Mactrack is showing too many user ports for a switch

chadd

I have a couple of immediate problems with the Mactrack plugin. First is that I have some 48 port Cisco switches coming back with a 104 'user port' count, and some 2 stack Cisco switches coming back with a 208 'user port' count.. How is this possible. Two is that I am somehow being limited to 6 ports to 'ignore'. I have some switches with 15 MLT trunks. I didn't figure it would work, but for the time being, I am putting something like the following in the ignore field for those switches (just so I know which ports I need to ignore):

Gi1/0/1-15:Gi2/0/15:etc..

If I list out all 15 ports in an array, after I run the poller and come back and look at the device config screen, only the first 6 are still there. That, and the field has a size limit as well...

Anyone have these problems, and solve them? Or, at least maybe have a work around?

chadd · Last edited by chadd on Wed Dec 20, 2006 3:00 pm; edited 1 time in total

moved.

chadd · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:08 pm Post subject:

Also, when I use the search field on the mactrack tab, I am not able to search the 'Network Device' field. I am not sure if that is supposed to be that way or not, but basically what I am trying to do is filter down to a comm room withing a 'site' - which I can do via device name - due to our naming conventions.

TheWitness · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:30 am Post subject:

Chadd,

There is currently an issue related to with Ignore ports with Cisco devices that I am working on. I would like to capture your "filter" request. Can you please post it here:

http://forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?t=18876

TheWitness

chadd · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:19 am Post subject:

I am not exactly sure what a 'filter' request is, but I would love to post it to the list you requested I post it to.. Could you explain further, and I will put it up there asap. Thanks.

TheWitness · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:39 am Post subject:

Yea, I misread you issue about finding "comm room" devices. Your real issue was

1) The length of the ignorePorts field and
2) Understanding that people likely are cascading switches without defining a "trunk" port which causes your user port counts to increase.

TheWitness

chadd · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:03 pm Post subject:

True. Anyway, I tried the latest SVN (as of ~10am today) and I haven't found any issues as of yet. Haven't had a chance to really work in it much (been creating weathermaps for the last month... ).. I will put it to the test in the next week, and I will post any bugs I find. I really hope you keep up this plugin, as it is very useful. I still need to create polling functions for foundry equipment, but all in all - impressive. Thanks again.