Configuring Host Snmp Settings - Dell 3-DNS Administrator's Manual

Chapter 5

Configuring host SNMP settings

SNMP Agent Description
Generic A generic SNMP agent is an SNMP agent that collects metrics provided by object identifiers
(OIDs) as specified in the RFC 1213 document.
UCD This free SNMP agent is provided by the University of California at Davis. It is available on the
web at http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net
Solstice
This SNMP agent is a product of Sun
NTServ
This SNMP matrix agent is distributed with Microsoft
Win2KServ This SNMP matrix agent is distributed with Microsoft Windows 2000 Server.
Cisco LDV2
This SNMP agent is distributed with the Cisco
Cisco LDV3 This SNMP agent is distributed with the Cisco LocalDirector, version 3.X.
ArrowPoint This SNMP agent is distributed with the Cisco/ArrowPoint CSS series.
Alteon
This SNMP agent is distributed with the Alteon
Foundry
This SNMP agent is distributed with the Foundry
CacheFlow
This SNMP agent is distributed with the CacheFlow
Table 5.1 Supported SNMP agents
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After defining a host server, you need to configure its SNMP settings if you
want to use SNMP host probing. Remember that you must first set up at
least one SNMP probing factory on any 3-DNS Controller, BIG-IP system,
EDGE-FX Cache, or GLOBAL-SITE Controller that runs the big3d agent
and is in the same data center as the host.
The SNMP prober collects some or all of the following information from
hosts.
• Memory utilization
• CPU utilization
• Disk space utilization
• Packet rate (packets per second
• Throughput rate (kilobytes per second)
• Current connections
The 3-DNS Controller uses this performance information for dynamic load
balancing modes, such as Packet Rate, Quality of Service, and
Kilobytes/Second.
Table 5.1 shows the host SNMP agents supported by the 3-DNS Controller.
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Microsystems.
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Windows NT Server 4.0.
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LocalDirector, version 2.X.
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WebSystems ACEdirector.
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ServerIron.
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appliances.