Network devices monitoring through Nagios XI

[RIDS_I2MP]

Hi Team,

We have 250 network devices to be monitored from Nagios XI. I have a few queries regarding the same, please help me on the same.
We are using Nagios XI 5.6.8.

1. Can we monitor network devices using Nagios XI?
2. What all parameters we can monitor for the network devices (switches and routers)?
3. As we have almost 250 devices, is there any way to configure monitoring from backend in one go for all? As I have checked the configuration wizard for switches/routers in Nagios XI, there we need to configure the devices one by one which is really time consuming.
4. Do we need to install any agent as we do for servers? If not, what all things needs to be done on the network device?

In other words, I need a complete overview regarding the network devices monitoring and how to do it in bulk.

Thanks in advance!!

[scottwilkerson]

1. Can we monitor network devices using Nagios XI?

Yes

2. What all parameters we can monitor for the network devices (switches and routers)?

anything that the device has available via SNMP, basic items such as bandwidth can be setup easily vis the Switch / Router Wizard

3. As we have almost 250 devices, is there any way to configure monitoring from backend in one go for all? As I have checked the configuration wizard for switches/routers in Nagios XI, there we need to configure the devices one by one which is really time consuming.

You can do them in bulk in the Switch / Router Wizard in the "Bulk Configuration" section

4. Do we need to install any agent as we do for servers? If not, what all things needs to be done on the network device?

No, most all network devices are SNMP enables, you would just need to setup SNMP on each if it is not already.

[RIDS_I2MP]

Thanks for your reply!!

I was unable to find the "Bulk Configuration" section, can you please help me to find it and work on it with an example if possible?

We also want to monitor the High utilization alerts of ports and CPU, please let us know knw if that is possible, if yes then how?

[scottwilkerson]

I was unable to find the "Bulk Configuration" section, can you please help me to find it and work on it with an example if possible?

What version of Nagios XI are you running?

We also want to monitor the High utilization alerts of ports and CPU, please let us know knw if that is possible, if yes then how?

The wizard I suggested will do the High utilization alerts of ports, but for CPU you would need to find the SNMP oid for each of the switches to monitor and set that up separately with the SNMP Wizard

[RIDS_I2MP]

Hi,

We are using Nagios XI 5.6.8. I have attached the screenshot of the wizard that I am talking about.

If we want to configure CPU utilization using SNMP Wizard, can that be done in bulk as well?

[scottwilkerson]

If you go to Admin -> Manage Config Wizards -> Network Switch / Router
What version do you have?

The latest is 2.5.2 and has a bulks configuration option

[RIDS_I2MP]

Hi,

I can see attached version.

[scottwilkerson]

At the top of that page click "Check for Updates" once done, you can get the 2.5.2 version next to this listing

[RIDS_I2MP]

Thank you so much!!

I have updated to the latest version.
After upgrade I can see smething as attached here, can you please explain how bulk configuration option can be used with an example and screenshot.

Also, please let me know If we want to configure CPU utilization using SNMP Wizard, can that be done in bulk as well?

[lmiltchev]

I have updated to the latest version.
After upgrade I can see smething as attached here, can you please explain how bulk configuration option can be used with an example and screenshot.

You can use something like this:

example-01.jpg

You can use different community strings for different servers. In my example, I just show "public", but you can change that.

Also, please let me know If we want to configure CPU utilization using SNMP Wizard, can that be done in bulk as well?

Which SNMP wizard are you talking about - Linux SNMP, WIndows SNMP, etc.?