Monitoring Switch Ports (Using Templates)

[bturnbough]

Hi All,

I have a 48 port switch that we're monitoring with SNMP.

Each port monitored has 9 items. They are:

Description
TX
RX
MTU
Speed
Admin Status
Operational Status
Throttles (TX)
Throttles (RX)

Now, for each of these items there is 'base OID'.

So, for example... I am monitoring Admin Status on port #3:
Base OID:
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.7
Port #:
3
Final OID:
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.7.3

Now, if I currently want to monitor Admin Status on a different port, I need to go and create a whole new template and populate a whole new final OID.

Is there a better way of doing this, instead of creating 48 templates (one for each port)? This will get to be a nightmare sooner or later.

[bturnbough]

Further clarification....

Let me further clarify...

I *dont* want to monitor ALL 48 ports. Only a select few ports. But.... I don't want to maintain 10 different templates that all contain the same base OID information.

LLD wont work (i think) because then it will monitor ALL 48 ports, and I don't want that. I only want to monitor a select few.