Ping monitoring question

[Pigi_102]

Hello all.
I would like to implement a check to verify if the frontend router of a switch is working before eventually trigger problems on the switch it self.
To better explain, I have a lot of remote switches that are connected via WAN and in front of them there is a router ( handled by several providers ).
From the zabbix server I check the routers via SNMP, but if the router ( which is not under my control ) is down I don't want to execute the check, nor sending the alert from the triggers.
To implement this I have added a macro to every switch with the address of the router:


I would like to create a check Item that ping the DEFGW address, and in case it is not reachable the trigger would be the dependance for all other triggers.


Is there a way to realize this ? Also with some external action eventually.



Thanks in advance

Pierluigi

[cyber]

But thas exactly how trigger dependencies are working https://www.zabbix.com/documentation...s/dependencies
You cannot prevent checking, but you can prevent notifications being sent...

[Pigi_102]

Thanks Cyber.
I have found a way:
Create a macro in the host:


Then create an item that use this macro as simple action/icmpping:


Then it's easy to create a trigger and use it as dependency.

My problem was how to create the item, and I've found how
Thanks all.


Pigi