Generic Cisco Device

Monitor Cisco devices using SNMP to feed Dynatrace with metrics and alerts.

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Overview

This extension leverages the SNMP protocol to track the health state and performance of your Cisco network infrastructure. It provides a unified analysis capabilities for Ops, DevOps and IT Admins.

This is intended for users, who:

Would like to monitor health state and performance of their core Cisco routers
Look for analysis support for Ops, DevOps and IT Admins.

This enables you to:

Monitor infrastructure with a comprehensive dashboard
Detect traffic anomalies and alert on them
Take pre-emptive measure to avoid service degradations

Compatibility Requirements

SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 supported only

Details

This extension is built on top of the new Extension 2.0 Framework.

The extension package contains:

SNMP DataSource configuration,
dashboard template,
Unified Analysis screen template,
topology definition and entity extraction rules.

More information can be found in the Product News Blog:

Simplified observability for your SNMP devices

Get started

Simply activate the extension in your environment using in-product Hub, provide the device configuration and you’re all set up.

Read more in the SNMP Extension Documentation

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Extension content

Content typeNumber of items included

alerts

screen logs cards

metric metadata

metric query

screen message cards

screen layout

screen entities lists

screen injections

screen metric tables

generic relationship

dashboards

screen chart groups

generic type

screen properties

screen dql table

Feature sets

Below is a complete list of the feature sets provided in this version. To ensure a good fit for your needs, individual feature sets can be activated and deactivated by your administrator during configuration.

Feature setsNumber of metrics included

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Device entity attributes	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.entity_attributes	Constant value of 1 used for reporting entity attributes at a lower frequency	Unspecified
Physical component state	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.component.state	A state metric representing the details of physical components. This is used to collect details about the Cisco device stack. Value is always 1; use the dimensions to view details.	NotApplicable
-	com.dynatrace.extension.network_device.sysuptime	-	-
-	com.dynatrace.extension.network_device.cpu_usage	-	-
-	com.dynatrace.extension.network_device.memory_used	-	-
-	com.dynatrace.extension.network_device.memory_free	-	-
Time since the last re-start	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.sys.uptime	The time (in hundredths of a second) since the network management portion of the system was last re-initialized	Unspecified
CPU busy	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.cpm.cpu.total.1min.rev	Overall CPU busy percentage in the last 1 min.	Percent
CPU load	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.cpm.cpu.loadavg.1min	Overall CPU load average in the last 1 min.	Count
CPU memory used	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.cpm.cpu.memory.hc.used	Overall CPU wide sys mem currently under use	KiloByte
CPU memory free	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.cpm.cpu.memory.hc.free	Overall CPU wide sys mem free	KiloByte
CPU memory used	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.cpm.cpu.memory.used	Overall CPU wide sys mem currently under use (legacy 32-bit value)	KiloByte
CPU memory free	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.cpm.cpu.memory.free	Overall CPU wide sys mem free (legacy 32-bit value)	KiloByte

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Messages delivered	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.snmp.in.pkts.count	Total number of messages delivered from the transport service	Count
Silently dropped PDUs	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.snmp.silentdrops.count	Number of silently dropped PDUs due to the large reply size	Count
Unsupported SNMP version messages	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.snmp.in.bad.versions.count	Total number of messages delivered with an unsupported SNMP version	Count
Messages with bad community names	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.snmp.in.bad.community.names.count	Number of messages with an unknown SNMP community	Count
Messages not allowed in community	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.snmp.in.bad.community.uses.count	Number of messages not allowed for the used SNMP community	Count
'noSuchName' errors	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.snmp.in.nosuchnames.count	Number of PDUs delivered with 'noSuchName' error	Count
'badValue' errors	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.snmp.in.bad.values.count	Number of PDUs delivered with 'badValue' error	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Power supply state	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.power_supply.state	A state metric representing the details of power supplies on the device. Value is always 1; use the dimensions to understand the status.	NotApplicable

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Octets received	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.in.octets.count	The total number of octets received on the interface including framing characters	Count
Octets transmitted	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.out.octets.count	The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface including framing characters	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
-	com.dynatrace.extension.network_device.if.bytes_in.count	-	-
-	com.dynatrace.extension.network_device.if.bytes_out.count	-	-
-	com.dynatrace.extension.network_device.if.status	-	-
Last interface status change	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.lastchange	Value of 'sysUpTime' when the interface entered its current state	Count
Interface speed	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.highspeed	Speed of the network interface in MegaBits per second.	MegaBitPerSecond
Inbound errors	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.in.errors.count	Number of inbound packets/transmission units with errors	Count
Inbound discards	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.in.discards.count	Number of inbound packets discarded	Count
Outbound errors	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.out.errors.count	Number of outbound packets/transmission units with errors	Count
Outbound discards	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.out.discards.count	Number of outbound packets discarded	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
BGP peer established time	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.cbgp.established_time	This timer indicates how long (in seconds) this peer has been in the established state or how long since this peer was last in the established state.	Second
BGP updates received	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.cbgp.updates_received_count	The number of BGP UPDATE messages received on the connection with the peer.	Count
BGP updates sent	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.cbgp.updates_sent_count	The number of BGP UPDATE messages sent on the connection with the peer.	Count
BGP peer state	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.cbgp.peer.state	The BGP peer connection state.	State

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Active supervisor CPU utilization	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.ha.active_supervisor.cpu_utilization	The average utilization of CPU on the active supervisor.	Percent
Active supervisor memory utilization	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.ha.active_supervisor.memory_utilization	The average utilization of memory on the active supervisor.	Percent
Synchronization state	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.ha.synchronization.enabled	The state of the auto synchronization of images between the active and standby supervisor.	State
Auto synchronization status	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.ha.synchronization.state	The status of the current auto synchronization process, or if no such process is in progress, then the state of the most recent one.	State

