[NTLUG:Discuss] snmp manager recommendations

[Monty Shinn]

They are wanting to monitor a couple of Liebert CRAC units (air 
handlers), a Liebert NPower UPS.  I don't have model numbers, but I know 
they all have network adapters, so they should be ready.

The manufacturer is suppose to have the mib's, which I guess are 
plugins.  I am still working on where to put the plugins once I have them...

Thanks,

Monty

Randall Weyers wrote:
> 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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