[mrtg] SNMPv2c and ifName question

Sailor, Jason (CCI-Orange County) Jason.Sailor at cox.com
Mon Jun 24 23:40:02 MEST 2002


I've posted this before, but didn't see a response...  

I recently upgraded a RiverStone 8600 switch to a more recent version of code (8.0.3.5) and I cannot get SNMPv2c and ifHCInOctets and ifHCOutOctets to work properly...

If I run an snmpwalk using ifName using v2c, I get a response:

[root at rover3 bin]# snmpwalk -v2c -c community switch ifName
ifMIB.ifMIBObjects.ifXTable.ifXEntry.ifName.17 = et.3.1
ifMIB.ifMIBObjects.ifXTable.ifXEntry.ifName.18 = et.3.2
ifMIB.ifMIBObjects.ifXTable.ifXEntry.ifName.19 = et.3.3
ifMIB.ifMIBObjects.ifXTable.ifXEntry.ifName.20 = et.3.4
ifMIB.ifMIBObjects.ifXTable.ifXEntry.ifName.21 = et.3.5
ifMIB.ifMIBObjects.ifXTable.ifXEntry.ifName.22 = et.3.6
ifMIB.ifMIBObjects.ifXTable.ifXEntry.ifName.23 = et.3.7
ifMIB.ifMIBObjects.ifXTable.ifXEntry.ifName.24 = et.3.8
ifMIB.ifMIBObjects.ifXTable.ifXEntry.ifName.25 = et.3.9
ifMIB.ifMIBObjects.ifXTable.ifXEntry.ifName.26 = et.3.10
ifMIB.ifMIBObjects.ifXTable.ifXEntry.ifName.27 = et.3.11
ifMIB.ifMIBObjects.ifXTable.ifXEntry.ifName.28 = et.3.12
ifMIB.ifMIBObjects.ifXTable.ifXEntry.ifName.29 = et.3.13
ifMIB.ifMIBObjects.ifXTable.ifXEntry.ifName.30 = et.3.14
ifMIB.ifMIBObjects.ifXTable.ifXEntry.ifName.31 = et.3.15
ifMIB.ifMIBObjects.ifXTable.ifXEntry.ifName.32 = et.3.16
etc...

but if I run the following through MRTG, with debug options on, against the box:

Target[switch_et.3.14]: #et.3.14:community at switch:::::2

I get the following error:

--snpo: run snmpget from ifHCInOctets&ifHCOutOctets:community at switch
--snpo: (0) Populate ConfCache for switch:::::2
--snpo: Skipping ifName scanning because community at switch:::::2 does not seem to support it
--snpo: Skipping ifDescr scanning because community at switch:::::2 does not seem to support it
--snpo: Skipping ipAdEntIfIndex scanning because community at switch:::::2 does not seem to support it
--snpo: Skipping ifType scanning because community at switch:::::2 does not seem to support it
--snpo: Skipping ifPhysAddress scanning because community at switch:::::2 does not seem to support it
WARNING: Could not match host:'community at switch:::::2' ref:'Name' key:'et.3.14'

What specifically is MRTG looking for, so I can ask RiverStone to (hopefully) include this in later revisions???



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