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Switch: Utilzation

Hello Experts,

I have Cisco switches ranging from 2950 to 3750's.  Is their a way to determine the utilization of a port and also the overall utilization of the switch.  If so, can you provide the command of attaining such information.  Also, if I want to minitor the utilization of a port or switch for a duration of time, how does one accomplish this process.

As always, thank you for your time on this matter.
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I use Solarwinds Engineers Edition.  It provides a port by port bandwidth utilization with history.  They have a 30 day trial download.

www.solarwinds.net
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I would also suggest MRTG (http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/).  It is free, although you are encourged to help support.

It does sampling every 5 minutes and shows:

5 minute avg. over the last 32 hours
30 minute avg. over the last week
2 hour avg. over the last month
1 day avg. over the last year.

So it does not keep a lot of detailed info, but enough for trending.
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Hello giltjr,

How difficult is the install process?  Does it come in Linux or Windows flavor?

Again, thank you for your time on this matter.
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