[c-nsp] Monitoring 6K performance (pps)

[Ryan West]

On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 02:19:30, Aaron Riemer wrote:
> Subject: [c-nsp] Monitoring 6K performance (pps)
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> Hey guys,
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> We are looking at upgrading our CAT6K SUP's and I am trying to figure 
> out how I can monitor the current throughput.
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> We currently monitor the interface utilisation (bits / sec) with SNMP. 
> That is all well and good but I am looking to obtain raw packets per 
> second (pps) that are actually processed by the switch. Obviously bits 
> / sec are not the same as packets / sec.
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> Is there any real way to go about this other than monitoring each 
> interface and calculating a total for a given time period?
> 

Aaron,

Are you looking for the information contained in 'show platform hardware capacity'?   There are sub commands that show PFC usage, fabric usage, and forwarding engine load with peak numbers.

-ryan