# Linux by SNMP ## Overview This template is designed for the effortless deployment of Linux monitoring by Zabbix via SNMP and doesn't require any external scripts. ## Requirements Zabbix version: 7.0 and higher. ## Tested versions This template has been tested on: - Linux OS ## Configuration > Zabbix should be configured according to the instructions in the [Templates out of the box](https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/7.0/manual/config/templates_out_of_the_box) section. ## Setup Install snmpd agent on Linux OS, enable SNMPv2. Make sure access to UCD-SNMP-MIB is allowed from Zabbix server/proxy host, since, by default, snmpd (for example, in Ubuntu) limits access to basic system information only: ```text rocommunity public default -V systemonly ``` Make sure you change that in order to read metrics of UCD-SNMP-MIB and UCD-DISKIO-MIB. Please refer to the documentation: http://www.net-snmp.org/wiki/index.php/Vacm You can also try to use `snmpconf`: http://www.net-snmp.org/wiki/index.php/TUT:snmpd_configuration Change {$SNMP_COMMUNITY} on the host level in Zabbix. ### Macros used |Name|Description|Default| |----|-----------|-------| |{$MEMORY.UTIL.MAX}||`90`| |{$MEMORY.AVAILABLE.MIN}||`20M`| |{$SWAP.PFREE.MIN.WARN}||`50`| |{$VFS.DEV.DEVNAME.MATCHES}|

This macro is used in block devices discovery. Can be overridden on the host or linked template level

|`.+`| |{$VFS.DEV.DEVNAME.NOT_MATCHES}|

This macro is used in block devices discovery. Can be overridden on the host or linked template level

|`Macro too long. Please see the template.`| |{$CPU.UTIL.CRIT}||`90`| |{$LOAD_AVG_PER_CPU.MAX.WARN}|

Load per CPU considered sustainable. Tune if needed.

|`1.5`| |{$VFS.FS.FSNAME.NOT_MATCHES}|

This macro is used in filesystems discovery. Can be overridden on the host or linked template level

|`^(/dev\|/sys\|/run\|/proc\|.+/shm$)`| |{$VFS.FS.FSNAME.MATCHES}|

This macro is used in filesystems discovery. Can be overridden on the host or linked template level

|`.+`| |{$VFS.FS.FSTYPE.NOT_MATCHES}|

This macro is used in filesystems discovery. Can be overridden on the host or linked template level

|`^\s$`| |{$VFS.FS.FSTYPE.MATCHES}|

This macro is used in filesystems discovery. Can be overridden on the host or linked template level

|`.*(\.4\|\.9\|hrStorageFixedDisk\|hrStorageFlashMemory)$`| |{$VFS.FS.FREE.MIN.CRIT}|

The critical threshold of the filesystem utilization.

|`5G`| |{$VFS.FS.FREE.MIN.WARN}|

The warning threshold of the filesystem utilization.

|`10G`| |{$VFS.FS.INODE.PFREE.MIN.CRIT}||`10`| |{$VFS.FS.INODE.PFREE.MIN.WARN}||`20`| |{$VFS.FS.PUSED.MAX.CRIT}||`90`| |{$VFS.FS.PUSED.MAX.WARN}||`80`| |{$SNMP.TIMEOUT}||`5m`| |{$ICMP_LOSS_WARN}||`20`| |{$ICMP_RESPONSE_TIME_WARN}||`0.15`| |{$IF.ERRORS.WARN}||`2`| |{$IF.UTIL.MAX}||`90`| |{$IFCONTROL}||`1`| |{$NET.IF.IFNAME.MATCHES}||`^.*$`| |{$NET.IF.IFNAME.NOT_MATCHES}|

Filter out loopbacks, nulls, docker veth links and docker0 bridge by default

|`Macro too long. Please see the template.`| |{$NET.IF.IFOPERSTATUS.MATCHES}||`^.*$`| |{$NET.IF.IFOPERSTATUS.NOT_MATCHES}|

