Description

This connector discovers the enclosure and Ethernet ports of a system equipped with an MIB-2 standard SNMP Agent.

This connector supersedes:

• GenericSwitchEnclosure^[2]

community^[3] hardware^[4] network^[5]

Source^[6]

Target

Typical platform: MIB-2 and Entity-Sensor-MIB Supported Switch

Operating system: Network Device

Prerequisites

Leverages: MIB-2, Entity-Sensor-MIB, SNMP

Technology and protocols: SNMP

Examples

metricshub HOSTNAME -t network -c +MIB2Switch --snmp v2c --community public

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: network
        connectors: [ +MIB2Switch ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          snmp:
            version: v2c # Read documentation for v1, v2c and v3
            community: public # or probably something more secure

Connector Activation Criteria

The Ethernet Switch with Sensors (SNMP) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• An SNMP Get-Next on the OID 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1 must return a value in the same subtree

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