September 2005
Beginner
462 pages
12h 56m
English
Content preview from Essential SNMP, 2nd Edition
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Pitfalls
Many SNMP-capable devices change the order of interfaces in the interfaces table whenever a new interface card is inserted or an old one is removed. If you run a fairly static router environment (i.e., you hardly ever add or remove cards from your routers), the configuration examples we've shown should work well for you. But in today's fast-paced network environments, stability is rare. MRTG's cfgmaker command provides a command-line option, —ifref, to help with this problem. It doesn't solve the problem, but it does allow you to generate graphs in which interfaces are labeled with their addresses, descriptions, or names; with this information, you don't have to remember whether interface 1 is your local network interface or your T1 connection. Table 12-2 summarizes the usage of —ifref.
Table 12-2. Summary of --ifref options
|
Option |
Description |
|---|---|
|
—ifref=ip |
Identify each interface by its IP address. |
|
—ifref=eth |
Use the Ethernet address to identify the interface. |
|
—ifref=descr |
Use the interface description to identify the interface. |
|
—ifref=name |
Use the interface name to identify the interface. |
Thus, to label interfaces with their IP addresses, run cfgmaker like so:
[root][linuxserver] ~/mrtg-2.10.15> cfgmaker --global 'WorkDir: /mrtg/images' \
--output /mrtg/run/mrtg.cfg --ifref=ip public@routerBe sure to read the cfgmaker manual that comes with the MRTG documentation.
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