Improve Port Monitoring on FABOS Devices

hi,

would it be possible to monitor and graph more data from the FC Ports on Fabos? I know that there is no direkt translation, map or link between the IF-MIB and the SW-MIB. But I think we could try this ugly trick:

Take a look in : (http://www.brocade.com/downloads/documents/product_manuals/B_SAN/FOS_MIB_v710.pdf)

As documented there the ifDescr field from IF-MIB contains:

"fDescr
1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2
Read only A textual string containing information about the interface. The ifDescr for
non-bladed switches includes: lo, eth0, and fc0. The ifDescr for Brocade
12000, 24000, and 48000 directors includes:
lo, eth0, fc0, and sit0, as well
as fc1, eth0:1, and eth0:2.
Valid values:
•
For WAN interface -
GbE port for FCIP
•
For transport interface -
FCIP tunnel ID
•
For FC ports -
Port name
(if set), otherwise,
FC port <slot/port>"

I set the Port Description on serval Fabos switches but it was never exported via ifDescr I was ever FC port <slot/port>

So this field can matched with:

swFCPortSpecifier:
swFCPortSpecifier
1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.6.2
.1.37
Read only This string indicates the physical port number of the addressed port.
This string can be entered as argument on CLI commands such as
portShow
or wherever a physical port number is expected. The format
of the string is: <slot/>port, 'slot' being present only for bladed
systems.
For directors, such as Brocade 48000:
swFCPortSpecifier.64 = 4/15
For non-bladed systems, such as Brocade 4100:
swFCPortSpecifier.31 = 30
For LISL, the value is -1/<port #>

to generate an map between sw-mib an if-mib.