Question : Monitor CIsco 6500 Switch Fabric and Backplane Utilization

Hi All,

We actually have a lot of Cisco 6500 Series Switch where all the module in them are SFM Capable. What we are trying to do is to proactively monitor when the Switch Fabric or the Backplane utilization goes high.

Normally every module that is connected to the Switch Fabric either normally has a 8G or 20G or other bandwidth. We are trying to see whether if we can monitor both the tx and rx bandwidth utilization for each of the module allocated bandwidth to the Switch Fabric, so that we can proactively take note when a particular module become over suscribed. We are trying to acheive having a module that is never over suscribed.

Would appreciate on how we can monitor this or is there any free tool that can help us do this.

Thanks
Hari

Answer : Monitor CIsco 6500 Switch Fabric and Backplane Utilization

Hari,

I think you are interested in the object ID of 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.217 (CISCO-CAT6K-CROSSBAR-MIB).

The statiscs are in cc6kxbarStatisticsEntry 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.217.1.3.1.1

cc6kxbarStatisticsInUtil        1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.217.1.3.1.1.6
cc6kxbarStatisticsOutUtil        1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.217.1.3.1.1.7

You can find out more from: http://www.oidview.com/mibs/9/CISCO-CAT6K-CROSSBAR-MIB.html

Hope this helps

Good luck
Billy