Using the Management Interface
Overview
OcNOS provides support for different types of Management Interfaces. The management interface can be the standard out of band (OOB) port, or any in-band port.
To provide segregation between management traffic and data traffic, OcNOS provides a Management VRF. The Management VRF is created by default when OcNOS boots. This VRF cannot be deleted. All ports used as Management Interface needs to be in Management VRF. The management VRF is used for all types of Management applications listed below
• Remote access to router (SSH/Telnet)
• File transfer applications (SFTP/SCP)
• Login Authentication via Radius/Tacacs
• Network management protocols (SNMP, Netconf)
Apart from this, DHCP, DNS, NTP, Syslog, License/Software upgrade also uses ports mapped to management VRF for their operations. Also LLDP protocol can be run on any ports mapped to this Management VRF.
Note: If the management interface flaps, the device becomes unreachable.
Last modified date: 08/28/2023