Ignore notPresent(6)

|`^6$`| |{$NET.IF.IFADMINSTATUS.MATCHES}|

Ignore notPresent(6)

|`^.*`| |{$NET.IF.IFADMINSTATUS.NOT_MATCHES}|

Ignore down(2) administrative status

|`^2$`| |{$NET.IF.IFDESCR.MATCHES}||`.*`| |{$NET.IF.IFDESCR.NOT_MATCHES}||`CHANGE_IF_NEEDED`| |{$NET.IF.IFALIAS.MATCHES}||`.*`| |{$NET.IF.IFALIAS.NOT_MATCHES}||`CHANGE_IF_NEEDED`| |{$NET.IF.IFTYPE.MATCHES}||`.*`| |{$NET.IF.IFTYPE.NOT_MATCHES}||`CHANGE_IF_NEEDED`| ### Items |Name|Description|Type|Key and additional info| |----|-----------|----|-----------------------| |Linux: Memory utilization|

Please note that memory utilization is a rough estimate, since memory available is calculated as free+buffers+cached, which is not 100% accurate, but the best we can get using SNMP.

|Calculated|vm.memory.util[snmp]| |Linux: Free memory|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

|SNMP agent|vm.memory.free[memAvailReal.0]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: Memory (buffers)|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

Memory used by kernel buffers (Buffers in /proc/meminfo).

|SNMP agent|vm.memory.buffers[memBuffer.0]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: Memory (cached)|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

Memory used by the page cache and slabs (Cached and Slab in /proc/meminfo).

|SNMP agent|vm.memory.cached[memCached.0]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: Total memory|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

The total memory expressed in bytes.

|SNMP agent|vm.memory.total[memTotalReal.0]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: Available memory|

Please note that memory utilization is a rough estimate, since memory available is calculated as free+buffers+cached, which is not 100% accurate, but the best we can get using SNMP.

|Calculated|vm.memory.available[snmp]| |Linux: Total swap space|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

The total amount of swap space configured for this host.

|SNMP agent|system.swap.total[memTotalSwap.0]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: Free swap space|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

The amount of swap space currently unused or available.

|SNMP agent|system.swap.free[memAvailSwap.0]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: Free swap space in %|

The free space of the swap volume/file expressed in %.

|Calculated|system.swap.pfree[snmp]| |Linux: SNMP walk block devices|

Block devices are discovered from UCD-DISKIO-MIB::diskIOTable (http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/docs/mibs/ucdDiskIOMIB.html#diskIOTable).

|SNMP agent|vfs.dev.walk| |Linux: Load average (1m avg)|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

|SNMP agent|system.cpu.load.avg1[laLoad.1]| |Linux: Load average (5m avg)|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

|SNMP agent|system.cpu.load.avg5[laLoad.2]| |Linux: Load average (15m avg)|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

|SNMP agent|system.cpu.load.avg15[laLoad.3]| |Linux: SNMP walk system CPUs|

MIB: HOST-RESOURCES-MIB

Discovering system CPUs.

|SNMP agent|system.cpu.walk| |Linux: Number of CPUs|

Count the number of CPU cores by counting number of cores discovered in hrProcessorTable using LLD.

|Dependent item|system.cpu.num[snmp]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: Interrupts per second||SNMP agent|system.cpu.intr[ssRawInterrupts.0]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: Context switches per second||SNMP agent|system.cpu.switches[ssRawContexts.0]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: SNMP walk mounted filesystems|

MIB: HOST-RESOURCES-MIB

HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrStorage discovery.

|SNMP agent|vfs.fs.walk| |Linux: Uptime (network)|

MIB: SNMPv2-MIB

The time (in hundredths of a second) since the network management portion of the system was last re-initialized.

|SNMP agent|system.net.uptime[sysUpTime.0]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: Uptime (hardware)|

MIB: HOST-RESOURCES-MIB

The amount of time since this host was last initialized. Note that this is different from sysUpTime in the SNMPv2-MIB [RFC1907] because sysUpTime is the uptime of the network management portion of the system.

|SNMP agent|system.hw.uptime[hrSystemUptime.0]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: SNMP traps (fallback)|

The item is used to collect all SNMP traps unmatched by other snmptrap items

|SNMP trap|snmptrap.fallback| |Linux: System location|

MIB: SNMPv2-MIB

The physical location of this node (e.g., `telephone closet, 3rd floor'). If the location is unknown, the value is the zero-length string.

|SNMP agent|system.location[sysLocation.0]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: System contact details|

MIB: SNMPv2-MIB

The textual identification of the contact person for this managed node, together with information on how to contact this person. If no contact information is known, the value is the zero-length string.

|SNMP agent|system.contact[sysContact.0]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: System object ID|

