Unified Assurance Metric Generic SNMP Poller Basics

Overview

The Unified Assurance Metric Generic SNMP Poller dynamically connects to every device in the Device Catalog that has a valid set of SNMP credentials. If the connection is successful, the poller sends the connection to the rules to retrieve SNMP available data, which can then be saved as metrics. Metrics such as CPU utilization, hard drive utilization and/or memory utilization can be acquired using the SNMP Poller.

A default installation includes a set of rules files for polling a variety of devices from numerous different vendors. This pages provides you with a basic overview. For more details refer to: Unified Assurance Metric Generic SNMP Poller

Please contact Oracle Communications if there are devices that are not polled by the out-of-the-box Foundation rules.

Generic SNMP Poller Setup

  1. Devices must exist in the Device Catalog for this application to be able to function. Devices can be created in several different ways:

    1. Using the Device Auto Discovery application (Core Device Auto Discovery). See the application documentation for additional information.

    2. Using the Manual Discovery UI:

      Configuration -> Device Discovery -> Manual Discovery

    3. Manually entering all values using the Devices UI:

      Configuration -> Device Catalog -> Devices

  2. Devices must by SNMP discovered for this application to be able to get data from the devices. See the Device SNMP Discovery application (Core Device SNMP Discovery) for additional information.

  3. Review the logic in the rules files referenced in the configuration to see the processing that will be done on the devices that are selected:

    • LoadRules will be executed during application startup to load data that might be needed during processing.

    • IncludeRules will be read during application startup to load additional files that might be called during processing.

    • BaseRules will be executed for each device that is selected based on the configuration.

    Update the logic as needed.

  4. Enable the default Service, unless a specific configuration option is needed:

    Configuration -> Broker Control -> Services