[racktables-users] Re: Trouble with lettercase of name interface in LiveCDP.
- From: Mark Wilkinson <Mark.Wilkinson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "racktables-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <racktables-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:15:06 +0000
Hi Alexey,
It sounds like Eduard has run into the case sensitive matching that I
pointed out some time ago. While I understand your point about the shortname
and the need for a rename button,
I think this highlights the need for case insensitive matching on the liveCDP
tab
Regards
Mark
>
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-----Original Message-----
> From: racktables-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:racktables-users-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alexey Andriyanov
> Sent: 28 January 2014 09:49
> To: racktables-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [racktables-users] Re: Trouble with lettercase of name interface in
> LiveCDP.
>
> 28.01.2014 2:11, Eduard wrote:
> > snmpwalk get "Fa0/11"
> > $ snmpwalk -v1 -c public 172.16.0.210 -On IF-MIB::ifName.10011
> > .1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.1.10011 = STRING: Fa0/11 Why does snmpgeneric
> > plug-in must translate names of interfaces?
> > May be better "Live CDP" will to ignore case of letters?
> The problem is not about the letter case. If you inspect the output of "show
> cdp neighbor" and "show cdp neighbor detail", you would unlikely see the
> "Fa0/11" port name there.
> In my case Cisco C2960 series switch displays "Gig 0/48" in brief mode and
> "GigabitEthernet0/48" in detail mode.
>
> The RT policy is to keep shortened interface names in the database. If you do
> not do so, the features like LivePorts, LiveCDP, LiveLLDP, 802.1Q would not
> work for you.
>
> There is an idea to have a button that renames already existing ports in DB
> according to the port name convention. But is is not implemented yet.
>
> > ---
> > Eduard
> > racktables@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014, at 11:55 PM, Alexey Andriyanov wrote:
> >> Hi. There is a convention on port names. The port names being added
> >> via SNMP Sync tab are translated using the shortenIfName() function.
> >> It seems that snmpgeneric plug-in does not translate device port
> >> names before adding them to DB.
> >>
> >> 27.01.2014 15:36, Eduard wrote:
> >>> Racktables 0.20.6.
> >>> I added interfaces via plugin "SNMP generic"
> >>> https://github.com/RackTables/racktables-
> contribs/blob/master/snmpge
> >>> neric.php
> >>> from my Cisco WS 3560.
> >>> Example port after adding:
> >>> Local name - Fa0/11
> >>> Visible label - FastEthernet0/11
> >>>
> >>> I get error on tab "Live CDP" "No such local port fa0/11".
> >>> If I change the name from Fa0/11 to fa0/11, then the error disappears.
> >>> How can I configure to ignore the case of letters?
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>> Eduard
> >>> mailto: racktables@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>>
> >> --
> >> Best regards,
> >> Alexey
> >>
> >>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Alexey
>
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