MIB: SNMPv2-MIB

The vendor's authoritative identification of the network management subsystem contained in the entity. This value is allocated within the SMI enterprises subtree (1.3.6.1.4.1) and provides an easy and unambiguous means for determining`what kind of box' is being managed. For example, if vendor`Flintstones, Inc.' was assigned the subtree1.3.6.1.4.1.4242, it could assign the identifier 1.3.6.1.4.1.4242.1.1 to its `Fred Router'.

|SNMP agent|system.objectid[sysObjectID.0]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: System name|

MIB: SNMPv2-MIB

An administratively-assigned name for this managed node.By convention, this is the node's fully-qualified domain name. If the name is unknown, the value is the zero-length string.

|SNMP agent|system.name

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: System description|

MIB: SNMPv2-MIB

A textual description of the entity. This value should

include the full name and version identification of the system's hardware type, software operating-system, and

networking software.

|SNMP agent|system.descr[sysDescr.0]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: SNMP agent availability|

Availability of SNMP checks on the host. The value of this item corresponds to availability icons in the host list.

Possible value:

0 - not available

1 - available

2 - unknown

|Zabbix internal|zabbix[host,snmp,available]| |Linux: ICMP ping||Simple check|icmpping| |Linux: ICMP loss||Simple check|icmppingloss| |Linux: ICMP response time||Simple check|icmppingsec| |Linux: SNMP walk network interfaces|

Discovering interfaces from IF-MIB.

|SNMP agent|net.if.walk| |Linux: SNMP walk EtherLike-MIB interfaces|

Discovering interfaces from IF-MIB and EtherLike-MIB. Interfaces with up(1) Operational Status are discovered.

|SNMP agent|net.if.duplex.walk| ### Triggers |Name|Description|Expression|Severity|Dependencies and additional info| |----|-----------|----------|--------|--------------------------------| |Linux: High memory utilization|

The system is running out of free memory.

|`min(/Linux by SNMP/vm.memory.util[snmp],5m)>{$MEMORY.UTIL.MAX}`|Average|**Depends on**:
| |Linux: Lack of available memory||`max(/Linux by SNMP/vm.memory.available[snmp],5m)<{$MEMORY.AVAILABLE.MIN} and last(/Linux by SNMP/vm.memory.total[memTotalReal.0])>0`|Average|| |Linux: High swap space usage|

If there is no swap configured, this trigger is ignored.

|`max(/Linux by SNMP/system.swap.pfree[snmp],5m)<{$SWAP.PFREE.MIN.WARN} and last(/Linux by SNMP/system.swap.total[memTotalSwap.0])>0`|Warning|**Depends on**:
| |Linux: Load average is too high|

The load average per CPU is too high. The system may be slow to respond.

|`min(/Linux by SNMP/system.cpu.load.avg1[laLoad.1],5m)/last(/Linux by SNMP/system.cpu.num[snmp])>{$LOAD_AVG_PER_CPU.MAX.WARN} and last(/Linux by SNMP/system.cpu.load.avg5[laLoad.2])>0 and last(/Linux by SNMP/system.cpu.load.avg15[laLoad.3])>0`|Average|| |Linux: Host has been restarted|

Uptime is less than 10 minutes.

|`(last(/Linux by SNMP/system.hw.uptime[hrSystemUptime.0])>0 and last(/Linux by SNMP/system.hw.uptime[hrSystemUptime.0])<10m) or (last(/Linux by SNMP/system.hw.uptime[hrSystemUptime.0])=0 and last(/Linux by SNMP/system.net.uptime[sysUpTime.0])<10m)`|Warning|**Manual close**: Yes
**Depends on**:
| |Linux: System name has changed|

The name of the system has changed. Acknowledge to close the problem manually.

|`last(/Linux by SNMP/system.name,#1)<>last(/Linux by SNMP/system.name,#2) and length(last(/Linux by SNMP/system.name))>0`|Info|**Manual close**: Yes| |Linux: No SNMP data collection|

SNMP is not available for polling. Please check device connectivity and SNMP settings.

|`max(/Linux by SNMP/zabbix[host,snmp,available],{$SNMP.TIMEOUT})=0`|Warning|**Depends on**:
| |Linux: Unavailable by ICMP ping|

Last three attempts returned timeout. Please check device connectivity.

