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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Matt has it right (and saves me having to make the answer myself!)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A few enhancements I could suggest –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In the example below, <b>routers.cgi*Description[]</b> and <b>routers.cgi*Title[]</b> are synonyms.&nbsp; Only use one of them – the other will be ignored.&nbsp; This defines the title that appears on the top of the graph – <b>routers.cgi*ShortDesc[]</b> defines the label used in the side menu.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In the example below, do not use <b>routers.cgi*GraphStyle[All-Counters]:range</b> because this will use ‘range’ graph display mode and this is definitely not range data (this style creates floating bars).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You might like to make a single plugin script that takes a parameter to say which value to output.&nbsp; Easier to maintain.&nbsp; This was mentioned by Matt below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You *<b>could</b>* use only two <b>Target[]</b>s, with each one holding two separate metrics, one in the ‘in’ and one in the ‘out’.&nbsp; The <b>routers.cgi*Graph[]</b> directive will still display both of them (of course, in this case, omit the ‘noo’ option)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Use <b>routers.cgi*InMenu[]:no</b> to suppress the component <b>Target[]</b>s from the side menu and only see the userdefined summary graph.&nbsp; You can also use <b>routers.cgi*InSummary[All-Counters]:yes</b> to make the userdefined graph appear on the summary page (by default it may not be).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If it matters to you which count is which, you can put more detail in the <b>Legend1[]</b> defininitions.&nbsp; You can also use <b>LegendI[]</b> to make them clearer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If the total of the 4 counters is important, then you can stack them using <b>routers.cgi*GraphStyle[All-Counters]:stack</b> ; you can also add ‘total’ to the end of at least one of the <b>routers.cgi*Graph[]</b> lines to get a calculated total of the components in addition to the average.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ll put a plug for the MRTG/RRD/Routers2 book in here <a href="http://www.steveshipway.org/book">http://www.steveshipway.org/book</a> that you might be able to get your employer to shell out for.&nbsp; It contains all sorts of neat tricks you can do with the extended directives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Steve<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Steve Shipway<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ITS Unix Services Design Lead<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>University of Auckland, New Zealand<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Floor 1, 58 Symonds Street, Auckland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#595959'>Phone: +64 (0)9 3737599 ext 86487<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#595959'>DDI: +64 (0)9 924 6487<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#595959'>Mobile: +64 (0)21 753 189<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#595959'>Email: <a href="mailto:s.shipway@auckland.ac.nz"><span style='color:#595959'>s.shipway@auckland.ac.nz</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:green'>P</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:green'>Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> : </span><span lang=ZH-CN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:green'>打印本</span><span lang=ZH-CN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:MingLiU;color:green'>邮件,将减少一棵树存活的机会</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div></div></body></html>