Hardware Monitoring?

[scott.carroll@brulant.com]

Is there a way to monitor hardware with HostMonitor? For example, is there a way to monitor a specific disk in a RAID array so that the appropriate person can be alerted if the disk fails?

[KS-Soft Europe]

I suppose, such hardware should support SNMP protocol. You may use SNMP Get test method in such case. http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mframe.htm#tests.htm#chkSNMP

If there were some MIB files supplied with this hardware, you may load them into the MIB Browser. http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mibbrowser/index.htm

MIB Browser allows you to view the hierarchy of SNMP MIB variables in the form of a tree and provides you with additional information about each node.
With MIB Browser you can easily load (compile) standard and proprietary MIB files, view and manipulate data that is available in an SNMP agent.

Quote from the manual:
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When you are configuring SNMP Get or SNMP Trap test methods with MIB Browser installed HostMonitor allows you to specify SNMP variables by a name (e.g. iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.system.sysUpTime.0) as well as by an OID in numeric format (e.g. 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0). If you click on "Browse MIBs" button next to "OID" field, HostMonitor will launch MIB Browser displaying the hierarchy tree of SNMP variables. The specified variable (if any) is highlighted and additional information is displayed for it (such as status, access mode, description). Now you may browse variables, choose another variable if needed and click [Ok] button to use the selected variable by HostMonitor.
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Regards,
Max

[scott.carroll@brulant.com]

OK. Thanks, Max. I'll see what I can find with SNMP or MIB and try to configure something.

Thanks again!