|`max(/Linux by SNMP/icmpping,#3)=0`|High|| |Linux: High ICMP ping loss||`min(/Linux by SNMP/icmppingloss,5m)>{$ICMP_LOSS_WARN} and min(/Linux by SNMP/icmppingloss,5m)<100`|Warning|**Depends on**:
| |Linux: High ICMP ping response time||`avg(/Linux by SNMP/icmppingsec,5m)>{$ICMP_RESPONSE_TIME_WARN}`|Warning|**Depends on**:
| ### LLD rule Block devices discovery |Name|Description|Type|Key and additional info| |----|-----------|----|-----------------------| |Block devices discovery|

Block devices are discovered from UCD-DISKIO-MIB::diskIOTable (http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/docs/mibs/ucdDiskIOMIB.html#diskIOTable)

|Dependent item|vfs.dev.discovery[snmp]

**Preprocessing**

| ### Item prototypes for Block devices discovery |Name|Description|Type|Key and additional info| |----|-----------|----|-----------------------| |{#DEVNAME}: Disk read rate|

MIB: UCD-DISKIO-MIB

The number of read accesses from this device since boot.

|Dependent item|vfs.dev.read.rate[diskIOReads.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |{#DEVNAME}: Disk write rate|

MIB: UCD-DISKIO-MIB

The number of write accesses from this device since boot.

|Dependent item|vfs.dev.write.rate[diskIOWrites.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |{#DEVNAME}: Disk utilization|

MIB: UCD-DISKIO-MIB

The 1 minute average load of disk (%)

|Dependent item|vfs.dev.util[diskIOLA1.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| ### LLD rule CPU discovery |Name|Description|Type|Key and additional info| |----|-----------|----|-----------------------| |CPU discovery|

This discovery will create set of per core CPU metrics from UCD-SNMP-MIB, using {#CPU.COUNT} in preprocessing. That's the only reason why LLD is used.

|Dependent item|cpu.discovery[snmp]

**Preprocessing**

| ### Item prototypes for CPU discovery |Name|Description|Type|Key and additional info| |----|-----------|----|-----------------------| |Linux: CPU idle time|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

The time the CPU has spent doing nothing.

|Dependent item|system.cpu.idle[ssCpuRawIdle.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: CPU system time|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

The time the CPU has spent running the kernel and its processes.

|Dependent item|system.cpu.system[ssCpuRawSystem.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: CPU user time|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

The time the CPU has spent running users' processes that are not niced.

|Dependent item|system.cpu.user[ssCpuRawUser.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: CPU steal time|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

The amount of "stolen" CPU from this virtual machine by the hypervisor for other tasks, such as running another virtual machine.

|Dependent item|system.cpu.steal[ssCpuRawSteal.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: CPU softirq time|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

The amount of time the CPU has been servicing software interrupts.

|Dependent item|system.cpu.softirq[ssCpuRawSoftIRQ.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: CPU nice time|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

The time the CPU has spent running users' processes that have been niced.

|Dependent item|system.cpu.nice[ssCpuRawNice.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: CPU iowait time|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

The amount of time the CPU has been waiting for I/O to complete.

|Dependent item|system.cpu.iowait[ssCpuRawWait.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: CPU interrupt time|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

The amount of time the CPU has been servicing hardware interrupts.

|Dependent item|system.cpu.interrupt[ssCpuRawInterrupt.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: CPU guest time|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

Guest time - the time spent on running a virtual CPU for a guest operating system.

|Dependent item|system.cpu.guest[ssCpuRawGuest.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: CPU guest nice time|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

The time spent on running a niced guest (a virtual CPU for guest operating systems under the control of the Linux kernel).

|Dependent item|system.cpu.guest_nice[ssCpuRawGuestNice.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Linux: CPU utilization|

The CPU utilization expressed in %.

|Dependent item|system.cpu.util[snmp,{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| ### Trigger prototypes for CPU discovery |Name|Description|Expression|Severity|Dependencies and additional info| |----|-----------|----------|--------|--------------------------------| |Linux: High CPU utilization|

The CPU utilization is too high. The system might be slow to respond.

|`min(/Linux by SNMP/system.cpu.util[snmp,{#SNMPINDEX}],5m)>{$CPU.UTIL.CRIT}`|Warning|| ### LLD rule Mounted filesystem discovery |Name|Description|Type|Key and additional info| |----|-----------|----|-----------------------| |Mounted filesystem discovery|

HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrStorage discovery with storage filter

|Dependent item|vfs.fs.discovery[snmp]

**Preprocessing**

| ### Item prototypes for Mounted filesystem discovery |Name|Description|Type|Key and additional info| |----|-----------|----|-----------------------| |{#FSNAME}: Used space|

MIB: HOST-RESOURCES-MIB

The amount of the storage represented by this entry that is allocated, in units of hrStorageAllocationUnits.

|Dependent item|vfs.fs.used[hrStorageUsed.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |{#FSNAME}: Total space|

MIB: HOST-RESOURCES-MIB

The size of the storage represented by this entry, in units of hrStorageAllocationUnits.

