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Infoblox's NetMRI should do this out of the box (once it's collected
data over time) under it's predefined reporting functions.<br>
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However in terms of the product itself being worth the money or
being good overall then YMMV :).<br>
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On 14/04/16 13:44, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:paul+ausnog@oxygennetworks.com.au">paul+ausnog@oxygennetworks.com.au</a> wrote:<br>
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will graph the port usage, do billing and IP traffic
accounting per port, and will also log if the port goes up
or down.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The
free version does a lot or pay a small amount to get the
traffic accounting and other features, it works great out of
the box with minimal configuration and you can even get it
as a VM tomake it even simpler.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
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lang="EN-US"> AusNOG
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ben
Buxton<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 14 April 2016 1:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Tim Raphael; Paul Wilkins<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net"><ausnog@lists.ausnog.net></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Switch Port Utilisation
Monitoring<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Link up or actually carrying
(meaningful) traffic?<br>
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For the former, you'd want to capture events as they
happen, typically via snmp traps. Then just look at how
many reported a link up trap (including those that havent
reported link down since the last interval).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For the latter, a raw packet count
might suffice, but you'll have difficulty differentiating
idle/keepalive traffic if the amount is low.<br>
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Personally, I'd go with snmp traps/polls injected into
Prometheus, but many people havent the time or inclination
to change their mindset into vector/timeseries based
systems (despite the advantages).<o:p></o:p></p>
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BB<o:p></o:p></p>
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available.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Will Cacti be able to tell me
over (for example) a week how many and which
switch ports are used?<o:p></o:p></p>
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switch ie. SNMP)<o:p></o:p></p>
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13:20, Tim Raphael <<a
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi All,<br>
<br>
I would like a tool that could tell me
exactly how many switch ports are in use
across a given time period.<br>
This is an enterprise environment so it’s
not just the case of taking a snapshot in
time, devices turn on and off so I’d want
something that could monitor the port
counts for a week or so and spit out a
report.<br>
<br>
Also, as per usual, the cheaper (free?)
the better!<br>
<br>
Any ideas?<br>
<br>
- Tim<br>
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