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MIB-2 Standard SNMP Agent - Network Interfaces

Description

This connector discovers the enclosure and the Ethernet ports of a system equipped with an MIB-2 standard SNMP Agent.

hardware hp-ux network storage

Supersedes

This connector supersedes:

Target

Typical platform: SNMP

Operating systems: Network Device, Out-Of-Band, HP-UX, Storage System, HP OpenVMS, HP Tru64

Prerequisites

Leverages: MIB-2 Standard SNMP Agent

Technology and protocols: SNMP

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t network -c +MIB2 --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: [ +MIB2 ] # 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 MIB-2 Standard SNMP Agent - Network Interfaces 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 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1 must return a non-empty value

Metrics

TypeCollected MetricsSpecific Attributes
networkhw.errors{hw.type="network"}
hw.network.bandwidth.limit
hw.network.dropped{network.io.direction="receive"}
hw.network.dropped{network.io.direction="transmit"}
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="degraded|failed|ok"}
hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}
device_type
hw.network.alias
hw.network.name
hw.parent.type
id
name
physical_address
physical_address_type