Hi -
I have not been able to find this, we started trying/using Observium for few weeks. We intend to use it mostly to compliment our current monitoring software. We are impressed with it, but the main intention is graphing and helping us troubleshooting.
We are monitoring large 6500 switches and we have a number of ports that we intentionally keep in the cisco notconnected state.
The front page of Observium is then riddled with the "Port Down" messages. Can this be suppressed / ignored ?
I hope I'm not asking a question that has been answered many times, but google fails me here - and I'm still getting around understanding how Observium functions.
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The front page contains some php that selects all interfaces with up/down state. It's intended to be customised.
Personally, I never even look at the front page. It's only there so you don't get a blank page. Though we get enough people asking this that I'm occasionally tempted to remove it and replace it with the hamster!
Also, how do I get my free Eve account? :>
adam.
On 22/07/2012 17:31, Benedikt Sveinsson wrote:
Hi --
I have not been able to find this, we started trying/using Observium for few weeks. We intend to use it mostly to compliment our current monitoring software. We are impressed with it, but the main intention is graphing and helping us troubleshooting.
We are monitoring large 6500 switches and we have a number of ports that we intentionally keep in the cisco notconnected state.
The front page of Observium is then riddled with the "Port Down" messages. Can this be suppressed / ignored ?
I hope I'm not asking a question that has been answered many times, but google fails me here -- and I'm still getting around understanding how Observium functions.
Kveðja / With regards *Benedikt Sveinsson* Senior Network Engineer
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Hamster would be great ;)
As I'm showing this amazing tool to my sysadmin coworkers that don't get networking, they see the DOWN messages..
But now "fixed" with some /**/ - so I only get the "recent Eventlog entries" on the frontpage.
Now the only thing I'm looking at is the support for Cisco ACE Loadbalancers - just added two contexts - getting some strange things, but must admid I have not researched it.
I think an free EVE Online account would consume to much time from you, developing this tool ;)
- Benni
From: observium-bounces@observium.org [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong Sent: 22. júlí 2012 16:34 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Ignoring down / notconnected ports
The front page contains some php that selects all interfaces with up/down state. It's intended to be customised.
Personally, I never even look at the front page. It's only there so you don't get a blank page. Though we get enough people asking this that I'm occasionally tempted to remove it and replace it with the hamster!
Also, how do I get my free Eve account? :>
adam.
On 22/07/2012 17:31, Benedikt Sveinsson wrote: Hi -
I have not been able to find this, we started trying/using Observium for few weeks. We intend to use it mostly to compliment our current monitoring software. We are impressed with it, but the main intention is graphing and helping us troubleshooting.
We are monitoring large 6500 switches and we have a number of ports that we intentionally keep in the cisco notconnected state.
The front page of Observium is then riddled with the "Port Down" messages. Can this be suppressed / ignored ?
I hope I'm not asking a question that has been answered many times, but google fails me here - and I'm still getting around understanding how Observium functions.
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On 22/07/2012 18:15, Benedikt Sveinsson wrote:
Hamster would be great ;)
As I'm showing this amazing tool to my sysadmin coworkers that don't get networking, they see the DOWN messages..
But now "fixed" with some /**/ - so I only get the "recent Eventlog entries" on the frontpage.
Now the only thing I'm looking at is the support for Cisco ACE Loadbalancers -- just added two contexts -- getting some strange things, but must admid I have not researched it.
I think an free EVE Online account would consume to much time from you, developing this tool ;)
You have no idea. Observium would be Skynet by now if I hadn't discovered WoW in 2008.
adam.
What about going into the settings of the device and marking "ignore" on all the ports? That's what I did...
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Adam Armstrong adama@memetic.org wrote:
The front page contains some php that selects all interfaces with up/down state. It's intended to be customised.
Personally, I never even look at the front page. It's only there so you don't get a blank page. Though we get enough people asking this that I'm occasionally tempted to remove it and replace it with the hamster!
Also, how do I get my free Eve account? :>
adam.
On 22/07/2012 17:31, Benedikt Sveinsson wrote:
Hi – ****
I have not been able to find this, we started trying/using Observium for few weeks. We intend to use it mostly to compliment our current monitoring software. We are impressed with it, but the main intention is graphing and helping us troubleshooting.****
We are monitoring large 6500 switches and we have a number of ports that we intentionally keep in the cisco notconnected state. ****
The front page of Observium is then riddled with the “Port Down” messages. Can this be suppressed / ignored ? ****
I hope I’m not asking a question that has been answered many times, but google fails me here – and I’m still getting around understanding how Observium functions.****
Kveðja / With regards *Benedikt Sveinsson* Senior Network Engineer****
CCP Operations [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: signature]****
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That was naughty. Now all sorts of other things you might happen with those ports you'll never see :>
adam.
On 22/07/2012 18:20, Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
What about going into the settings of the device and marking "ignore" on all the ports? That's what I did...
