Re: Brocade XMR/MLX VLAN bit counters (Cacti graphs for brocade VLANS) (95% billing).
I saw the same issue for getting OpenFlow stats, you need the new 8x10 or 100GE cards afaict. On Jan 14, 2013, at 9:38 AM, Jeroen Wunnink | Atrato IP Networks wrote: > Sneaky hack: Slap an in+out rate limit on the vlan with high settings (i.e. > same as port/lag speed) and just graph the OID of the rate limit counter :-) > Might need to take a multiplier calculation/CDEF into account based on the > number of ports you have in the lag. > > The new 8x10 cards have built in ve counters indeed which makes it a lot > easier > > > > On 1/14/13 5:37 PM, Erik Muller wrote: >> On 1/14/13 9:00 , James Wininger wrote: >>> All, >>> >>> We are running into an issue with Brocade where we are finding it difficult >>> to to graph VLAN interfaces for bits (in/out) across a tagged (trunk) >>> interface. On Cisco this is not an issue. So what we end up with in Cacti >>> is a blank (no data) graph. >> >> Depending on the specific hardware you're using, you may be out of luck - >> early generations of MLX/XMR line cards don't support per-vlan statistics; >> you need to have the new 8x10GE cards (or a few others of the current >> generation) to have those counters available. >> >> -e >> > > > -- > > Jeroen Wunnink > Network Engineer > Atrato IP Networks > jeroen.wunn...@atrato-ip.com > Phone: +31 20 82 00 623 > >
Re: Brocade XMR/MLX VLAN bit counters (Cacti graphs for brocade VLANS) (95% billing).
Sneaky hack: Slap an in+out rate limit on the vlan with high settings (i.e. same as port/lag speed) and just graph the OID of the rate limit counter :-) Might need to take a multiplier calculation/CDEF into account based on the number of ports you have in the lag. The new 8x10 cards have built in ve counters indeed which makes it a lot easier On 1/14/13 5:37 PM, Erik Muller wrote: On 1/14/13 9:00 , James Wininger wrote: All, We are running into an issue with Brocade where we are finding it difficult to to graph VLAN interfaces for bits (in/out) across a tagged (trunk) interface. On Cisco this is not an issue. So what we end up with in Cacti is a blank (no data) graph. Depending on the specific hardware you're using, you may be out of luck - early generations of MLX/XMR line cards don't support per-vlan statistics; you need to have the new 8x10GE cards (or a few others of the current generation) to have those counters available. -e -- Jeroen Wunnink Network Engineer Atrato IP Networks jeroen.wunn...@atrato-ip.com Phone: +31 20 82 00 623
Re: Brocade XMR/MLX VLAN bit counters (Cacti graphs for brocade VLANS) (95% billing).
On 1/14/13 9:00 , James Wininger wrote: All, We are running into an issue with Brocade where we are finding it difficult to to graph VLAN interfaces for bits (in/out) across a tagged (trunk) interface. On Cisco this is not an issue. So what we end up with in Cacti is a blank (no data) graph. Depending on the specific hardware you're using, you may be out of luck - early generations of MLX/XMR line cards don't support per-vlan statistics; you need to have the new 8x10GE cards (or a few others of the current generation) to have those counters available. -e
Re: Brocade XMR/MLX VLAN bit counters (Cacti graphs for brocade VLANS) (95% billing).
On 14 Jan 2013, at 4:00 PM, James Wininger wrote: > All, > > We are running into an issue with Brocade where we are finding it difficult > to to graph VLAN interfaces for bits (in/out) across a tagged (trunk) > interface. On Cisco this is not an issue. So what we end up with in Cacti is > a blank (no data) graph. > > I have been all over these devices with snmpwalk etc (typical tool set). Has > anyone found a "fix" or work around for this? Or perhaps I should be asking a > different question….Is there a better tool/mindset for 95% billing since this > is what we are doing with this info. I second Pui's suggestion for taking a look at Observium, it's got a vastly more NOC-friendly build than what Cacti's reigning philosophy appears to be. Might not be perfect for everyone, but certainly worth a bit of time to check out. As for your Cacti problem, it's likely the 64-bit counters thing. Cacti's templates don't default to 64-bit counters. -J
Re: Brocade XMR/MLX VLAN bit counters (Cacti graphs for brocade VLANS) (95% billing).
Hi James, We have been using Observium and never look back http://www.observium.org/wiki/Main_Page Cheers, Edy On 1/14/2013 10:00 PM, James Wininger wrote: All, We are running into an issue with Brocade where we are finding it difficult to to graph VLAN interfaces for bits (in/out) across a tagged (trunk) interface. On Cisco this is not an issue. So what we end up with in Cacti is a blank (no data) graph. I have been all over these devices with snmpwalk etc (typical tool set). Has anyone found a "fix" or work around for this? Or perhaps I should be asking a different question….Is there a better tool/mindset for 95% billing since this is what we are doing with this info. -- Jim Wininger "Don't find fault, find a remedy." - Henry Ford
