ldap-enterprise/2928/netiGeneric/netiEthMIB/ethObjects/ethInterfaceGroup/ethIfTable/ethIfEntry/ethIfIfIndex
- /iso/org/dod/internet/private/ldap-enterprise/netinsight/netiGeneric/netiEthMIB/ethObjects/ethInterfaceGroup/ethIfTable/ethIfEntry/ethIfIfIndex
- /iso/org/dod/internet/private/vendor-objects/2928/netiGeneric/netiEthMIB/ethObjects/ethInterfaceGroup/ethIfTable/ethIfEntry/ethIfIfIndex
- /iso/org/dod/internet/private/vendor-objects/netinsight/netiGeneric/netiEthMIB/ethObjects/ethInterfaceGroup/ethIfTable/ethIfEntry/ethIfIfIndex
- Additional combinations skipped.
SNMP properties
- Value type
- Integer32
- Maximum access defined by MIB
- read-only
- Status in MIB
- current
- Allowed ranges
- 0–2147483647
Using this OID with SNMP
At least one MIB declaration places this object in a table row. A value belongs to a row instance; its suffix depends on the row's INDEX or AUGMENTS definition. The index encoding is not inferred here.
Published row index: ethDevIndex, ethIfIndex.
snmpwalk [connection options] DEVICE .1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.2.2.1.3.2.1.2
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Published definition
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ethIfIfIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Integer32 (0..2147483647)
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This variable uniquely identifies the interface in the
ifTable. The value is 0 if the interface is not present in
the ifTable."
REFERENCE
"RFC 2863, ifIndex"
::= { ethIfEntry 2 }
Meaning
Descriptions
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Evidence
Source records
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Records for description 1Multiple manufacturers; see the original MIB MIB copies (LibreNMS/Observium Community)
ethIfIfIndex · currentMultiple manufacturers; see the original MIB MIB copies (LibreNMS/Observium Community)
Status in source: current.
Names: ethIfIfIndex
Technical details
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}- Multiple manufacturers; see the original MIB MIB copies (LibreNMS/Observium Community)
· Publisher's source file: Source package: observium-community-latest.tar.gz
Vendor MIB copy from the Observium Community archive.
Module: NETI-ETH-MIB
See published definition above
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