FC_RTPie - how to show Toplisteners, Toptalkers etc - Performance analysis with snmp data

FC_RTPie is a tool that allows you to collect and display snmp statistics data from SNMP enabled devices. FC_RTPie takes a simple XML formatted config file as input.

FC_RTPie is the ideal tool for determining the Toplistener and TopTalker ports of network equipment as switches, routers and servers. FC_RTPie can perfectly be used as a network performance or utilization monitoring and analysis tool. FC_RTPie can be run on Microsoft Windows 2000/2003, XP and Vista and supports SNMPv1 + SNMPv2.

Supported OIDs in the free version

The free version only supports the SNMP rfc1213 OIDs. The non free version, expected at the end of Q1 2008, supports all OIDs. The list of supported OIDs in the free version can be found here.

Commandline

FC_RTPie can be started from the commandline or through a shortcut on the desktop. The name and location of the config xml file can be specified using the /xml commandline switch as in:

C:\RTPie\FC_RTPie.exe /xml "C:\RTPie\PieConfig.xml"

XML config file

The config xml file has the following format

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rtpie>
   <programtitle></programtitle>
   <charttitle></charttitle>
   <chart3D></chart3D>
   <showlegend></showlegend>
   <legendalignment></legendalignment>
   <preferredinstance></preferredinstance>
   <slices></slices>
   <refreshinstances></refreshinstances>
   <width></width>
   <height></height>
   <host></host>
   <community></community>
   <pollinginterval></pollinginterval>
   <shooter>
      <raw></raw>
      <remoteport></remoteport>
      <snmpversion></snmpversion>
      <shootertargets>
         <shootertarget>
            <oid></oid>
            <oiddescr></oiddescr>
            <instance></instance>
            <visible></visible>
            <formula></formula>
         </shootertarget>
      </shootertargets>
   </shooter>
</rtpie>

XML tag descriptions

The xml tag descriptions can be found here.

Examples

Attention! Attention! If you copy and paste the xml examples shown below don't forget to modify the "host" and "community" fields in order to poll devices in your own network environment. Also, be aware that not all hosts support snmp nor have it enabled by default!

Work in progress...