Nav-users October 2009

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FYI: FreeBSD and XMPP
by Ingeborg Hellemo 21 Oct '09

21 Oct '09

In case someone wants to configure XMPP on FreeBSD the correct python-library to install is net-im/py-xmpppy (not net-im/py-pyxmpp...) --Ingeborg -- Ingeborg Østrem Hellemo -- ingeborg.hellemo(a)uit.no Dep. of Information Technology --- Univ. of Tromsø

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Re: VS: Radius service monitor
by Istvan Bernath 16 Oct '09

16 Oct '09

Thanks for the kind reply! Right now all our active switches are registered in NAV. There are about 130 pcs. 2510-48 and a couple of 2600-8, 2610, 2626, 2650, 2810 and 2824. The core switches are two 5406 and a single 5412. Traffic data is collected from the switches correctly. Statistics are presented fine via Cricket. Alerts, like firmware upgrade and cold start, are all noticed via Alert Manager as it should. Topology right now is totally missing, but luckily I've cached a hint of topology with a single 2824 in the middle and one 2626 one 2650 and a 2510 as the neighbors before my colleague, sorry to say, have updated to the latest firmware. The magic surely was, that the 2824 had a complete CDP and LLDP implementation in the old firmware, while all the new HP firmware has only a crippled Receive Only CDP implementation. The missing topology is rather crucial since we can be flooded by SMS and mails in case a box at the top fails. MAC information is collected, so it is possible to find a MAC number belonging to an IP number, but the MAC is not associated to any switch port, so we can not trace MAC, and use Arnold. Service monitoring is rather important for us, since our server people do need a better identification of a functioning server than a simple ping. Needless to say that a process can fail while the server still is pingable. Right now we are monitoring DNS, HTTP, IMAP, SMB, SMTP with success. The only service we are missing, for the time beeing, is the RADIUS. If I can help the developers with any tests, I would be more than happy to do it! Thanks again! Istvan >>> Morten Brekkevold <morten.brekkevold(a)uninett.no> 10/15/09 11:14 AM >>> On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:12:41 +0200 "Istvan Bernath" <ibe(a)life.ku.dk> wrote: > Sorry about the inconvenience! > > I've been on the sidelines in the past 3 years, receiving all > messages from the nav-users list and running a maintained and > updated test installation all that time. > > To my pleasure this time it will be official, and the Faculty of > Life Sciences, Copenhagen University gives NAV a chance as the > global monitoring tool of all the new HP 2510 switches our net is > now upgraded to. Music to my ears. Although I'm curious as to how NAV will perform on an all HP network. We've had some problems with HP in the past. Not all of them are completely behind us, but they hopefully will be in NAV 3.6. > Monitoring of several services will also be crucial. NAV's service monitoring capabilities have been somewhat downplayed by UNINETT, due to lack of resources. We've left maintenance of those systems in the capable hands of the University of Tromsø. Hopefully, their developers can answer your questions, as I don't know radius or the service monitor all that well. I've prodded one of their guys to look at your servicemon question. > I have though problems with monitoring the Radius service, and booth > topology and MAC behind a port do not work with the new HP ProCurve > switches. Your topology problems are intriguing. Are you experiencing a total lack of topology information, or just plain wrong topology? I've had reports of the latter from other HP-heavy installations. Are you able to search any MAC data for any of your switches? > I hope somebody can help me rectifying the last problems. It might take some Q&A, but hopefully we can be of assistance :) -- mvh Morten Brekkevold UNINETT

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Re: VS: Radius service monitor
by Istvan Bernath 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

Sorry about the inconvenience! I've been on the sidelines in the past 3 years, receiving all messages from the nav-users list and running a maintained and updated test installation all that time. To my pleasure this time it will be official, and the Faculty of Life Sciences, Copenhagen University gives NAV a chance as the global monitoring tool of all the new HP 2510 switches our net is now upgraded to. Monitoring of several services will also be crucial. I have though problems with monitoring the Radius service, and booth topology and MAC behind a port do not work with the new HP ProCurve switches. I hope somebody can help me rectifying the last problems. Kind Regards Istvan

