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Monitor Cisco devices using SNMP to feed Dynatrace with metrics and enable alerting.
Extension by Dynatrace
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Overview
This extension leverages the SNMP protocol to track the health state and performance of your Cisco network infrastructure. It provides a unified analysis capabilities for Ops, DevOps and IT Admins.
This is intended for users, who:
- Would like to monitor health state and performance of their core Cisco routers
- Look for analysis support for Ops, DevOps and IT Admins.
This enables you to:
- Monitor infrastructure with a comprehensive dashboard
- Detect traffic anomalies and alert on them
- Take pre-emptive measure to avoid service degradations
Compatibility Requirements
- SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 supported only
Details
This extension is built on top of the new Extension 2.0 Framework.
The extension package contains:
- SNMP DataSource configuration,
- dashboard template,
- Unified Analysis screen template,
- topology definition and entity extraction rules.
More information can be found in the Product News Blog:
Get started
Simply activate the extension in your environment using in-product Hub, provide the device configuration and you’re all set up.
Read more in the SNMP Extension Documentation
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Extension content
Content typeNumber of items included
alerts
2
screen logs cards
1
screen injections
1
screen layout
2
screen properties
2
metric query
11
screen message cards
2
screen entities lists
1
screen chart groups
7
generic relationship
2
dashboards
1
metric metadata
49
generic type
2
Feature sets
Below is a complete list of the feature sets provided in this version. To ensure a good fit for your needs, individual metrics can be activated and deactivated by your administrator during configuration.
Feature setsNumber of metrics included
| Metric name | Metric key | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Octets received (high capacity) | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.hc.in.octets.count | The total number of octets received on the interface including framing characters. This metric uses 64 bit counter and should be used for highspeed devices. | Count |
| Octets transmitted (high capacity) | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.hc.out.octets.count | The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface including framing characters. This metric uses 64 bit counter and should be used for highspeed devices. | Count |
| Metric name | Metric key | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Octets received | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.in.octets.count | The total number of octets received on the interface including framing characters | Count |
| Octets transmitted | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.out.octets.count | The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface including framing characters | Count |
| Metric name | Metric key | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messages delivered | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.snmp.in.pkts.count | Total number of messages delivered from the transport service | Count |
| Silently dropped PDUs | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.snmp.silentdrops.count | Number of silently dropped PDUs due to the large reply size | Count |
| Unsupported SNMP version messages | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.snmp.in.bad.versions.count | Total number of messages delivered with an unsupported SNMP version | Count |
| Messages with bad community names | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.snmp.in.bad.community.names.count | Number of messages with an unknown SNMP community | Count |
| Messages not allowed in community | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.snmp.in.bad.community.uses.count | Number of messages not allowed for the used SNMP community | Count |
| 'noSuchName' errors | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.snmp.in.nosuchnames.count | Number of PDUs delivered with 'noSuchName' error | Count |
| 'badValue' errors | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.snmp.in.bad.values.count | Number of PDUs delivered with 'badValue' error | Count |
| Metric name | Metric key | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCP active opens | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.activeopens.count | Number of transitions of TCP connections from CLOSED to SYN-SENT | Count |
| TCP passive opens | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.passiveopens.count | Number of transitions of TCP connections from CLOSED to SYN-RCVD | Count |
| TCP failed attempts | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.attemptfails.count | Number of transitions of TCP connections from SYN-SENT/SYN-RCVD to CLOSED and from SYN-RCVD to LISTEN | Count |
| TCP resets | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.estab.resets.count | Number of transitions of TCP connections from ESTABLISHED/CLOSE-WAIT to CLOSED | Count |
| TCP connections | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.curr.estab | Number of TCP connections in the ESTABLISHED/CLOSE-WAIT state | Count |
| TCP segments received | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.hc.in.segs.count | Total number of segments received (including errors) | Count |
| TCP segments sent | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.hc.out.segs.count | Total number of segments sent (excluding retransmissions) | Count |
| TCP segments retransmitted | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.retrans.segs.count | Total number of segments retransmitted | Count |
| TCP segment errors | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.in.errs.count | Total number of segments received in error | Count |
| TCP segment resets | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.out.rsts.count | Number of TCP segments sent containing the RST flag | Count |
| UDP datagrams delivered | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.udp.hc.in.datagrams.count | Total number of UDP datagrams delivered | Count |
| UDP datagrams received without port | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.udp.noports.count | Number of received UDP datagrams (no application at the destination port) | Count |
| UDP datagram errors | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.udp.in.errors.count | Number of received and not delivered UDP datagrams (other than no application at the destination port) | Count |
| UDP datagrams sent | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.udp.hc.out.datagrams.count | Total number of UDP datagrams sent | Count |
| Metric name | Metric key | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last interface status change | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.lastchange | Value of 'sysUpTime' when the interface entered its current state | Count |
| Interface speed | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.highspeed | Speed of the network interface in MegaBits per second. | MegaBitPerSecond |
| Inbound errors | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.in.errors.count | Number of inbound packets/transmission units with errors | Count |
| Inbound discards | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.in.discards.count | Number of inbound packets discarded | Count |
| Outbound errors | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.out.errors.count | Number of outbound packets/transmission units with errors | Count |
| Outbound discards | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.out.discards.count | Number of outbound packets discarded | Count |
| Metric name | Metric key | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fan state | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.envmon.fan.state | Current state of the fan instrumented | Unspecified |
| Fan temperature | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.envmon.temperature.status.value | Current temperature of the fan instrumented | Unspecified |
Full version history
To have more information on how to install the downloaded package, please follow the instructions on this page.
ReleaseDate
- Fixed: Cisco Network Interface metrics not visible in a Management Zone.
- High capacity interface traffic metrics extracted to "Interfaces 64-bit" feature set.
- Default interface traffic metrics extracted to "Interfaces 32-bit" feature set.
Check distribution of metrics in the new feature sets to avoid gaps in the data
Changes:
- removed a rule for creating an entity from snmp traps. Now traps source entity is connected to cisco device entity only with SAME_AS relation.
v1.9.0
- Added 4 new metrics:
- Octets received (high capacity)
- Octets transmitted (high capacity)
- Interface outgoing traffic (high capacity)
- Interface incoming traffic (high capacity)
- Bandwidth utilization is now calculated using above metrics
- Added: Injection Cards to Cisco Entities, allows others to inject cards into these entities
- Added: inject message with back-link into the screen of corresponding snmptraps source.
v1.6.0
- Added relationships to SNMP Traps Extension & Trap Visualizations on Device Screen
- Added ability to use filters for Interface Name, Admin and Operational Status
Fix the problem with metadata for count metrics that are not selected properly.
Fix the problem with validation of screen definition.
- added traffic metrics that shows traffic in bits per seconds
- added a metric with interface speed
- added a metrics that calculate bandwidth utilization
- added definition of UA screen for network interface
- added alert definition for bandwidth utilization.
- new metrics has been used on both screens
- dashboard has been improved
Requires Dynatrace v. 1.238.
5min interval changed to 1min.
Dashboard improvements - tile with errors contains a links to device screens.
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Version 1.2.3 allows to run the extension on previous ActiveGate release (1.227)