Ping to non-zabbix agent

[oliverm]

Hi,

I want to create a new item which pings the firewall in front of a zabbix agent box and have this item added to the host entry for the zabbix agent (as its related).

However, i've forgotten the item key for pinging something that isnt the agent itself.

Can anyone remind me of the key ?

Olly

[oliverm]

Bump. Anyone know? Whats the key to ping an IP other than that of the host the key is assigned to ?

[Jarno]

I'm just creating "host" for each network device to ping and adding a template to this host with the following:

Item "ICMP Ping"
Type "Simple check"
Key "icmppingsec"
Type of information "Numeric (float)"
Units "ms"
Use multiplier "Custom multiplier"
Custom multiplier "1000"
Update interval (in sec) "10"
Keep history (in days) "7"
Keep trends (in days) "90"
Status "Active"
Store value "As is"

Not sure if there's a easier way to do.. but in xml you can add hosts/items fairly fast and easy

[fableman]

if you need correct pings time in your grafs then monitor this topic:

http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8175