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<P><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">By the way,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">regarding my query about the HP/</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">Nortel</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial"> blade switches</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">I should have mentioned,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">when</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">I run snmpwalk against</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">the HP blade switch</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">snmpwalk response is missing the description data</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">while a similar</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">snmpwalk</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">query against</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">a cisco switch</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">does</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">return</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">the port</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">description data</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="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.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial"> Appreciate any guidance</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">regards</FONT></SPAN><A name><SPAN></SPAN></A></P>
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<P><SPAN><B></B></SPAN><SPAN><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN><FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial">Derek Hazell</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000080" size=2 face="Arial"> | System Administrator</FONT></SPAN></P>
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