Port status

Nadir · Post by **Nadir** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:59 am

HI all,

It would be great to add a test that check status (Up, Down, cable unplugged) of a network device.
I know that could be done with snmp get test but a builtin test like traffic monitor would be very useful.

Thanks

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:48 am

Not sure I understand what advantages can be provided by such test

Traffic Monitor test is useful because single SNMP Get test cannot monitor several interfaces and it cannot check summarized input+output traffic.
SNMP Get test may easily check status of the interface. So, why do you need new test method? Do you want to use single test to check all network interfaces of the device?

Regards
Alex

Nadir · Post by **Nadir** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:11 am

Do you want to use single test to check all network interfaces of the device?

No, I need to monitor network interface status (reply status could be UP or down or cable unplugged..).

This new test willl need just Ip address and community string and we will choose the network interface to monitor (like traffic monitor).

Is it more clear?

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:46 am

Its pretty easy to do the same using SNMP Get test method

Regards
Alex

Nadir · Post by **Nadir** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:04 pm

Its pretty easy to do the same using SNMP Get test method

Yes I know but it's more longer. First I need to browse device with mib browser and then identify wich index reffers wich network interface (sometimes port C12 is index 76 etc) anf finally copy OID in snmp get test.
But with this new test I just browse device like traffic monitor to choose interface and then alert if interface is down.

Nadir · Post by **Nadir** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:48 am

I think that could be implementing easly no?

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:46 am

I do not see much sense in such implementation. If we implement such test, then we should implement hundreds of similar tests that will simply gather SNMP information.
We plan to implement more admanced test that will be able to check all/several network interfaces.

Regards
Alex