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Alcatel OXE

Pack Assets​

Templates​

The Centreon Monitoring Connector Alcatel OXE brings a host template:

  • HW-Telephony-Alcatel-OXE-SNMP-custom

It brings the following service templates:

Service AliasService TemplateService DescriptionDefault
CpuHW-Telephony-Alcatel-OXE-Cpu-SNMPCheck the rate of utilization of CPU for the machine. This check can give the average CPU utilization rate and the rate per CPU for multi-core CPUX
Disk-Generic-IdHW-Telephony-Alcatel-OXE-Disk-Generic-Id-SNMPCheck the rate of free space on the disk. For each checks the name of the disk will appear
Disk-Generic-NameHW-Telephony-Alcatel-OXE-Disk-Generic-Name-SNMPCheck the rate of free space on the disk. For each checks the mount pont of the disk will appear
Disk-GlobalHW-Telephony-Alcatel-OXE-Disk-Global-SNMPCheck the rate of free space on disks. For each checks the mount point of disks will appear
Domain-UsageHW-Telephony-Alcatel-OXE-Domain-Usage-SNMPCheck the number of external calls by domain using SNMPX
MemoryHW-Telephony-Alcatel-OXE-Memory-SNMPCheck the rate of the utilization of memoryX
PBX-RoleHW-Telephony-Alcatel-OXE-PBX-Role-SNMPCheck the PBX RoleX
StateHW-Telephony-Alcatel-OXE-State-SNMPCheck the server stateX
SwapHW-Telephony-Alcatel-OXE-Swap-SNMPCheck virtual memory usageX
TrunksHW-Telephony-Alcatel-OXE-Trunk-SNMPCheck performance metrics related to trunksX

Collected metrics & status​

Metric NameUnit
cpu.utilization.percentage%
cpu_core#core.cpu.utilization.percentage%

Prerequisites​

SNMP Configuration​

To use this pack, the SNMP service must be properly configured on your Alcatel OXE server. Please refer to the official documentation from the manufacturer.

Network flow​

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

Setup​

  1. Install the package on every Centreon poller expected to monitor Alcatel OXE resources:
yum install centreon-plugin-Hardware-Telephony-Alcatel-OXE-Snmp
  1. On the Centreon web interface, on page Configuration > Monitoring Connector Manager, install the Alcatel OXE Centreon Monitoring Connector.

Configuration​

Host​

  • Log into Centreon and add a new host through Configuration > Hosts.
  • Fill the Name, Alias & IP Address/DNS fields according to your Alcatel OXE server settings.
  • Apply the HW-Telephony-Alcatel-OXE-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.

MandatoryMacroDescription
SNMPEXTRAOPTIONSConfigure 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_alcatel_oxe.pl \
--plugin=network::alcatel::oxe::snmp::plugin \
--mode=pbx-role \
--hostname=10.0.0.1 \
--snmp-community='my-snmp-community' \
--snmp-version='2c' \
--verbose \

The expected command output is shown below:

OK: PBX Role is 'main' | 

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

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins//centreon_alcatel_oxe.pl \
--plugin=network::alcatel::oxe::snmp::plugin \
--mode=pbx-role \
--help

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

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins//centreon_alcatel_oxe.pl \
--plugin=network::alcatel::oxe::snmp::plugin \
--list-mode

Troubleshooting​

Please find the troubleshooting documentation for Centreon Plugins typical issues.