[mrtg] Regarding a Cisco 2908XL Switch

Ekke Loo ekke at ttw.net
Tue Aug 31 03:15:54 MEST 1999


Hi, being new to this switch monitoring thing please bear with me. I have a
Cisco 2908XL switch (8 port 10/100) and have configured mrtg to run on an nt
box....

my graphs end up being flat or with minimal traffic.... :(

with 0 - 30 bytes being the average..... now i know it's bigger than that

here is my default cfgmaker file(i went back to it after my fooling around
didn't produce any results):

# Add a WorkDir: /some/path line to this file

WorkDir: D:\Inetpub\wwwroot\MRTG

######################################################################
# Description: Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C2900XL
Software (C2900XL-H-M), Version 11.2(8)SA2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright
(c) 1986-1998 by cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Fri 24-Apr-98 10:51 by rheaton
#     Contact: Ekke Loo
# System Name: Switch
#    Location: ttw.net Office
#.....................................................................

Target[on25.ttw.net]: 1:public at 139.142.24.254
MaxBytes[on25.ttw.net]: 1250000
Title[on25.ttw.net]: Switch (on25.ttw.net): VLAN1
PageTop[on25.ttw.net]: <H1>Traffic Analysis for VLAN1
 </H1>
 <TABLE>
   <TR><TD>System:</TD><TD>Switch in ttw.net Office</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Maintainer:</TD><TD>Ekke Loo</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Interface:</TD><TD>VLAN1 (1)</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>IP:</TD><TD>on25.ttw.net (139.142.24.254)</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Max Speed:</TD>
       <TD>1250.0 kBytes/s (ethernetCsmacd)</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>

#---------------------------------------------------------------

Target[139.142.24.254.2]: 2:public at 139.142.24.254
MaxBytes[139.142.24.254.2]: 1250000
Title[139.142.24.254.2]: Switch (): FastEthernet0/1
PageTop[139.142.24.254.2]: <H1>Traffic Analysis for FastEthernet0/1
 </H1>
 <TABLE>
   <TR><TD>System:</TD><TD>Switch in ttw.net Office</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Maintainer:</TD><TD>Ekke Loo</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Interface:</TD><TD>FastEthernet0/1 (2)</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>IP:</TD><TD> ()</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Max Speed:</TD>
       <TD>1250.0 kBytes/s (ethernetCsmacd)</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>

#---------------------------------------------------------------

Target[139.142.24.254.3]: 3:public at 139.142.24.254
MaxBytes[139.142.24.254.3]: 1250000
Title[139.142.24.254.3]: Switch (): FastEthernet0/2
PageTop[139.142.24.254.3]: <H1>Traffic Analysis for FastEthernet0/2
 </H1>
 <TABLE>
   <TR><TD>System:</TD><TD>Switch in ttw.net Office</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Maintainer:</TD><TD>Ekke Loo</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Interface:</TD><TD>FastEthernet0/2 (3)</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>IP:</TD><TD> ()</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Max Speed:</TD>
       <TD>1250.0 kBytes/s (ethernetCsmacd)</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>

#---------------------------------------------------------------

Target[139.142.24.254.4]: 4:public at 139.142.24.254
MaxBytes[139.142.24.254.4]: 1250000
Title[139.142.24.254.4]: Switch (): FastEthernet0/3
PageTop[139.142.24.254.4]: <H1>Traffic Analysis for FastEthernet0/3
 </H1>
 <TABLE>
   <TR><TD>System:</TD><TD>Switch in ttw.net Office</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Maintainer:</TD><TD>Ekke Loo</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Interface:</TD><TD>FastEthernet0/3 (4)</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>IP:</TD><TD> ()</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Max Speed:</TD>
       <TD>1250.0 kBytes/s (ethernetCsmacd)</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>

