Interface Names (for purposes of SNMP)

[ShaunD]

Is there any way to change the name or description of an interface in the device configuration? We use What's Up Gold to monitor most devices on our network- it walks SNMP and retrieves the default names just fine (mgmt, ha1, ethernet1/1, ethernet1/2, etc...).

I would like to name these to something more meaningful to me in my environment- I've used devices from Juniper in the past that allowed this.  Is there a way to do this with my PA-4020 running software version 3.1.9?

Output from SnmpB shows the following for the interface descriptions:

OID 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2

35: ifDescr.1 mgmt
36: ifDescr.2 ha1
37: ifDescr.3 ethernet1/1
38: ifDescr.4 ethernet1/2
39: ifDescr.5 ethernet1/3
40: ifDescr.6 ethernet1/4

41: ifDescr.7 ethernet1/5
42: ifDescr.8 ethernet1/6
43: ifDescr.9 ethernet1/7
44: ifDescr.10 ethernet1/8
45: ifDescr.11 ethernet1/9
46: ifDescr.12 ethernet1/10
47: ifDescr.13 ethernet1/11
48: ifDescr.14 ethernet1/12
49: ifDescr.15 ethernet1/13
50: ifDescr.16 ethernet1/14

51: ifDescr.17 ethernet1/15
52: ifDescr.18 ethernet1/16
53: ifDescr.19 ethernet1/17
54: ifDescr.20 ethernet1/18
55: ifDescr.21 ethernet1/19
56: ifDescr.22 ethernet1/20
57: ifDescr.23 ethernet1/21
58: ifDescr.24 ethernet1/22
59: ifDescr.25 ethernet1/23
60: ifDescr.26 ethernet1/24

OID 1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1

1: ifName.1 mgmt
2: ifName.2 ha1
3: ifName.3 ethernet1/1
4: ifName.4 ethernet1/2
5: ifName.5 ethernet1/3
6: ifName.6 ethernet1/4
7: ifName.7 ethernet1/5
8: ifName.8 ethernet1/6
9: ifName.9 ethernet1/7
10: ifName.10 ethernet1/8

11: ifName.11 ethernet1/9
12: ifName.12 ethernet1/10
13: ifName.13 ethernet1/11
14: ifName.14 ethernet1/12
15: ifName.15 ethernet1/13
16: ifName.16 ethernet1/14
17: ifName.17 ethernet1/15
18: ifName.18 ethernet1/16
19: ifName.19 ethernet1/17
20: ifName.20 ethernet1/18

21: ifName.21 ethernet1/19
22: ifName.22 ethernet1/20
23: ifName.23 ethernet1/21
24: ifName.24 ethernet1/22
25: ifName.25 ethernet1/23
26: ifName.26 ethernet1/24

I am not sure which of the two OIDs software like What's Up or Solarwinds would pull name or description from.

Thanks-

[pkruse]

Hello and thank you for your question,

No iteration of the PANOS currently supports this type of customization. If you feel this is a valuable feature that should be added to our product line I strongly encourage you to contact your local SE and ask them to create a Feature request on your behalf.

Thank you,

Phil Kruse

[spradhan]

If you use the comment field in the UI / CLI for additional information you can get that retrieved using the ifAlias object from the ifXTable in the IF-MIB.