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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=959090315-02022009>I will be watching this post because I am in the same
situation. I did some research some time ago but final settled on what I
could get. I would also like better descriptions for the interfaces
but I can work with what HP/Nortel provide. </SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mrtg-bounces@lists.oetiker.ch
[mailto:mrtg-bounces@lists.oetiker.ch] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Steve
Shipway<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 01, 2009 6:21 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Hazell
Derek'; 'mrtg@lists.oetiker.ch'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [mrtg] MIB query (re
HP/Nortel Blade switches )...<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Possibly, on the Nortel
switch, the port descriptions are stored in a different vendor-specific area
(cisco do this, but cfgmaker has specific support for the cisco description).
In this case, you’d need to write your own interface template to extract
and use them.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Another possibility is
that a weird auth rule on the switch is blanking out this specific community
from viewing the specified OIDs, but this is less
likely.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> mrtg-bounces@lists.oetiker.ch
[mailto:mrtg-bounces@lists.oetiker.ch] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On
Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Hazell Derek<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">By the
way,</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">regarding my query
about the HP/Nortel blade switches</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I should
have mentioned,</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">when</SPAN></FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I run snmpwalk
against</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">the HP blade
switch,</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">that</SPAN></FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">the</SPAN></FONT> <FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">snmpwalk response is
missing the description data,</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">while a
similar</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">snmpwalk</SPAN></FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">query
against</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">a cisco
switch</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">does</SPAN></FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">return</SPAN></FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">the port</SPAN></FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">description
data.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">So it seems to me that
I must do something to the blade switch to make the description data accessible.
It also seems to me that I might need to also do something to the mrtg server to
make it return this description data. Appreciate any
guidance.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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