Adding and editing an SNMP Performance Monitor

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) performance monitor allows you to access SNMP supported devices and plot the performance output on a graph.

To add a new SNMP performance monitor:

1. From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to Admin > Monitors. The Monitor Library dialog appears.
2. Click the Performance tab. The Performance Monitor list appears.
3. Click New. The Select Performance Monitor Type dialog appears.
4. Enter the appropriate information:
   • Name. Enter a unique name for the performance monitor. This name displays in the Performance Monitor Library.
   • Description. (Optional) Enter additional information about the monitor. This description displays next to the monitor in the Performance Monitor Library.
   • Plot raw values. Select this check box to monitor the current polled value instead of tracking the rate of change over time.

   Note: Enable Plot raw values 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.

5. Enter the OID and Instance or click browse (...) to access the SNMP MIB Browser.
6. Click OK to save changes.
7. After the monitor has been added to the library, you can enable the monitor through Device Properties > Performance Monitors. For more information, see Enabling performance monitors.

To edit an existing SNMP performance monitor:

1. From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to Admin > Monitors. The Monitor Library dialog appears.
2. Click the Performance tab. The Performance Monitor list appears.
3. Select the performance monitor you would like to edit from the list of current monitors, then click Edit.
4. Enter the appropriate information:
   • Name. Enter a unique name for the performance monitor. This name displays in the Performance Monitor Library.
   • Description. (Optional) Enter additional information about the monitor. This description displays next to the monitor in the Performance Monitor Library.
   • Plot raw values. Select this check box to monitor the current polled value instead of tracking the rate of change over time.

   Note: Enable Plot raw values 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 or the number of times an engine's RPM exceeded a certain threshold.

5. Enter the OID and Instance or click browse (...) to access the SNMP MIB Browser.
6. Click OK to save changes.

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