Re: [Observium] Inventorying Merakis

11 Sep 2020

      Hi,
I think this is more useful as "Neighbours" discovery (like LLDP/CDP)..
Lars Joergensen via observium wrote on 10.09.2020 10:58:
...
Hi Mike,
There’s more in the controller. A few examples:
MERAKI-CLOUD-CONTROLLER-MIB::networkName.45.55.105.66.69.97.111.101 =
STRING: INMUM
MERAKI-CLOUD-CONTROLLER-MIB::devName.104.58.30.30.159.8 = STRING:
INMUM-MX-01
MERAKI-CLOUD-CONTROLLER-MIB::devClientCount.104.58.30.30.103.216 =
INTEGER: 21
MERAKI-CLOUD-CONTROLLER-MIB::devSerial.104.58.30.30.103.216 = STRING:
Q2KN-XXXX-XXXX
MERAKI-CLOUD-CONTROLLER-MIB::devProductCode.104.58.30.30.103.216 =
STRING: MX64-HW
MERAKI-CLOUD-CONTROLLER-MIB::devProductDescription.104.58.30.30.103.216
= STRING: Meraki MX64 Cloud Managed Router
MERAKI-CLOUD-CONTROLLER-MIB::vlanNumber.105.55.67.49.117.98.111.101.1
= INTEGER: 1
MERAKI-CLOUD-CONTROLLER-MIB::vlanNumber.105.55.67.49.117.98.111.101.15
= INTEGER: 15
MERAKI-CLOUD-CONTROLLER-MIB::vlanNumber.105.55.67.49.117.98.111.101.16
= INTEGER: 16
MERAKI-CLOUD-CONTROLLER-MIB::vlanNumber.105.55.67.49.117.98.111.101.510
= INTEGER: 510
MERAKI-CLOUD-CONTROLLER-MIB::vlanName.105.55.67.49.117.98.111.101.1 =
STRING: Data
MERAKI-CLOUD-CONTROLLER-MIB::vlanName.105.55.67.49.117.98.111.101.15 =
STRING: Voice
MERAKI-CLOUD-CONTROLLER-MIB::vlanName.105.55.67.49.117.98.111.101.16 =
STRING: Misc
MERAKI-CLOUD-CONTROLLER-MIB::vlanName.105.55.67.49.117.98.111.101.510
= STRING: Guest
But, as Adam said, pulling it looks like an absolute shitfest of a
nightmare. I will get our inventory guys to pull via the Meraki
dashboard APIs instead.
Lars
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*Subject:* Re: [Observium] Inventorying Merakis
Adam Armstrong via observium wrote on 09.09.2020 18:06:
I think he means SNMP to the Meraki controller, not to the
individual devices.

I also mean Meraki controller, answer same.
I have access to any Meraki device(s) ;)

In general supporting wireless stuff is an absolute shitfest of a
nightmare, but maybe pulling just the inventory wouldn’t be too
horrible.

Adam.

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*Subject:* Re: [Observium] Inventorying Merakis

Lars Joergensen via observium wrote on 09.09.2020 16:17:

    Hi Mike,

    Meraki does provide full SNMP access to their dashboard –
    that’s what I added into Observium. It’s just that Observium
    doesn’t seem to know about it. I can provide the MIB if
    interested?

Meraki have very-very limited snmp support, there no inventory
information inside.
We are already detecting and monitoring everything that is
possible for these devices.

    They also have an extensive API, but I guess SNMP is more in
    line with what observium does.

    Lars

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    *Subject:* Re: [Observium] Inventorying Merakis

    Hi,

    Lars Joergensen via observium wrote on 09.09.2020 14:11:

        Hi

        We have a bunch of Merakis in Observium, and we got the
        nice graphs and stuff. Then somebody asked for serial
        numbers for inventory purposes, and … they’re not there.

        I did an SNMP walk on a single Meraki device, and that’s
        really sparse, explaining the lack of info in Observium.
        Then I added the Meraki dashboard (available at
        snmp.meraki.com), and let Observium have a look at that.
        It basically told me that it resides in San Francisco.
        Doing an SNMP walk on that does reveal all the necessary
        info, though, so it is there.

        Any plans on parsing the Meraki dashboard into Observium
        and get info on devices that way? If not, we can pull the
        serials from elsewhere, but it would be cool to know if
        it’s coming.

    Parsing any dashboard (any web page) for any device completely
    pointless occupation.
    These pages are dynamic, they can change at the whim of the
    manufacturer.

    The only possible option (besides snmp) any common
    (documented) API.
    But as I know, Meraki doesn't even support that.

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