<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi I downloaded the plugin onto my nagios server , I executed a sample command but i have some questions on it: The output goes like this: [root@pc-fedora-1 libexec]# ./check_snmp_int.pl -H x.x.x.x -C xxx -n eth0 -r -fY -k -w 100,100 -c 200,200 -d 40 eth0:UP (12.2KBps/20.6KBps):1 UP: OK | 'eth0_in_Bps'=12506;102400;204800;0;1250000 'eth0_out_Bps'=21068;102400;204800;0;1250000 As you can see the output has the following: eth0_in_Bps=12506;102400;204800;0;1250000 Could you explain what they indicate , i know of only "in Bytes per second" , what are the other 4 values ? Is it something like "in Discards" , "in Errors" Etc. Can someone throw more light on this. Thanks Jatin On 3/30/2010 1:58 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Sascha.Runschke@gfkl.com">Sascha.Runschke@gfkl.com</a> wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:OFA2206CDE.0F16FB80-ONC12576F6.002E6591-C12576F6.002E950F@gfkl.com" type="cite"><tt>> I want to monitor the bandwidth usage on my linux box using nagios. I > checked the already existing plugins that i downloaded. I found that the > plugin named as : "check_mrtgtraf" can be used to achieve this > functionality. When i read through its help page i sensed that it reads > these values from a file on the target machine which i want to monitor. > I have no prior experience working with MRTG. > > Can some one throw some more light on how this plugin is used ? > > What is the log file that it reads that data from the target machine > being monitored ? > > What do i need to do as a pre-requisite to use this plugin on the target > machine ? > > Is there any other way like say via SNMP that i can achieve the similar > functonality ? </tt> <tt>check_snmp_int is what you are looking for.</tt> <tt>Take a look at the extensive parameterlist and you can check for most</tt> <tt>anything you could think of.</tt> <tt>It's on manubulons website, I don't have it handy - $SEARCHENGINE</tt> <tt>is your friend.</tt> <tt>Regards</tt> <tt> Sascha</tt> GFKL Financial Services AG Vorstand: Jürgen Baltes, Peter Blaschkowski Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Wilhelm Plumpe Sitz: Limbecker Platz 1, 45127 Essen, Amtsgericht Essen, HRB 13522 <pre wrap=""> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev">http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev</a></pre> <pre wrap=""> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null</pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>