SNMP Sensor Types

There are four different SNMP sensor types in IPCheck Server Monitor:

·      SNMP Traffic sensors: Used to monitor the bandwidth/total traffic going in and out of a device through one port (e.g. network card, switch port, etc.) .This is the most common usage of SNMP (works via the “MIB-2 standard”).

·      SNMP Advanced sensors: Used to monitor specific OID values (you must supply the OID value manually)

·      SNMP Helper sensors: Paessler SNMP Helper is a system-level software program that runs on a Windows 2000, XP, or 2003 computer system that allows a system running IPCheck Server Monitor to collect performance information remotely for several thousand Windows Performance Counters, using the SNMP protocol. See the section Paessler SNMP Helper for more details.

·      OID/MIB Library sensors: PRTG comes with several preconfigured libraries (so called “OIDLIBs”) for various device types that helps you to monitor CPU loads, disk usage, or temperatures. Additionally you can convert most MIB files from device vendors into OIDLIBs using Paessler’s MIB Import Tool to create many more sensors. See the section Importing MIBs using Paessler MIB Importer and Converter for more details.

All types are explained in detail in the following sections.