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POE from NetMRI

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Hi, 

Was trying to see if the NetMRI produces PoE Stats - namely Power.

So for a Cisco switch I type, "power inline"

 

The result is (truncated)...

 

Gi1/0/1 auto on 17.1 Ieee PD 4 30.0
Gi1/0/2 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 30.0
Gi1/0/3 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 30.0
Gi1/0/4 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 30.0
Gi1/0/5 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 30.0
Gi1/0/6 auto on 7.0 Ieee PD 2 30.0
Gi1/0/7 auto on 7.0 Ieee PD 2 30.0
Gi1/0/8 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 30.0
Gi1/0/9 auto on 7.0 Ieee PD 2 30.0
Gi1/0/10 auto on 7.0 Ieee PD 2 30.0
Gi1/0/11 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 30.0
Gi1/0/12 auto on 7.0 Ieee PD 2 30.0
Gi1/0/13 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 30.0

 

In the Interface Gi1/0/1, NetMRI produces the result through the API as follows;

 

my $IFbroker = $netmriObj->broker->interface;
my @DevicesIFArray = $IFbroker->index({DeviceID => $DevID});

foreach my $IFLine(@DevicesIFArray){

print("DumplerIFRef:" . Dumper($IFLine));

}

 

DumplerIFRef:$VAR1 = bless( {
'ifSwitchPortMgmtInd' => 1,
'ifTunnelInd' => 0,
'ifOperStatusChange' => '2019-01-22 00:30:07',
'ifArtificialInd' => 0,
'ifConnector' => 'true',
'ifVirtualInd' => 0,
'ifMtu' => 1500,
'PoEStatus' => 'deliveringPower',
'ifAggrMemberInd' => 0,
'ifDescrRaw' => 'GigabitEthernet1/0/1',

'PoEPower' => 7301,
'ifTimestamp' => '2019-02-23 21:41:07',
'ifStartTime' => '2019-02-12 14:25:23',
'ifName' => 'Gi1/0/1',
'ifEncapsulationType' => 'dot1Q',
'ifLinkAggrIndex' => undef,
'AggrInterfaceID' => undef,
'ifDescr' => 'WLAN AP LHR2045T2A1-A2-AP00628 - Eurest RU0020',
'ifFirstSeenTime' => '2016-07-21 02:38:35',
'ifNameSort' => 'Gi00001/00000/00001',
'ifLinkAggrInd' => 0,
'_client' => 0,
'ifPortFast' => 'enabled',
'VirtualNetworkMemberID' => '2110097521835802455',
'ifIndex' => 10101,
'ifAdminStatus' => 'up',
'ifLastChange' => '2019-01-22 00:30:07',
'ifLinkTrap' => 'disabled',
'DataSourceID' => 1,
'SwitchPortNumber' => 1,
'ifAlias' => 'WLAN AP LHR2045T2A1-A2-AP00628 - Eurest RU0020',
'ifMAC' => 'C8:F9:F9:B6:2B:81',
'Slot' => 1,
'InterfaceID' => '930862005556578080',
'ifType' => 'ethernet-csmacd',
'ifEncapsulationTag' => '1',
'ifOperStatus' => 'up',
'ifLowerLayer' => 0,
'DeviceID' => '4497534811023609856',
'ifPortControlInd' => 1,
'ifChangedCols' => 'PoEPower',
'Port' => 1,
'ifTrunkStatus' => 'off',
'ifSpeed' => 1000000000,
'ifLowerLayerInterfaceID' => undef,
'ifAdminDuplex' => 'Unsupported',
'ifEndTime' => undef,
'ifDuplex' => 'fullDuplex',
'DownstreamSwitchCount' => 0
}, 'NetMRI::API::Remote::V3_0_0::Interface' );

 

So the issue here is, what is NetMRI reporting?

The CLI (and SNMP poll) for this interface shows the value 17.1, yet NetMRI produces a result of 7301.

I dont know what this value refers to (or units).

The values dont correspond for any of the ports.

