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In my recent post, we installed and got Cacti up and running. Now, we’re going to add our first switch into Cacti’s services.
Switch:
This is an HP-Procurve line switch. Because we’re going to configure the switch from the command line the general configuration will apply to multiple models within the ProCurve line. The Web-Interface could also be used. The general configuration necessary is to enable SNMP services on the switch. The SNMP services will be listening on the switch’s management interface/IP. I make the assumption that you already have configured the switch to have an IP address on your (management) network. Additionally, I make the assumption you can access the switch’s CLI via SSH, Telnet, or Serial.
SNMP Strings & SNMPv1 Caution
SNMPv1 allows a simple SNMP query to the SNMP service. These queries are not encrypted, but also are not complicated to setup. We’ll cover V2 and V3 later. Your SNMP *read* string shouldn’t be the default “read” – come up with something more clever. This string is used to authenticate the SNMP agent (cacti) to the SNMP service on the switch to query information. In this example, we are using “SomeReadString”
Configure SNMP on Switch:
SSH or telnet or serial into the HP Procurve switch
Add the Device (switch) to Cacti:
Login to Cacti and click on “Devices”
Click on “Add”
Enter Description: Name the switch in Cacti
Enter Hostname: The IP of the switch
Device Template Net-SNMP Device
SNMP Version: 1
SNMP Community: **Your “Read” string from above “SomeReadString”
Press Create at the bottom.
Create Graphs in Cacti for the Device
After pressing create, if everything is configured properly, information for the switch will imediately populate, followed by additional options.
Click on Create Graphs for this Device.
Scroll down to the “Data Query [SNMP – Interface Statistics]” Section. Select each interface that you would like to graph, or select all of the graphs.
Change the graph type to “In/Out bytes with Total Bandwidth” Then click on “Create” at the bottom. There may be a delay after clicking “Create”.
Add the Device to the Graphs-Tree
Next, click on “Tree” in the left navigation panel. Select press the name “Default Tree” to enter the management of the Default Tree for graphs.
In the Edit Tree section, drag the new HPSwitch you created into the “Tree Items” column. When dragging the item over, place it directly above or below any existing entries. Then press Save.
Now click on the “Graphs” tab at the top of the screen, followed by the Device you just created.
You may see some errors as the population of the graphs can take a few moments. Within 10 minutes you begin to see data populate on the graphs.
Quick Bonus:
HP Procurve 1920 GUI SNMP Configuration
Login to the switch web-GUI, click on “SNMP” under “Device”
Select SNMP Enabled, SNMP v1. Save. Then select the community tab and add a new “Read” string for your SNMP service. The remainder follows the above.
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The real strength of Cacti is unleashed by using templates.There are three different types of templates with the basic Cacti installation:Data Templates, Graph Templates and Host Templates.While it is perfectly fine to define all data sources and graphs without usingTemplates at all, the burden of this approach is high. In most installations,there are lots of devices of the same kind. And there are lots of data of thesame kind, e.g. traffic information is needed for almost every device.Therefor, the parameters needed to create a traffic rrd file are definedby a Data Template, in this case known as 'Interface - Traffic'.These definitions are used by all Traffic-related rrd files.
The same approach is used for defining Graph Templates.This is done only once. And all parameters defined within such a Graph Templateare copied to all Graphs that are created using this Template.
The last type of Templates are the Host Templates.They are not related to some rrdtool stuff. The purpose of Host Templatesis to group all Graph Templates and Data Queries (these are explained later)for a given device type. So you will make up a Host Templatee.g. for a specific type of router, switch, host and the like.By assigning the correct Host Template to each new Device,you'll never forget to create all needed Graphs.
There's no need to create all Templates on your own! Apart from the fact,that many common templates are provided out-of-the-box, there's a very simplemachnism to Import Templates and to Export Templates.
In Cacti, a data template provides a skeleton for an actual data source. If you have many datasources that share most of their characteristics, using a data template would probably make sense.No change of a Data Template is propagated to already existing rrd files.But most of them may be changed by using rrdtool tune from command line.Pay attention to not append new Data Source Items to already existing rrd files.There's no rrdtool command to achieve this!
Creating a Data Template
To create a new data template, select Data Templates under theTemplates heading and click Add.
The first thing you must do is give the template a name. This name has nothing to do with thedata source name, but is what you will use to identify the template throughout Cacti.
Second,you will notice a list of data source/data source item field names with Use Per-DataSource Value checkboxes next to each one. The nice thing about templates in Cacti isthat you can choose whether to template each field on a per-field basis. If you leave the checkboxunchecked, every data source attached to the template will inherit its value from the template. Ifthe checkbox is checked, every data source attached to the template will contain its own value forthat particular field. When generating a real data source, you will be prompted to fill thosenon-templated fields.
Table 13-1. Data Templates: Field Description of the Data Source Section
Note: For most data templates, you will want to check the UsePer-Graph Value checkbox for the name field so each data source using this template has itsown unique name. It also makes sense to enter an inital value in this field that includes the variable|host_description| for organizational purposes.
When you are finished filling in values for the data template, click Create andyou will be presented with a screen similar to the data source edit screen.
Figure 13-1. Adding a Data Template
Data Source Items
Like a graph, a data source can have more than one items. This is useful in situations where ascript returns more than piece of data at one time. This also applies to data queries, so youcan have a single data template that contains both inbound and outbound traffic, rather thanhaving to create a separate data template for each.
Table 13-2. Data Templates: Field Description of the Data Source Items Section
Custom DataCacti Netgear Switch Templates
Assuming you selected a data input source on the previous screen, you should now be presentedwith a Custom Data box. It will show a single line for every singleparameter required for that very data input method. This is how the Data Source glues togetherwith the data input method to provide all run time parameters.
Each custom data field is per-field templatable asall of the other data source fields are. Even if you select the Use Per-Data SourceValue checkbox, it might be useful to specify a value that will be used as an 'initalvalue' for any data source using this data template.
Applying Data Templates to Data Sources
Applying a data template to a data source is a very simple process. The first thing youmust do is select the data source you want to apply the template to under DataSources. Under the Data Template Selection box, selectthe data template that you want to apply to the data source and click Save.
Once the template is applied to the data source, you will notice that you can only changevalues for the fields that you checked Use Per-Data Source Value for.
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Now any time a change is made to the data template, it will be automaticallypropagated to the data sources attached to it.
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