[AusNOG] Switch Port Utilisation Monitoring

[Matt Smee]

Infoblox's NetMRI should do this out of the box (once it's collected 
data over time) under it's predefined reporting functions.



However in terms of the product itself being worth the money or being 
good overall then YMMV :).


On 14/04/16 13:44, paul+ausnog at oxygennetworks.com.au wrote:
>
> Observium will graph the port usage, do billing and IP traffic 
> accounting per port, and will also log if the port goes up or down.
>
> 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.
>
> Regards
>
> Paul
>
> *From:*AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of 
> *Ben Buxton
> *Sent:* Thursday, 14 April 2016 1:39 PM
> *To:* Tim Raphael; Paul Wilkins
> *Cc:* <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Switch Port Utilisation Monitoring
>
> Define "used".
>
> Link up or actually carrying (meaningful) traffic?
>
> 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).
>
> For the latter, a raw packet count might suffice, but you'll have 
> difficulty differentiating idle/keepalive traffic if the amount is low.
>
> 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).
>
>
> BB
>
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 1:28 PM Tim Raphael <raphael.timothy at gmail.com 
> <mailto:raphael.timothy at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Lets assume I have SNMP available.
>
>     Will Cacti be able to tell me over (for example) a week how many
>     and which switch ports are used?
>
>     - Tim
>
>         On 14 Apr 2016, at 11:27 AM, Paul Wilkins
>         <paulwilkins369 at gmail.com <mailto:paulwilkins369 at gmail.com>>
>         wrote:
>
>         MRTG and/or Cacti.
>
>         (Assuming a "managed" switch ie. SNMP)
>
>         Kind regards
>
>         Paul Wilkins
>
>         On 14 April 2016 at 13:20, Tim Raphael
>         <raphael.timothy at gmail.com <mailto:raphael.timothy at gmail.com>>
>         wrote:
>
>         Hi All,
>
>         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.
>
>         Also, as per usual, the cheaper (free?) the better!
>
>         Any ideas?
>
>         - Tim
>
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