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Fan state	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.envmon.fan.state	Current state of the fan instrumented	Unspecified
Fan temperature	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.envmon.temperature.status.value	Current temperature of the fan instrumented	Unspecified

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Octets received (high capacity)	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.hc.in.octets.count	The total number of octets received on the interface including framing characters. This metric uses 64 bit counter and should be used for highspeed devices.	Count
Octets transmitted (high capacity)	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.if.hc.out.octets.count	The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface including framing characters. This metric uses 64 bit counter and should be used for highspeed devices.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
-	com.dynatrace.extension.network_device.lldp_neighbor	-	-

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
TCP active opens	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.activeopens.count	Number of transitions of TCP connections from CLOSED to SYN-SENT	Count
TCP passive opens	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.passiveopens.count	Number of transitions of TCP connections from CLOSED to SYN-RCVD	Count
TCP failed attempts	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.attemptfails.count	Number of transitions of TCP connections from SYN-SENT/SYN-RCVD to CLOSED and from SYN-RCVD to LISTEN	Count
TCP resets	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.estab.resets.count	Number of transitions of TCP connections from ESTABLISHED/CLOSE-WAIT to CLOSED	Count
TCP connections	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.curr.estab	Number of TCP connections in the ESTABLISHED/CLOSE-WAIT state	Count
TCP segments received	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.hc.in.segs.count	Total number of segments received (including errors)	Count
TCP segments sent	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.hc.out.segs.count	Total number of segments sent (excluding retransmissions)	Count
TCP segments retransmitted	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.retrans.segs.count	Total number of segments retransmitted	Count
TCP segment errors	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.in.errs.count	Total number of segments received in error	Count
TCP segment resets	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.tcp.out.rsts.count	Number of TCP segments sent containing the RST flag	Count
UDP datagrams delivered	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.udp.hc.in.datagrams.count	Total number of UDP datagrams delivered	Count
UDP datagrams received without port	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.udp.noports.count	Number of received UDP datagrams (no application at the destination port)	Count
UDP datagram errors	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.udp.in.errors.count	Number of received and not delivered UDP datagrams (other than no application at the destination port)	Count
UDP datagrams sent	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.udp.hc.out.datagrams.count	Total number of UDP datagrams sent	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Memory pool used (32 bit)	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.memory_pool.used	The number of bytes from the memory pool that are currently in use.	Byte
Memory pool free (32 bit)	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.memory_pool.free	The number of bytes from the memory pool that are currently unused.	Byte
Memory pool used (64 bit)	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.enhanced.memory_pool.used	The number of bytes from the enhanced memory pool that are currently in use.	Byte
Memory pool free (64 bit)	com.dynatrace.extension.snmp-generic-cisco-device.enhanced.memory_pool.free	The number of bytes from the enhanced memory pool that are currently unused.	Byte

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To have more information on how to install the downloaded package, please follow the instructions on this page.

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New in this version

Network neighbor discovery through LLDP
UI is compatible with AppEngine use

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Fixed in this version:

Recently introduced metrics for device and interface now apply the existing feature sets and filters to reduce license consumption.

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New entities and metrics were added to represent Cisco as a network device for the SNMP Autodiscovery Extension
Ability to filter interfaces by their alias and type
Several new feature-sets for new capabilities:
- Memory pools
- BGP
- High availability status
Change to use '1 min' load values instead of '5 min' to align with extension frequency
Non-high capacity memory values collected for cases when high-capacity OIDs not available

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🪲 Fixed in this version:

Network interface charts would not display due to incorrect splitting

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✨ New in this version:

Cisco Stack model and serial number reported as device attributes
Device software revision (version) reported as attribute
Power supply status available via new feature set

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🚀 Improved in this version:

Configuration fields for filtering now support up to 5000 characters

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Fixed: Cisco Network Interface metrics not visible in a Management Zone.

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High capacity interface traffic metrics extracted to "Interfaces 64-bit" feature set.
Default interface traffic metrics extracted to "Interfaces 32-bit" feature set.

Check distribution of metrics in the new feature sets to avoid gaps in the data

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Changes:

removed a rule for creating an entity from snmp traps. Now traps source entity is connected to cisco device entity only with SAME_AS relation.

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v1.9.0

Added 4 new metrics:
- Octets received (high capacity)
- Octets transmitted (high capacity)
- Interface outgoing traffic (high capacity)
- Interface incoming traffic (high capacity)
Bandwidth utilization is now calculated using above metrics

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Added: Injection Cards to Cisco Entities, allows others to inject cards into these entities

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Added: inject message with back-link into the screen of corresponding snmptraps source.

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v1.6.0

Added relationships to SNMP Traps Extension & Trap Visualizations on Device Screen
Added ability to use filters for Interface Name, Admin and Operational Status

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Fix the problem with metadata for count metrics that are not selected properly.

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Fix the problem with validation of screen definition.

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added traffic metrics that shows traffic in bits per seconds
added a metric with interface speed
added a metrics that calculate bandwidth utilization
added definition of UA screen for network interface
added alert definition for bandwidth utilization.
new metrics has been used on both screens
dashboard has been improved

Requires Dynatrace v. 1.238.

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5min interval changed to 1min.

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Dashboard improvements - tile with errors contains a links to device screens.

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Version 1.2.3 allows to run the extension on previous ActiveGate release (1.227)

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