ifDescr's with spaces in the name (Force10)

[fatbox]

Hi,

I'm trying to get my Force10 switch to display the full ifDescr in the graph title.

My guess is that it's a problem because ifDescr contains a space in the name. On a Cisco it's Gi0/1, on linux eth0, but with Force10 it's "GigabitEthernet 0/1".

If I run a verbose query on "SNMP - Interface Statistics" I get:

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+ Located input field 'ifDescr' [walk]
+ Executing SNMP walk for data @ '.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2'
+ Found item [ifDescr='GigabitEthernet 0/1'] index: 34128388 [from value]
+ Found item [ifDescr='GigabitEthernet 0/2'] index: 34390532 [from value]
+ Found item [ifDescr='GigabitEthernet 0/3'] index: 34652676 [from value]
...

If I goto Create Graphs for this Host I do see the correct value (GigabitEthernet 0/1) listed for both Description and Name (IF-MIB).

However, when I actually create a graph I get

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+ Created graph: YYZ1 CS1 - Traffic - GigabitEthernet

And the graph title doesn't have the actual interface.

I've tried everything I can think of for a graph template name; ifAlias, ifName, ifDescription, ifIndex. None of them give me the full interface name.

I tried searching through the forums but none of the suggestions worked for me. Even the great Force10 templates do not help, and another user who posted caps of his Force10 graphs is suffering from the same thing (first graph image).

Has anyone run into this before? Am I correct in assuming that the space in the name is the culprit?

For reference, it's two S25N's stacked and it's running FTOS, which is pretty much a copy of the Cisco IOS interface.

Thanks
-Evan

[TheWitness]

Could be a Setting in Console->Settings->Visual

There are two of importance. The maximum graph title length and the max data query item length.

You should:

1) Increase both
2) Reindex the device
3) Reapply suggested names.

TheWitness

[fatbox]

max data query item length

Duh... how did I miss that.

Thanks.