To setup SNMP monitoring of HP printers:
Compile the entire HP mib file available at
http://www.somix.com/software/mibs/ by extracting the hp.zip to a new folder
called HP under Whatsup\Mib\HP.
This process creates an entry for HP under Privates | Enterprises | HP in
the MIB tree.
To get the OID for items like paper, ink or device status, the path would
be:
Private | HP | NM | System | Net-Peripheral | Net-Printer |
GeneralDeviceStatus | GDStatusEntry
You will notice that a "Good" status, like having paper, is
(gdPaperstatus)has a value of zero. So does GDStatusTonerLow.
The zero's all indicate a "Good" status, meaning having paper equals 0,
having toner equals 0, paperjam equals 0.
So in SNMP Threshold monitor you would create the SNMP value, then enter the
appropiate mib, like for PaperOut state, the mib entry is
1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.9.1.1.2.8 (double click the value in mib tree to get
OID). So you would enter a "Constant" and "Greater Than" 0 indicates a TRUE
state of "DOWN"
Then there are entries like GDStatusDisplay, which shows the printer status;
READY, OFFLINE, JOB-PROCESSING. For this entry the mib would be
1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.9.1.1.3.0
So enter this entry for SNMP threshold for printer status, into the MIB
field.
Then it would be a "Constant", "Equal to" value of OFFLINE, would indicate a
TRUE state of "DOWN".
In this case you would not enter "Equal to: READY indicates a TRUE state of
"UP" because you will
at times, if there is a printjob, get a value of "JOB-PROCESSING" which will
show a SVCDOWN because the value is not equal to READY.
MS
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