[Nagiosplug-devel] 2 problems with check_ifstatus

[Martin, Matthew]

Hello,
 
I am using check_ifstatus to monitor the status of several hundred
Nokia/Check Point firewalls. There are two issues with check_ifstatus
that seem to be errors as far as I can tell:
 
1) Dormant serial interfaces return status of "OK". A dormant serial
connection should be CRITICAL, right? I changed the following line # 189
to address this:
 
    if ($ifdown > 0) {
becomes:
   if (($ifdown > 0) || ($ifdormant > 0)) {
 
For example here is the output from a Nokia/Check Point firewalls with
eight interfaces: four Ethernet and one each of PPOE, Loop, Tunnel and
Serial. The Serial is down and the 4th Ethernet is disabled. It shows 8
up and one dormant. 
 
Status Information: OK: host 'xxx.yyy.zzz.www', interfaces up: 8, down:
0, dormant: 1, excluded: 0, unused: 0
Performance Data: up=8,down=0,dormant=1,excluded=0,unused=0
 
I contend that it should show "up: 6", "dormant: 1", and "unused: 1",
and that the returned status should be CRITICAL. Is this a
misunderstanding on my part, or a bug?
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2) Administratively down interfaces are not counted. Shouldn't these be
added to the "unused" category?
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Here is the interesting part of the ifTable for the firewall in
question. It has an admin down physical Ethernet, and admin down Logical
Ethernet a dormant serial and a dormant T1. Yet check_interfaces shows
no unused interfaces and OK status.
 
 interfaces.ifNumber.0 = 12
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifIndex.1 = 1
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifIndex.2 = 2
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifIndex.3 = 3
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifIndex.4 = 4
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifIndex.5 = 5
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifIndex.6 = 6
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifIndex.7 = 7
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifIndex.8 = 8
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifIndex.9 = 9
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifIndex.10 = 10
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifIndex.11 = 11
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifIndex.12 = 12
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifDescr.1 = ser-s1p1 DS1 Serial Link Nokia
TAXI T1
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifDescr.2 = pppoe0 Ethernet Layer 
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifDescr.3 = eth1 Ethernet Layer Intel
EtherExpress Pro 10/100B
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifDescr.4 = eth2 Ethernet Layer Intel
EtherExpress Pro 10/100B
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifDescr.5 = eth3 Ethernet Layer Intel
EtherExpress Pro 10/100B
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifDescr.6 = eth4 Ethernet Layer Intel
EtherExpress Pro 10/100B
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifDescr.7 = ser-s1p1c0 CHDLC IP Layer
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifDescr.8 = loop0c0 Software Loopback Layer
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifDescr.9 = eth1c0 IP Layer
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifDescr.10 = eth2c0 IP Layer
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifDescr.11 = eth3c0 IP Layer
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifDescr.12 = eth4c0 IP Layer
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifType.1 = ds1(18)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifType.2 = eon(25)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifType.3 = ethernetCsmacd(6)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifType.4 = ethernetCsmacd(6)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifType.5 = ethernetCsmacd(6)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifType.6 = ethernetCsmacd(6)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifType.7 = hdlc(118)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifType.8 = softwareLoopback(24)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifType.9 = other(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifType.10 = other(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifType.11 = other(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifType.12 = other(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifMtu.1 = 8188
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifMtu.2 = 1514
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifMtu.3 = 1514
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifMtu.4 = 1514
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifMtu.5 = 1514
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifMtu.6 = 1514
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifMtu.7 = 1500
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifMtu.8 = 63000
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifMtu.9 = 1500
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifMtu.10 = 1500
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifMtu.11 = 1500
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifMtu.12 = 1518
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifSpeed.1 = Gauge: 1544
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifSpeed.2 = Gauge: 0
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifSpeed.3 = Gauge: 100000
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifSpeed.4 = Gauge: 100000
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifSpeed.5 = Gauge: 100000
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifSpeed.6 = Gauge: 100000
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifSpeed.7 = Gauge: 0
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifSpeed.8 = Gauge: 0
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifSpeed.9 = Gauge: 0
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifSpeed.10 = Gauge: 0
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifSpeed.11 = Gauge: 0
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifSpeed.12 = Gauge: 0
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifPhysAddress.1 = 
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifPhysAddress.2 = 
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifPhysAddress.3 = 0:a0:8e:7a:df:4c
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifPhysAddress.4 = 0:a0:8e:7a:df:4d
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifPhysAddress.5 = 0:a0:8e:7a:df:4e
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifPhysAddress.6 = 0:a0:8e:7a:df:4f
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifPhysAddress.7 = 
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifPhysAddress.8 = 
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifPhysAddress.9 = 
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifPhysAddress.10 = 
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifPhysAddress.11 = 
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifPhysAddress.12 = 
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifAdminStatus.1 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifAdminStatus.2 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifAdminStatus.3 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifAdminStatus.4 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifAdminStatus.5 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifAdminStatus.6 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifAdminStatus.7 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifAdminStatus.8 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifAdminStatus.9 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifAdminStatus.10 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifAdminStatus.11 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifAdminStatus.12 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifOperStatus.1 = dormant(5)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifOperStatus.2 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifOperStatus.3 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifOperStatus.4 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifOperStatus.5 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifOperStatus.6 = down(2)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifOperStatus.7 = lowerLayerDown(7)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifOperStatus.8 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifOperStatus.9 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifOperStatus.10 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifOperStatus.11 = up(1)
 interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifOperStatus.12 = lowerLayerDown(7)
 
 
Thanks for your help !
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./check_ifstatus --version
check_ifstatus (nagios-plugins 1.4.2) 1.9
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