To poll SNMP agents from an SNMP table
| 1. | The Table panel allows you configure the polling of SNMP Agents from an SNMP Table: |
Polling SNMP Agents from a Table — Configure the OID settings
| 2. | Configure the Table Settings: |
| ▪ | Root OID: Enter the Table OID (object identifier) to poll, as given by the Management Information Base (MIB). This OID should always end with ".1". |
| ▪ | Column Numbers: Enter the column numbers in the SNMP table that Monitoring Studio will poll. Column numbers must be delimited by commas (Example: 4,8,9). Leave the field blank to retrieve values from the entire row. Enter "ID" to retrieve the row identifier. |
| ▪ | Report Errors in Group's "Collection Error Count": Select this option to have the Collection Error Count attribute of the Group reflect possible alerts triggered upon the SNMP monitoring execution. The Collection Error Count attribute of the Group reports on the collection errors of all Monitors, associated to the Group, for which this option is available and selected, providing a global view of the collection errors for the whole Group. |
| 3. | Define the Monitor Settings: |
Polling SNMP Agents from a Table — Monitor Settings
| ▪ | Internal ID: Enter an ID to identify the managed SNMP Agent in BMC TrueSight Operations Management. |
| ▪ | Display Name: Enter a name to identify the managed SNMP Agent in BMC TrueSight Operations Management. |
| ▪ | Optional — Polling Interval: Set the frequency at which the data collection will be performed. Default is 2 minutes. |
| ▪ | Optional — Alert Actions: Define the action(s) Monitoring Studio needs to perform when the thresholds for this managed SNMP Agent is breached. |
| 4. | Optional — Define the Content Processing rules you wish to apply to the SNMP Agent monitoring output: |
Polling SNMP Agents from a Table — Content Processing
| ▪ | String Searches: Define the search criteria for a specific string you wish to find or not find in the SNMP Agent monitoring output. |
| ▪ | Numeric Extractions: Define any numeric value to be extracted from the SNMP Agent monitoring output. |
| 5. | Click the Add to List button to complete the creation of the SNMP Monitor instance. |
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