SNMP checks, using multiple snmpgets

[Jim Avery]

On 18 November 2010 19:04,  <a.smith at ukgrid.net> wrote:

>   Im trying to get my SNMP monitoring a bit more informative. I want
> to monitor port status on ethernet switches (which Ive tested and
> works quite nicely).
> Im using the instructions given here:
>
> http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2008/11/how-to-monitor-network-switch-and-ports-using-nagios/
>
> What would be nice is that in the out put of a give port, rather than
> just saying up or down Id like to also include the output from the
> ifDescr along with the port status. Logically this would seem to be
> possible, give the how to above shows in example 7 a config whereby
> you monitor multiple ports in a single command.
> I tried this config:
>
> check_command           check_snmp!-C public -o ifDescr.52 -m RFC1213-MI
> B -o ifOperStatus.52 -r 1 -m RFC1213-MIB
>
> The output of the command is fine, I see the string returned from the
> ifDescr first then the status of the port, but Nagios takes this as
> being an error state and marks the service as faulted permanently.
> If anyone can understand that, do you know if what I want is possible
> to achieve? :P

Have you looked at http://nagios.manubulon.com/snmp_int.html ?

I'm at home so can't check for sure but I think it will retrieve the ifDescr.

hth,

Jim

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