[Nut-upsuser] Query SNMP

[Charles Lepple]

On 9/13/06, Tim Cary <tdc at yesinc.com> wrote:
> So what then, is the point of the snmp part?

To monitor an UPS with an SNMP card which is only accessible over the
network (and not via a serial cable).

> Perhaps a better way to explain is to compare it to a Windows setup with
> the Powerchute Software.  When set up on a Windows box, connected via a
> serial cable, you can choose to have that APC agent on the Windows box
> expose all UPS parameters that it collects, to any external snmp
> collector.  For example, if I do a snmpget against the Windows box, and
> know the correct OID (published by APC's MIB), I get values back on
> whatever I queried (voltage, battery, etc).

Somebody was looking at writing an SNMP agent that would do that, but
it has not made its way into the core NUT distribution.

Arnaud, do you know the status of the agent?

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- Charles Lepple