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EdgeCore ES4612 no port info
by Kostua 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

Hello nav users! When adding a new device EdgeCore ES4612 not provide information about activity at the ports. At Home > Reports > Switch ports: indicated only ifindex, module and port. via snmp everything looks fine: %snmpwalk -v2c -c some 172.16.2.49 ifSpeed IF-MIB::ifSpeed.1 = Gauge32: 1000000000 IF-MIB::ifSpeed.2 = Gauge32: 1000000000 IF-MIB::ifSpeed.3 = Gauge32: 1000000000 IF-MIB::ifSpeed.4 = Gauge32: 1000000000 IF-MIB::ifSpeed.5 = Gauge32: 1000000000 IF-MIB::ifSpeed.6 = Gauge32: 1000000000 IF-MIB::ifSpeed.7 = Gauge32: 1000000000 IF-MIB::ifSpeed.8 = Gauge32: 1000000000 IF-MIB::ifSpeed.9 = Gauge32: 1000000000 IF-MIB::ifSpeed.10 = Gauge32: 1000000000 IF-MIB::ifSpeed.11 = Gauge32: 1000000000 IF-MIB::ifSpeed.12 = Gauge32: 1000000000 %snmpwalk -v2c -c some 172.16.2.49 ifOperStatus IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.1 = INTEGER: up(1) IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.2 = INTEGER: up(1) IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.3 = INTEGER: up(1) IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.4 = INTEGER: lowerLayerDown(7) IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.5 = INTEGER: lowerLayerDown(7) IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.6 = INTEGER: lowerLayerDown(7) IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.7 = INTEGER: lowerLayerDown(7) IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.8 = INTEGER: lowerLayerDown(7) IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.9 = INTEGER: up(1) IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.10 = INTEGER: up(1) IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.11 = INTEGER: up(1) IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.12 = INTEGER: up(1) IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.19 = INTEGER: up(1) Any idea ?

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VS: Radius service monitor
by Stokkenes Vidar 02 Oct '09

02 Oct '09

For some reason Istvan can't seem to get this mail through to the list. So forwarding it to help him out :) -Vidar -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: Istvan Bernath [mailto:ibe@life.ku.dk] Sendt: 30. september 2009 10:09 Til: nav-users(a)uninett.no Emne: Radius service monitor Hi, Is there anybody that can help me with the radius service monitor? In the /var/lib/nav/log/servicemon.log logfile there are entries suggesting that the process tries to communicate with the radius server, but that is not the case. Packet capture with Wireshark shows that there are no radius packages sent to the server. [2009-09-30 09:13:44] abstractChecker.py:run:118 [Info] xxx.yyy.zzz:radius -> Failed connecting to ('130.226.xxx.yyy', 1812): 'User-Name') [2009-09-30 09:13:44] rrd.py:update:109 [Debug] Updated xxx.yyy.zzz.31.rrd Just to be sure, a request with "radtest" produces a log entry on the radius server, and the expected packages can also be captured with Wireshark. rad_recv: Access-Accept packet from host xxx.yyy.zzz port 1812, id=101, length=20 Best Regards Istvan

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Radius service monitor
by ibe＠life.ku.dk 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

Hi, Is there anybody that can help me with the radius service monitor? In the /var/lib/nav/log/servicemon.log logfile there are entries suggesting that the process tries to communicate with the radius server, but that is not the case. Packet capture with Wireshark shows that there are no radius packages sent to the server. [2009-09-30 09:13:44] abstractChecker.py:run:118 [Info] xxx.yyy.zzz:radius -> Failed connecting to ('130.226.xxx.yyy', 1812): 'User-Name') [2009-09-30 09:13:44] rrd.py:update:109 [Debug] Updated xxx.yyy.zzz.31.rrd Just to be sure, a request with "radtest" produces a log entry on the radius server, and the expected packages can also be captured with Wireshark. rad_recv: Access-Accept packet from host xxx.yyy.zzz port 1812, id=101, length=20 Best Regards Istvan

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