radiolinux
03-04-2006, 14:38
Hi all,
In my experience snmp is the most used standard for checking/monitoring a network device, such as a router or a switch, and other devices and hosts.
Snmp can work in 2 ways:
- the device is asked for a value (snmpget)
- the device sends a snmp trap to a trapd.
In the latter case, traps can hold standard information or specific information which can be managed by using the appropriate mib (usually provided by the manufacturer).
Zabbix does not seem to care about snmp trap. In other words, zabbix does not act as a trapd.
To be a very interesting monitoring tool, zabbix should implement that feature.
Each node which can send snmp traps should be associated with its own mib and traps coming from that node should be handled by zabbix.
Stefano
In my experience snmp is the most used standard for checking/monitoring a network device, such as a router or a switch, and other devices and hosts.
Snmp can work in 2 ways:
- the device is asked for a value (snmpget)
- the device sends a snmp trap to a trapd.
In the latter case, traps can hold standard information or specific information which can be managed by using the appropriate mib (usually provided by the manufacturer).
Zabbix does not seem to care about snmp trap. In other words, zabbix does not act as a trapd.
To be a very interesting monitoring tool, zabbix should implement that feature.
Each node which can send snmp traps should be associated with its own mib and traps coming from that node should be handled by zabbix.
Stefano