[SBE] Net Guardian SNMP Monitoring

[Albert Muick]

Hi Kim,

The NetGuardian is an SNMP-capable unit, and I believe the larger APC units
as well as the GE SiteMaster units are SNMP controllable.

I'm missing some info from your post...did you have both the NetGuardian and
the UPS configured with IP addresses over the customer's network, or did you
simply connect one to the other?  If you did that, you may need a crossover
cable to bypass the need for connecting them through a network.  (You can
tell by the lack of activity on the NIC cards when they are jacked
together).

SNMP (Simple Network management Protocol) is a standard and is not too hard
to work with, provided you have all the stuff you need.  Maybe if we can go
a little further with your test fixture, I or someone else can help you in
greater detail.  I know you said you sat through the DVD tutorials, so maybe
the problem is something else.

Routers, switches, etc., are also usually SNMP controllable/configurable.

Al Muick CBRE
MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+

-----Original Message-----
From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Kim
Sacks
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:38 PM
To: sbe member discussion mail list
Subject: [SBE] Net Guardian SNMP Monitoring

Is anyone familiar with the NetGaurdian remote control/ monitoring device?

I've been asked to install one of these at a clients site. I've studied both
of the DVDs that came with the unit, and read through the NetGaurdian
manual. I'm able to control the dry contact closures of the unit with ease,
but I'm having trouble with the SNMP portion of the unit. I did try to use
an APC UPS as an SNMP device to control, but no luck.

Does anyone know of a simple SNMP enabled device that I can use to learn how
this SNMP control/ monitoring works?
I want to be able to test the system on the workbench, rather than at the
client's site.

-- 
Kim Sacks, KB3MZX
http://youtube.com/user/RadioCtrlDWife
www.optimod.fm
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