Show switch port alias on graphs

[nathanzachary]

Hello all,

If we have a discovery rule that finds all the ports on some Cisco 5000 series switches (and connected FEX units), the ports are shown by their respective port name (e.g. Ethernet 107/1/32) in the drop-down menus and on graphs. Is it possible to have both that port name and the port alias shown in the drop-down menus and/or the graphs?

For instance, let's say port Ethernet 107/1/32 has an alias (description entered on the switch) of server52, is there a way to have the traffic graph for that port show:

Traffic for Ethernet 107/1/32 - server52

Instead of just:

Traffic for Ethernet 107/1/32

?

I understand that the following key/SNMP MIB will pull the port name (Ethernet 107/1/32, e.g.):

ifDescr[{#SNMPVALUE}]
IF-MIB::ifDescr.{#SNMPINDEX}

and that the following key/SNMP MIB will pull the description entered for each port:

ifAlias[{#SNMPVALUE}]
IF-MIB::ifAlias.{#SNMPINDEX}

So I would think that the two could be combined. I have tried making a new discovery graph prototype with a name of:

Traffic on interface {#SNMPVALUE} - ifAlias[{#SNMPVALUE}]

but that did not work as intended.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

[harmonica]

Hi,

On the discovery rule if you change Key from ifDescr to ifAlias and SNMP OID from IF-MIB::ifDescr to IF-MIB::ifAlias you will get something like:

Traffic for server52

[zbxgo]

I think he is wanting both to display. I'm also interested in this so I don't have to maintain a list of interfaces to know which one to look at.

[harmonica]

Hi,

Yes the intention is to keep both and I'm also interested in this. In my example it only show Alias.

Regards

[nathanzachary]

So it seems like the problem is actually displaying both values, not in just displaying the ifAlias instead of the ifDesc. If this isn't yet possible, would it warrant a feature request in the Zabbix JIRA?

[abjornson]

Did anyone ever figure this out?

I assumed just as you did that making the name of the discovery rule for the graph:

Interface32 Simple Bandwidth ({#SNMPVALUE}) - (If.32.ifAlias.["{#SNMPINDEX}"])

This almost works, but what I get in the graph names is:

Interface32 Simple Bandwidth (Port:1 Gigabit - Level) - (If.32.ifAlias.["1"])

So it's not replacing the token If.32.ifAlias.["{#SNMPINDEX}"] as it should....