networking

eHealth – Corelating Interface Indexes to Interface Names

January 9, 2011

Alarms may be generated in Spectrum by either Spectrum itself or eHealth that reference interfaces that seem to have no tie to the device itself. This is because eHealth might refer to the interface using the MIB Index instead of the name.  The MIB indexes can be quickly correlated with interface name using Spectrum one click.  Follow the following steps to view the MIB index next to the interface name.
 

Select the actual device in Spectrum.  The easiest way to do this when responding to an alarm is to simply double click on the actual alarms,

This will bring you to the device next click on the Interfaces tab in the “Component Detail”. Be sure to select the appropriate device before in step 1.

Right click on the column names in the “Interfaces” tab to bring up the “Table Preferences.”  Select “Index” as shown below:

1.       Name
2.       Condition
3.       Status
4.       Type
5.       Description
6.       Index
7.       Board.Port
8.       Mac Address
9.       IP Address
10.    Port Speed
11.    Duplex Status
12.    Trunk Membership
13.    Device Connected
14.    Port Connected
15.    Network Link Type
16.    % Utilization
17.    IP Alias
18.    IP Name

The “Index” column is now shown.  It can be moved closer to the description for better viewing if desired.