AW: [f-nsp] Accounting VEs/vlans via SNMP (mrtg)

[Stephen J. Wilcox]

per vlan traffic stats is not a standard feature in most platforms using 
asic/cam switching paths

Steve

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Sam Stickland wrote:

> Hi Gunther,
> 
> I've spoken to Foundry engineers on this and they tell me it's a hardware 
> limitation of the BigIron's, and it can't be fixed in software.
> 
> Sam
> 
> On Sat, 2 Apr 2005, Gunther Stammwitz wrote:
> 
> > Hello Cliff,
> >
> > Thanks for your reply. Just found the answer in the archives too.
> >
> > It is absolutely unbelievable that this feature isn't being supported yet by
> > foundry. I mean hey almost every Cisco box can do it and this is really
> > essential for accounting purposes using mrtg.
> >
> > What does foundry say? Is there some kind of roadmap?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Gunther
> >
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Cliff Albert [mailto:cliff-nsp at oisec.net]
> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. März 2005 19:46
> > An: Gunther Stammwitz
> > Cc: foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net
> > Betreff: Re: [f-nsp] Accounting VEs/vlans via SNMP (mrtg)
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 07:03:05PM +0200, Gunther Stammwitz wrote:
> >
> >> I'm currently trying to account the traffic in virtual router
> >> interfaces
> >> (VEs) on our Foundry Big iron 4000 that has been equipped with a gen4
> >> management module via SNMP using MRTG.
> >>
> >> As far as I can tell accounting on real interfaces like ethe1/1 works
> >> fine but on the vlans there's always zero traffic.
> >>
> >> Is there some kind of special option I'll have to configure in order
> >> to get this working?
> >
> > It can not be done using SNMP or other means. The only way to do some sort
> > of accounting on VE interfaces is using sFlow.
> >
> > --
> > Cliff Albert <cliff at oisec.net>
> >
> >
> >
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