Matt,
You should be able to write custom probes now that will monitor multiple specified interfaces. The probes that are out there now monitoring a single interface specified by a parameter could be expanded to monitor multiple interfaces. The only caveat is that each variable defined in the probe needs to have a unique name, not just a unique definition.
We are also currently considering a feature that might address what you are asking for even better. Currently, custom probes can't handle showing an entire SNMP table, because we can't know the length. It sounds like a capability to do something like that would provide the kind of custom probes you are asking for.
I am going to file your email in our system as an ER (enhancement request). I am also going to link it to a central ticket tracking interest in a tables system for custom probes.
Regarding your last request, could you go into a little bit more detail, to make sure we understand what you need? You can reply to the list, to me personally, or send it in to [EMAIL PROTECTED] directly.
Thanks, Ian Struckhoff Tech Support Dartware, LLC
On Mar 16, 2005, at 5:00 PM, Matt Stevens wrote:
I'd like to be able to write custom SNMP probes that will monitor things on a per-interface basis.
Right now the only way to do this is to hard-code the ifIndex into the probe. Plus, you need to add a device for each interface you want to monitor the "extra" variables on. This is fine for one or two things, but gets out of hand quickly when you're monitoring a lot of interfaces.
I'd like to propose that there be some sort of interface plug-in probe architecture. Basically a subset of the normal probe files that are applied to every interface on a device. Something along the lines of display SNMP variable X for every ifIndex.
These could be enabled/disabled per device and/or interface. Each plug-in would append it's output to the end of the previous one, so you'd end up with a larger interface information window. Or you could possibly have each plug-in display its output on an individual tab.
Along the same lines, I'd like to see support for the RFC1406 MIB - so I can get more information about my devices with integrated CSU/DSU's.
Thoughts? -- matt
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