Email notification of node/vs down

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alert BIGIP_REVERSE_PROXY_DOWN "Pool member 192.168.1.1:8080 monitor status down." {

 

snmptrap OID=".1.2.6.1.4.1.3375.2.4.0.200";

 

email toaddress="joe@example.com,joe2@example.com"

 

fromaddress="BigIP@example.com"

 

body=""

 

}

 

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above,how about calculating the OID NO,thank you very much!

 

if you have any suggestion,please let me now

 

e-mail:joy_yang@pegatroncorp.com

 

 

best regards

 

david

 

 

 

Well... If you don't want to workout what the OID will be, you could always watch the traps come out using tcpdump or wireshark or similar (tcpdump on the F5 linux host would be better, then transfer the dump file to something with wireshark on it). Find the trap for the event you want to alert for and copy the OID from it.

 

 

H

 

hi Hamish,

 

thanks.

 

by the way,how to do tcpdump?

 

On the linux host (i.e. ssh into the F5, or go in via the console for bash shell command line access) and type

 

 

tcpdump -i 0.0 -p -w /var/tmp/snmp_traps.dump -s 3000 port 162

 

 

Then that sits in the background putting a copy of all the packets that match the filter 'port 162' into the file /var/tmp/snmp_traps.dump (The -w parameter) without putting the interface into promiscuous mode (-p, although it's a bit of a moot point with the way the F5 packet capture works) and is listening on interface 0.0 (Which on f5 is a special ALL interfaces pseudo device).

 

 

Once a trap has been sent, ctrl-c the tcpdump, and copy the file off to where there's a copy of wireshark (tcpdump could do this for you as well, but unless you're familiar with it I'd recommend wireshark) and load the dumpfile. Find the trap and have a look at the OID that it was sent with.

 

 

H

 

hello Hamish,

 

I did it several times,but i didn't got anything,please help again,thanks!

 

You need to find whether the problem is with the traps not going out, or the tcpdump not capturing the packets. Is the file completely empty?

 

 

H

i traps several times for serveral minutes,but i got nothing and the file completely empty,would you please help me?

 

thanks!

 

Hello H,

 

I've done it several times for serveral minutes,but i got nothing and the file completely empty,would you please help me?

 

thank you very much!

 

Is the how to apply o v10.2 as described for 9.x?