Re: [Devmon] 6509 problem.

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Schwimmer, Eric E *HS wrote:

> Hrm.  This could be a different problem that the one Thomas was
> reporting.
>
> You are running CatOS instead of IOS;  the template was
> made for a 6509 running in routing mode (with an RSM and SUP card).
> We don't have any 6509s running CatOS, so I'm not going to be able to troubleshoot very much.  W
>
> hat I can tell you is that, while CatOS uses a different MIB that IOS, the templates use mostly generic OIDs that any sane l2 device should respond to (a few exceptions being the fan & psu state oids, as well as the collision counter, all of which are cisco IOS specific).
>
> I'd try copying the cisco-6509 directory to something like
> "cisco-6509sw",
> and changing the sysdesc field in the spec file to 'C6509' or somesuch.
> Then run the template against your 6509 and see what fails, and either
> change or remove it from the template.
>
> -Eric
>  
>

I had the same problem with our cisco-6506.
I changed the spec to:

vendor    : cisco
model    : 6506
snmpver    : 2
sysdesc : C6506

and it works ...

Johann