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Before you start you need to know what SNMP OID's you want to poll, and what they're values should be.  For common devices and metrics you can often get by with a Google search or two, but it doesn't take much for you to need to get a bit more involved.
Before you start you need to know what SNMP OID's you want to poll, and what they're values should be.  For common devices and metrics you can often get by with a Google search or two, but it doesn't take much for you to need to get a bit more involved.


When it comes to investigating what OID's you can poll for a specific device your friend is [http://www.wtcs.org/snmp4tpc/getif.htm|GetIf].
When it comes to investigating what OID's you can poll for a specific device your friend is [http://www.wtcs.org/snmp4tpc/getif.htm GetIf].


By way of example, , which checks for the temperatures of the disks and system, status of the disks and volume, and space on the volume (service level checks for things like FTP access aren't done by SNMP). Having downloaded the MIB and done some probing GetIf, I've decided I need to monitor the following OID's...
Having downloaded the MIB and done some probing GetIf, I've decided I need to monitor the following OID's...


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