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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Possibly, on the Nortel switch, the port
descriptions are stored in a different vendor-specific area (cisco do this, but
cfgmaker has specific support for the cisco description). In this case,
you’d need to write your own interface template to extract and use them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Another possibility is that a weird auth
rule on the switch is blanking out this specific community from viewing the
specified OIDs, but this is less likely.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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mrtg-bounces@lists.oetiker.ch [mailto:mrtg-bounces@lists.oetiker.ch] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Hazell Derek<br>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>By the way,</span></font> <font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>regarding my query about
the HP/Nortel blade switches</span></font> <font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I should have mentioned,</span></font>
<font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>when</span></font> <font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I run snmpwalk against</span></font>
<font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>the HP blade switch,</span></font> <font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>that</span></font>
<font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>the</span></font> <font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>snmpwalk response is
missing the description data,</span></font> <font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>while a similar</span></font>
<font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>snmpwalk</span></font> <font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>query against</span></font>
<font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>a cisco switch</span></font> <font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>does</span></font>
<font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>return</span></font> <font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>the port</span></font> <font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>description data.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>So it seems to me that I must do something to the blade
switch to make the description data accessible. It also seems to me that I
might need to also do something to the mrtg server to make it return this
description data. Appreciate any guidance.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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