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+# SNMP Data Collector
+
+Using this collector, netdata can collect data from any SNMP device.
+
+This collector supports:
+
+- any number of SNMP devices
+- each SNMP device can be used to collect data for any number of charts
+- each chart may have any number of dimensions
+- each SNMP device may have a different update frequency
+- each SNMP device will accept one or more batches to report values (you can set `max_request_size` per SNMP server, to control the size of batches).
+
+The source code of the plugin is [here](https://github.com/firehol/netdata/blob/master/node.d/snmp.node.js).
+
+## Configuration
+
+You will need to create the file `/etc/netdata/node.d/snmp.conf` with data like the following.
+
+In this example:
+
+ - the SNMP device is `10.11.12.8`.
+ - the SNMP community is `public`.
+ - we will update the values every 10 seconds (`update_every: 10` under the server `10.11.12.8`).
+ - we define 2 charts `snmp_switch.bandwidth_port1` and `snmp_switch.bandwidth_port2`, each having 2 dimensions: `in` and `out`.
+
+```js
+{
+ "enable_autodetect": false,
+ "update_every": 5,
+ "max_request_size": 100,
+ "servers": [
+ {
+ "hostname": "10.11.12.8",
+ "community": "public",
+ "update_every": 10,
+ "max_request_size": 50,
+ "options": { "timeout": 10000 },
+ "charts": {
+ "snmp_switch.bandwidth_port1": {
+ "title": "Switch Bandwidth for port 1",
+ "units": "kilobits/s",
+ "type": "area",
+ "priority": 1,
+ "family": "ports",
+ "dimensions": {
+ "in": {
+ "oid": "1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.10.1",
+ "algorithm": "incremental",
+ "multiplier": 8,
+ "divisor": 1024
+ },
+ "out": {
+ "oid": "1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.16.1",
+ "algorithm": "incremental",
+ "multiplier": -8,
+ "divisor": 1024
+ }
+ }
+ },
+ "snmp_switch.bandwidth_port2": {
+ "title": "Switch Bandwidth for port 2",
+ "units": "kilobits/s",
+ "type": "area",
+ "priority": 1,
+ "family": "ports",
+ "dimensions": {
+ "in": {
+ "oid": "1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.10.2",
+ "algorithm": "incremental",
+ "multiplier": 8,
+ "divisor": 1024
+ },
+ "out": {
+ "oid": "1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.16.2",
+ "algorithm": "incremental",
+ "multiplier": -8,
+ "divisor": 1024
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ ]
+}
+```
+
+`update_every` is the update frequency for each server, in seconds.
+
+`max_request_size` limits the maximum number of OIDs that will be requested in a single call. The default is 50. Lower this number of you get `TooBig` errors in netdata error.log.
+
+`family` sets the name of the submenu of the dashboard each chart will appear under.
+
+If you need to define many charts using incremental OIDs, you can use something like this:
+
+This is like the previous, but the option `multiply_range` given, will multiply the current chart from `1` to `24` inclusive, producing 24 charts in total for the 24 ports of the switch `10.11.12.8`.
+
+Each of the 24 new charts will have its id (1-24) appended at:
+
+1. its chart unique id, i.e. `snmp_switch.bandwidth_port1` to `snmp_switch.bandwidth_port24`
+2. its `title`, i.e. `Switch Bandwidth for port 1` to `Switch Bandwidth for port 24`
+3. its `oid` (for all dimensions), i.e. dimension `in` will be `1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.10.1` to `1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.10.24`
+3. its priority (which will be incremented for each chart so that the charts will appear on the dashboard in this order)
+
+```js
+{
+ "enable_autodetect": false,
+ "update_every": 10,
+ "servers": [
+ {
+ "hostname": "10.11.12.8",
+ "community": "public",
+ "update_every": 10,
+ "options": { "timeout": 20000 },
+ "charts": {
+ "snmp_switch.bandwidth_port": {
+ "title": "Switch Bandwidth for port ",
+ "units": "kilobits/s",
+ "type": "area",
+ "priority": 1,
+ "family": "ports",
+ "multiply_range": [ 1, 24 ],
+ "dimensions": {
+ "in": {
+ "oid": "1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.10.",
+ "algorithm": "incremental",
+ "multiplier": 8,
+ "divisor": 1024
+ },
+ "out": {
+ "oid": "1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.16.",
+ "algorithm": "incremental",
+ "multiplier": -8,
+ "divisor": 1024
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ ]
+}
+```
+
+The `options` given for each server, are:
+
+ - `timeout`, the time to wait for the SNMP device to respond. The default is 5000 ms.
+ - `version`, the SNMP version to use. `0` is Version 1, `1` is Version 2c. The default is Version 1 (`0`).
+ - `transport`, the default is `udp4`.
+ - `port`, the port of the SNMP device to connect to. The default is `161`.
+ - `retries`, the number of attempts to make to fetch the data. The default is `1`.
+
+## Retreiving names from snmp
+
+You can append a value retrieved from SNMP to the title, by adding `titleoid` to the chart.
+
+You can set a dimension name to a value retrieved from SNMP, by adding `oidname` to the dimension.
+
+Both of the above will participate in `multiply_range`.
+
+
+## Testing the configuration
+
+To test it, you can run:
+
+```sh
+/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/node.d.plugin 1 snmp
+```
+
+The above will run it on your console and you will be able to see what netdata sees, but also errors. You can get a very detailed output by appending `debug` to the command line.
