Hello list,
Let me get this out of the way; I am not a developer.
Anyway, I have the pleasure of supporting a network that has older Nortel and Avaya devices on it. I've added them to observium and as expected they are showing up as generic devices. I browsed through the developer section on how to add new device support and I have followed those steps and have added some very basic support for Nortel switches (OS version and Serial Number) First question - would this extra support be of any interest to the Observium devs?
I'd like to add more meaningful information such as CPU/Memory utilization, flash usage, etc. However, that step appears to be a bit more challenging. Second question - is this documented somewhere or do I need to "reverse engineer" this support from the existing scripts?
Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks,
AJ Schroeder
Hi AJ,
Feel free to post the beginnings of what you have to our Jira tracker as an attachment. Recognizing a device is always the first step!
However, to parse specific MIBs actual code will need to be written, and currently this is indeed somewhat "start off from something existing and modify" I think.
Adam might be able to tell you what the best places are to start off from. If there are any "static" things we have some array definitions where you can just add the correct OIDs and we'll pick them up.
Tom
On 2015-09-08 23:46, AJ Schroeder wrote:
Hello list,
Let me get this out of the way; I am not a developer.
Anyway, I have the pleasure of supporting a network that has older Nortel and Avaya devices on it. I’ve added them to observium and as expected they are showing up as generic devices. I browsed through the developer section on how to add new device support and I have followed those steps and have added some very basic support for Nortel switches (OS version and Serial Number)
First question – would this extra support be of any interest to the Observium devs?
I’d like to add more meaningful information such as CPU/Memory utilization, flash usage, etc. However, that step appears to be a bit more challenging. Second question – is this documented somewhere or do I need to “reverse engineer” this support from the existing scripts?
Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks,
AJ Schroeder
observium mailing list observium@observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium
Hi Tom,
Thanks for the reply. I'll post what I have once I have added the rest of the devices in my environment to includes/definitions/os.inc.php.
AJ
From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Tom Laermans Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 4:28 AM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Support for Nortel/Avaya
Hi AJ,
Feel free to post the beginnings of what you have to our Jira tracker as an attachment. Recognizing a device is always the first step!
However, to parse specific MIBs actual code will need to be written, and currently this is indeed somewhat "start off from something existing and modify" I think.
Adam might be able to tell you what the best places are to start off from. If there are any "static" things we have some array definitions where you can just add the correct OIDs and we'll pick them up.
Tom On 2015-09-08 23:46, AJ Schroeder wrote: Hello list,
Let me get this out of the way; I am not a developer.
Anyway, I have the pleasure of supporting a network that has older Nortel and Avaya devices on it. I've added them to observium and as expected they are showing up as generic devices. I browsed through the developer section on how to add new device support and I have followed those steps and have added some very basic support for Nortel switches (OS version and Serial Number) First question - would this extra support be of any interest to the Observium devs?
I'd like to add more meaningful information such as CPU/Memory utilization, flash usage, etc. However, that step appears to be a bit more challenging. Second question - is this documented somewhere or do I need to "reverse engineer" this support from the existing scripts?
Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks,
AJ Schroeder
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Hi,
for basic support (detect correct OS, version, etc) you can send snmp access to your device.
If want someting more (sensors/statuses, etc) you can use Professional Services http://www.observium.org/services/
P.S. But note, all changes will be avialable in the proffesional edition, and in community only in next CE release.
On 09.09.15 0:46, AJ Schroeder wrote:
Hello list,
Let me get this out of the way; I am not a developer.
Anyway, I have the pleasure of supporting a network that has older Nortel and Avaya devices on it. I’ve added them to observium and as expected they are showing up as generic devices. I browsed through the developer section on how to add new device support and I have followed those steps and have added some very basic support for Nortel switches (OS version and Serial Number)
First question – would this extra support be of any interest to the Observium devs?
I’d like to add more meaningful information such as CPU/Memory utilization, flash usage, etc. However, that step appears to be a bit more challenging. Second question – is this documented somewhere or do I need to “reverse engineer” this support from the existing scripts?
Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks,
AJ Schroeder
observium mailing list observium@observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium
We have the professional edition here at work although I am doing all of my dabbling with a freshly installed CE on a test server. When I send the proposed changes to the Jira tracker I could test them out relatively quickly on our production system that runs the subscription version.
AJ
From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Mike Stupalov Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 4:29 AM To: observium@observium.org Subject: Re: [Observium] Support for Nortel/Avaya
Hi,
for basic support (detect correct OS, version, etc) you can send snmp access to your device.
