Werk #18005: hp_proliant_da_cntlr: Convey meaning of state "other"

Component

Checks & agents

Title

hp_proliant_da_cntlr: Convey meaning of state "other"

Date

Apr 30, 2025

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.5.0b1 Not yet released	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.4.0	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.3.0p32 Not yet released	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

If an HP Proliant device returned a state "other" in its SNMP data, the service state in Checkmk was reported as "UNKNOWN".

This state in the SNMP data points to a problem with the HP instrument agent that cannot determine the state.

Now, it gets reported as "WARN" with the notice that an administrator can address the problem by upgrading the instrument agent.