PRTG Manual: SNMP Buffalo TS System Health Sensor

The SNMP Buffalo TS System Health sensor monitors the system health of a Buffalo TeraStation network-attached storage (NAS) via the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

This sensor supports the following TeraStation systems: 3000, 3010, 3020, 5000, 5010, 6000, and 7000 series.

Run an auto-discovery with the device template Buffalo TeraStation NAS to automatically create SNMP Custom Table sensors with additional useful information about the TeraStation, for example, array status, disk smart status, disk status, and Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) status. This device template also creates SNMP sensors for traffic, memory, and load average on the TeraStation.

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

Sensor in Other Languages

Dutch: SNMP Buffalo TS Systeemstatus
French: Buffalo TS état du système (SNMP)
German: SNMP Buffalo TS System Health
Japanese: SNMP Buffalo TS システムの正常性
Portuguese: Saúde do sistema Buffalo TS (SNMP)
Russian: Работоспособность системы Buffalo TS по SNMP
Simplified Chinese: SNMP Buffalo TS 系统健康状况
Spanish: Salud de sistema Buffalo TS (SNMP)

Remarks

Consider the following remarks and requirements for this sensor:

Remark	Description
TeraStation series	This sensor supports the TeraStation 3000, 3010, 3020, 5000, 5010, 6000, and 7000 series.
IPv6	This sensor supports IPv6.
Performance impact	This sensor has a low performance impact.
Lookups	This sensor uses lookups to determine the status values of one or more channels.
Limits	This sensor has predefined limits for several metrics.
Error message	In certain cases, this sensor might show an error message. If this occurs, open the settings of the parent device, section SNMP Compatibility Options, and set the Walk Mode to Use GETNEXT requests.

Basic Sensor Settings

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

buffalots
snmpbuffalots
systemhealth

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

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
1 Min CPU Load Average	The average CPU load (%)
Available Memory	The available memory
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.
Errors	The number of errors This channel is the primary channel by default. This channel has a default limit: Upper error limit: 0
Failover Status	The failover status Up status: Busy, Idle Warning status: Initializing, Starting Backup, Starting Main, Stopping
Firmware Update Available	If a firmware update is available Up status: No, Latest, Unknown Warning status: Yes
Percent Available Memory	The available memory (%)
Uptime	The uptime
Warnings	The number of warnings This channel has a default limit: Upper warning limit: 0