Can't seem to get ifAlias to work :(

[moajosh]

Hello,

I've searched the whole forum but don't seem to have found a similar problem or any of the other solutions to fix this one.

I'm trying to use the |query_ifAlias| in my graphs but instead of printing the description on each port it prints out "|query_ifAlias|"



I have tried chaning graph templates and data queries to all suggested settings in the searches here but nothing seems to have helped. Is there a trick to this?

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Josh

[melchandra]

Go to devices, and click the "create gaphs for this host" for the device in question.

Under the interfaces data query, it should list the Alias that it found. Most Cisco equipment maps this to the "description <desc>" command on the interface. So if you have not issued description commands for your interfaces they won't show up here. If you don't see any Aliases listed, than the query is going to fail, and just show up as "|query_ifAlias|".

[moajosh]

Hmm interesting, I do not see any of my descriptions in the list yet I know that several of the ports have them. Why would they still not show up?

Also is there a way to get the |query_ifAlias| to not show up if it returns null or blank?

[gandalf]

Also is there a way to get the |query_ifAlias| to not show up if it returns null or blank?

If it doesn't return valid data, the next title rule is taken from that Data Query (if there is another rule), e.g. to use |query_ifDescr| instead. You may change this to your likings. Parts of this is described in the last link of my signature
Reinhard

[moajosh]

Ah Ok I fixed that now, thanks a ton!

However cacti is still not pulling my switch description and I'm looking at it on the switch via "sh run" and the entries are there.....


Any idea on this one?

[gandalf]

Find the OIDs cacti is using at ./resources/snmp_queries/interface.xml
Try to snmpwalk them to get an idea what the responses of that target are, really (cacti is not able to use CISCO cli commands, it uses pure SNMP)
Reinhard

[moajosh]

Ah finally figured it out, I had to hit that little green circle, then reassign suggested names and it worked