01-26-2009 08:59 AM - edited 03-06-2019 03:39 AM
Is there any tool to identify the continuous link state and whether packets are being dropped intermittently on a particular link.
01-26-2009 09:42 AM
Clear the log on your router as well as the counters on the serial interface and then start monitoring from scratch.
The output of a 'show interfaces
HTH
VL
01-26-2009 09:56 AM
Hello Cisco_Lite,
just to add to Victor's note if you install a tool like MRTG you can read the SNMP MIBs that are associated to all counters that are in the show int type x/y
You can then graph some of them (some selection is needed) on a web page and you can see the trends in output drops and so on.
for MRTG see
This allows to implement several monitoring web pages that are dynamically updated by MRTG and it is very handy.
Hope to help
Giuseppe
01-26-2009 10:24 AM
Thanks. But how can I identify whether the problem is with the link provided by ISP or with the packet corruption/router interface hardware problem.
I am interested in knowing when to escalate to ISP and when not.
Would Cisco NAM module help in this regard instead of MRTG.
01-26-2009 11:40 AM
Hello Cisco_Lite,
NAM is a powerful protocol analyzer but it works by receiving a copy of frames to be monitored
(think of a sort of SPAN/monitor session to network module)
this can be useful to demonstrate that packets are going through your C6500 chassis but not to troubleshoot a physical link to the ISP.
for a detailed analysis the sh int type x/y is the right tool
you need to be aware of the meaning of the different fields.
However, if you see input errors of type ignored overrun and output drops this can be caused by your router.
CRCs can mean the link is not good at layer1
see
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/interface/command/reference/ir_s4.html#wp1019043
table 14 for the meaning of the fields in
sh interface ethernet
Hope to help
Giuseppe
01-26-2009 10:46 AM
Hello,
a possible way is to have (Rommon) Remote managment configured on a router. Rommon is a Cisco IOS Service classified as follows:
1- Alarms.
2- Event.
The Alarm action occurs on a defined liftime threshhold.
The Event occurs based On the alarm which should be send to NMS system.
HTH
Mohamed
01-26-2009 11:29 AM
What is an NMS system.
01-26-2009 11:31 AM
Thanks.
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