I am running Cacti for monitoring our network, and would like to monitor the Zone Director as well. What I'm running into is that there are no Cacti templates out there and I'm not comfortable building my own. Has anybody built a Cacti template that monitors the ZD or APs?
Posted 6 years ago
Michael Brado, Official Rep
I have already expressed my disappointment in the reporting tool to my VAR. The reason I'm looking at Cacti is so I can have reporting beyond 24-hours. Hopefully someone in the Cacti community can help develop the config files.
Bill Burns, AlphaDog
There's a "suite" of off-box tools here:
https://github.com/bot779?tab=reposit...
(bandperclient, getruckus, zdroamers and ruckusconf)
None of them do what Cacti does but if you're willing to set up your own syslog server and configure it to rotate/maintain logs, it may help.
https://github.com/bot779?tab=reposit...
(bandperclient, getruckus, zdroamers and ruckusconf)
None of them do what Cacti does but if you're willing to set up your own syslog server and configure it to rotate/maintain logs, it may help.
I recently ran into an issue just like this. I ran a BYOD test and the best I could do was run SNMP gets every 30 seconds to collect what turned out to be almost useless data.
Reporting on ZD3000 would be nice. I've never understood why its not there to begin with.
Reporting on ZD3000 would be nice. I've never understood why its not there to begin with.
Which monitoring tool?
Solarwinds NPM i built up a set of custom SNMP pollers. My issue with all of it is I would rather be able to pull a report even a simple one from the ZD rather than have to use a 3rd party app to pull data from the ZD and generate a report that way.
Here are some of the OID's i Poll. Would still be really nice to get an executive level report off of the ZD though!
Total Associated
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.30
Attempted Authentication
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.26
Number of Clients
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.12
Successful Authentication
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.28
WLAN Rx Bytes
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.14
WLAN TX Bytes
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.16
WLAN Rx Packets
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.13
WLAN Tx Packets
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.15
Total Associated
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.30
Attempted Authentication
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.26
Number of Clients
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.12
Successful Authentication
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.28
WLAN Rx Bytes
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.14
WLAN TX Bytes
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.16
WLAN Rx Packets
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.13
WLAN Tx Packets
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.15
This is a great conversation that's separate from the main topic, so I created a new topic to continue the discussion. Please reference the new topic here: Better reporting on-device
We are using Cacti to monitor our APs and ZD.. it has been really helpful for us..
If you want we can share with you our Cacti templates :)
Here is some graphs screenshots..
ps: the only little problem is that sometimes the ZD stop anwser to SNMP requests, like on the graph above it's shown a gap between 18:00 and 00:00.
If you want we can share with you our Cacti templates :)
Here is some graphs screenshots..
ps: the only little problem is that sometimes the ZD stop anwser to SNMP requests, like on the graph above it's shown a gap between 18:00 and 00:00.
@Odilo - this is great, thanks very much!
I would love a copy of your templates also.... sross at calvaryonline dot cc
I would also love to have a copy of the templates. Could you please send them to timbarleyjr [at] LCBCMail [dot] com?
there's a link to download the files on my last comment bellow.. :)
Odilo would you mind posting the Cacti templates zipfile again? Thanks so much!
Hi Odilo, i have been searching and beginning to create Ruckus monitoring in Cacti. But i have no idea how to do that. Would you mind to share the cacti template to me? My email is alvin_bagus30 @ yahoo . com. Thank you
Is there any way to get these templates? The wayback machine doesn't have them, and the link doesn't work anymore. Thanks, Charles.
Hi, Odilo - UNIVALI
Can you share it one more time, pls?
Can you share it one more time, pls?
I would love if you could share your templates. My email is jcase at ohiohipoint dot com.
I sent the templates for you last week, did you recieved?
Sorry, I didn't receive them. Can you try sending again to [email protected]?
John did you received this time? I got a timeout error from our MX on first attempt. Let me know... otherwise I will upload the files to a webserver for some days so everyone can download it..
Poderia enviar para [email protected].. Obrigado
Guys, I believe it's better if you could just download the templates on this link: http://siaiota02.univali.br/odilo/cac...
Let me know if you are able to download them. I will let the link online for some days..
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How to:
Try to import the files to Cacti on the “Import templates” option, Console tab -> Import/Export.