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Adam Armstrong <adama@memetic.org mailto:adama@memetic.org> wrote:
The front page contains some php that selects all interfaces with up/down state. It's intended to be customised. Personally, I never even look at the front page. It's only there so you don't get a blank page. Though we get enough people asking this that I'm occasionally tempted to remove it and replace it with the hamster! Also, how do I get my free Eve account? :> adam. On 22/07/2012 17:31, Benedikt Sveinsson wrote:Hi -- I have not been able to find this, we started trying/using Observium for few weeks. We intend to use it mostly to compliment our current monitoring software. We are impressed with it, but the main intention is graphing and helping us troubleshooting. We are monitoring large 6500 switches and we have a number of ports that we intentionally keep in the cisco notconnected state. The front page of Observium is then riddled with the "Port Down" messages. Can this be suppressed / ignored ? I hope I'm not asking a question that has been answered many times, but google fails me here -- and I'm still getting around understanding how Observium functions. Kveðja / With regards *Benedikt Sveinsson* Senior Network Engineer CCP Operations Description: Description: Description: Description: signature Netfang / Emailbenedikt@ccpgames.com <mailto:benedikt@ccpgames.com> GSM / Mobile. +354 691-6445 <tel:%2B354%20691-6445> Grandagarði 8 . 101 Reykjavík . Iceland .http://www.ccpgames.com <http://www.ccpgames.com/> _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium@observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium_______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium@observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium-- Jeff Ollie
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On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Adam Armstrong adama@memetic.org wrote:
That was naughty. Now all sorts of other things you might happen with those ports you'll never see :>
That's true, but with 17K+ ports in my network, most of which are end-user workstations which I have no control of when they are up, down, or get rebooted that's the only way I was going to stay sane...
Plus ports that are being ignored still have bandwidth etc recorded...
adam.
On 22/07/2012 18:20, Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
What about going into the settings of the device and marking "ignore" on all the ports? That's what I did...
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Adam Armstrong adama@memetic.orgwrote:
The front page contains some php that selects all interfaces with up/down state. It's intended to be customised.
Personally, I never even look at the front page. It's only there so you don't get a blank page. Though we get enough people asking this that I'm occasionally tempted to remove it and replace it with the hamster!
Also, how do I get my free Eve account? :>
adam.
On 22/07/2012 17:31, Benedikt Sveinsson wrote:
Hi –
I have not been able to find this, we started trying/using Observium for few weeks. We intend to use it mostly to compliment our current monitoring software. We are impressed with it, but the main intention is graphing and helping us troubleshooting.
We are monitoring large 6500 switches and we have a number of ports that we intentionally keep in the cisco notconnected state.
The front page of Observium is then riddled with the “Port Down” messages. Can this be suppressed / ignored ?
I hope I’m not asking a question that has been answered many times, but google fails me here – and I’m still getting around understanding how Observium functions.
Kveðja / With regards *Benedikt Sveinsson* Senior Network Engineer
CCP Operations [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: signature]
Netfang / Email benedikt@ccpgames.com GSM / Mobile. +354 691-6445 <%2B354%20691-6445>
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Hi Benedikt,
The best way to do this is to shut down ports which are not in use. Observium will not alert if they are administratively down.
However, if your network is like Jeffrey's or mine, there are also options in the device settings to ignore all currently alerted or currently down ports.
Regards, Paul
On 23/07/12 03:20, Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
What about going into the settings of the device and marking "ignore" on all the ports? That's what I did...
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Adam Armstrong <adama@memetic.org mailto:adama@memetic.org> wrote:
The front page contains some php that selects all interfaces with up/down state. It's intended to be customised. Personally, I never even look at the front page. It's only there so you don't get a blank page. Though we get enough people asking this that I'm occasionally tempted to remove it and replace it with the hamster! Also, how do I get my free Eve account? :> adam. On 22/07/2012 17:31, Benedikt Sveinsson wrote:Hi -- I have not been able to find this, we started trying/using Observium for few weeks. We intend to use it mostly to compliment our current monitoring software. We are impressed with it, but the main intention is graphing and helping us troubleshooting. We are monitoring large 6500 switches and we have a number of ports that we intentionally keep in the cisco notconnected state. The front page of Observium is then riddled with the "Port Down" messages. Can this be suppressed / ignored ?
Tnx all for the help
Yee, I need to keep a lot of ports in "no shutdown"
Is this the config option I should be looking at:
$config['bad_if_'][] = "STRING"; $config['bad_if_regexp'][] = "/serial[0-9]:/"; Would that be the filter to ignore the ports ? then we into massive manual configuration
Or is this based on the description on each interface ?
Like this ?
Interface GigabitEthernet0/1 Description pleaseignore
That would mean a compromise to leave unprovisioned ports open, but with a string that instructs observium to ignore it.
Close?
- Benni
From: observium-bounces@observium.org [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Paul Gear Sent: 23. júlí 2012 00:14 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Ignoring down / notconnected ports
Hi Benedikt,
The best way to do this is to shut down ports which are not in use. Observium will not alert if they are administratively down.
However, if your network is like Jeffrey's or mine, there are also options in the device settings to ignore all currently alerted or currently down ports.
Regards, Paul
On 23/07/12 03:20, Jeffrey Ollie wrote: What about going into the settings of the device and marking "ignore" on all the ports? That's what I did... On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Adam Armstrong <adama@memetic.orgmailto:adama@memetic.org> wrote: The front page contains some php that selects all interfaces with up/down state. It's intended to be customised.
Personally, I never even look at the front page. It's only there so you don't get a blank page. Though we get enough people asking this that I'm occasionally tempted to remove it and replace it with the hamster!
Also, how do I get my free Eve account? :>
adam.
On 22/07/2012 17:31, Benedikt Sveinsson wrote: Hi -
I have not been able to find this, we started trying/using Observium for few weeks. We intend to use it mostly to compliment our current monitoring software. We are impressed with it, but the main intention is graphing and helping us troubleshooting.
We are monitoring large 6500 switches and we have a number of ports that we intentionally keep in the cisco notconnected state.
The front page of Observium is then riddled with the "Port Down" messages. Can this be suppressed / ignored ?
On 23/07/12 10:21, Benedikt Sveinsson wrote:
Tnx all for the help
Yee, I need to keep a lot of ports in "no shutdown"
Is this the config option I should be looking at:
$config['bad_if_'][] = "STRING";
$config['bad_if_regexp'][] = "/serial[0-9]:/";
Would that be the filter to ignore the ports ? then we into massive manual configuration
The configuration can be found in the web interface, device -> configuration -> ports
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