Brocade SAN IFALIAS

[RustyP]

Hi guys!

We would like to label our brocade switch interfaces so they have meaningful names in alerts/dashboard, but brocade dosent support the IFALIAS OID. Has anyone found any suitable alternative? I would like to avoid manually adding the interface name to items/emails if possible

Thanks

[dimir]

Which would be the source to read the interface names from then?

[RustyP]

Im not sure what you mean, but with all other network devices we use IF-MIB::ifAlias. In the case of brocade we cant because its not supported, just trying to find a way we can name the brocade interfaces.

[Hamardaban]

You may store an array of interface names in the macro (eth0:Foo,eth1:Boo) and change the json coming from LLD using JS preprocessing substituting the corresponding values in it....

[RustyP]

Thats genius!

Sorry, im pretty new to zabbix so can you explain how to do a macro array? Is it in LLD Macro in the discovery rule? is this also where I do the pre-processing rule?

[Hamardaban]

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/manual/config/macros/user_macros

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/manual/discovery/low_level_discovery

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/manual/config/items/preprocessing/javascript

[zkoro]

Brocade has command "portname" and you can label your ports in the switch itself.
Then you can view your port names in FCMGMT-MIB::connUnitPortName tree.

[RustyP]

zkoro

The problem with this tree is that it doesnt seem to have the same OIDs as the interface tree, like bits in/out etc.

[zkoro]

I don't know which version of FOS you are using, but for better understanding read carefully this document - https://docs.broadcom.com/doc/12398210 . It may clear things out.

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Hello Team, i've a similar situation, is not Brocade equipment, but is very similar. We don't use IfAlias and we want build one.

Build Discovery
Execute a Preprocessing using regex for example. (already successfully) and with that Data result build a #Macro that we can use in other Items creation.

Example Template:
1. Discovery using SNMP Agent
2. Return table with WWN: 20 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 / 20 01 01 02 03 04 05 06 / 20 02 01 02 03 04 05 06 / 20 03 01 02 03 04 05 06, .... etc
3. Execute preprocessing (regex): For example WWN translate for something else "Port 0", "Port 1", ... etc
4. And with that Data Result build a Macro that can be possible create Items, Graphs,...etc

I'm Ok with steps 1, 2 and 3 but i'm with Discover Error "Invalid discovery rule value: cannot parse as a valid JSON object: invalid object format, expected opening character '{' or '[' at: 'Port 0'"
Any ideas or i'm doing something wrong?

Thanks