Raritan PDU

Pack Assets

Templates

The Centreon Plugin Pack Raritan PDU brings a host template:

• HW-Pdu-Raritan-SNMP-custom

It brings the following service templates:

Service Alias	Service Template	Service Description	Default
Inlet-Sensors	HW-Pdu-Raritan-InletSensors-SNMP	Check PDU inlets sensors	X
Ocprt-Sensors	HW-Pdu-Raritan-Ocprt-Sensors-SNMP	Check PDU OCPRT sensors	X
Outlet-Sensors	HW-Pdu-Raritan-OutletSensors-SNMP	Check PDU outlets	X

Collected metrics & status

Inlet-Sensors

Could not retrieve metrics

Ocprt-Sensors

Could not retrieve metrics

Outlet-Sensors

Could not retrieve metrics

Prerequisites

SNMP Configuration

To use this pack, the SNMP service must be properly configured on your Raritan PDU server. Please refer to the official documentation from Raritan:

• Raritan
• Raritan 2

Network flow

The target server must be reachable from the Centreon poller on the UDP/161 SNMP port.

Setup

Online License

1. Install the plugin package on every Centreon poller expected to monitor Raritan PDU resources:

yum install centreon-plugin-Hardware-Pdu-Raritan-Snmp

2. On the Centreon web interface, on page Configuration > Plugin Packs, install the Raritan PDU Centreon Plugin Pack.

Offline License

1. Install the plugin package on every Centreon poller expected to monitor Raritan PDU resources:

yum install centreon-plugin-Hardware-Pdu-Raritan-Snmp

2. Install the Raritan PDU Centreon Plugin Pack RPM on the Centreon central server:

yum install centreon-pack-hardware-pdu-raritan-snmp

3. On the Centreon web interface, on page Configuration > Plugin Packs, install the Raritan PDU Centreon Plugin Pack.

Configuration

Host

• Log into Centreon and add a new host through Configuration > Hosts.
• Fill the Name, Alias & IP Address/DNS fields according to your Raritan PDU server settings.
• Apply the HW-Pdu-Raritan-SNMP-custom template to the host.

When using SNMP v3, use the SNMPEXTRAOPTIONS Macro to add specific authentication parameters More information in the Troubleshooting SNMP section.

Mandatory	Macro	Description
	SNMPEXTRAOPTS
	SNMPEXTRAOPTIONS	Configure your own SNMPv3 credentials combo

How to check in the CLI that the configuration is OK and what are the main options for?

Once the plugin is installed, log into your Centreon poller's CLI using the centreon-engine user account (su - centreon-engine) and test the plugin by running the following command:

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins//centreon_pdu_raritan_snmp.pl \
    --plugin=hardware::pdu::raritan::snmp::plugin \
    --mode=outlet-sensors \
    --hostname 10.0.0.1 \
    --snmp-version 2c \
    --snmp-community my-snmp-community \
    --component .* \
    --warning  \
    --verbose \
    --critical \
    --use-new-perfdata

The expected command output is shown below:

OK: | 

All available options for a given mode can be displayed by adding the --help parameter to the command:

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins//centreon_pdu_raritan_snmp.pl \
    --plugin=hardware::pdu::raritan::snmp::plugin \
    --mode=outlet-sensors \
    --help

All available modes can be displayed by adding the --list-mode parameter to the command:

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins//centreon_pdu_raritan_snmp.pl \
    --plugin=hardware::pdu::raritan::snmp::plugin \
    --list-mode

Troubleshooting

Please find the troubleshooting documentation for Centreon Plugins typical issues.