[Check_mk (english)] HP ProCurve Interface Aliases

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We’ve got a mixture of Cisco and HP Procurve switches deployed that we are monitoring, I got all the interface descriptions to show up in the Cisco devices by using this in the main.mk file:

if_inventory_uses_description = True

But the HP switches don’t show any interface descriptions. From what I read I needed to add:

if_inventory_uses_alias = True

From the table here to my main.mk file:

http://mathias-kettner.de/checkmk_check_if64.html

However the names / aliases don’t show up in the checks on the device. Can you only use one command or the other in the main.mk file? I did try it with just the uses_alias line in the main.mk file and it didn’t come up with the names anyway.

A snmpwalk against the HP switch I’m testing with and it does show the aliases across all the interfaces we have labeled:

IF-MIB::ifAlias.1 = STRING:

IF-MIB::ifAlias.2 = STRING:

IF-MIB::ifAlias.3 = STRING: Nathan’s-Office

IF-MIB::ifAlias.4 = STRING: Test-PC

IF-MIB::ifAlias.5 = STRING: IP-Phone

Thanks,

Nathan

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We've got a mixture of Cisco and HP Procurve switches deployed that we
are monitoring, I got all the interface descriptions to show up in the
Cisco devices by using this in the main.mk file:

if_inventory_uses_description = True

But the HP switches don't show any interface descriptions. From what I
read I needed to add:

if_inventory_uses_alias = True

From the table here to my main.mk file:

http://mathias-kettner.de/checkmk_check_if64.html

However the names / aliases don't show up in the checks on the device.
Can you only use one command or the other in the main.mk file? I did try
it with just the uses_alias line in the main.mk file and it didn't come
up with the names anyway.

A snmpwalk against the HP switch I'm testing with and it does show the
aliases across all the interfaces we have labeled:

IF-MIB::ifAlias.1 = STRING:

IF-MIB::ifAlias.2 = STRING:

IF-MIB::ifAlias.3 = STRING: Nathan's-Office

IF-MIB::ifAlias.4 = STRING: Test-PC

IF-MIB::ifAlias.5 = STRING: IP-Phone

Thanks,

Nathan

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You can enable both options at the same time, but I'm not sure which will
take precedence for the Cisco switch.
I'd recommend you make the HP Procurves work in a different - test - site
at first and check out the right settings. 90% of times where you don't get
the Alias/Descr showing up right it will be due to not using SNMPv2+ :slight_smile:

Florian