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Zabbix SNMPv2 Netgear SNTP client template

Monitors Netgear SNTP client parameters (agentSntpClientMIB), such as client status and NTP server parameters exposed by the NETGEAR-SNTP-CLIENT-MIB via SNMPv2.

This template is part of RaBe's Zabbix template and helpers collection.

Features

  • Monitoring of SNTP client status
  • Monitoring of NTP server details

Items

  • SNTP client last attempt status
  • SNTP client last attempt time
  • SNTP client last update time
  • SNTP client mode
  • SNTP client poll interval
  • SNTP client server address
  • SNTP client server address type
  • SNTP client server mode
  • SNTP client server stratum

Triggers

  • High: SNTP attempt status was unsuccessfull (requires two failed attempts to fire)
  • Warning: SNTP client is disabled

Macros

  • {$SNMP_COMMUNITY}

SNMPv2 community which defaults to public

Requirements

  • Zabbix >= 3.0
  • Your host must support SNMPv2
  • NETGEAR-SNTP-CLIENT-MIB and its dependencies must be available and accessible by the Zabbix server (should be present within the MIB package of your Netgear device)

Usage

  1. Import the Template_SNMPv2_Netgear_SNTP_client.xml into your Zabbix server.
  2. Add the template to your host (or stack template)
  3. Add an SNMP interface configuration to your host
  4. Set the {$SNMP_COMMUNITY} macro to your desired community if you don't use public
  5. Check if new data arrives

Notes

snmpwalk command

The following snmpwalk command might be helpful for debugging:

snmpwalk -v 2c -c public <HOST> NETGEAR-SNTP-CLIENT-MIB::agentSntpClientMIB

License

This template is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2017 Radio Bern RaBe