[AusNOG] Switch Port Utilisation Monitoring

[Joseph Goldman]

Cacti would poll it every 5 minutes, or every minute if you set it up to 
do so, and can count up the values of active ports and graph it over 
time (trend data)

For logs on which ports were on at which time cacti wouldn't be the 
right job, but SNMP polling could still tell you, you just may need to 
look for a custom developed scripted solution. If not looking for really 
pretty interface etc with basic scripting knowledge, google, and a few 
hours to a day, should be able to get something working.

On 14/04/16 13:28, Tim Raphael wrote:
> Lets assume I have SNMP available.
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> Will Cacti be able to tell me over (for example) a week how many and 
> which switch ports are used?
>
> - Tim
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>> On 14 Apr 2016, at 11:27 AM, Paul Wilkins <paulwilkins369 at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:paulwilkins369 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> MRTG and/or Cacti.
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>> (Assuming a "managed" switch ie. SNMP)
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>> Kind regards
>>
>> Paul Wilkins
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>> On 14 April 2016 at 13:20, Tim Raphael <raphael.timothy at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:raphael.timothy at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>     Hi All,
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>>     I would like a tool that could tell me exactly how many switch
>>     ports are in use across a given time period.
>>     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.
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>>     Also, as per usual, the cheaper (free?) the better!
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>>     Any ideas?
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>>     - Tim
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