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What SNMP sensors does PRTG offer?

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I want to monitor via SNMP but I am not sure which sensor will give me the information I need. Is there an overview to help me find the right sensor?

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Created on Aug 14, 2017 8:39:30 AM by Brandy Greger [Paessler Support]

Last change on Dec 4, 2020 11:24:41 AM by Brandy Greger [Paessler Support]

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This article applies as of PRTG 22

Important: The following article will no longer be updated. For up-to-date information, see the PRTG Manual: Available Sensor Types.

SNMP sensors in PRTG

PRTG offers many built-in sensors to meet your monitoring needs. The following is an overview of the types of SNMP sensors in PRTG. It will help you decide which sensors are the best for your SNMP monitoring.

Vendor-specific SNMP sensors

APC

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP APC Hardware sensor	Performance counters	Battery voltage, capacity, temperature, remaining runtime, I/O

Buffalo

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP Buffalo TS System Health sensor	System health	Number of errors/warnings, CPU usage, memory, uptime

Cisco

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP Cisco ADSL sensor	Statistics	Speed, attenuation, SNR, power output
SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Connections sensor	VPN connections	Active email, SVC, L2L, LB sessions
SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Traffic sensor	IPsec VPN traffic	Incoming/outgoing traffic
SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Users sensor	Account connections	Number of connected accounts, online/offline accounts
SNMP Cisco CBQoS sensor	Network parameters	Current and max queue depth, drop packets and size
SNMP Cisco System Health sensor	System health	CPU load in percent, available memory, temperature
SNMP Cisco UCS Blade sensor	Health status	Operability, oper state, power state
SNMP Cisco UCS Chassis sensor	Health status	Configuration, license, oper, power states
SNMP Cisco UCS Physical Disk sensor	Health status	Operability & connection status
SNMP Cisco UCS System Health sensor	System health	Number of operable/inoperable fans, power supplies

Dell

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP Dell EqualLogic Logical Disk sensor	Volume	Availability, number of connections, operational status
SNMP Dell EqualLogic Member Health sensor	Health	Member status, RAID status, free storage
SNMP Dell EqualLogic Physical Disk sensor	Physical disk	Status, bytes read/written, failed transfers, health status
SNMP Dell Hardware sensor	Performance counters	System management software data, system status data
SNMP Dell PowerEdge Physical Disk sensor	Physical disk	Disk status, roll up status, component status
SNMP Dell PowerEdge System Health sensor	System health	Global system, power supply, temperature

Fujitsu

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP Fujitsu System Health v2 sensor	System health	Overall status, CPU status, Fan status, battery status, temperature

HP

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP HP LaserJet Hardware sensor	Performance counters	Toner status, paper status, paper jam status

HPE

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP HPE BladeSystem Blade sensor	Status	Blade status, power status
SNMP HPE BladeSystem Enclosure Health sensor	System health	Enclosure condition
SNMP HPE ProLiant Logical Disk sensor	Logical disk	disk status, completion in percent
SNMP HPE ProLiant Memory Controller sensor	Memory controller	Error status, condition
SNMP HPE ProLiant Network Interface sensor	Network interface	Traffic in/out, alignment errors, FCS errors
SNMP HPE ProLiant Physical Disk sensor	Physical disk	Disk status, drive condition, S.M.A.R.T. status
SNMP HPE ProLiant System Health sensor	System health	Overall status, CPU fan status, thermal status, power consumption

IBM

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP IBM System X Logical Disk sensor*	Logical disk	Disk status
SNMP IBM System X Physical Disk sensor	Physical disk	Disk status
SNMP IBM System X Physical Memory sensor	Memory modules	Memory controller condition, power status
SNMP IBM System X System Health sensor	System health	Power supplies status, planar voltage

Jacarta

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP interSeptor Pro Environment sensor	Environment	Temperature, humidity

Juniper

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP Juniper NS System Health sensor	System health	CPU utilization, fan status, system temperature

LenovoEMC

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP LenovoEMC Physical Disk sensor	Physical disk	Disk status
SNMP LenovoEMC System Health sensor	System health	RAID status

