This topic provides a quick introduction to setting up your SNMP Network Devices in Uptime Infrastructure Monitor as well as how to resolve common setup issues.
Adding your network devices to Uptime Infrastructure Monitor
The first step in setting up an SNMP device for monitoring within Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is to add the device to Uptime Infrastructure Monitor as an element. This is done from the My Infrastructure tab in the Uptime Infrastructure Monitor tool bar via the Add System / Network Device link in the tree panel on the left side of the screen. After clicking the link, the Add system dialogue will ask you for a display name and description for the device, which can be any text.
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- Request seems to time-out when setting up the device.
- Check that the port and read community are correct.
- Error: Can't load required RFC1213 MIB data.
- This error means that the device doesn't support the RFC1213 MIB, which is required for net-snmp support. Try setting it up as a network device instead.
Setting up a Service Monitor for the device's OIDs
Because the device / system is an element in Uptime Infrastructure Monitor, a service monitor can be created to poll the results of specific OIDs (Object Identifier). An OID is a numerical identifier for one specific statistic or metric that is available from the device. These OIDs combine with a MIB (Management Information Base), which defines and describes the possible values for this metric.
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