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DOCSIS Stats

Post by BSOD2600 »

Below is a simple script which queries DOCSIS cable modems for various stats. It uses the Cacti PHP script server so it's pretty efficient. Not all modems report the downstream/upstream power levels.

Created on Cacti 0.8.6h + patches.

Installation
1) Place ss_docsis_stats.php in your ./cacti/scripts/ folder.
2) Import the templates
3) Create the date sources and graph templates.
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Post by MGarner »

This is my first attempt at importing but I get an error.

Error: XML: Cacti version does not exist.

Maybe someone can tell me what it means and how to correct it.

Thanks
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Post by BSOD2600 »

Since I created/exported the template with Cacti 0.8.6h + patches, you must be running this minimum version too.
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Post by MGarner »

Since it was a fresh install anyway, I wiped it and started over and it imported fine. Thanks for the reply.
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Post by nerdtalker »

Looks good, but my ISP (Comcast) disables SNMP access for customers, so it won't work.

Is there any way to do it with lynx and essentially capture those same values from the cable modem configuration pages?
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Post by BSOD2600 »

Yea, it would be possible to do that... although, since I'm on Charter and found out the private SNMP community string AND they don't limit it to certain IP ranges like Comcast does (parents have it back home), it's not a top priority for me.
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Post by jadams »

Am I missing something? I set this up and for whatever reason it will generate the graphs but pass no information to it. I can actually manually run the ss_docsis.stats.php and it comes back with this:
docsIfDownChannelPower:-74 docsIfSigQSignalNoise:354 docsIfSigQMicroreflections:35 docsIfCmRangingTimeout:5 docsIfCmStatusTxPower:480 docsIfCmStatusResets:0 docsIfCmStatusLostSyncs:0 docsIfCmStatusT1Timeouts:0 docsIfCmStatusT2Timeouts:0 docsIfCmStatusT3Timeouts:2076 docsIfCmStatusT4Timeouts:0[root@server scripts]# php ss_docsis_stats.php 192.168.100.1 public 1 161 500

Yet the cacti.log comes back with this when its setup:
02/15/2006 12:50:02 PM - CMDPHP: Poller[0] Host[2] DS[65] WARNING: Result from SERVER not valid. Partial Result: docsIfDownChannelPow

any ideas?
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Post by BSOD2600 »

Seems the scripts output is getting chopped when cacti runs it? Run cacti with debugging logging and see what it's trying to do.

You running cacti 0.8.6h + patches?
What version of everything are you running?
What is your max_execution_time and max_input_time for php?
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Post by jadams »

Here's the error message in debug mode:

02/15/2006 02:30:02 PM - PHPSVR: Poller[0] DEBUG: INCLUDE: '/var/www/html/cacti/scripts/ss_docsis_stats.php' SCRIPT: 'ss_docsis_stats' CMD: '192.168.100.1public116150000'
02/15/2006 02:30:02 PM - CMDPHP: Poller[0] Host[2] DS[67] SERVER: /var/www/html/cacti/scripts/ss_docsis_stats.php ss_docsis_stats 192.168.100.1public116150000, output: U
02/15/2006 02:30:02 PM - PHPSVR: Poller[0] SERVER: /var/www/html/cacti/scripts/ss_docsis_stats.php ss_docsis_stats 192.168.100.1public116150000 output docsIfDownChannelPower:NaN docsIfSigQSignalNoise:NaN docsIfSigQMicroreflections:NaN docsIfCmRangingTimeout:NaN docsIfCmStatusTxPower:NaN docsIfCmStatusResets:NaN docsIfCmStatusLostSyncs:NaN docsIfCmStatusT1Timeouts:NaN docsIfCmStatusT2Timeouts:NaN docsIfCmStatusT3Timeouts:NaN docsIfCmStatusT4Timeouts:NaN
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Post by BSOD2600 »

There should be spaces between each set of variables that are passed to the script. Did you edit it or something?
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Post by jadams »

Nope, I have not touched the script in any way, shape, or form. When you suggested turning on debug that's the first thing that looked strange to me. Spaces. Although I have no idea how to force spaces in there at all.
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Post by BSOD2600 »

Very odd. Take a look at the DOCSIS Stats data input method. Are there spaces between the variables in the Input String?

Try clearing your poller cache.
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Post by jadams »

And... there we go. Thank you. I tried putting the spaces in there earlier, but I didn't clear out the poller cache. That seemed to do the trick.
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Post by ccsdnoc »

So, your modem doesn't support SNMP? No worries, this script will support alot of modems WITHOUT SNMP...w00t :lol: !! Now, getting it to work with cacti might be a little challenging. I did my part by getting all the files in a zip; so, lets work together and get this going...it's a great tool. :o

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Post by ccsdnoc »

Well, I posted some files that might have helped getting the DOCSIS data off of the cable modems that do not support SNMP. It works perfectly when I queue my firewall to grab the data via crontab and with the files I posted. I was wondering if anyone has it working in CACTI yet? It definitely would be a great thing since many ISPs disable SNMP on the client end. :D
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