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Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

3787.0. "Q's on Rtr Mgr and Utilisation" by SNOFS1::KHOOJEANNIE (Poles are the best post-impressionists) Sun Aug 11 1996 22:52

    A customer has been trialling Router Manager with Ciscos, and has
    reported the following problems, which I have been able to reproduce
    with DECNISs in the Digital network.
    
    1. Boxmap -> Interface -> Utilisation: Utilisation is often displayed
       to be above 100%, sometimes as high as 150%.  How is "utilisation"
       measured by Router Manager?  What do values above 100% mean?
    
    2. Utilisation -> Export Data: This doesn't seem to work - when the
       button is pressed, Router Manager prompts you for a .csv filename, but
       the file that is created is a 1KB Excel file with no data in it, only
       column headings (Date, Time, GroupID, Interface, Int In Bandwidth, Int
       Out Bandwidth).  How do you get the data?
    
    Any feedback much appreciated
    Jeannie
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3787.1logging enabledNETRIX::"[email protected]"NS AustriaMon Aug 12 1996 03:1412
Hi Jeannie,

re. 2
Did you enable the LOGGING function? You can do this by right-clicking the 
configuration icon. After that you can collect various data in foreground 
or background.

cheers 
Robert

   
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3787.2Thanks, and any ideas on 1?SNOFS1::KHOOJEANNIEPoles are the best post-impressionistsWed Aug 14 1996 21:2211
    Thanks Robert, I hadn't done this, so it's now working!
    
    Can someone please advise on the utilisation values, and why they are
    over 100%?
    
    The customer who is trialling Router Manager won't buy it without
    clarification on how this is measured and what it means.
    
    Thanks
    Jeannie
3787.3Trust no-oneGIDDAY::MORANSun Aug 18 1996 08:1319
    Hi Jeannie,
    
    re .1 - check that the SNMP varible for bandwidth is set correctly on
    the interface cards.
    
    I don't know what you have to do on the decnis but on the Cisco's you
    have to manually set the bandwidth in the config script.
    
    Also on the internal Digital WAN in australia they use compression
    boxes a lot for the WAN links which might affect the figures.
    
    And just to top it off I don't trust the utilisation figures I get from
    DECNIS routers anyway. I had 2 probes monitorin a customer LAN (network
    general and a PC based probe) than gave me VERY different figures that
    Router manager was showing.
    
    Hope this helps - Shaun
    NSIS Brisbane