[mrtg] Problem with Bandwidth on nexus 5010 switch

[Mersberger, Robert]

The configuration below is from chgmaker run against a Nexus 5010 switch where all interfaces should be 10Gb

How do I correct this issue


### Interface 486539264 >> Descr: 'Ethernet1/1' | Name: 'Ethernet1/1' | Ip: '' | Eth: '00-0d-ec-db-0b-c8' ###

Target[nexus1bottom_Ethernet1_1]: #Ethernet1/1:da1sy at nexus1bottom:::::1
SetEnv[nexus1bottom_Ethernet1_1]: MRTG_INT_IP="" MRTG_INT_DESCR="Ethernet1/1"
MaxBytes[nexus1bottom_Ethernet1_1]: 536870911
Title[nexus1bottom_Ethernet1_1]: Traffic Analysis for Ethernet1/1 -- nexus1bottom
PageTop[nexus1bottom_Ethernet1_1]: <h1>Traffic Analysis for Ethernet1/1 -- nexus1bottom</h1>
                <div id="sysdetails">
                        <table>
                                <tr>
                                        <td>System:</td>
                                        <td>nexus1bottom in snmplocation</td>
                                </tr>
                                <tr>
                                        <td>Maintainer:</td>
                                        <td>who at where</td>
                                </tr>
                                <tr>
                                        <td>Description:</td>
                                        <td>Ethernet1/1  </td>
                                </tr>
                                <tr>
                                        <td>ifType:</td>
                                        <td>FastEthernet (100BaseT) (62)</td>
                                </tr>
                                <tr>
                                        <td>ifName:</td>
                                        <td>Ethernet1/1</td>
                                </tr>
                                <tr>
                                        <td>Max Speed:</td>
                                        <td>4295.0 Mbits/s</td>
                                </tr>
                        </table>
                </div>

-----Original Message-----
From: mrtg-bounces at lists.oetiker.ch [mailto:mrtg-bounces at lists.oetiker.ch] On Behalf Of Alex van den Bogaerdt
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 10:07 AM
To: mrtg at lists.oetiker.ch
Subject: Re: [mrtg] Fwd: Re: MRTG exact sampling interval

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mustafa Abdel-Hady" <maelhady at eventumsolutions.com>
To: <mrtg at lists.oetiker.ch>
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 2:41 PM
Subject: [mrtg] Fwd: Re: MRTG exact sampling interval


> Dear all,
> thanks a lot for your support, I really appreciate that.
> This is a part of a MRTG file:
> 1256555400 357195 556989 552467 561736
> 1256555100 256331 554642 552467 556445
> 1256554800 145589 552803 189183 558581
> 1256554500 162299 554635 169795 556920
> The difference between time stamps here is 5 min, but you can notice that
> there is a big difference between the average and maximum values, which
> may mean that there is a certain resolution that is lower than 5 minutes,
> or in other words, the MRTG can sense peak utilization values in an
> interval which is lower than 5 minutes or it has a polling interval to the
> devices less than 5 minutes.
> Does that make sense?
> And please I want to know this sampling interval.
> Thanks a lot.
> Best Regards,
> Mustafa



It's called normalization.  Not only is the difference 5 minutes, you will
also see that every timestamp is a whole multiple of 5 minutes (300
seconds).

Now consider that you are sampling not at 16:00 and 16:05, 16:10 and so on,
but are sampling at 16:02, 16:07, 16:12 and so on. MRTG (or rather rateup)
will still store it at 16:00, 16:05, 16:10.

If the counter value at 16:02 was 100,000 and the same counter was 103,000
at 16:07, then the rate between 16:02 and 16:07 was
(103,000-100,000)/(16:07-16:02) = 10.

If the rate before 16:02 was zero and the rate after 16:07 was also zero,
then you get the following data:

between 16:00 and 16:02 rate=0
between 16:02 and 16:05 rate=10
between 16:05 and 16:07 rate=10
between 16:07 and 16:10 rate=0

Rateup combines the first two rates:
120 seconds @ 0/second  + 180 seconds @ 10/second = 120*0+180*10 = 1800 per
300 seconds = 6/second.
Rateup combines the last two rates:
120 seconds @ 10/second  + 180 seconds @ 0/second = 120*10+180*0 = 1200 per
300 seconds = 4/second.

Rateup stores:
16:05 average 6 max 10
16:10 average 4 max 10

Now consider the case where 16:07 to 16:12 is not rate 0 but rate 20.
between 16:05 and 16:07 rate=10
between 16:07 and 16:10 rate=20
Rateup combines:
120 seconds @ 10/second  + 180 seconds @ 20/second = 120*10+180*20 = 4800
per 300 seconds = 12/second.

Rateup stores:
16:05 average 6 max 10
16:10 average 12 max 20

Look at the top of your log file. You will see the timestamp MRTG is working
with as well as its input.  Copy those, look 5 minutes later, copy again,
look 5 minutes later, copy again, do the math similar to what I did. It
should match.

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