[NTLUG:Discuss] snmp manager recommendations

[Randall Weyers]

We use SNMP as a reporting path for several pieces of hardware. I would
need to know what they are trying to monitor.  There may already be an
open source tool that has been made for this purpose. I use it to
collect traps from a Clariion and send me an email when there is a
hardware failure. 

SNMP is a reporting protocall from the days of dumb term and we used it
back then to see if a terminal was online or not. It is no more than a
network family and can be very simple to install and maintain.
If you can tell me what you are trying to monitor I can push you in the
right direction for the application or applications you would need to
achive this. Most of the comercially availible NOC monitoring tools use
snmp protocol to act as a gathering point and display the results on
large screens.  You can configure these tools to run on most platforms
including windoze. Unfortunatly most are for the later but IBM has
several tools Tivoli comes to mind that were ()ix designed. HP Openview
also has a ()ix version.

 

   
On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 06:46 -0600, Monty Shinn wrote:
> And that's the problem - I don't know for sure what they are wanting to 
> do with the SNMP manager.  I'm not sure that they know.
> 
>  From what I gather, they are wanting to monitor various parameters of 
> the units, and send emails out when a given reading moves outside a 
> preset window.  That is all the information I can get out of them.
> 
> Unfortunately I have never dealt with SNMP, so I am not even aware of 
> the possibilities.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Monty
> 
> Wayne Walker wrote:
> > OpenNMS.  It's a resource pig, but quite powerful and relatively easy to
> > use.  But you've not said what you really want to do with SNMP so this
> > may be the wrong tool/direction.
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 07:37:20AM -0600, Monty Shinn wrote:
> >> Greetings.
> >>
> >> Forgive the newbie nature of this email - I have never dealt with SNMP 
> >> management before.
> >>
> >> I am looking for a SNMP manager that will be used to monitor air 
> >> handlers, chillers and ups units.  The manufacturers will supply the 
> >> required MIBs for handshaking.
> >>
> >> Most managers that I have found seem to be purposed for network 
> >> monitoring only, with no mention of the support for third-party MIBs.
> >>
> >> I have found Nagios, but I don't know if that is what I am looking for 
> >> either.
> >>
> >> Any recommendations?  Anything to avoid?  Doesn't have to be free, just 
> >> has to be GUI-based and preferably run on RHES5.
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help,
> >>
> >> Monty
> >>
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