Adding custom snmp monitoring, graph and threshold

Hi there

I was asked to add some datapoints to a copy of the /server/linux monitoring template.

I am monitoring 2 appliances based on linux, so the linux template works for the standard stuff, and i needed to add monitoring to incomming/outgoing queue.

I added the datapoint for both OIDs, thresholds and graph.

Both testing the command by command line or in the datapoints gives the same info as the graphs:

[root@zentoss5 ~]# snmpwalk -v2c -c public mx 1.3.6.1.4.1.1230.2.4.1.2.4.6.51
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.1230.2.4.1.2.4.6.51.0 = INTEGER: 5
[root@zentoss5 ~]# snmpwalk -v2c -c public mx 1.3.6.1.4.1.1230.2.4.1.2.4.7.51
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.1230.2.4.1.2.4.7.51.0 = INTEGER: 0

(the datapoints have the added trailing .0 to the oid)

In the threshold definition, i put "min value" as "0" and "max value" as "10".

One of the MX appliances has 10 messages in the queue, but the warning event is not displayed.

Looking at the filesystem component monitoring template, the formula (that i do not fully understand :P) for the warning is set in the MINIMUM value field, which is weird (maybe it is because the warning is set to alert when FREE space goes below a minimun, and that would make it more clear to me).

Any tips XD

Both datapoints are set to GAUGE type, and the RRD min and max are empty (no idea what they are for).

Thanks in advance