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Could not identify port number

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I have an ASA 5505 that I am using SNMP Traffic sensor on and I am monitoring mulptile interfaces on that ASA. One of them is giving me an error that says Could not Identify Port Number. The other interfaces are working fine. I have no idea why this is doing this. Any ideas?

snmp snmp-sensor snmp-traffic

Created on May 22, 2015 12:50:58 PM



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Have you tried to recreate the sensor? Also, please try to scan the interfaces with the SNMP Tester and see if the port number looks correct. If not, you may want to restart SNMP on the Cisco.

Created on May 25, 2015 11:28:27 AM by Greg Campion [Paessler Support]



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I have rebooted the ASA already. I have also tried to recreate the sensor.

Whats weird is I am able to monitor 3 other interfaces on the ASA but the one I need to monitor the most is the one that gives the error.

Created on May 25, 2015 2:32:11 PM



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Please send us the results of the SNMP test to [email protected] and we can see what may be the issue. It could be the naming that is used for the interface.

Created on May 25, 2015 2:42:18 PM by Greg Campion [Paessler Support]



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So I just renamed the interface description and recreated the sensor and now it worked. Go figure.

Thanks.

Created on May 25, 2015 2:54:00 PM



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Would it be possible to post what the name was before and after for anyone who has a similar issue? Thanks!

Created on May 25, 2015 3:12:32 PM by Greg Campion [Paessler Support]



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Not sure if the name has anything to do with it...

interface Ethernet0/0
 description ***CXN to ISP*** 
!
interface Ethernet0/1
 description ***CXN to 2821 Router G0/1***
 switchport trunk native vlan 2
 switchport mode trunk

Here is the config on 2 of the interfaces. E0/0 was the problem one while E0/1 has not had any issues.

I updated the E0/0 to be:

interface Ethernet0/0
 description Comcast ISP
!
interface Ethernet0/1
 description ***CXN to 2821 Router G0/1***
 switchport trunk native vlan 2
 switchport mode trunk

And left E0/1 the way it was. I recreated the sensor and then it worked without an issue.

Created on May 26, 2015 11:38:41 AM

Last change on May 27, 2015 11:56:06 AM by Greg Campion [Paessler Support]



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Thanks so much for the information! Hopefully it will help others if they have similar issues.

Created on May 27, 2015 11:56:35 AM by Greg Campion [Paessler Support]




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