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Excessive Collisions

Microsoft.SystemCenter.NetworkDevice.Interface.Ethernet.ExcessiveCollisionPerf (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

Excessive Collisions Performance Rule Collects data for reporting purposes.

Causes

Below are the details of the Object Identifier (OID) that is queried via an SNMP GET

Object

OID

Description

dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions

.1.3.6.1.2.1.10.7.2.1.9

A count of frames for which transmission on a particular interface fails due to excessive collisions. This counter does not increment when the interface is operating in full-duplex mode.

This happens when:

Resolutions

Below are some basic troubleshooting steps

  1. Check the cabling to the device.

  2. Perform any vendor specific hardware tests on the device to determine if the device's hardware is functioning properly

  3. Raise the threshold on the monitor. This will allow for better "tuning" of the application to your environment. Take care no to raise the threshold too much as this could allow important events to go unnoticed.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.SystemCenter.NetworkDevice.Interface.Ethernet
CategoryPerformanceHealth
EnabledFalse
Alert GenerateFalse
RemotableTrue

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DS DataSource Microsoft.SystemCenter.NetworkDevice.SnmpDeltaPerformanceProvider Default
WA1 WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData Default
WA2 WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.NetworkDevice.Interface.Ethernet.ExcessiveCollisionPerf" Enabled="false" Target="Microsoft.SystemCenter.NetworkDevice.Interface.Ethernet" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>PerformanceHealth</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.NetworkDevice.SnmpDeltaPerformanceProvider">

      <Interval>600</Interval>

      <IsWriteAction>false</IsWriteAction>

      <IP>$Target/Host/Property[Type="NetworkDevice!Microsoft.SystemCenter.NetworkDevice"]/IPAddress$</IP>

      <CommunityString>$Target/Host/Property[Type="NetworkDevice!Microsoft.SystemCenter.NetworkDevice"]/CommunityString$</CommunityString>

      <Version>$Target/Host/Property[Type="NetworkDevice!Microsoft.SystemCenter.NetworkDevice"]/Version$</Version>

      <SnmpVarBinds>

        <SnmpVarBind>

          <OID>1.3.6.1.2.1.10.7.2.1.9.$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.SystemCenter.NetworkDevice.Interface"]/ifIndex$</OID>

          <Syntax>0</Syntax>

          <Value VariantType="8"/>

        </SnmpVarBind>

      </SnmpVarBinds>

      <ObjectName>Ethernet</ObjectName>

      <CounterName>Excessive Collisions</CounterName>

      <InstanceName>$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.SystemCenter.NetworkDevice.Interface"]/ifDesc$</InstanceName>

      <Value>$data/SnmpVarBinds/SnmpVarBind[1]/Value$</Value>

      <NumSamples>1</NumSamples>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="WA1" TypeID="SystemCenter!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData"/>

    <WriteAction ID="WA2" TypeID="SystemCenter1!Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData"/>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>