[mrtg] Re: Switch

[alex at ergens.op.Het.Net]

cpt2 at daimlerchrysler.com wrote:
> 
> I just got a switch, and was wondering what would be some of the basic/best
> things to monitor on a switch?  Total collisions, or collisions per port,
> errors, dropouts... etc?

What about ethernet in/out?  Nice to know if a certain amount of collisions
(or errors or whatever) is acceptable or not ...  It also is a great help
when you need to decide if, for instance, the number of workstations
connected to a segment should be lowered or increased.

IMHO you can never know what you need in the future so you should
monitor what you can - given enough cpu power, disk space and so on.

regards,
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