[nsp] Automated tool for catching duplex mismatches on switc h ports?

[Temkin, David]

Thanks.  These are running in hybrid mode, and unfortunately we don't get
any message until the port goes errDisable, which is a little late :-)

-Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Francis [mailto:steve at expertcity.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 12:37 PM
To: Temkin, David
Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [nsp] Automated tool for catching duplex mismatches on switch
ports?


Which switches?

Cat6500's will, once some threshold is exceeded, log such errors. e.g. 
from a native mode switch:
Apr 23 07:42:04: %PM_SCP-SP-4-LCP_FW_ABLC: Late collision message from 
module 9,  port:08

Then if you are exporting your logs to a syslog server, have a process 
watch the logfile and email you things you dont expect, and you'll get 
notifications emailed to you.

Otherwise use one of the snmp front ends to rrdtool, and have an alert 
if port errors > 0.



Temkin, David wrote:

> Does anyone know of or use any tools to catch FCS/Alignment errors on 
> switch ports automatically and report on them somehow?
> 
> We are using Traffic Director to get RMON stats and compile it from 
> there, but it's ugly and breaks a lot.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Dave
> 
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