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F5 BigIP Switch

Description​

This connector discovers ports and the environment for F5 BigIP Switches (F5-BIGIP-SYSTEM-MIB)

f5 hardware network

Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Supersedes

This connector supersedes:

Target​

Typical platform: F5

Operating system: Network Device

Prerequisites​

Leverages: F5 SNMP Agent (bigipSystem)

Technology and protocols: SNMP

Examples​

CLI​

metricshub HOSTNAME -t network -c +F5BigIP --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: [ +F5BigIP ] # 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 F5 BigIP Switch 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 1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.1.3.5.1 must return a non-empty value

Metrics​

TypeCollected MetricsSpecific Attributes
enclosurehw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}id
model
name
serial_number
type
vendor
fanhw.fan.speed
hw.fan.speed.limit{limit_type="low.degraded"}
hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="present"}		hw.parent.type
id
name
networkhw.errors{hw.type="network"}
hw.network.bandwidth.limit
hw.network.full_duplex
hw.network.io{direction="receive"}
hw.network.io{direction="transmit"}
hw.network.packets{direction="receive"}
hw.network.packets{direction="transmit"}
hw.network.up
hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}		bandwidth
hw.parent.type
id
name
physical_address
physical_address_type
power_supplyhw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="present"}		hw.parent.type
id
name
temperaturehw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="present"}
hw.temperature
hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.degraded"}		hw.parent.type
id
name