+
+If it works, restart netdata to activate the snmp collector and refresh the dashboard (if your SNMP device responds with a delay, you may need to refresh the dashboard in a few seconds).
+
+## Data collection speed
+
+Keep in mind that many SNMP switches are routers are very slow. They may not be able to report values per second. If you run `node.d.plugin` in `debug` mode, it will report the time it took for the SNMP device to respond. My switch, for example, needs 7-8 seconds to respond for the traffic on 24 ports (48 OIDs, in/out).
+
+Also, if you use many SNMP clients on the same SNMP device at the same time, values may be skipped. This is a problem of the SNMP device, not this collector.
+
+## Finding OIDs
+
+Use `snmpwalk`, like this:
+
+```sh
+snmpwalk -t 20 -v 1 -O fn -c public 10.11.12.8
+```
+
+- `-t 20` is the timeout in seconds
+- `-v 1` is the SNMP version
+- `-O fn` will display full OIDs in numeric format (you may want to run it also without this option to see human readable output of OIDs)
+- `-c public` is the SNMP community
+- `10.11.12.8` is the SNMP device
+
+Keep in mind that `snmpwalk` outputs the OIDs with a dot in front them. You should remove this dot when adding OIDs to the configuration file of this collector.
+
+## Example: Linksys SRW2024P
+
+This is what I use for my Linksys SRW2024P. It creates:
+
+1. A chart for power consumption (it is a PoE switch)
+2. Two charts for packets received (total packets received and packets received with errors)
+3. One chart for packets output
+4. 24 charts, one for each port of the switch. It also appends the port names, as defined at the switch, to the chart titles.
+
+This switch also reports various other metrics, like snmp, packets per port, etc. Unfortunately it does not report CPU utilization or backplane utilization.
+
+This switch has a very slow SNMP processors. To respond, it needs about 8 seconds, so I have set the refresh frequency (`update_every`) to 15 seconds.
+
+```js
+{
+ "enable_autodetect": false,
+ "update_every": 5,
+ "servers": [
+ {
+ "hostname": "10.11.12.8",
+ "community": "public",
+ "update_every": 15,
+ "options": { "timeout": 20000, "version": 1 },
+ "charts": {
+ "snmp_switch.power": {
+ "title": "Switch Power Supply",
+ "units": "watts",
+ "type": "line",
+ "priority": 10,
+ "family": "power",
+ "dimensions": {
+ "supply": {
+ "oid": ".1.3.6.1.2.1.105.1.3.1.1.2.1",
+ "algorithm": "absolute",
+ "multiplier": 1,
+ "divisor": 1
+ },
+ "used": {
+ "oid": ".1.3.6.1.2.1.105.1.3.1.1.4.1",
+ "algorithm": "absolute",
+ "multiplier": 1,
+ "divisor": 1
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ , "snmp_switch.input": {
+ "title": "Switch Packets Input",
+ "units": "packets/s",
+ "type": "area",
+ "priority": 20,
+ "family": "IP",
+ "dimensions": {
+ "receives": {
+ "oid": ".1.3.6.1.2.1.4.3.0",
+ "algorithm": "incremental",
+ "multiplier": 1,
+ "divisor": 1
+ }
+ , "discards": {
+ "oid": ".1.3.6.1.2.1.4.8.0",
+ "algorithm": "incremental",
+ "multiplier": 1,
+ "divisor": 1
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ , "snmp_switch.input_errors": {
+ "title": "Switch Received Packets with Errors",
+ "units": "packets/s",
+ "type": "line",
+ "priority": 30,
+ "family": "IP",
+ "dimensions": {
+ "bad_header": {
+ "oid": ".1.3.6.1.2.1.4.4.0",
+ "algorithm": "incremental",
+ "multiplier": 1,
+ "divisor": 1
+ }
+ , "bad_address": {
+ "oid": ".1.3.6.1.2.1.4.5.0",
+ "algorithm": "incremental",
+ "multiplier": 1,
+ "divisor": 1
+ }
+ , "unknown_protocol": {
+ "oid": ".1.3.6.1.2.1.4.7.0",
+ "algorithm": "incremental",
+ "multiplier": 1,
+ "divisor": 1
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ , "snmp_switch.output": {
+ "title": "Switch Output Packets",
+ "units": "packets/s",
+ "type": "line",
+ "priority": 40,
+ "family": "IP",
+ "dimensions": {
+ "requests": {
+ "oid": ".1.3.6.1.2.1.4.10.0",
+ "algorithm": "incremental",
+ "multiplier": 1,
+ "divisor": 1
+ }
+ , "discards": {
+ "oid": ".1.3.6.1.2.1.4.11.0",
+ "algorithm": "incremental",
+ "multiplier": -1,
+ "divisor": 1
+ }
+ , "no_route": {
+ "oid": ".1.3.6.1.2.1.4.12.0",
+ "algorithm": "incremental",
+ "multiplier": -1,
+ "divisor": 1
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ , "snmp_switch.bandwidth_port": {
+ "title": "Switch Bandwidth for port ",
+ "titleoid": ".1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.18.",
+ "units": "kilobits/s",
+ "type": "area",
+ "priority": 100,
+ "family": "ports",
+ "multiply_range": [ 1, 24 ],
+ "dimensions": {
+ "in": {
+ "oid": ".1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.10.",
+ "algorithm": "incremental",
+ "multiplier": 8,
+ "divisor": 1024
+ }
+ , "out": {
+ "oid": ".1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.16.",
+ "algorithm": "incremental",
+ "multiplier": -8,
+ "divisor": 1024
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ ]
+}
+```
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