Articles tagged with cacti

1. Adding Devices to Cacti in Bulk

   Posted on March 25, 2011 in System Administration

   I recently had to add over 100 new devices into Cacti. Believe it or not, you can do this in bulk using the command-line tools provided with Cacti. I used to add_device.php, add_tree.php, and add_graphs.php scripts to get the job done.

   First, I created a file (/tmp …

2. Using Cisco NBAR to Monitor Traffic Protocols on Your Network

   Posted on May 12, 2007 in Networking

   Many network administrators already know how to use tools like Cacti or MRTG to monitor the usage on their network links. (If you don't, let me know and I'll show you how.) Unfortunately, those tools only reveal part of the story. They show you how much traffic is traversing a …