[c-nsp] using snmp views effectively

[Rolf Mendelsohn]

Hi Ed,

Generally I would agree with you that this is a messy a potential problematic 
approach in many respects.

However as mentioned I have a specific customer with some complex enterprise 
requirements and we cannot build integrate Open Source applications to do 
everything this specific customer needs.

Therfore I'm asking:

Does anybody have reasonable experience with snmp view statements (basically 
to allow: Interface Stats, CBWFQ stats)?

If you do a sample config would be much appreciated, perhaps off-list.

tx
/rolf

On Thursday 14 September 2006 17:09, Ed Ravin wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:33:11PM +0100, Rolf Mendelsohn wrote:
> > I am wondering if there are any service providers who effectively deploy
> > complex snmp-view statement in order to allow customers who have
> > demanding SLA/QoS/ Performance trending requirements to 'view' the MIB's
> > of their connected interfaces.
> >
> > Obviously we don't want them to see all MIB's but there are a large
> > number which would be required in order to effectively collect this data.
>
> When faced with a similar problem a few years ago, I decided it was better
> to have customers query my Cricket server to see their graphs rather
> than poke the router directly.  The only catch was, Cricket didn't have
> any access control, so I had to patch it in.  The patch is available
> on Sourceforge.
>
> If you think about it, it's a lot easier to manage the customers on
> a separate server rather than the router.  And what if you change your
> network, change your SNMP communities or switch to SNMPv3, etc?