Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent faulty network devices.
When it comes to knowing your network inside and out, the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a protocol you can rely on. And with Paessler PRTG SNMP scanner, you can have all the SNMP metrics your heart desires at your fingertips and on your dashboards. Memory usage, network traffic, device temperature, CPU usage, device uptime …the list goes on and on.
An SNMP scanner detects SNMP-enabled devices in your infrastructure, and PRTG monitoring software does this as part of its auto-discovery functionality.
Alternatively, you can manually add devices by their IP address. Once the devices are in the device tree, you can set up sensors to collect SNMP monitoring data from them.
PRTG features out-of-the-box sensors for devices from specific vendors – such as Dell, Cisco, IBM, HPE, and many more.
As well as sensors for specific device types or metrics – such as printers, CPU load, system downtime, and others. This makes setting up your monitoring as easy as it gets.
Aside from the preconfigured SNMP sensors, PRTG gives you the option to easily create sensors for any SNMP-enabled device you want to monitor.
Either use MIB (Management Information Base) files from the device manufacturer, or manually add OID (object identifier) values yourself for enhanced customization.
Need to know when a printer cartridge is about to run out? Or when your router is down? Or when the disk space of a device is approaching the limit?
Just set a warning or error threshold in PRTG that triggers an immediate alert when it is exceeded, and get notified via SMS, email, in-app push notification, and other methods.
Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking SNMP monitoring metrics. Show the availability, health, and performance of your SNMP-enabled network devices and other key metrics in real time. Visualize monitoring data in clear graphs and dashboards to identify problems more easily. Gain the overview you need to troubleshoot device issues with SNMP.
Live traffic data graph in PRTG
Device tree view of the complete monitoring setup
Custom PRTG dashboard for keeping an eye on the entire IT infrastructure
Live traffic data graph in PRTG
Device tree view of the complete monitoring setup
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Simply scanning your network for devices that support SNMP is not enough – you also need to visualize the data in a meaningful way (via network mapping, for example).
Say hello to our easy-to-understand, customizable dashboards. And because PRTG is continuously scanning your SNMP devices, the information you see is in real-time.
Utilize native SNMP sensors, or customize your own. Choose from SNMP v1, SNMP v2c, or SNMP v3. Monitor Windows or Linux operating systems. Investigate bandwidth traffic by using SNMP traps.
PRTG gives you enough options to cover any scenario you have.
PRTG comes with more than 250 native sensor types for monitoring your entire on-premises, cloud, and hybrid cloud environment out of the box. Check out some examples below!
The SNMP Traffic v2 sensor monitors bandwidth and traffic on a device. It can show the following:
The SNMP Trap Receiver sensor receives and analyzes Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps. . It can show the following:
The NetFlow v5 sensor receives traffic data from a NetFlow v5-compatible device and shows the traffic by type. This sensor has several filter options to divide traffic into different channels. It can show the following and more:
The SSH SAN System Health sensor monitors the system health of a storage area network (SAN) via Secure Shell (SSH). It can show the following:
See the PRTG Manual for a list of all available sensor types.
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent faulty network devices.
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SNMP stands for Simple Network Management Protocol and has three key components: managed devices, agents, and network management systems. The protocol is a set of standards for the communication between devices in a TCP/IP network.
An SNMP scanner is usually a part of a network monitoring solution and is a tool used to discover, query and monitor devices within an IP network using the SNMP protocol.
In terms of SNMP monitoring, OIDS (object identifiers) refer to specific attributes, such as CPU usage, a printer cartridge level, and so on. Devices transmit OIDs as numerical values. MIB (management information base) files are hierarchical files that define what OIDS refer to. To put it simply: MIBs contain OIDs in a well-defined way.
PRTG monitoring software supports SNMP v1, SNMP v2c and SNMP v3.
This depends on the device being monitored. The manufacturer defines what attributes the device’s SNMP agent can communicate, and this is reflected in the device MIB files. Using one of the 150+ pre-configured SNMP sensors in PRTG, or by creating a custom SNMP sensor, you can query metrics from SNMP-enabled devices. In general, a lot of valuable information about devices is usually accessible using SNMP.
In PRTG, “sensors” are the basic monitoring elements. One sensor usually monitors one measured value in your network, for example the traffic of a switch port, the CPU load of a server, or the free space on a disk drive. On average, you need about 5-10 sensors per device or one sensor per switch port.
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