The APM development team is currently working on delivering some great new server hardware monitoring features, but we need your help. There are countless different models of servers that have been released over the years from HP, IBM, and Dell, and there's simply no way SolarWinds can test them all without your help.
We're currently seeking volunteers willing to perform SNMP MIB walks against their HP, IBM and Dell servers. These MIB walks will be used to test and ensure the hardware monitoring features currently being developed will work properly with your servers.
If you want to make sure the next release of APM can properly monitor the health of your servers hardware we strongly encourage your participation.
What we need: An SNMP MIB walk using the tool provided from your physical servers that have the vendor supplied agent installed. This agent can be HP’s Insight Management agent, Dell OpenManage agent, or IBM Director agents currently installed on your servers.
The tool is fairly simple and straightforward to use. Enter the IP address of the Server running the agent as well as the community string and click "scan".
Alternate method: If you'd prefer to use NET-SNMP instead of the tool provided above you can download and install NET-SNMP from http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/
• Win32 binaries are available here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/net-snmp/files/net-snmp%20binaries/5.5-binaries/net-snmp-5.5.0-1.x86.exe/download
• Run this command from “installation directory/bin/”: snmpwalk -v 2c -c public -O netU 127.0.0.1 1 > output.txt
(change the IP address and community string accordingly, and don’t forget there is 1 after IP address. It means it will scan whole SNMP tree)
What Now: Both methods will generate a single file per server containing a complete MIB walk of the device. We recommend naming this file the make and model of the device that was scanned. For example "DELL_1850.txt".
These files can then be posted here in this thread in response to this posting as an attachment. If you're concerned about the potentially sensitive information contained in the MIB file I recommend zipping the files and password protecting them before posting. You can then PM me the password. All posted MIB walks in this thread will be deleted after being collected by the APM development team.
Alternatively, if you're not comfortable posting the MIB walks here, please PM me and I'll provide you instructions for sending them to me directly.
The more people who participate, and the more servers we receive MIB Walks for, the higher the quality of a release we can provide. We encourage everyone to participate and appreciate your willingness to help.