This object is writable to allow remote configuration of the size of the storage area in those cases where such an operation makes sense and is possible on the underlying system.

For example, the amount of main storage allocated to a buffer pool might be modified or the amount of disk space allocated to virtual storage might be modified.

|Dependent item|vfs.fs.total[hrStorageSize.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |{#FSNAME}: Space utilization|

The space utilization expressed in % for {#FSNAME}.

|Calculated|vfs.fs.pused[storageUsedPercentage.{#SNMPINDEX}]| |{#FSNAME}: Free inodes in %|

MIB: UCD-SNMP-MIB

If having problems collecting this item make sure access to UCD-SNMP-MIB is allowed.

|SNMP agent|vfs.fs.inode.pfree[dskPercentNode.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| ### Trigger prototypes for Mounted filesystem discovery |Name|Description|Expression|Severity|Dependencies and additional info| |----|-----------|----------|--------|--------------------------------| |{#FSNAME}: Disk space is critically low|

Two conditions should match:
1. The first condition - utilization of the space should be above `{$VFS.FS.PUSED.MAX.CRIT:"{#FSNAME}"}`.
2. The second condition should be one of the following:
- the disk free space is less than `{$VFS.FS.FREE.MIN.CRIT:"{#FSNAME}"}`;
- the disk will be full in less than 24 hours.

|`last(/Linux by SNMP/vfs.fs.pused[storageUsedPercentage.{#SNMPINDEX}])>{$VFS.FS.PUSED.MAX.CRIT:"{#FSNAME}"} and ((last(/Linux by SNMP/vfs.fs.total[hrStorageSize.{#SNMPINDEX}])-last(/Linux by SNMP/vfs.fs.used[hrStorageUsed.{#SNMPINDEX}]))<{$VFS.FS.FREE.MIN.CRIT:"{#FSNAME}"} or timeleft(/Linux by SNMP/vfs.fs.pused[storageUsedPercentage.{#SNMPINDEX}],1h,100)<1d)`|Average|**Manual close**: Yes| |{#FSNAME}: Disk space is low|

Two conditions should match:
1. The first condition - utilization of the space should be above `{$VFS.FS.PUSED.MAX.WARN:"{#FSNAME}"}`.
2. The second condition should be one of the following:
- the disk free space is less than `{$VFS.FS.FREE.MIN.WARN:"{#FSNAME}"}`;
- the disk will be full in less than 24 hours.

|`last(/Linux by SNMP/vfs.fs.pused[storageUsedPercentage.{#SNMPINDEX}])>{$VFS.FS.PUSED.MAX.WARN:"{#FSNAME}"} and ((last(/Linux by SNMP/vfs.fs.total[hrStorageSize.{#SNMPINDEX}])-last(/Linux by SNMP/vfs.fs.used[hrStorageUsed.{#SNMPINDEX}]))<{$VFS.FS.FREE.MIN.WARN:"{#FSNAME}"} or timeleft(/Linux by SNMP/vfs.fs.pused[storageUsedPercentage.{#SNMPINDEX}],1h,100)<1d)`|Warning|**Manual close**: Yes
**Depends on**:
| |{#FSNAME}: Running out of free inodes|

It may become impossible to write to a disk if there are no index nodes left.
The following error messages may be returned as symptoms, even though the free space is available:
- 'No space left on device';
- 'Disk is full'.

|`min(/Linux by SNMP/vfs.fs.inode.pfree[dskPercentNode.{#SNMPINDEX}],5m)<{$VFS.FS.INODE.PFREE.MIN.CRIT:"{#FSNAME}"}`|Average|| |{#FSNAME}: Running out of free inodes|

It may become impossible to write to a disk if there are no index nodes left.
The following error messages may be returned as symptoms, even though the free space is available:
- 'No space left on device';
- 'Disk is full'.

|`min(/Linux by SNMP/vfs.fs.inode.pfree[dskPercentNode.{#SNMPINDEX}],5m)<{$VFS.FS.INODE.PFREE.MIN.WARN:"{#FSNAME}"}`|Warning|**Depends on**:
| ### LLD rule Network interfaces discovery |Name|Description|Type|Key and additional info| |----|-----------|----|-----------------------| |Network interfaces discovery|

Discovering interfaces from IF-MIB.

|Dependent item|net.if.discovery

**Preprocessing**

| ### Item prototypes for Network interfaces discovery |Name|Description|Type|Key and additional info| |----|-----------|----|-----------------------| |Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Operational status|

MIB: IF-MIB

The current operational state of the interface.

