MSW - Management Switch
Overview
MSW represents the management/access switching layer used by supporting WxCDI infrastructure.
Monitoring
Method
Prometheus SNMP Exporter through network-prometheus.
Metrics Collected
- Interface state, utilization, errors, and discards
- VLAN and port-channel health
- CPU, memory, and system uptime
- SNMP target and scrape health
Grafana Dashboards
- WxCDI Cisco MSW SNMP Metrics dashboard is recorded in the audit dashboard source repository.
Logging
Log Source
MSW devices forward network syslog and SNMP traps.
Splunk Index
network_syslog for syslog and snmp_traps for traps.
Key Log Queries
index=network_syslog device_type="msw" device_name="<device_name>"
Alerting
Grafana Alert Rules
| Alert Name | Severity | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MSW device health | Varies | Interface and platform conditions. |
| Scrape down | Critical | Detects loss of MSW SNMP collection. |
Splunk Alerts
| Alert Name | Severity | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MSW network events | Varies | Switch events from network_syslog. |
Notification Flow
MSW → Grafana/Splunk → EMS (KeepHQ) → [notification channels]
Inventory
- Repository: msw-inventory
- Update Method: Manual target maintenance, followed by metadata regeneration.
- Update Cadence: When MSW inventory changes.