Cisco Switches, Fan Monitoring, Universal Device Polling, OIDs...Step by step for me the New Guy.

Hi bmuster,

Just for clarification, could you please provide us with the details of your setup, mainly what version NPM are you running?

Hello Deltona,

NPM 11.0.1

Thank you.

Ok,

First off you need to confirm that you are monitoring the core switches using SNMP. To do that, click on the Node in question and in the Management resource, click Edit Node.

Confirm that the Polling Method is set to "Most Devices". You will need to provide the SNMP community string. If you don't know what that it is then google "enable snmp on cisco 4500E"

Assuming you are already monitoring the Node using SNMP, click on the List Resources button in the Management resource for that switch. Give it a moment to list all elements that can be monitored. If it times out or returns an error then you may have provided the wrong SNMP community.

If all the elements load then make sure to select the Hardware Health box and Submit. Hit the Rediscover followed by Poll Now. After a few minutes you should see new resources on the Node Details page that give you Power and Fan details. They may be on the Vital Stats or Network side tabs.

Let me know how it pans out, or if you've already gone through the above mentioned points.

Ok,

First off you need to confirm that you are monitoring the core switches using SNMP. To do that, click on the Node in question and in the Management resource, click Edit Node.

Confirm that the Polling Method is set to "Most Devices". You will need to provide the SNMP community string. If you don't know what that it is then google "enable snmp on cisco 4500E"

Assuming you are already monitoring the Node using SNMP, click on the List Resources button in the Management resource for that switch. Give it a moment to list all elements that can be monitored. If it times out or returns an error then you may have provided the wrong SNMP community.

If all the elements load then make sure to select the Hardware Health box and Submit. Hit the Rediscover followed by Poll Now. After a few minutes you should see new resources on the Node Details page that give you Power and Fan details. They may be on the Vital Stats or Network side tabs.

Let me know how it pans out, or if you've already gone through the above mentioned points.

Hi Deltona,

Yes on the SNMP / most devices settings. NPM 11.0.1 is the version I’m using. I have download and installed the latest MIBs from Solarwinds onto the server. I have ran the UnDP program from the server as well and try to implement some temperature predefined OIDs, but I am not seeing any results with I rediscover and poll the device. I have the temperature monitors added to my view. I was also contacted by a gentle named Paul from Solarwinds Technical Support he states that he is from the Utah office. He offered me a GoTo meeting…I just wrote back to him with my contact information.

Support Case # 711972

Deltona, I need a goto meeting…because I’m missing something in the procedure.

Thank you for contacting me.