README_OLD.md

plugin_snver for Cacti

Try find serial number, version and important information about device:

A lot of vendors support SNMP Entity MIB (HPE, Synology, Cisco, Mikrotik, Fortinet, ...). There are information about serial numbers, part numbers, versions, .. For few vendors I added vendor specific oids (Aruba, Mikrotik, Synology, ..). It can be useful when you need to find problematic firmware, ...

Author

Petr Macek (petr.macek@kostax.cz)

Installation

Copy directory snver to plugins directory (keep lowercase) Check file permission (Linux/unix - readable for www server)
Import ent.sql (described in data/README.md) Enable plugin (Console -> Plugin management)
Configure plugin (Console -> Settings -> SNVer tab

How to use?

You will see information about serial numbers and version on each supported device You can use sperated SNVer tab or link on edit device page

Upgrade

Copy and rewrite files
Check file permission (Linux/unix - readable for www server)
Disable and deinstall old version (Console -> Plugin management)
Import ent.sql (described in data/README.md) Install and enable new version (Console -> Plugin management)

Possible Bugs or any ideas?

If you find a problem, let me know via github or https://forums.cacti.net

Changelog

--- 0.6
	Add search in history
	Add notification email
	Add more history records
	Add exclude for email notification
	Add mac address query
	Poller function speedup
--- 0.5
	Fix lenght of stored history
	Fix php warning about $config variable
--- 0.4
	Add history
	Fix unfiltered variable
--- 0.3
	Add jquery select
	Add SNVer to device edit links, click-only calling
	Add SNVer tab for users without console permission
	Fix working with php snmp module
	Fix php warning - entity mib may not provide all information
	Fix detecting when host down or no snmp community
	Fix for missing function in PHP 5.4
--- 0.2
	Add Entity MIB
--- 0.1
	Beginning

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