[mrtg] MRTG Brocade switch monitoring error

[Michele Ferritto]

Hello all,
which is the dns name of the switch?
Have you tried to insert the IP address in the target directive?

2008/8/27, anjini shukla <anjinishukla at gmail.com>:
> I can ping this host, and reply is IP.xx.xx.xx is alive. I can also do an
> snmpwalk with this ip address.:(
>
>
> Thanks,
> Anjini
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 5:02 AM, Matthew Petach <mpetach at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> The crucial line is
>> WARNING: Skipping host fcswitch as it does not resolve to an IPv4 address
>>
>> Make sure that the name you put in your config file is the right
>> name for the device; if you can't ping it by that name, MRTG can't
>> do anything as far as monitoring it.
>>
>> Matt
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: anjini shukla <anjinishukla at gmail.com>
>> To: mrtg at lists.oetiker.ch
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:56:12 PM
>> Subject: [mrtg] MRTG Brocade switch monitoring error
>>
>> Hello,
>> I am trying to plot graphs for my Brocade 4100 SAN switch and am using
>> Solaris 10, I am following the documentation given:
>> http://www.xolution.ch/mrtg/   i have written my config file:
>>
>> ~ snip
>> Target[switch.IP_0]:
>> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.6.2.1.12.1&1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.6.2.1.11.1:public at fcswitch
>> Title[switch.IP_0]: fc throughput on switch fcswitch port 0 (mysun jnic0
>> slot7)
>> PageTop[switch.IP_0]: <H1>fc throughput on switch fcswswitch port 0 (mysun
>> jnic0 slot7)</H1>
>>
>> ~snip
>>
>> the error message i am getting is:
>>
>> 2008-08-26 12:03:22: WARNING: Skipping host fcswitch as it does not
>> resolve
>> to an IPv4 address
>> 2008-08-26 12:03:22: WARNING: no data for
>> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.6.2.1.12&1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.6.2.1.11:public at fcswitch.
>> Skipping further queries for Host fcswitch in this round.
>> 2008-08-26 12:03:22: ERROR: Target[xxx.xxx.xxx.xx_0][_IN_] '
>> $target->[0]{$mode}
>> ' did not eval into defined data
>> 2008-08-26 12:03:22: ERROR: Target[xxx.xxx.xxx.xx_0][_OUT_] '
>> $target->[0]{$mode}
>> ' did not eval into defined data
>>
>> can any one give me any insight on this, ??
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>


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Michele Ferritto
Senior IT Engineer
R.L.U. #342460
MF314-ITNIC