PRTG Manual: SNMP Custom Advanced Sensor

The SNMP Custom Advanced sensor monitors numeric values returned for object identifiers (OID) via the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

The SNMP Library sensor automatically creates SNMP Custom Advanced sensors when the Management Information Base (MIB) file that you import contains single values.

SNMP Custom Advanced Sensor

For a detailed list and descriptions of the channels that this sensor can show, see section Channel List.

Sensor in Other Languages

Dutch: SNMP Aanpasbaar Geavanceerd
French: SNMP personnalisé avancé
German: SNMP (Benutzerdef. erweitert)
Japanese: SNMP カスタムアドバンスト
Portuguese: SNMP (customizado / avançado)
Russian: Дополнительные пользовательские параметры SNMP
Simplified Chinese: SNMP 自定义高级
Spanish: SNMP (personalizado / avanzado)

Remarks

Consider the following remarks and requirements for this sensor:

Remark	Description
IPv6	This sensor supports IPv6.
Performance impact	This sensor has a low performance impact.
Lookups	This sensor can use lookups. Select Lookup as Channel #x Unit and define the lookup file in Channel #x Lookup.
Localhost	It might not work to query data from a probe device via SNMP (querying localhost, 127.0.0.1, or ::1). Add this device with the IP address that it has in your network and create the sensor on this device instead.
Knowledge Base	Knowledge Base: How do I find out which OID I need for an SNMP Custom sensor?

Basic Sensor Settings

The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:

snmpcustomadvanced
snmpcustomsensor

For more information about basic sensor settings, see section Sensor Settings.

OID Settings

Setting	Description
Channel #x Name	Enter a name for the channel in which the sensor shows the results at the OID. Enter a string.
Channel #x OID	Enter the OID of the SNMP object from which you want to receive numeric data. Most OIDs begin with 1.3.6.1. However, OIDs that start with 1.0, or 1.1, or 1.2 are also allowed. If you want to entirely disable the validation of your entry, add the string norfccheck: to the beginning of the OID, for example, norfccheck:2.0.0.0.1.
Channel #x Value Type	Select the expected numeric type of the results at the OID: Absolute (unsigned integer): Integers without an operational sign, such as 10 or 120. Absolute (signed integer): Integers with an operational sign, such as -12 or 120. Absolute (float): Float values, such as -5.80 or 8.23. Delta (counter): Counter values. PRTG calculates the difference between the last and the current value. PRTG additionally divides the delta value by a time period to indicate a speed value. This mode only works if the difference between the last and the current value is positive and increases with each scanning interval. This mode does not support negative values and decreasing values. Absolute (float) and Delta (counter) are not compatible with the unit Lookup. You cannot change this value after sensor creation.
Channel #x Unit	Define the unit of the numeric data that this sensor receives from the OID: BytesBandwidth BytesMemory BytesDisk Temperature Percent TimeResponse TimeSeconds TimeHours Count CPU BytesFile SpeedDisk SpeedNet Custom Lookup For more information about the available units, see section Custom Sensors. To use lookups with this channel, select Lookup and define the lookup file in Channel #x Lookup. Do not use Custom if you use lookups with this sensor. You cannot use the unit Lookup if you select the value type Delta (counter) or Absolute (float). You are not able to create the sensor in this case.
Channel #x Custom Unit	This setting is only visible if you select Custom above. Define a unit for the channel value. Enter a string.
Channel #x Lookup	This setting is only visible if you select Lookup above. Select a lookup file that you want to use with this channel.
Channel #2 - #10	You can define up to 10 channels. You must define at least one channel, so you see all available settings for Channel #1. Specify how to handle all other possible channels: Disable: Do not create this channel. Enable: Create this channel. It is not possible to enable or disable channels after sensor creation.

Sensor Display

Setting	Description
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: Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel. Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic. You cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).
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.

Setting

Description

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:

Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel.
Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic.
You cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).

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.

Inherited Settings

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.

Channel List

Which channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.

Channel	Description
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.
[Value]	The numeric value for a specified OID (up to 10 OIDs are possible) that refers to a specific SNMP device