On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:07 PM, RijilV <rij...@riji.lv> wrote: > 2009/3/11 Victor Lee <duren...@gmail.com> >> >> In the course of my learning (just starting out) how to work with Nagios I >> have found that it isn't aware of layer 2 connections. In other words, if I >> have 2 switches with a trunk between them Nagios doesn't seem to provide me >> a way to either note that manually on the map nor does it seem to be aware >> of that type of connectivity. The same applies to servers, there doesn't >> seem to be a way to identify which switch a server is connected to. Now I >> admit this might be due to my limited knowledge of the product so I ask the >> members here. Am I correct in this assessment? >> > > > > I think most people give up on the nagios map pretty quickly, or at the most > setup a few partent/child hosts and leave it at that.
Agreed. Parent-child relationships are useful to get a bigger picture of points of failure, for example if a web proxy has 5 app servers behind it, 6 hosts will go down if that proxy fails. -lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null