Template Items Based on Data Pulled From Device

[cojaxx]

Hello,

I have a bunch of FortiSwitches that I assign a Template to which has a several checks.

One of the checks is to report on the status of the PSUs.

In the 400 FortiSwitch Series the OIDs for the PSUs are:

PSU 1 - SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.99.1.1.1.4.6
PSU 2 - SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.99.1.1.1.4.7

But in the 1000 series the OIDs are:

PSU 1 - SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.99.1.1.1.4.7
PSU 2 - SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.99.1.1.1.4.8

I currently assign the same template to both switches as 99% of the OIDs are the same.

Wondering what the best way to sort this is? I would like to keep the number of templates down to a minimum and not have separate ones for the 400 and 1000 series switches.

Is there a way to only add a check based on a condition (Like a SNMP lookup)?

Interested to hear what others are doing in this scenario.

Regards,
Peter

[Hamardaban]

May be dynamic indexes can help

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/config/items/itemtypes/snmp/dynamicindex

[cojaxx]

Thanks Hamardaban. I'm a little confused as to how I would actually implement that.

Do you know whether it is possible to put a Filter on an Item so that it checks a specific OID prior to being added?

SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.47.1.1.1.1.13.1 = STRING: "FSW_1024D"
SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.47.1.1.1.1.13.1 = STRING: "FSW_1024E"
SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.47.1.1.1.1.13.1 = STRING: "FSW_448E-F"
SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.47.1.1.1.1.13.1 = STRING: "FSW_448E-P"

I've managed to find the OID that relates to the switch model number. If I could filter based on that then the Item could be configured to only be added when matching a specific model.

Filters can be applied through Discovery Rules, but I'm having a hard time figuring out the correct settings for it.