I don’t know why but when I was exporting the Host template of Ruckus ZD 3000 I got an error on Cacti and was not able to export. But it is easy to create one after you import the files attached.
At the Console tab, click on Host Templates option and add a new one:
- Set a useful name for the host template.
- Associate 2 graphs to it:
Ruckus ZD 3000 – Clients
Ruckus ZD 3000 – CPU
- Associate one data query type:
SNMP - Interface Statistics
It will look like the image bellow:
After that you need just to add your devices and create/customize your graphs.
Just another thing, I opened a case with Ruckus support for help with Cacti templates, MIBs etc., and after a while I gave up and just did my way..
I was not able to collect data using SNMPv3 :( still don't know why and I didn't had much time to try it again as we needed the information at the time.. so, I'm still using SNMPv2 to collect data :/ but it's graphing.. :) I'll work on that later..
Let me know if you are able to download them. I will let the link online for some days..
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How to:
Try to import the files to Cacti on the “Import templates” option, Console tab -> Import/Export.
I don’t know why but when I was exporting the Host template of Ruckus ZD 3000 I got an error on Cacti and was not able to export. But it is easy to create one after you import the files attached.
At the Console tab, click on Host Templates option and add a new one:
- Set a useful name for the host template.
- Associate 2 graphs to it:
Ruckus ZD 3000 – Clients
Ruckus ZD 3000 – CPU
- Associate one data query type:
SNMP - Interface Statistics
It will look like the image bellow:
After that you need just to add your devices and create/customize your graphs.
Just another thing, I opened a case with Ruckus support for help with Cacti templates, MIBs etc., and after a while I gave up and just did my way..
I was not able to collect data using SNMPv3 :( still don't know why and I didn't had much time to try it again as we needed the information at the time.. so, I'm still using SNMPv2 to collect data :/ but it's graphing.. :) I'll work on that later..
This is amazing! Thanks so much for sharing. Worked great for me today.
Hello,
I've also constructed today cool monitoring using Cacti. Of course it is about to be modernized according to further needs, but it already satisfies what is missing in ZD interface: breakdown of traffic per SSID and historic number of users per SSID.
Both numbers can be important for customers.
Most important is the XML itself - I pool for OIDS:
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.1
OID/REGEXP:^.{36}(.*)$
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.1
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.2
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.4
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.3
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.7
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.8
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.9
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.12
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.16
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.14
This gives information about all SSID (indexed structure) and the data can be plot into a graph like this:
Information about the name, ssid, authorization, encryption, VLAN, RX/TX limits and description are directly from ZD for each SSID. Cacti is automated to deploy graphs when there is new SSID created.
All fine since 1 hour :-)
I've also constructed today cool monitoring using Cacti. Of course it is about to be modernized according to further needs, but it already satisfies what is missing in ZD interface: breakdown of traffic per SSID and historic number of users per SSID.
Both numbers can be important for customers.
Most important is the XML itself - I pool for OIDS:
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.1
OID/REGEXP:^.{36}(.*)$
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.1
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.2
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.4
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.3
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.7
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.8
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.9
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.12
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.16
1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.14
This gives information about all SSID (indexed structure) and the data can be plot into a graph like this:
Information about the name, ssid, authorization, encryption, VLAN, RX/TX limits and description are directly from ZD for each SSID. Cacti is automated to deploy graphs when there is new SSID created.
All fine since 1 hour :-)
I've got the basic stuff from Odilo imported and it's working great. I'd love to add the per-SSID user counts you mention here, but I'm VERY new to Cacti and I'm not having luck deciphering how to accomplish what you've shown here. I think I understand the need to create a new Query XML but haven't figured out how to accomplish that. Any chance you could share your templates or provide some explanation on how to create them?
Hi Jason,
On the Config Tab, Menu->System you have a "+Network Management" link, at the end of the page.
Just click it and you will have access to enable SNMPv2
You can use the same communities to get SNMPv2 data from APs connected to ZD.
On the Config Tab, Menu->System you have a "+Network Management" link, at the end of the page.
Just click it and you will have access to enable SNMPv2
You can use the same communities to get SNMPv2 data from APs connected to ZD.
Bill Burns, AlphaDog
