zabbix and SNMP MIBS???

[Anil]

HI

Could you please explain how zabbix handles/interacts with SNMP?

I have got a Dell machine which i want to monitor (in particular the hardware - i want to recieve traps when hardware faults occur)

When i run the command:
snmptranslate -m +DELL_10892 -IR chassisModelName (which should return the chassis Model) i get DELL_10892.txt: module not found...Unknown object identifier: chassisModelName

Even if i run:
snmpwalk -c public -v2c -OT -m[ALL ] <ip address of host>
(the -m option is meant to load all mibs...I still can't see anything relating to the Dell hardware. The mib which i have downloaded is DELL_10892.txt i then saved this file in /usr/share/snmp/mibs. I have also add a line in the .index file (MIB-Dell-10892 DELL_10892.txt) BUT STILL NO LUCK.

Do i have to compile the MIBS in anyway? Becuase the DELL one just isnt being read.

Please advise! This is one thing which is preventing me from using zabbix to its full potential and as a result implementing it in a live production environment within the company.

Please help

[willgoh]

Had the same problem too but solved the problem.

I wonder is the DELL MIB stored in the right directory. for example, for me the MIBs must be stored in the /usr/local/share/snmp/mib directory....

[Anil]

Hi

What kind of Dell machines are you monitoring? I am trying to gather snmp data relating to Dell hardware (eg fan speed, cpu temp etc) from a PowerEdge 2650 server (which incidently returns snmp values) and also a Precision 360 workstation machine. I can't seem to get anything back from the Precision 360...

I dont know if there is anything i have to install on the 360 machine or whether i have to add a new MIB to zabbix somehow. I have tried various things including copying files to /usr/local/share/snmp/mib and /usr/local/share/snmp/mibs but still no luck. Dell tech support havent shed any light on the situation either...they recommend to use their NMS software instead - like i'm really going to do that!

Here are some of the commands ive run so far:

COMMAND: snmpwalk -v1 -c public <hostname> 1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892
OUTPUT: nothing is returned

COMMAND: snmpwalk -v2c public <hostname> 1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892
OUTPUT: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.674.10892 = No Such Object available on this agent at this OID

NOTICE: when I use "-v1" I get no error message, however when I use "-v2c" I get no such object....

COMMAND: snmpwalk -v2c -c public -m ALL <hostname> 1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892
OUTPUT: MIB-Dell-10892::server3 = No Such Object available on this agent at this OID

[willgoh]

I wasn't working on any dell machine. I thought that there is problem translating the DELL-MIB by the net-snmp on the monitering station.

To my knowledge, the snmp agent (at the monitered station)must have the DELL-MIB incorporated otherwise no use.

As to how to compile the DELL-MIB into the snmp agent, I have figured it out yet...

[riegersteve]

there is no real need to compile in new mib's just download them and put them in the proper dirs. i monitor windows, apache, mysql, dell, hp, xerox copiers, and much more all via snmp.

[sauron]

My snmp.conf:

mibdirs /usr/share/snmp/mibs:/usr/share/snmp/mibs/cisco:/usr/share/snmp/mibs/kbridge
mibs ALL

Any questions ?

[Philippe]

hi,

i have the same problem, and now i understand.
the dell .mib file must be copied on my linux system, right ?
but i don't find a file snmp.conf and my snmp works fine, i get data from alot of systems but i never had to change something in my configuration.
i could always see everything with snmpwalk so i thought that the information is on the system and that you only read that information, so then why do you have to copy /mib files ?

so, where can i find snmp.conf or whatever to change this ?

grtz,
Verus

[mconigliaro]

just fyi, i dont think you ever need the mib files to do snmp monitoring. as i understand it, the mib file simply translates the oid numbers to their respective string values (for easier reading i guess). for example, the sysuptime object on a cisco router can be queried like this:

1.3.6.1.2.1.1

but if you load the appropriate mib, you can use this query instead:

iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.system

i hope this helps someone, unless im wrong, in which case i hope someone will correct me. =)

[george04]

hi i got a similar problem

there is no real need to compile in new mib's just download them and put them in the proper dirs. i monitor windows, apache, mysql, dell, hp, xerox copiers, and much more all via snmp.

Hi there Riegersteve, y think you have past by with my little problem that i have.
its the next thing, i see you have configure your SNMP for Xerox Copiers, well right now im dealing with some Xerox Printer Xerox centrework 5655 and xerox 7346 wich i want to monitor with zabbix.

i found around the web the MIBS of xerox that are something like this:

1. rfc1213.mib
2. rfc2790.mib
3. rfc2707.mib
4. rfc3808.mib
5. rfc3805.mib
6. 02common.mib
7. 06gentc.mib
8. 07gen.mib
9. 10hosttc.mib
10. 11hostx.mib
11. 15prtxtc.mib
12. 16prtx.mib
13. 21rsrctc.mib
14. 22rsrc.mib
15. 40jobtc.mib
16. 41jobmon.mib
17. 42jobmtc.mib
18. 43jobman.mib
19. 45pwgjmx.mib
20. 50commtc.mib
21. 51comms.mib
22. 52conftc.mib
23. 53config.mib
24. 58svctc.mib
25. 59svcmon.mib
26. 93pidtc.mib

as i see in the other comments, we could add it at the snmp.conf file, well i allready have done that, the question is how do i know its working, How do i import a Template with all this OIDs in zabbix.
hope you help me, and hope some have understand what my problem is.