Nagios monitoring Dell R740 using idrac(agentless) via snmp

Fadzali BakarFadzali Bakar
1 min read

Tested on Machine:
Debian 10 (python 3.9)
Dell R740 (idrac9)

Step1:

Download https://github.com/dangmocrang/check_idrac (Thanks to dangmocrang )

Step2:

Dowload https://github.com/fadzali/check_idrac/blob/master/iDRAC-SMIv2.mib

cp iDRAC-SMIv2.mib /usr/share/snmp/mibs/iDRAC-SMIv2.mib

run

./check_idrac.py

if got error

sudo wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.7/Python-3.9.7.tgz 
tar -xvzf Python-3.9.7.tgz  
cd Python-3.9.7 
ls 
./configure --enable-optimizations 
make altinstall

Step 3:

re run

./check_idrac.py

If you got err SNMP time out !

Try to enable snmp on vmware esxi webclient

Testing snmp using snmpwalk

Step 4:
If you got error "your MIB may out dated "

install :

  1. snmp-mibs-downloader_1.2_all.deb

  2. dependencies smistrip_0.4.8+dfsg2-16_all.deb

Step 5:

output on nagios machine

1
Subscribe to my newsletter

Read articles from Fadzali Bakar directly inside your inbox. Subscribe to the newsletter, and don't miss out.

Written by

Fadzali Bakar
Fadzali Bakar