Werk #12050: Consolidation of interface check plugins

Component

Checks & agents

Title

Consolidation of interface check plugins

Date

Feb 24, 2021

Level

Trivial Change

Class

New Feature

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.1.0b1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.0.0b8	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

A lot of interface checks did exactly the same thing. The new check API allows us to consolidate them into one check plugin "interfaces", without affecting the user.

The following check plugins will be replaced by the new one: "statgrab_net", "emc_vplex_if", "vms_if", "if_brocade", "if_lancom", "ucs_bladecenter_if", "aix_if", "if", "if_fortigate", "hp_msa_if", "if64_tplink".

The transition to the new services is done during cmk-update-config. Existing rules will apply as before, no metrics will be lost.

It may slightly change the "Service check command" count of the "site_objects_counts" plugin, depending on its configuration.

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