I've been trying to figure this out for a while now... I have setup SNMP with Solarwinds NPM to gauge the bandwidth over a link using the OID,
iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifOutOctets &
iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifInOctets but these seem to only show the current bandwidth utilization at the time of polling the device. I want this information but I also need to know the total amount of bandwidth traversing over a link for an entire day.
I'm trying to gauge the amount of bandwidth used for a server that's continually replicating to a backup server. So I would like to know the amount of data that was transferred for the entire day and also the maximum load amount during that time. Is NPM somehow capable of providing this information or will something like a SPAN port on my 2960 switch to a monitoring software be required?
Also, I don't have NTA but would this program be capable of providing this information of a days or weeks worth of total data sent over a link? I know Netflow isn't supported on 2960 switches so I would need something like Nprobe as well.
Thanks for any advice! -Mark