PRTG Manual: SNMP IBM System X Physical Disk Sensor

The SNMP IBM System X Physical Disk sensor monitors a physical disk in an IBM server via the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

SNMP IBM System X Physical Disk 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 IBM System X Physical Disk
French: IBM System X disque physique (SNMP)
German: SNMP IBM System X Physikalischer Datenträger
Japanese: SNMP IBM System X 物理ディスク
Portuguese: Disco físico IBM System X (SNMP)
Russian: Физический диск IBM System X по SNMP
Simplified Chinese: SNMP IBM System X 物理磁盘
Spanish: Disco físico IBM System X (SNMP)

Remarks

Consider the following remarks and requirements for this sensor:

Remark	Description
IBM Systems Director Platform Agent	This sensor requires the IBM Systems Director Platform Agent on the target system. For more information, see the Knowledge Base: What are the requirements to monitor IBM System x?
IPv6	This sensor supports IPv6.
Performance impact	This sensor has a very low performance impact.
Lookups	This sensor uses lookups to determine the status values of one or more channels.
Knowledge Base	Knowledge Base: What are the requirements to monitor IBM System x? Knowledge Base: IBM System X sensors could not find any disk/data on this device (PE187/PE188/PE194)

Basic Sensor Settings

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

ibm
physicaldisk
snmpibm
snmpibmphysicaldisksensor

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

IBM System X Physical Disk Settings

Setting	Description
Disk	The ID of the physical disk that this sensor monitors.

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
Disk Status	The disk status Up status: Completed, In Service, Ok, Power Mode Warning status: Dormant, Predictive Failure, Starting, Stressed Down status: Aborted, Degraded, Error, Lost Communication, No Contact, Non-Recoverable Error, Other, Stopped, Stopping, Supporting Entity In Error, Unknown This channel is the primary channel by default.
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.

Channel

Description

Disk Status

The disk status

Up status: Completed, In Service, Ok, Power Mode
Warning status: Dormant, Predictive Failure, Starting, Stressed
Down status: Aborted, Degraded, Error, Lost Communication, No Contact, Non-Recoverable Error, Other, Stopped, Stopping, Supporting Entity In Error, Unknown

This channel is the primary channel by default.

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.

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