Creating device-specific SNMP performance monitors
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) performance monitor allows you to access SNMP supported devices and plot the performance output on a graph.
To create a device-specific SNMP performance monitor:
- From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, right-click a device, then click . The Device Properties dialog appears.
- Click . The Performance Monitors information appears.
- Click . The Select Performance Monitor Type dialog appears.
- Select , then click . The Add SNMP Performance Monitor dialog appears.
- Enter the appropriate information:
- . Enter a unique name for the performance monitor. This name displays in the Performance Monitor Library.
- . (Optional) Enter additional information about the monitor. This description displays next to the monitor in the Performance Monitor Library.
- . Select this check box to monitor the current polled value instead of tracking the rate of change over time.
: Enable when you want to graph the current value of the SNMP object, as one would a gauge such as a vehicle's speedometer or temperature sensor, for example. Disable this option when graphing objects that measure a rate of change over time such as an odometer.
- Click browse (). The SNMP MIB Browser dialog appears.
- Click browse () to select the IP address of the device to which you want to connect. The MIB Browser dialog appears.
- Enter a or or click browse () to select a device, then click .
- Select the used to connect to the device. You can also click browse() to access the Credentials Library to create a new credential.
- (Optional) Adjust the and count for the computer to which you are trying to connect.
- Click . The SNMP MIB Browser appears.
- Use the navigation tree in the left panel to select the specific you want to monitor. You can view more information about the property/value at the bottom of the dialog.
- In the right panel, select the specific for the MIB you want to monitor.
- Click to add the OID to the and boxes of the Add SNMP Performance Monitor dialog.
- Click to save changes.