#---------------------------------------------------------------
########
######## This Interface is one of the following
######## - administratively not UP
######## - it is in test mode
######## - it is a softwareLoopback interface
######## - has a unrealistic speed setting
######## It is commented out for this reason.
########
#
# Target[139.142.24.254.5]: 5:public at 139.142.24.254
# MaxBytes[139.142.24.254.5]: 0
# Title[139.142.24.254.5]: Switch (): FastEthernet0/4
# PageTop[139.142.24.254.5]: <H1>Traffic Analysis for FastEthernet0/4
#  </H1>
#  <TABLE>
#    <TR><TD>System:</TD><TD>Switch in ttw.net Office</TD></TR>
#    <TR><TD>Maintainer:</TD><TD>Ekke Loo</TD></TR>
#    <TR><TD>Interface:</TD><TD>FastEthernet0/4 (5)</TD></TR>
#    <TR><TD>IP:</TD><TD> ()</TD></TR>
#    <TR><TD>Max Speed:</TD>
#        <TD>0.0 Bytes/s (ethernetCsmacd)</TD></TR>
#   </TABLE>
#
#---------------------------------------------------------------
########
######## This Interface is one of the following
######## - administratively not UP
######## - it is in test mode
######## - it is a softwareLoopback interface
######## - has a unrealistic speed setting
######## It is commented out for this reason.
########
#
# Target[139.142.24.254.6]: 6:public at 139.142.24.254
# MaxBytes[139.142.24.254.6]: 0
# Title[139.142.24.254.6]: Switch (): FastEthernet0/5
# PageTop[139.142.24.254.6]: <H1>Traffic Analysis for FastEthernet0/5
#  </H1>
#  <TABLE>
#    <TR><TD>System:</TD><TD>Switch in ttw.net Office</TD></TR>
#    <TR><TD>Maintainer:</TD><TD>Ekke Loo</TD></TR>
#    <TR><TD>Interface:</TD><TD>FastEthernet0/5 (6)</TD></TR>
#    <TR><TD>IP:</TD><TD> ()</TD></TR>
#    <TR><TD>Max Speed:</TD>
#        <TD>0.0 Bytes/s (ethernetCsmacd)</TD></TR>
#   </TABLE>
#
#---------------------------------------------------------------

Target[139.142.24.254.7]: 7:public at 139.142.24.254
MaxBytes[139.142.24.254.7]: 12500000
Title[139.142.24.254.7]: Switch (): FastEthernet0/6
PageTop[139.142.24.254.7]: <H1>Traffic Analysis for FastEthernet0/6
 </H1>
 <TABLE>
   <TR><TD>System:</TD><TD>Switch in ttw.net Office</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Maintainer:</TD><TD>Ekke Loo</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Interface:</TD><TD>FastEthernet0/6 (7)</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>IP:</TD><TD> ()</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Max Speed:</TD>
       <TD>12.5 MBytes/s (ethernetCsmacd)</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>

#---------------------------------------------------------------

Target[139.142.24.254.8]: 8:public at 139.142.24.254
MaxBytes[139.142.24.254.8]: 1250000
Title[139.142.24.254.8]: Switch (): FastEthernet0/7
PageTop[139.142.24.254.8]: <H1>Traffic Analysis for FastEthernet0/7
 </H1>
 <TABLE>
   <TR><TD>System:</TD><TD>Switch in ttw.net Office</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Maintainer:</TD><TD>Ekke Loo</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Interface:</TD><TD>FastEthernet0/7 (8)</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>IP:</TD><TD> ()</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Max Speed:</TD>
       <TD>1250.0 kBytes/s (ethernetCsmacd)</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>

#---------------------------------------------------------------

Target[139.142.24.254.9]: 9:public at 139.142.24.254
MaxBytes[139.142.24.254.9]: 12500000
Title[139.142.24.254.9]: Switch (): FastEthernet0/8
PageTop[139.142.24.254.9]: <H1>Traffic Analysis for FastEthernet0/8
 </H1>
 <TABLE>
   <TR><TD>System:</TD><TD>Switch in ttw.net Office</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Maintainer:</TD><TD>Ekke Loo</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Interface:</TD><TD>FastEthernet0/8 (9)</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>IP:</TD><TD> ()</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Max Speed:</TD>
       <TD>12.5 MBytes/s (ethernetCsmacd)</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>

#---------------------------------------------------------------

i have been reading up on SNMP and was wondering which OID MRTG looks at and
does it figure it out just by subtracting the old form the new???

any help would be appreciated

thanks in advance,

ekke (ekke at ttw.net)

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