Aggregating multiple bandwidth graphs in NagiosXI

[da1701d]

We have a cacti installation running here that graphs switch ports nicely and it has a plugin that will take the switch port graphs and aggregate them into a single graph. I have already successfully configured nagios XI (using SNMP) to pull data from cisco switches and graph the ports. This cacti app is being decommissioned eventually and I need to get nagiosXI to replace it function.

What I would like to do is be able to have a way for nagiosXI to aggregate all these graphs of a single switch into a single graph. Thus, a network tech can see one graph that will be a picture of the entire switch and quickly see the highest peaks of all the ports. If anyone has figured out how to do this I would appreciate a response from you.

thanks

[lmiltchev]

in general, if all of the metrics are from one service check, you should be able to craft a custom template to do the job. Read the documentation on pnp4nagios's doc website for formatting, etc.

http://docs.pnp4nagios.org/pnp-0.4/tpl

Nagios XI uses the check_command to pair templates. Separate checks will use different check_commands, so aggregating different checks on one graph may not be possible.