SNMP TrapsSNMP Traps
Supplement network device statistics with event-based data reported via SNMP Traps.
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Overview
SNMP traps can be used to gain more details about the health state of your network devices. By adding event-based data to all the metrics reported by a dedicated SNMP extensions, you are able to diagnose the performance and availability issues even better.
Use cases
- Track number of traps reported by their types, so that you can enable alerting for issues such as port flapping
- Review individual events reported by the SNMP devices, so that you have more details explaining metric anomalies
- Unified visibility for metrics and traps
Get started
Simply enable the extension and configure your device, so that SNMP traps can reach the Dynatrace SNMP listener.
Compatibility information
- SNMPv1, SNMPv2(c) and SNMPv3 support
- No event forwarding
Extension content
Feature sets
Below is a complete list of the feature sets provided in this version. To ensure a good fit for your needs, individual feature sets can be activated and deactivated by your administrator during configuration.
| Metric name | Metric key | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traps count | com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-traps-generic.traps.count | Number of traps received. | Count |
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Full version history
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- Trap data will be automatically displayed on generic network device entities
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v1.2.4
- add a placeholder for injections into the UA screen
- fix the name of the grouping entity
- (min AG version: 251, min cluster version: 256)
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- added a new dashboard (min AG version: 251, min cluster version: 254)
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- new logs section on UA screen which presents the details of the traps received from the network device
- use standard dt.ip_addresses attribute for ip address, that would allow us to create better relationships later on.
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- SNMP Traps reported as log events can be triggered by selecting "Events" feature set during extension activation
- SNMP Trap statistics (count metric) are reported by default, regardless of feature sets selected
- added topology definition
- added dedicated Unified Analysis screen
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