[mrtg] Re: VLANS and MRTG

Andres Tong Andres.Tong at jud.ca.gov
Thu Aug 12 19:47:28 MEST 1999


     Michael,
     I am assuming that from what you are saying, you would aggregate all 
     the ports for one VLAN. For example, if I had 5 ports in VLAN7, then I 
     will aggregate these 5 ports as VLAN7 traffic. Which leads me to 
     think:
     
     What about broadcast traffic? Since all these  5 ports will see the 
     same broadcast traffic, wouldn't you incorrectly  see 5 times the 
     amount of broadcast traffic?
     
     -andy
     Sr. Technical Analyst/Network Engineer
     Judicial Council of California
     


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Subject: [mrtg] Re: VLANS and MRTG
Author:  "Michael P. Burton" <mpburton at teleport.com> at Internet
Date:    8/11/99 11:40 AM


     
The "Target" tag allows you to "add" multiple interface stats together 
into one graph, by using the "+" sign to seperate them. 
For instance:
     
     
Target[131.252.1.5.53]: 29:xxx at 131.252.1.5 + 3:xxx at 131.252.1.5 + 
5:xxx at 131.252.1.5
Directory[131.252.1.5.53]:coresw
MaxBytes[131.252.1.5.53]: 5000000
Title[131.252.1.5.53]: coresw (): <font color="#6B238E"> <B> Aggregate 
Traffic: VLAN 1 </B> </font>
PageTop[131.252.1.5.53]: <H1>Traffic Analysis for <font color="#6B238E"> 
<B> Aggregate Traffic: VLAN 1 </B> </font>
 </H1>
 <TABLE>
   <TR><TD>System:</TD><TD>coresw in NOC</TD></TR> 
   <TR><TD>Maintainer:</TD><TD>CNS Net, 725-9565</TD></TR> 
   <TR><TD>Interface:</TD><TD><font color="#6B238E"> <B> Aggregate
Traffic: VLAN 1 </B> </font> (53)</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>IP:</TD><TD> ()</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Max Speed:</TD>
       <TD>12.5 MBytes/s (propVirtual)</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
     
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This gives us a picture of aggrate traffic on VLAN1, for instance. 
Sorry I wasn't more clear...
     
Michael
     
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On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Phillip Ryker wrote:
     
:Michael P. Burton,
:
:Ahhh... I did call the TAC and they told me that it was possible... They 
:said that I needed to use a string like:
:
:       public at 2... @10.10.10.10
:
:Where "@2..." is the VLAN, but MRTG does not support this.  It does not 
:surprise me that Cisco did this.
:
:I do not need to sound like a "lamer" but I am a little confused by what 
:you mean "all together in one blob".  Do you have an example config I 
:could see??
:
:Thank you
:
:"Michael P. Burton" wrote:
:> 
:> We talked to Cisco about this, and it turns out that they have disabled 
:> aggreate VLAN SNMP gathering because their more "useful" (read expensive) 
:> solution is to use their LAN Manager. What we did to get around that
:> problem is to add all the interfaces for that VLAN togeter into one
:> config blob. It isn't very pretty, but it works to get you the info that 
:> you need...
:> 
:> Michael
:> 
:> On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Phillip Ryker wrote: 
:> 
:> :I am still having problems figuring out how to get MRTG to read in/out 
:> :traffic for switched ports in Different VLANS.
:> :
:> :I have a cisco 2924XL switch.  It is VLANED into 4 segments as follows: 
:> :
:> :       ports 1-8:      VLAN 1
:> :       ports 9-16:     VLAN 2
:> :       ports 17-20:    VLAN 3
:> :       ports 21-24:    VLAN 4
:> :
:> :When I run cfgmaker on the switch it sees all the ports just fine.  When 
:> :I  run MRTG on the .cfg file it only reads traffic for ports on the
:> :first VLAN.  It shows "0" for all the other ports.  I have not been able 
:> :to figure this one out and I unfortunetly do not have an extensive
:> :knowledge of SNMP.  I tried walking the switch and really do not know 
:> :what I am looking at or for??
:> :
:> :Any help would be appreciated.
:> :
:> :Thank you
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