[NTLUG:Discuss] snmp manager recommendations

[Randall Weyers]

You have to have a monitoring softeware that the plugins go into or you
can build one from scratch 
like this 


http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&NewsID=921
This is the perfect example of a network software useing snmp this was
from 2004 so I assume it is already done. 



On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 11:31 -0600, Monty Shinn wrote:


> 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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