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MDS 9509 monitoring using freeware tools
Hi All,
Has anyone setup a freeware monitoring tool to track performance statistics for an MDS switch? We have an MDS-9509, and I'm interested in particular in setting up either MRTG or Hobbit to monitor the port utilization and throughput, as well as switch CPU and memory usage. I'd rather not have to buy FM server since we already use these free tools to monitor our hosts and other Cisco networking gear.
Thanks,
Eddy
Has anyone setup a freeware monitoring tool to track performance statistics for an MDS switch? We have an MDS-9509, and I'm interested in particular in setting up either MRTG or Hobbit to monitor the port utilization and throughput, as well as switch CPU and memory usage. I'd rather not have to buy FM server since we already use these free tools to monitor our hosts and other Cisco networking gear.
Thanks,
Eddy
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AranH1
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July 10th, 2008 09:00
You don't have to buy FM Server to use it to manage or monitor one switch at a time. You only need the FM Server license to continuously monitor switches and manage more than one switch at a time. CiscoKid has some good posts that explain the functionality of FM Server in a stand alone mode.
eddynav
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July 10th, 2008 11:00
Thanks for the reply. I currently use FM to get real-time stats, but in order to get historical performance monitoring don't you need an FM license? When I try to create a flow I get an error that no Fabric Manager license is available.
I'd be very interested to hear from folks who are using MRTG or Hobbit to monitor their MDS.
Thanks,
Eddy
ConnectrixHelpe
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July 10th, 2008 15:00
I haven't heard of anyone successfully using any MRTG or Hobbit to monitor the MDS. I will bounce this off Cisco Engineering to see if they have any experience with these tools with MDS or any recommendations.
Thank you.
dynamox
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ConnectrixHelpe
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July 11th, 2008 09:00
Thank you.
ConnectrixHelpe
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July 18th, 2008 12:00
Thank you.
ConnectrixHelpe
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August 12th, 2008 08:00
I've talked to one customer who uses MRTG to do his tracking and it works for him. As I've stated there is no official EMC or Cisco tracking tool but MRTG worked for this customer. You might want to investigate it and see if it works for you.
Thank you.