DELL PowerSwitch S-Series

Description

This connector enables hardware monitoring for Dell Network Switches through the switch's SNMP Agent.

dell hardware network

Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Target

Typical platform: Dell PowerSwitch

Operating system: Network Device

This connector is not available for the local host (it is applicable to remote hosts only).

Prerequisites

Leverages: Switch's SNMP agent

Technology and protocols: SNMP

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t network -c +DellNetworkSwitch --snmp v2c --community public

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: network
        connectors: [ +DellNetworkSwitch ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          snmp:
            version: v2c # Read documentation for v1, v2c and v3
            community: public # or probably something more secure

Connector Activation Criteria

The DELL PowerSwitch S-Series connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• An SNMP GetNext on the OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10895.3000.1.2.100.2 must return a value that matches with the Dell.*\(Networking\)\|\(Ethernet\) (regular expression)

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
enclosure	hw.enclosure.energy hw.enclosure.power hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}	bios_version id info model name serial_number type vendor
fan	hw.fan.speed hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id name
power_supply	hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id name