NetApp

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP NetApp Disk Free sensor	Disk space	Free disk space in bytes/percent
SNMP NetApp Enclosure sensor	Enclosure power supply and cooling	Temperatures, fan rotations per minute, currents in mA
SNMP NetApp I/O sensor	I/O operations	Disk read/write speed, network received/sent bytes
SNMP NetApp License sensor	Licenses	Time left to license expiration
SNMP NetApp Logical Unit sensor	I/O operations	Data read/write speed, errors per second
SNMP NetApp Network Interface sensor	Network card	Traffic in/out, errors per second (in/out)
SNMP NetApp System Health sensor	System health	CPU load in percent, active/failed/spare disks

Nutanix

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP Nutanix Cluster Health sensor	Cluster health	Overall status, input/output (I/O) bandwidth, I/O latency, I/O operations
SNMP Nutanix Hypervisor sensor	Nutanix hypervisor	CPU usage, sent and received bytes, I/O read, write, latency, and bandwidth, package drop in and out, virtual machine (VM) count

Poseidon

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP Poseidon Environment sensor	Performance counters	Humidity, temperature

QNAP

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP QNAP Logical Disk sensor	Logical disk	Disk space in percent/bytes, volume status
SNMP QNAP Physical Disk sensor	Physical disk	Temperature, disk status, S.M.A.R.T. status
SNMP QNAP System Health sensor	System health	CPU usage in percent, memory in bytes, temperature of CPU/system

Rittal

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP Rittal CMC III Hardware Status sensor	Data center hardware	Device status, external sensor status

SonicWall

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP SonicWall System Health sensor	System health	CPU/memory usage in percent, connection cache usage in percent
SNMP SonicWall VPN Traffic sensor	IPsec VPN traffic	Encrypted/decrypted packets per second

Synology

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP Synology Logical Disk sensor	Logical disk	Volume status
SNMP Synology Physical Disk sensor	Physical disk	Temperature, disk status
SNMP Synology System Health sensor	System health	Temperature, system, power, fan status

Generic SNMP sensors

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP CPU Load sensor	System load	Percent
SNMP Disk Free sensor	Free disk space (logical disk)	Percent, bytes, total
SNMP Hardware Status sensor	Server hardware status	Status, number of errors
SNMP Library sensor	Device (+ MIB library file)	Depends on content of MIB
SNMP Memory sensor	Memory usage	Bytes, percent, total
SNMP Printer sensor	Printers	Status, cartridge levels, number of printed pages
SNMP RMON sensor	Traffic	Transmitted kbit/s, packets, fragments, drop events
SNMP System Uptime sensor	Runtime	Time (hh:mm)
SNMP Traffic sensor	Traffic	In, out, total
SNMP Trap Receiver sensor	Traps	Received, dropped, warning, error, actual trap message

Operating system-based SNMP sensors

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP Linux Disk Free sensor	Disk space	Free space (not yet used) in bytes/percent
SNMP Linux Load Average sensor	System load	Average system load in intervals
SNMP Linux Meminfo sensor	Memory	Used/free physical memory in bytes/percent
SNMP Linux Physical Disk sensor	I/O on disks	Read/written bytes per second
SNMP Windows Service sensor	Windows service	Operating status

Custom SNMP sensors

Not found what you need? Try our custom SNMP sensors, which are suitable for every vendor.

Sensor	Monitors	Shows
SNMP Custom sensor	Single parameter	Single numeric value
SNMP Custom Advanced sensor	Numeric values	Numeric values (up to 10)
SNMP Custom String sensor	String (+ keywords) or numeric value	Response time, value
SNMP Custom String Lookup sensor	String (+ defined lookup file)	String value, status
SNMP Custom Table sensor	Table entries	Numeric values (up to 10)

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Created on Aug 14, 2017 11:34:17 AM by Brandy Greger [Paessler Support]

Last change on Apr 10, 2024 1:28:42 PM by Jacqueline Conforti [Paessler Support]