[mrtg] ifalias being ignored on DLink switchs

[richard marshall]

Hello,

I am monitoring 50+ Dlink switches and am trying to make things a  
little easier to identify interfaces by using the IfAlias directive  
to reference each interface (because we have fully descriptive names  
configured on each switch interface).

When I run an snmpwalk against the switches, the IfAlias field comes  
back with the descriptions that we have assigned to each interface ->

-----------------
IF-MIB::ifAlias.1 = STRING: lon-core-switch11:1
IF-MIB::ifAlias.2 = STRING: lon-core-switch11:2
IF-MIB::ifAlias.3 = STRING: lon-nas01:1
IF-MIB::ifAlias.4 = STRING: ims01b:01
IF-MIB::ifAlias.5 = STRING: ims01a:01
IF-MIB::ifAlias.6 = STRING:
..etc, etc,
-----------------

But when I use the '--ifdesc=alias' switch, cfgmaker ignores the  
ifalias description and returns the rather less helpful interface  
description, e.g. 'RMON-Port--1-on-Unit-1'. Is this an issue with  
MRTG, (I'm using 'cfgmaker for mrtg-2.14.7' by the way), the  
implementation of SNMP on the switches or my misunderstanding? Is  
there anyway that i can get the interface alias into the cfg files  
without having to edit them one by one?

Thanks and regards

Richard Marshall 
 
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