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Cacti 0.8 Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   Cacti 0.8 Beginner's Guide Learn Cacti and design a robust Network Operations Center

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2011
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849513920
Length 348 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Thomas Urban Thomas Urban
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Cacti 0.8Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Installing Cacti FREE CHAPTER 2. Using Graphs to Monitor Networks and Devices 3. Creating and Using Templates 4. User Management 5. Data Management 6. Cacti Maintenance 7. Network and Server Monitoring 8. Plugin Architecture 9. Plugins 10. Threshold Monitoring with Thold 11. Enterprise Reporting 12. Cacti Automation for NOC Mobile Access / Administration Online Resources Further Information Pop Quiz Answers
Index

Time for action – adding a Graph Rule


  1. Go to Templates | Graph Rules.

  2. Click on the Add link to the top right of the table.

  3. Enter IfOperStatus - UP - 64bit as the Name.

  4. Select SNMP – Interface Statistics as the Data Query as seen in the following screenshot:

  5. Click on the Create button.

  6. Select In/Out Bits (64-bit Counters) as the Graph Type.

  7. Check on the checkbox next to Enable Rule.

  8. Add some Rule Items => Eligible Hosts, so your rules look as shown in the following screenshot:

  9. Now click on the Add link on the Rule Items => Create Graph table.

  10. Select ifOperStatus – Status as the Field Name.

  11. Select contains as the Operator.

  12. Enter up as the Matching Pattern.

  13. Click on the Save button.

  14. Your new graph rule should now look like the following screenshot:

What just happened?

You just created a new graph rule for adding traffic graphs with 64-bit counters to any interface that is up. You can use the links at the top right of the graph rule screen to check which hosts and interfaces match your selection....

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