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Is it possible to add a server using SNMP as opposed to WMI/SSH?

I have some Cisco Servers that specifically need to be watched, but I am only able to add them as a networking device since they have to use SNMP. (I tried SSH and it failed to collect any info).

As a networking device, I can’t seem to get the Network Monitor to watch hardware components like storage space and CPU. Am I missing something here?

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So the product you are talking about using is Network monitor

The Cisco stuff is what, networking, server, ESXi etc?

Assuming SNMP is on the host, it should work when others fail by default, but not knowing what the kit is, it’s hard to know

If you are asking can it monitor the controller, the answer is possibly, but that would not monitor machines connected to it, you need to manage those separately.

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Thanks for the quick reply,

They are Cisco Servers - BE6000M and C220 running ESXi 6.5. From my understanding the Cisco IMC is the best way to get the hardware info, but if it is possible, I am not opposed to gathering it from ESXi either. I believe I tried both ways with the same result.

And yes, I am trying to add the device to the Network Monitor product.

@rod-it

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So they are Blades?

Spiceworks desktop / inventory product is not able to inventory or monitor ESXi higher than 6.0 due to changes in the API, I am not sure that NM can either, however be advised that NM is no longer actively being supported and will come to an end some time in the future, a this stage I do not know if it will be replaced or simply retired.

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Thanks for the info.

That is too bad, I liked their interface. Here’s hoping it’s being replaced.

@rod-it

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I would suggest you take a look at this post and subscribe to it to keep informed

https://community.spiceworks.com/blogs/products/2706-network-monitor-update

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Hi TakingITGlobal,

how many servers do you want to monitor? You can try out our PRTG Network Monitor . We offer a 100 sensor free-forever version which is enough for 10-20 devices. Within the first 30 days you can use it without any limitation.

Please have a look what you can monitor with our Cisco built-in sensors . (Of course, you can monitor much more.)

To get up-and-running quickly, let the auto-discover run, to see what it finds. If that creates too many sensors, or way more detail than you care about, then you can delete all the extra sensors.

Maybe this will help you.

Have a great day!

Michael

@Paessler_AG

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Hi Michael,

I actually originally gave PRTG a try. I found the interface too messy and complicated. Additionally I couldn’t get the Cisco SNMP-based monitors to authenticate to my servers. I have about 10 servers that need to be monitored.

@michael-paessler

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Hi,

I’m sorry to hear that. Please have a look at this page where we describe how to configure the Cisco System Health Sensor .

You also have the possibility to contact our technical support (support@paessler.com) if you have further questions.

Best,

Michael

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Hey TakingITGlobal, I agree it sounds like you could benefit from a network monitoring tool. AdRem’s software uses SNMP for managing network devices (switches, printers, etc.). The program supports SNMPv3 traps and trap info packets, and includes trap forwarding. It also includes a MIB compiler and more than 8500 precompiled MIBs. You can check out some of the other features here as well. If you have any questions or would like to chat more about it, please feel free to PM me!

@spiceuser-mi7qc

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Thanks! I’ve been testing out Manage Engine’s Network Monitor and I’ve liked it so far. It has a diverse set of tools - it even has templates for some of the Cisco serves I run.

I’ll keep AdRem in mind if this doesn’t pan out.

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