 

Russ

Re: POE from NetMRI

Superuser
Posts: 115
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Not sure about the above, try support

 

You can modify this code to get it

 

# BEGIN-SCRIPT-BLOCK
#
# Script-Filter:
#     $vendor eq "Cisco" and $sysdescr like /IOS/
#
# END-SCRIPT-BLOCK

use strict;
use warnings;

use NetMRI_Easy;

my $mem_line;
my @mem_array;
# Connect to the NetMRI
my $easy = new NetMRI_Easy;

# get the device id from the job engine.
my $device_id = $easy->device_id;

# retrieve the device
my $device = $easy->device;
#
# Create the custom field called memory if it does not already exist
#
$easy->broker->custom_fields->create_field({
  model => 'Device',
  name  => 'Power Total',
  type  => 'string',
});
$easy->broker->custom_fields->create_field({
  model => 'Device',
  name  => 'Power Used',
  type  => 'string',
});
$easy->broker->custom_fields->create_field({
  model => 'Device',
  name  => 'Power Available',
  type  => 'string',
});

# EDI-S6506-COR-1A#show power
# system power redundancy mode = combined
# system power total =     4618.32 Watts (109.96 Amps @ 42V)
# system power used =      1723.68 Watts (41.04 Amps @ 42V)
# system power available = 2894.64 Watts (68.92 Amps @ 42V)

foreach my $output_line (split /\r?\n/, $easy->send_command("show power")) 
{
#	$easy->log_message('info', $output_line);
	if ($output_line =~ m/system power total =/) {
#		  $easy->log_message('info', $output_line);
		  my @mem_array = split (/system power total =(.*)/, $output_line);
		  $mem_array[1] = chomp($mem_array[1]);
   	  	  $easy->log_message('info', , "Total Power - $mem_array[1]");
		  $easy->device->set_custom_field(power_total => $mem_array[1]);
	}
#	$easy->log_message('info', $output_line);
	if ($output_line =~ m/system power used =/) {
#		  $easy->log_message('info', $output_line);
		  my @mem_array = split (/system power used =(.*)/, $output_line);
		  $mem_array[1] = chomp($mem_array[1]);
   	  	  $easy->log_message('info', , "Power Used - $mem_array[1]");
		  $easy->device->set_custom_field(power_used => $mem_array[1]);
	}
	if ($output_line =~ m/system power available =/) {
#		  $easy->log_message('info', $output_line);
		  my @mem_array = split (/system power available =(.*)/, $output_line);
		  $mem_array[1] = chomp($mem_array[1]);
   	  	  $easy->log_message('info', , "Power Available - $mem_array[1]");
		  $easy->device->set_custom_field(power_available => $mem_array[1]);
	}
}
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Re: POE from NetMRI

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Thanks Sif. 

I will probably raise a support call to get clarification on this.

It is not clear what this PoE value represents. Certainly isnt anything obvious when looking at the Cisco stats.

 

It might be that I have to resort to custom fields - I am looking at interface stats (Power Inline) so will modify accordingly although I might resort to SNMP polling. 

 

Best regards

 

Russ

Re: POE from NetMRI

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Did you contact support?

I had a similar problem, everything turned out to be much simpler. I replaced the power supply, but it did not help. In support I was advised to change the cable RJ-45, after errors disappeared and everything works fine. When I wrote an article about how to write a research paper quickly for students, I constantly lost the Internet and I could not continue my work. I hope this information was useful to you.

Re: POE from NetMRI

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Russ, Did you ever get a resolution on this from your TAC case? I'm dealing with the same issue, now that 7.3.2 added LLDP-MED support. Thanks, -Marty

Re: POE from NetMRI

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I think I figured out what's going on.  CLI "show power inline" shows the allocated power based on the class of device -- e.g., class 2 = 7.0W.  "show power inline police" shows "Operating power" - the actual draw by the device.  The values that NetMRI pulls and displays are the latter, but in units of milliwatts.  So 7301 = 7.301W.

At least that's what I figured from the LLDP display for PoE power (used).

 

Re: POE from NetMRI

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Sorry for the delay. I have a rule on my Outlook account that carefully files various emails - unfortunately I forgot to look. Doh. 
 
With regards to the POE issue, no I didn't get anywhere with this. In the end, I decided to pull the information using Perl SNMP. 
The exercise was to present this information in a simple Web page for users who just need to look at port status for a device - so for me, SNMP retrieval wasn't an issue. There are other parameters that are in the POE MIB that were more relevant to what I was trying to present to the user.
 
The MIB is: 
cpeExtPsePortEntry - 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.402.1.2.1
 
In that, there are the following;

cpeExtPsePortPwrAllocated - 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.402.1.2.1.7
This object indicates the amount of power allocated from the
PSE for the PD.
 
and 

cpeExtPsePortPwrConsumption - 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.402.1.2.1.9
This indicates the actual power consumption of the PD
connected to this interface. It may not necessarily
be equal to the value of cpeExtPsePortPwrAvailable
 
Regards
 
Russ
 
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