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Werk #8060: Implemented limiting of fetched OIDs for if/if64 checks

Component Inline SNMP
Title Implemented limiting of fetched OIDs for if/if64 checks
Date Nov 10, 2014
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.2.6b1 Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

It is now possible to configure a rule in WATO which limits the number of OIDs fetched by a check, for example the if/if64 check, which might then only fetch the information for some interfaces instead of all interfaces.

This is a performance optimisation feature which is only useful for special use cases. The OID ranges to fetch need to be specified manually and can only be configured for a small subset of checks where it makes sense to configure it. It applies only when using bulk walks with Inline-SNMP.

In case of the interface checks this rule might be useful when you have e.g. a network switch with several hundrets of interfaces and only want to monitor a small amount of the network interfaces, for example the first 10 interfaces.

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