PRTG Manual: SNMP Dell Hardware Sensor
The SNMP Dell Hardware sensor monitors performance counters on a Dell hardware device via the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
The data that you can monitor with this sensor depends on the available performance counters on the target system.
The SNMP Dell Hardware sensor does not appear as a running sensor, instead it is created as an SNMP Custom Advanced sensor or an SNMP Custom Table sensor with up to 10 channels per category.
For a detailed list and descriptions of the channels that this sensor can show, see section Channel List.
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- This sensor requires the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator on the target system.
- Select the counters that you want to monitor with caution. We recommend that you select only a few counters in the Add Sensor dialog. Use the search in the table header to filter for specific counters. Selecting too many counters might result in thousands of sensors or the sensor creation is canceled.
- This sensor supports IPv6.
- This sensor has a very low performance impact.
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Requirement |
Description |
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This sensor requires the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) tool to be installed on the target system. Make sure that you enable SNMP in the OMSA.
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Setting |
Description |
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Sensor Name |
Enter a name to identify the sensor. By default, PRTG shows this name in the device tree, as well as in alarms, logs, notifications, reports, maps, libraries, and tickets.
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Parent Tags |
The tags that the sensor inherits from its parent device, parent group, and parent probe.
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Tags |
Enter one or more tags. Confirm each tag with the Spacebar key, a comma, or the Enter key. You can use tags to group objects and use tag-filtered views later on. Tags are not case-sensitive. Tags are automatically inherited.
The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:
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Priority |
Select a priority for the sensor. This setting determines the position of the sensor in lists. The highest priority is at the top of a list. Choose from the lowest priority ( |
Setting |
Description |
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Interface |
The name of the interface (performance counter) that this sensor monitors. |
Unit String |
Define the unit of the numeric data that the sensor receives at the specified OID. Enter a string. |
Multiplication |
If you want to multiply the received data with a certain value, enter the multiplier. Enter an integer. |
Division |
If you want to divide the received data by a certain value, enter the divisor. Enter an integer. |
If Value Changes |
Define what the sensor does when its value changes:
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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, the last value of the primary channel is always displayed below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor.
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Graph Type |
Define how different channels are shown for this sensor:
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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. All channels with this unit are stacked 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.
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Scanning Interval.
Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window
You cannot interrupt the inheritance for schedules, dependencies, and maintenance windows. The corresponding settings from the parent objects are always active. However, you can define additional schedules, dependencies, and maintenance windows. They are active at the same time as the parent objects' settings.
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window (default).
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Access Rights.
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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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 |
[Performance Counter] |
The value returned by a specific Dell hardware OID, for example
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