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frnkblk at iname

May 11, 2011, 7:27 PM

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Graphing Brocade MLXe (and MLX and XMR?) IPv4 and IPv6 interface counters in Cacti

Attached are some templates I created and then exported from Cacti that draw
on Brocade's private MIB that expose the MLXe's IPv4 and IPv6 counters on a
per physical interface basis. This may be handy for those who want to
create a baseline of IPv6 traffic before World IPv6 Day, both in term of
absolute byte or packets, or in terms of percentage of traffic. (Not sure
if the OIDs are supported on the MLX or XMR platforms and what software
release it might need).

These are the graphs:
- IPv4 packets (in and out)
- IPv6 packets (in and out)
- IPv4 bytes (in and out)
- IPv6 bytes (in and out)
- percentage of bytes that are IPv6

They're 64-bit counters so it should work for higher-rate traffic.

I think I've included all the relevant pieces by exporting from the Cacti
GUI, but let me know if needed to include the brocade_mlxe_counters.xml file
in resource/snmp_queries/.

Kind regards,

Frank

Attachments:

Brocade_IPv4_and_6_interfaces.zip (27.6 KB)

jeroen at easyhosting

May 12, 2011, 12:40 AM

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Re: Graphing Brocade MLXe (and MLX and XMR?) IPv4 and IPv6 interface counters in Cacti [In reply to]

Not really directly template related, but graphing IPv6 traffic in cacti
can also be done by using sflow in your router, point it to nfsen
(downloadable on sourceforge), making a inet6 filter in nfsen and
writing the resulting .rrd files. You can use these in graph templates
in cacti then, displaying IPv6 traffic.

On 5/12/11 4:27 AM, Frank Bulk wrote:
> Attached are some templates I created and then exported from Cacti that draw
> on Brocade's private MIB that expose the MLXe's IPv4 and IPv6 counters on a
> per physical interface basis. This may be handy for those who want to
> create a baseline of IPv6 traffic before World IPv6 Day, both in term of
> absolute byte or packets, or in terms of percentage of traffic.
>

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frnkblk at iname

May 16, 2011, 6:13 AM

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Re: Graphing Brocade MLXe (and MLX and XMR?) IPv4 and IPv6 interface counters in Cacti [In reply to]

Here's a new archive that includes CPU and MEM, as well as the xml files for
polling.

Frank

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Subject: Graphing Brocade MLXe (and MLX and XMR?) IPv4 and IPv6 interface
counters in Cacti

Attached are some templates I created and then exported from Cacti that draw
on Brocade's private MIB that expose the MLXe's IPv4 and IPv6 counters on a
per physical interface basis. This may be handy for those who want to
create a baseline of IPv6 traffic before World IPv6 Day, both in term of
absolute byte or packets, or in terms of percentage of traffic. (Not sure
if the OIDs are supported on the MLX or XMR platforms and what software
release it might need).

These are the graphs:
- IPv4 packets (in and out)
- IPv6 packets (in and out)
- IPv4 bytes (in and out)
- IPv6 bytes (in and out)
- percentage of bytes that are IPv6

They're 64-bit counters so it should work for higher-rate traffic.

I think I've included all the relevant pieces by exporting from the Cacti
GUI, but let me know if needed to include the brocade_mlxe_counters.xml file
in resource/snmp_queries/.

Kind regards,

Frank

Attachments:

cacti_brocade_mlxe.zip (45.5 KB)

gerwin at digitalus

May 16, 2011, 1:11 PM

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Re: [cacti-user] Graphing Brocade MLXe (and MLX and XMR?) IPv4 and IPv6 interface counters in Cacti [In reply to]

Hi Frank,

Great stuff! When I have some spare time I will test it on our XMRs. Is
it also possible to include 95% graphs? :-)

On 05/12/2011 04:27 AM, Frank Bulk wrote:
> Attached are some templates I created and then exported from Cacti that draw
> on Brocade's private MIB that expose the MLXe's IPv4 and IPv6 counters on a
> per physical interface basis. This may be handy for those who want to
> create a baseline of IPv6 traffic before World IPv6 Day, both in term of
> absolute byte or packets, or in terms of percentage of traffic. (Not sure
> if the OIDs are supported on the MLX or XMR platforms and what software
> release it might need).
>
> These are the graphs:
> - IPv4 packets (in and out)
> - IPv6 packets (in and out)
> - IPv4 bytes (in and out)
> - IPv6 bytes (in and out)
> - percentage of bytes that are IPv6
>
> They're 64-bit counters so it should work for higher-rate traffic.
>
> I think I've included all the relevant pieces by exporting from the Cacti
> GUI, but let me know if needed to include the brocade_mlxe_counters.xml file
> in resource/snmp_queries/.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Frank
>
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frnkblk at iname

May 16, 2011, 9:58 PM

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Re: [cacti-user] Graphing Brocade MLXe (and MLX and XMR?) IPv4 and IPv6 interface counters in Cacti [In reply to]

Yes, I can make those. 95th percentile of input/output, or of the
percentage IPv6?

Frank

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IPv4 and IPv6 interface counters in Cacti

Hi Frank,

Great stuff! When I have some spare time I will test it on our XMRs. Is it
also possible to include 95% graphs? :-)

On 05/12/2011 04:27 AM, Frank Bulk wrote:

Attached are some templates I created and then exported from Cacti that draw
on Brocade's private MIB that expose the MLXe's IPv4 and IPv6 counters on a
per physical interface basis. This may be handy for those who want to
create a baseline of IPv6 traffic before World IPv6 Day, both in term of
absolute byte or packets, or in terms of percentage of traffic. (Not sure
if the OIDs are supported on the MLX or XMR platforms and what software
release it might need).

These are the graphs:
- IPv4 packets (in and out)
- IPv6 packets (in and out)
- IPv4 bytes (in and out)
- IPv6 bytes (in and out)
- percentage of bytes that are IPv6

They're 64-bit counters so it should work for higher-rate traffic.

I think I've included all the relevant pieces by exporting from the Cacti
GUI, but let me know if needed to include the brocade_mlxe_counters.xml file
in resource/snmp_queries/.

Kind regards,

Frank

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Gerwin Krist
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Digitalus Webhosting
First-class Internet Webhosting

Web: http://www.digitalus.nl
E-mail: gerwin at digitalus.nl
Tel.: +31 (0) 598 630000
Fax: +31 (0) 598 631860

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