PRTG Manual: SNMP HPE ProLiant Network Interface Sensor
The SNMP HPE ProLiant Network Interface sensor monitors a network interface in an HPE server via the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
For a detailed list and descriptions of the channels that this sensor can show, see section Channel List.
- Dutch: SNMP HPE ProLiant Netwerkinterface
- French: HPE ProLiant interface réseau (SNMP)
- German: SNMP HPE ProLiant Netzwerkschnittstelle
- Japanese: SNMP HPE ProLiant ネットワークインターフェース
- Portuguese: Interface de rede HPE ProLiant (SNMP)
- Russian: Сетевой интерфейс HPE ProLiant по SNMP
- Simplified Chinese: SNMP HPE ProLiant 网络接口
- Spanish: Interfaz de red HPE ProLiant (SNMP)
Consider the following remarks and requirements for this sensor:
Remark |
Description |
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HPE system management tools |
For Gen10 servers: This sensor requires HPE Agentless Management and the HPE Agentless Management Service on the target system. For Gen10 servers: Use the HPE Integrated Lights Out (iLO) interface as the parent device. For Gen9 servers or earlier: This sensor requires HPE Insight Management Agents and HPE Insight Management WBEM Providers on the target system. For Gen9 servers or earlier, this sensor requires a specific HPE system management tool to be installed on the target system to report data via SNMP: HPE Insight Management Agents. To receive SNMP data from redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controllers, the sensor also requires HPE Insight Management Agents. For Gen10 servers, this sensor no longer requires HPE system management tools. Instead, the sensor requires the HPE Agentless Management Service to be installed on the target system. For more information and download links, see the Knowledge Base: Monitor HP ProLiant via SNMP? For Gen9 servers or earlier, some of the HPE object identifiers (OID) that this sensor uses are only accessible via the iLO interface. If this sensor throws an error that it cannot find "such device types", create a device that points to the address of the HPE iLO interface (if available) and add the sensor to this device. We recommend that you use the Agentless Management feature with configured SNMP. You can set this up in the iLO configuration interface under Administration | Management | SNMP Settings. For Gen10 servers, use the HPE iLO interface as parent device for this sensor. |
iLO versions |
This sensor supports iLO as of iLO 3. We recommend that you use at least iLO 4. |
IPv6 |
This sensor supports IPv6. |
Performance impact |
This sensor has a low performance impact. |
Sensor creation |
During sensor creation, the status of each available network interface is shown. If this status is Link Failure, it is still possible to add a sensor for the respective interface. Though, most likely the sensor for this interface does not work correctly. The error message in this case is No Such Name (SNMP error # 2). |
The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:
- hpe
- snmphpe
- snmphpenetworkinterfacesensor
For more information about basic sensor settings, see section Sensor Settings.
HPE ProLiant Network Interface Settings
Setting |
Description |
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Network Interfaces |
The name of the network interface that this sensor monitors. |
Setting |
Description |
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Primary Channel |
Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, PRTG displays the last value of the primary channel below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor. You can set a different primary channel later by clicking below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab. |
Graph Type |
Define how this sensor shows different channels:
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Stack Unit |
This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above. Select a unit from the list. PRTG stacks all channels with this unit on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so. |
By default, all of these settings are inherited from objects that are higher in the hierarchy. We recommend that you change them centrally in the root group settings if necessary. To change a setting for this object only, click under the corresponding setting name to disable the inheritance and to display its options.
For more information, see section Inheritance of Settings.
Which channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.
Channel |
Description |
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Alignment Errors |
The number of alignment errors |
Bad Frames Received |
The number of bad frames received |
Bad Frames Transmitted |
The number of bad frames transmitted |
Carrier Sense Errors |
The number of carrier sense errors |
Downtime |
In the channel table on the Overview tab, this channel never shows any values. PRTG uses this channel in graphs and reports to show the amount of time in which the sensor was in the Down status |
Excessive Collisions |
The number of excessive collisions |
FCS Errors |
The number of FCS errors |
Frames Too Long |
The number of frames that are too long |
Good Frames Received |
The number of good frames received |
Good Frames Transmitted |
The number of good frames transmitted |
Late Collisions |
The number of late collisions |
Total |
The total traffic |
Traffic In |
The incoming traffic This channel is the primary channel by default. |
Traffic Out |
The outgoing traffic |
KNOWLEDGE BASE
Monitor HP ProLiant via SNMP?
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