Graphs switch ports

[Ford, Andy]

> I'd want to get graphs from throughput, packets, errors, etc of each
> port from about 30 nwtwork switches.
> 
> Say each network switch has 26 ports. Currently I am using check_snmp
> to obtain "plain data" but I'd want to make a "graph template" and
> then replicate for the rest of the ports and the network switches. In
> other words I don't wanna make to do 26x30 graph by hand.
> Also, I'd want to modify snmp output, for example, convert 
> bits into Kbytes.
> 
> How can I do that? What plugins should I use? Does make sense use mrtg
> along with nagios?

For this job, I like Nagios with the snmp_int plugin
(http://nagios.manubulon.com/snmp_int.html), graphed with pnp
(http://www.ederdrom.de/pnp/about#system_requirements).
The plugin is a very complex, but well worth the effort of understanding
it.

Andrew Ford
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