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Monitoring a single interface with NPM

How would I set up NPM to monitor a single interface on a switch? I just installed NPM and I see how you discover devices and intefaces within a given subnet, but during the discovery process it identifies all the interfaces on a switch, not just individual ones. We have a limited license that restricts the number of elements we can monitor, so it won't let me import all the interfaces, so that's as far as I can get with it. But I don't want to monitor all the interfaces, as most of them are just user access ports, I just want to monitor the uplink. So how can I do this?

Thanks.

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mcbridea

Discovery lets you choose which interfaces to import. Are you able to get to that point?

FormerMember

No, I'm not able to get to that point. For example, I'm running a discovery on a 4500 series Cisco switch. After I run the discovery wizard, it allows you to choose which devices, interfaces, volumes, etc., that you want to import. When I get to the interfaces part, it lists 116 Ethernet interfaces (presumably all the Ethernet interfaces on the switch), but it doesn't break them out individually. If I choose to import the Ethernet interfaces and then proceed, I eventually get to the last step, at which point it tells me that I've reached "the maximal number of licensed elements", and it shows the 116 Ethernet interfaces. Then it won't let me go any further in the process. At no point in this process does it allow me to pick specific interfaces from those 116.

FormerMember

I have same problem. How i can choose fa 0/1 interface when i Discover a switch with 50 ethernet Interface ?

I dont want to go in "Manage Nodes" to delete.

jonnybeggs

Untick the box when importing the device (therefore you are importing the device without any interfaces). Once you have completed the import, go to settings -> node management and select your switch (using the tick box beside it) then select list resources at the top. This will list all the interfaces on that switch and you can pick which ones you like.