[159539] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Brocade XMR/MLX VLAN bit counters (Cacti graphs for brocade
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (JP Viljoen)
Mon Jan 14 09:33:18 2013
From: JP Viljoen <froztbyte@froztbyte.net>
In-Reply-To: <C61C76998F27DF4491DA26CF78300C3C25C2F53F@BLUPRD0811MB400.namprd08.prod.outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:32:59 +0200
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 14 Jan 2013, at 4:00 PM, James Wininger <jwininger@ifncom.net> wrote:
> All,
>=20
> We are running into an issue with Brocade where we are finding it =
difficult to to graph VLAN interfaces for bits (in/out) across a tagged =
(trunk) interface. On Cisco this is not an issue. So what we end up with =
in Cacti is a blank (no data) graph.
>=20
> I have been all over these devices with snmpwalk etc (typical tool =
set). Has anyone found a "fix" or work around for this? Or perhaps I =
should be asking a different question=85.Is there a better tool/mindset =
for 95% billing since this is what we are doing with this info.
I second Pui's suggestion for taking a look at Observium, it's got a =
vastly more NOC-friendly build than what Cacti's reigning philosophy =
appears to be. Might not be perfect for everyone, but certainly worth a =
bit of time to check out.
As for your Cacti problem, it's likely the 64-bit counters thing. =
Cacti's templates don't default to 64-bit counters.
-J=
