I added a new Cisco Nexus 5000 switch to be monitored and used auto-discovery to create the sensors. It correctly added sensors for all of my ports, but it's numbering the ports with some high number (i.e. 16875520) instead the actual port number (i.e. Eth2/5). Any idea how I can fix this?

Thanks!

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Hello,

it should be possible to change the naming of the sensors with changing the so called Port Name Template. Please try this, it unfortunately only works for newly added sensors.

best regards.


Feb, 2013 - Permalink

But how do I know what to change the port naming to for it to match the actual port numbers of the Nexus switch?

Thanks!


Feb, 2013 - Permalink

We can't say this, I'm afraid. It depends on the configuration of your switch(es). If they use the ifalias or ifdescr, or maybe the ifname. It will be necessary to check that on the target switch(es).


Feb, 2013 - Permalink

ifDescr was exactly what I needed. I changed the 'port naming template' on the device to [ifDesc] [ifAlias] and it worked perfectly. Thanks!


Feb, 2013 - Permalink