[Nut-upsuser] Monitoring Liebert UPS with SNMP

[Charles Lepple]

On Jan 14, 2010, at 2:25 AM, philip at subaru.naoj.org wrote:

> Quoting Charles Lepple <clepple at gmail.com>:
>
>> On Jan 13, 2010, at 8:55 PM, Philip Tait wrote:
>>
>>> On 01/13/2010 03:29 PM, Charles Lepple wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Philip Tait  <philip at subaru.naoj.org 
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> After configuring (details below), I get:
>>>>>
>>>>> # upsdrvctl start
>>>>>
>>>>> Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.2.0-
>>>>> Network UPS Tools - Multi-MIBS SNMP UPS driver 0.42 (2.2.0-)
>>>>> Warning: This is an experimental driver.
>>>>> Some features may not function correctly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unknown mibs value: auto
>>>>>
>>>> This should be a permitted option, even in 2.2.0. Is there a chance
>>>> that some control characters got copied into the configuration  
>>>> file?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Thanks for the response.
>>>
>>> I did an 'od -cx' on the file, and saw no non-printing characters.
>>
>> Sorry, I should have looked harder - that error message was fixed
>> between 2.2.0 and the latest version.
>>
>>> Using 'mbrowse', I explored the MIB, and found that this particular
>>> model (AP341/342) has everything under .1.3.6.1.4.1.476
>>> (iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.emerson), which, from  
>>> looking
>>> at the source for 2.4.1, seems to be not supported. I think newer
>>> Liebert models use a more standard arrangement, under 'ietf'.
>>>
>>> Seems like I will have to develop my own custom solution... (or  
>>> buy a
>>> newer network card!)
>>
>> OK - let us know if you would like any help with generating a new
>> MIB-to-NUT mapping.
>
> That sounds like a better idea - how do I get started?

Arjen has a good point - it may be possible to upgrade the firmware on  
the card.

If not, we might want to switch to the nut-devel list. It would be  
good to post a few details on that list about your development machine  
(OS version, etc.) so we can suggest what tools to install.