Hi,

Sorry, but I have some doubts, first of all, it´s necessary to tell you that it´s my first time in install and admin nmis.

I have installed 8.3.9g and I don´t know how to:

  • If you are logged, where can I logout, and finish de session?
  • It´s possible to change interface graph description, by deffault in top of the grapbh we can see : <node> <interface> <graph-period> , and I wold like to see interface description.
  • And the last it´s, why can I see graph of port-channels for 4500, but not for 3750

 

Thank you.

 

PD: I hope you can understand my english

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  1. If you are logged, where can I logout, and finish de session?

    The default authentication configuration for 8.3.9g is apache, this means that apache handles the logging in and out process.  As far as I know there is no code available to log you out using this authentication mode, the best way to logout would be to close your browser or use an in-cognito window (I understand that this is not a great answer).  

    In newer versions of NMIS the "htpasswd" authentication mode has returned and it is the new default, it provides a logout button, I can help you get a newer version, just reply to this and I will help you out.

  2. It´s possible to change interface graph description, by deffault in top of the grapbh we can see : <node> <interface> <graph-period> , and I wold like to see interface description.

    This is possible, the graph titles are defined for each graph in the file that delcares how to create the graph, they can be found in nmis8/models/Graph-*.nmis.  The default graphs that are displayed when viewing an interface are autil, abits, pkts_hc, cbqos_in and cbqos_out.  The graph I am guessing you are looking for is Graph-abits.nmis.  Scrolling to the bottom of the file you will find: 

    ### nmis8/models/Graph-abits.nmis [line 32]
    'title' => { 
     'short' => '$node: $ifDescr - $length', 
     'standard' => '$node: $ifDescr - $length from $datestamp_start to $datestamp_end' 
    },
    'vlabel' => { 
     'standard' => 'Packets/Second' 
    }

    The problem we run into now is that the description field isn't available for using, but thanks to open source and the GPL it's easy to add.  The code below adds:

    $description = $IF->{$intf}{Description};
    ### nmis8/cgi-bin/rrdraw.pl [line 220]:
    if ($intf ne "") {
     $indx = $intf;
     $description = $IF->{$intf}{Description}; # <- add this line
     $ifDescr = $IF->{$intf}{ifDescr};
     $ifSpeed = $IF->{$intf}{ifSpeed};
     if ($ifSpeed eq "auto" ) {
     $ifSpeed = 10000000;
     }
     $speed = convertIfSpeed($ifSpeed);
    }

    Now change the graph to display $description.   

    ### nmis8/models/Graph-abits.nmis [line 32]
    'title' => { 
     'short' => '$description', 

    NOTE: NMIS will not make the graph bigger to fit a long description, if the description is long you may not see the whole description.

  3. And the last it´s, why can I see graph of port-channels for 4500, but not for 3750

    NMIS models define a section called "nocollect".  If any of the rows in this section match the interface then it will not be displayed.  This helps NMIS display only interfaces that are important to you and keeps you from having to store a lot of info you don't need.

    You can find out which model was used for your device by clicking on the device and looking at the description, in the case below the CiscoRouter model was used, this file can be found at nmis8/models/Model-CiscoRouter.nmis:

    EG.

    Let's say I connect NMIS to a Cisco device and NMIS uses the model nmis8/models/Model-CatalystIOS.nmis , inside this model I find this section: 

    'nocollect' => {
     'Description' => '^#',
     'ifDescr' => 'sublayer|null|controller',
     'ifOperStatus' => 'null',
     'ifType' => 'other|softwareloopback|propVirtual|slip',
     'noDescription' => 'true'
     },

    If any of these match an interface for my device that interface will not be displayed.  An explantion of these rules:

    'Description' => '^#', The description starts with a #
    'ifDescr' => 'sublayer|null|controller', the ifDescr contains sublayer, null or controller
    'ifOperStatus' => 'null', the ifOperStatus is null
    'ifType' => 'other|softwareloopback|propVirtual|slip', the ifType is other, software, oopback, propVirtual or slip
    'noDescription' => 'true' the description is blank

    So if you would like to display ifType's of software, simply remove software from the nocollect->ifType section of the model used for that device.

    In your case I suspect that the description for your interface might be blank, but if this is not the case send me the information about your interface and I can help you try and solve why it does not appear.

     

     

    1. trimi AUTHOR

      Hello Mark,

      Thank you a lot for your help!!!!

      About the port-channel, I attached you some pics, because I don´t know what is the problem, the pics are about 3750 (that not works fine) and 4500 (that it works fine). At 4500 I can see graph info but 3750 haven´t got some graph info.

      • About 3750

       

       

      • About 4500

       

       

       

      Thank you again four your attention.

      Regards

      1. trimi AUTHOR

        Hello again,

        Sorry, but I have read again your mail, this time I´ve do it slowly. And I´ve understand your explanation about *IOS.nmis archive, I´ve edited it and suppressed "propVirtual", then it works that I need.

         

        Thanks again

        1. That's fantastic!  Glad I could help.

          1. trimi AUTHOR

            Hello, I´m here again,

            If is not much job for you, I would like to ask you two more things.

            When I open cisco4500 node details, "IO Memory Utilisation" graph it´s empty, like this

            You know what can be the problem?

            And the other question it´s, what are hardware requisites to run nmis8?. Now it´s running in virtual machine, but I like to install it in a server.

             

            Thank you again