Kevin: Don't you usually set Ignore Interface Discards on switches?
Evan On 2011-09-07, at 10:31 PM, Kevin Wigle wrote: > Dear Group, > > I'm sure this has been touched on before but I need a refresher on just how > error indications on Intermapper relate to the actual hardware being > monitored. > > Specifically we have a site that has two switches connected at 100 full. > > Often the link between the switches will be "bubbling" away. Open status > and it will say something like 4000 discards a minute (and higher). > > When I telnet to the switch and show stats on the interface the only errors > I see are 16 FCS errors. Not quite the 4000+ I expected to see. > > So what do I trust? > > How do I explain to other support personnel just what it means when IM says > that but the actual hardware says something else? > Especially bosses - they want to see that IM is actually worth having but if > we can't trust what we see - then what? > > All opinions welcome. > > regards, > > Kevin > > ____________________________________________________________________ > List archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ > To unsubscribe: send email to: [email protected] > ____________________________________________________________________ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ To unsubscribe: send email to: [email protected]
