M o n i t o r i n g J u n i p e r E X S w i t c h
12
XFP transceiver
The power supply in the switches is a hot-removable and hot-insertable field-replaceable unit (FRU) that you can
install on the rear panel without powering off the switch or disrupting the switching function. Some of the EX series
switches have an internal redundant power supply, making the power supply fully redundant.
Abnormal power fluctuation to the hardware components often lead to the malfunctioning of the Juniper EX Switch
which when left unnoticed can prove to be fatal to the availability and overall health. This test intercepts the traps
sent by the switch, extracts information related to power supply failures from the traps, and reports the count of
these trap messages to the eG manager. This information enables administrators to detect the abnormalities in the
power supply if any, understand the nature of these failures, and accordingly decide on the remedial measures.
Purpose
Intercepts the traps sent by the switch, extracts information related to power supply failures
from the traps, and reports the count of these trap messages to the eG manager.
Target of the
test
A Juniper EX Switch
Agent
deploying the
test
An external agent
Configurable
parameters for
the test
1.
TESTPERIOD
- How often should the test be executed
2.
HOST
- The host for which the test is to be configured.
3.
SOURCEADDRESS
- Specify a comma-separated list of IP addresses or address patterns
of the hosts from which traps are considered in this test. For example,
10.0.0.1,192.168.10.*
. A leading '*' signifies any number of leading characters, while a
trailing '*' signifies any number of trailing characters.
4.
OIDVALUE
- Provide a comma-separated list of OID and value pairs returned by the traps.
The values are to be expressed in the form,
DisplayName:OID-OIDValue
. For example,
assume that the following OIDs are to be considered by this test: .1.3.6.1.4.1.9156.1.1.2
and .1.3.6.1.4.1.9156.1.1.3. The values of these OIDs are as given hereunder:
OID
Value
.1.3.6.1.4.1.9156.1.1.2
Host_system
.1.3.6.1.4.1.9156.1.1.3
NETWORK
In
this
case
the
OIDVALUE
parameter
can
be
configured
as
Trap1:.1.3.6.1.4.1.9156.1.1.2-Host_system
,Trap2:
.1.3.6.1.4.1.9156.1.1.3-
Network
, where
Trap1
and
Trap2
are the display names that appear as descriptors of this test in the monitor
interface.
An * can be used in the OID/value patterns to denote any number of leading or trailing
characters (as the case may be). For example, to monitor all the OIDs that return values
which begin with the letter 'F', set this parameter to
Failed:*-F*
.
