Documentation forNetwork Performance Monitor

Monitor Cisco Catalyst switches

Track performance, availability, and configuration metrics for your Cisco Catalyst switches using SNMP.

  • Gain enhanced visibility into the devices. Monitor port utilization, CPU, memory, and interface metrics to ensure proactive troubleshooting.

  • Monitor hardware health. Track hardware health metrics, including temperature, fan status, and power supply monitoring.

  • Gain insight into topology. View data for STP, MAC address tables, and VLANs where supported.

To get accurate information, add the device for monitoring as a node using SNMP as the polling method. Review the node details view or view your switches on topology maps.

Supported metrics

Status and response time are polled via ICMP.

General statistics polled via SNMP

  • Status
  • Response time
  • Uptime
  • Node details
  • CPU Utilization
  • Memory Utilization

Interface statistics polled via SNMP

  • Statistics errors
  • Statistics traffic
  • Status/Availability
  • Rediscovery
  • Real-time data, such as utilization

Device topology via SNMP

  • IP addresses
  • MAC addresses
  • VLANs
  • Ports
  • Routing

Layer 2 topology

  • CDP/LLDP topology
  • STP

Layer 3 topology

  • ARP entries

Other

  • Hardware health monitors temperature, fan, and power health using standard MIBs.
  • EnergyWise
  • SwitchStack - data is polled but no details about power