snmp temperature application

Will Gill

Will Gill

Will Gill

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Hi Guys,

not sure if this is the right place for this query

basically just after a bit of software that will allow me monitor a computers temperature via SNMP or a syslog dump. found a few for linux but these boxes are all xp

ill set the scene, we have a disaster recovery suite with 80 desktops in it and the punter has a habit of switching the aircon off, as a result it just peaked 39c in there! we had a simple speedfan alert setup but the punter turned the box off so im looking for a resiliant setup where i can query a number of machines and create a mean temp result.

any ideas?
 
not done this before, however looks like it might be possible in vbscript from looking here

http://forums.techarena.in/server-scripting/618997.htm

I've just setup a similar thing to query a bunch of computers drive sizes, free disk space etc and email it to me in a nice html table so as long as the machines respond to the temperature query it should be easy.


I would test it and send you the answer but just on the way to a friends stag do! if there's no rush i'll take a look on monday and reply here.

what brand are the pc's, should be a mib for them for snmp if its ibm / hp etc
 
morfmedia said:
not done this before, however looks like it might be possible in vbscript from looking here

http://forums.techarena.in/server-scripting/618997.htm

I've just setup a similar thing to query a bunch of computers drive sizes, free disk space etc and email it to me in a nice html table so as long as the machines respond to the temperature query it should be easy.


I would test it and send you the answer but just on the way to a friends stag do! if there's no rush i'll take a look on monday and reply here.

what brand are the pc's, should be a mib for them for snmp if its ibm / hp etc
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mixture of HP xw6400 and xw6600's

im being lazy really i could go mib hunting but just wondered if there was a tsr of something like speedfan

if you are bored and manage to have a look that would be awesome, thanks
 
will, i'm not sure sure if this is quite what you were looking for - but here goes... we've got some really simple boxes that just plug straight into the network and they have a temperature sensor on them. (you can get models with tons of extra features too, if you don't mind paying a bit for them). plug them into the lan, set them up (really simple webui), and then set them to trap to a managment station within certain thresholds that you set. you can also check the webui and it will graph it for you etc etc. chuck a couple of them in the room and voila - problem solved. i can't remember the name of the devices off the top of my head but i can drop you a message tomorrow from the office if it helps? i may even have one i can chuck your way temporarily to see if it fits the bill. give me a shout if this sounds up your street... cheers.

edit: just remembered the name of the company... have a nosey here, i think it's just the basic sh-2 model that we use but they do the trick.
 
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Will Gill said:
sounds like exactly what i need, any idea on costs?
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nice one... glad i could be a help!

re: price, no idea of the top of my head, i can find out monday from our purchasing team though... sorry, it slipped my mind to check today, been one of those days!

i dont recall them being expensive, may have even been under a hundred quid per unit, but don't hold me to that as we bought about twenty of them.

i'll have a dig around in the stores too, if we have any lying around i'm sure it would be ok to chuck you one over to have a play with.
 
atomiser said:
nice one... glad i could be a help!

re: price, no idea of the top of my head, i can find out monday from our purchasing team though... sorry, it slipped my mind to check today, been one of those days!

i dont recall them being expensive, may have even been under a hundred quid per unit, but don't hold me to that as we bought about twenty of them.

i'll have a dig around in the stores too, if we have any lying around i'm sure it would be ok to chuck you one over to have a play with.
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price is cool and your offer is very kind too :cool:
 
will,

i hadn't realised how long ago we put these in, it's so long back all the finance stuff has been archived off...really can't remember how much they cost us. i've also had a dig through the stores and we don't have any spares of these kicking around...i thought some screenshots might help you out though?

here is the summary page:



here is the sensor config page:



here is a graph the unit generates:



here is where you can set it to trap to an snmp management station:



and here is where you can tell it to email you also:



hope this help! :)

cheers, andy.
 
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