If want someting more (sensors/statuses, etc) you can use Professional Services http://www.observium.org/services/
P.S. But note, all changes will be avialable in the proffesional edition, and in community only in next CE release.
On 09.09.15 0:46, AJ Schroeder wrote: Hello list,
Let me get this out of the way; I am not a developer.
Anyway, I have the pleasure of supporting a network that has older Nortel and Avaya devices on it. I’ve added them to observium and as expected they are showing up as generic devices. I browsed through the developer section on how to add new device support and I have followed those steps and have added some very basic support for Nortel switches (OS version and Serial Number) First question – would this extra support be of any interest to the Observium devs?
I’d like to add more meaningful information such as CPU/Memory utilization, flash usage, etc. However, that step appears to be a bit more challenging. Second question – is this documented somewhere or do I need to “reverse engineer” this support from the existing scripts?
Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks,
AJ Schroeder
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Dude, just use your work pro credentials to install a pro instance at home!
The license allows you to run an extra instance for development and testing, and this certainly counts. :D
Adam.
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On 9 September 2015 19:06:10 AJ Schroeder AJ.Schroeder@directsupply.com wrote:
We have the professional edition here at work although I am doing all of my dabbling with a freshly installed CE on a test server. When I send the proposed changes to the Jira tracker I could test them out relatively quickly on our production system that runs the subscription version.
AJ
From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Mike Stupalov Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 4:29 AM To: observium@observium.org Subject: Re: [Observium] Support for Nortel/Avaya
Hi,
for basic support (detect correct OS, version, etc) you can send snmp access to your device.
If want someting more (sensors/statuses, etc) you can use Professional Services http://www.observium.org/services/
P.S. But note, all changes will be avialable in the proffesional edition, and in community only in next CE release.
On 09.09.15 0:46, AJ Schroeder wrote: Hello list,
Let me get this out of the way; I am not a developer.
Anyway, I have the pleasure of supporting a network that has older Nortel and Avaya devices on it. I’ve added them to observium and as expected they are showing up as generic devices. I browsed through the developer section on how to add new device support and I have followed those steps and have added some very basic support for Nortel switches (OS version and Serial Number) First question – would this extra support be of any interest to the Observium devs?
I’d like to add more meaningful information such as CPU/Memory utilization, flash usage, etc. However, that step appears to be a bit more challenging. Second question – is this documented somewhere or do I need to “reverse engineer” this support from the existing scripts?
Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks,
AJ Schroeder
observium mailing list
observium@observium.orgmailto:observium@observium.org
http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium
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Mike Stupalov
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Thanks for the info – I’ll convert over to the professional edition ASAP.
AJ
From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 1:23 PM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Support for Nortel/Avaya
Dude, just use your work pro credentials to install a pro instance at home!
The license allows you to run an extra instance for development and testing, and this certainly counts. :D
Adam.
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On 9 September 2015 19:06:10 AJ Schroeder <AJ.Schroeder@directsupply.commailto:AJ.Schroeder@directsupply.com> wrote: We have the professional edition here at work although I am doing all of my dabbling with a freshly installed CE on a test server. When I send the proposed changes to the Jira tracker I could test them out relatively quickly on our production system that runs the subscription version.
AJ
From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Mike Stupalov Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 4:29 AM To: observium@observium.orgmailto:observium@observium.org Subject: Re: [Observium] Support for Nortel/Avaya
Hi,
for basic support (detect correct OS, version, etc) you can send snmp access to your device.
If want someting more (sensors/statuses, etc) you can use Professional Services http://www.observium.org/services/
P.S. But note, all changes will be avialable in the proffesional edition, and in community only in next CE release.
On 09.09.15 0:46, AJ Schroeder wrote: Hello list,
Let me get this out of the way; I am not a developer.
Anyway, I have the pleasure of supporting a network that has older Nortel and Avaya devices on it. I’ve added them to observium and as expected they are showing up as generic devices. I browsed through the developer section on how to add new device support and I have followed those steps and have added some very basic support for Nortel switches (OS version and Serial Number) First question – would this extra support be of any interest to the Observium devs?
I’d like to add more meaningful information such as CPU/Memory utilization, flash usage, etc. However, that step appears to be a bit more challenging. Second question – is this documented somewhere or do I need to “reverse engineer” this support from the existing scripts?
Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks,
AJ Schroeder
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