Can I use zabbix to monitor router & switches

[uknet80]

Hi all,

As you know zabbix has Agent software that need to be install on client machine like windows and Linux, of course Agent can’t be install on router and switches, Does zabbix support monitoring those devices if yes how to do that?

thanks

[alixen]

Hi,

Routers and switches are monitored with SNMP protocol.
It is supported by Zabbix.

Regards,
Alixen

[uknet80]

Does zabbix check amount of traffic used by specific services like (port 80, 443..etc).

How about monitoring specific client IP address access specific port, and traffic used by that IP, does it monitor and report that?

[dima_dm]

Does zabbix check amount of traffic used by specific services like (port 80, 443..etc).
How about monitoring specific client IP address access specific port, and traffic used by that IP, does it monitor and report that?

You can use Netflow for this task. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflow
Write data in text files and load this files into zabbix via zabbix_sender.

[uknet80]

You can use Netflow for this task. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflow
Write data in text files and load this files into zabbix via zabbix_sender.

> Do you mean using Netflow to write data into text file and load this file into zabbix via zabbix_sender?

[dima_dm]

Yes.
Use any Netflow collector, and you can write cron script to get data from Netflow collector and calculate statistics that you needed, when write data in text files and put it into Zabbix_server via zabbix_sender with -i option.

[uknet80]

Yes.
Use any Netflow collector, and you can write cron script to get data from Netflow collector and calculate statistics that you needed, when write data in text files and put it into Zabbix_server via zabbix_sender with -i option.

thanks i will try that.