Port monitoring of non-visible ports I would like to request the ability to have Intermapper demonstrate errors on a device port that is not visible on the map. This could be done via a change in icon color and in log entries as well as click-hold on device to show previous errors/outages as happens now with visible ports. This would work best if a device could be tagged for port monitoring, without displaying the ports on the map, and an option to ignore port up/down (most useful on switches). Only errors would be desired to be monitored. Also, selecting, perhaps from the interfaces window, which ports to monitor, or an option for all ports.
This would help to identify ports attached to servers that are either mis-configured (at the switch or server), or to identify failing ports/GBICs. We have a large server room with hundreds of servers attached to many switches. This type of information would help with proactive monitoring of troubled ports that often come to us as intermittent connectivity or bandwidth issues. A history of errors on a port would be helpful. Our maps are very large and do not lend themselves to the display of every port on a switch/router for monitoring. A switchport will go up/down as devices are powered off and rebooted and so we generally are not interested in that data. Our main interest is in identify ports that have high amounts of errors. Router ports should still error on port up/down or errors (or at least an option to choose which to display errors on). David B. Hunter Network Engineer Indiana University (IUPUI Campus) 317-278-4873 [email protected] ____________________________________________________________________ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ To unsubscribe: send email to: [email protected]
