[server::dell::idrac::snmp:plugin] Networkinterface up/down status and filter on instance

[Hbitvof]

Hi,

Is it possible to check the networkinterfaces of Dell servers for up/down status?

At the moment the plugin is only checking for status, two of below interfaces are down:

network 'Intel(R) Gigabit 4P X710/I350 rNDC - 24:6E:96:AB:3F:A3' status is 'ok' [instance = 1.1]
network 'Intel(R) Ethernet 10G X710 rNDC - 24:6E:96:AB:3F:84' status is 'ok' [instance = 1.2]
network 'Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 4P X710/I350 rNDC - 24:6E:96:AB:3F:82' status is 'ok' [instance = 1.3]
network 'Intel(R) Gigabit 4P X710/I350 rNDC - 24:6E:96:AB:3F:A2' status is 'ok' [instance = 1.4]

These are down:

#1 ConnectionStatus = Down, FQDD = NIC.Integrated.1-4-1, ProductName = Intel(R) Gigabit 4P X710/I350 rNDC - 24:6E:96:AB:3F:A3
#2 ConnectionStatus = Down, FQDD = NIC.Integrated.1-3-1, ProductName = Intel(R) Gigabit 4P X710/I350 rNDC - 24:6E:96:AB:3F:A2

So in this example I want to know if instance 1.1 and 1.2 have status up and instance 1.3 and instance 1.4 should be ignored

Is this possible to add?

[garnier-quentin]

You cannot check directly in the operating system ?

[Hbitvof]

You cannot check directly in the operating system ?

No, these are ESX servers and we don't have an agent or something on these nodes that can talk to our monitoring solution.

[garnier-quentin]

You can use the vmware connector: https://github.com/centreon/centreon-vmware

[Hbitvof]

You can use the vmware connector: https://github.com/centreon/centreon-vmware

That's not working for me. I get this error:

Can't locate ZMQ/LibZMQ4.pm in @inc

And the instructions to get this working seems outdated.

[garnier-quentin]

Pease use rpm package for the connector vmware.

yum install centreon-plugin-Virtualization-VMWare-daemon

[Hbitvof]

Pease use rpm package for the connector vmware.

yum install centreon-plugin-Virtualization-VMWare-daemon

That's not working:

No package centreon-plugin-Virtualization-VMWare-daemon available.

[garnier-quentin]

Do you use centreon ? You can add centreon repository to install the connector vmware (it won't install centreon)

[Hbitvof]

Do you use centreon ? You can add centreon repository to install the connector vmware (it won't install centreon)

No, we use Nagios XI on top of CentOS.

[garnier-quentin]

You can install the repository:
yum install https://yum.centreon.com/standard/21.10/el7/stable/noarch/RPMS/centreon-release-21.10-4.el7.centos.noarch.rpm

And install the vmware connector (plugins also if you want) and disable/remove the repository

[garnier-quentin]

Have you succeeded ? :)

[Hbitvof]

Have you succeeded ? :)

Hi, Apologies for the late response.

Using the vmware connector is not an option for us because we need to roll out multiple VMWare connectors because we have different VCenters and we have bad experience with those connectors (when a connector give problems we see many messages in our monitoring that's only related to this connector).

This said, we prefer to connect directly to the ESX server.

[garnier-quentin]

You can connect directly to the ESX with the connector.

[Hbitvof]

You can connect directly to the ESX with the connector.

Ah ok. I thought I had to connect everytime to vCenter. So I can use the following command?:

--plugin=apps::vmware::connector::plugin --mode=net-host --connector-hostname=serverx.x --vsphere-username=username --vsphere-password=password

When I do this I get a timeout.

[garnier-quentin]

The plugin connect the vmware connector:
plugin ----> vmware connector --> esx

[Hbitvof]

The plugin connect the vmware connector: plugin ----> vmware connector --> esx

What's in this case the vmware connector?

[garnier-quentin]

vmware connector is for performance improvement.

[Hbitvof]

vmware connector is for performance improvement.

But what do I need to fill in there?

[garnier-quentin]

You have a onlive mode with vmware connector (don't need to add it in centreon_vmware.pm file). Have you read the documentation ?

[Hbitvof]

You have a onlive mode with vmware connector (don't need to add it in centreon_vmware.pm file). Have you read the documentation ?

Now I understand this is related to something else. Guess I need to use the option. Now I tried with:

centreon_plugins.pl --plugin=apps::vmware::wsman::plugin --mode=hardware --hostname=ESXserver --wsman-username=username --wsman-password=password

But I get a timeout:

UNKNOWN: Could not enumerate instances: Timeout was reached

Do I need to configure anything on the ESX host side?

[garnier-quentin]

The wsman plugin is only for hardware stuff. You won't have the information about vmnic connection status.

[garnier-quentin]

To get that information, you need to use the connector: https://github.com/centreon/centreon-vmware/blob/master/doc/en/exploitation/index.rst

[garnier-quentin]

You should use the vmware connector. Otherwise, you can use the snmp (apps::protocols::snmp) collection mode to check it. If you provide snmpwalk of the good OID i could provide the config for the mode collection.

[garnier-quentin]

Could you provide the snmpwalk ? if you want to use snmp

[Hbitvof]

Could you provide the snmpwalk ? if you want to use snmp

You can close this one. I solved this by another solution from Dell.

[garnier-quentin]

Ok. what is the solution ? for information

[Hbitvof]

Ok. what is the solution ? for information

We solved it with Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.2.0 For Nagios XI. In this version of this plugin the check is added on my request: (https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/nl-nl/openmanage-plugin-nagios-xi/nagios_xi_3.2.0_rn/new-features?guid=guid-f8ee7116-4440-4123-ae98-c290a8ace6df&lang=en-us)

[garnier-quentin]

Thanks for the feedback!