- The testing(3) state indicates that no operational packet scan be passed

- If ifAdminStatus is down(2) then ifOperStatus should be down(2)

- If ifAdminStatus is changed to up(1) then ifOperStatus should change to up(1) if the interface is ready to transmit and receive network traffic

- It should change todormant(5) if the interface is waiting for external actions (such as a serial line waiting for an incoming connection)

- It should remain in the down(2) state if and only if there is a fault that prevents it from going to the up(1) state

- It should remain in the notPresent(6) state if the interface has missing(typically, hardware) components.

|Dependent item|net.if.status[ifOperStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Bits received|

MIB: IF-MIB

The total number of octets received on the interface, including framing characters. This object is a 64-bit version of ifInOctets. Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at re-initialization of the management system, and at other times as indicated by the value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime.

|Dependent item|net.if.in[ifHCInOctets.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Bits sent|

MIB: IF-MIB

The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface, including framing characters. This object is a 64-bit version of ifOutOctets.Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at re-initialization of the management system, and at other times as indicated by the value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime.

|Dependent item|net.if.out[ifHCOutOctets.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Inbound packets with errors|

MIB: IF-MIB

For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of inbound packets that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. For character-oriented or fixed-length interfaces, the number of inbound transmission units that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at re-initialization of the management system, and at other times as indicated by the value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime.

|Dependent item|net.if.in.errors[ifInErrors.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Outbound packets with errors|

MIB: IF-MIB

For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of outbound packets that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. For character-oriented or fixed-length interfaces, the number of outbound transmission units that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at re-initialization of the management system, and at other times as indicated by the value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime.

|Dependent item|net.if.out.errors[ifOutErrors.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Outbound packets discarded|

MIB: IF-MIB

The number of outbound packets which were chosen to be discarded

even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol.

One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space.

Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at re-initialization of the management system,

and at other times as indicated by the value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime.

|Dependent item|net.if.out.discards[ifOutDiscards.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Inbound packets discarded|

MIB: IF-MIB

The number of inbound packets which were chosen to be discarded

even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol.

One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space.

Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at re-initialization of the management system,

and at other times as indicated by the value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime.

|Dependent item|net.if.in.discards[ifInDiscards.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Interface type|

MIB: IF-MIB

The type of interface.

Additional values for ifType are assigned by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA),

through updating the syntax of the IANAifType textual convention.

|Dependent item|net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| |Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Speed|

MIB: IF-MIB

An estimate of the interface's current bandwidth in units of 1,000,000 bits per second. If this object reports a value of `n' then the speed of the interface is somewhere in the range of `n-500,000' to`n+499,999'. For interfaces which do not vary in bandwidth or for those where no accurate estimation can be made, this object should contain the nominal bandwidth. For a sub-layer which has no concept of bandwidth, this object should be zero.

|Dependent item|net.if.speed[ifHighSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| ### Trigger prototypes for Network interfaces discovery |Name|Description|Expression|Severity|Dependencies and additional info| |----|-----------|----------|--------|--------------------------------| |Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Link down|

This trigger expression works as follows:
1. It can be triggered if the operations status is down.
2. `{$IFCONTROL:"{#IFNAME}"}=1` - a user can redefine context macro to value - 0. That marks this interface as not important. No new trigger will be fired if this interface is down.
3. `{TEMPLATE_NAME:METRIC.diff()}=1` - the trigger fires only if the operational status was up to (1) sometime before (so, do not fire for the 'eternal off' interfaces.)

WARNING: if closed manually - it will not fire again on the next poll, because of .diff.

|`{$IFCONTROL:"{#IFNAME}"}=1 and last(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.status[ifOperStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}])=2 and (last(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.status[ifOperStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}],#1)<>last(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.status[ifOperStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}],#2))`|Average|**Manual close**: Yes| |Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): High bandwidth usage|

The utilization of the network interface is close to its estimated maximum bandwidth.

|`(avg(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.in[ifHCInOctets.{#SNMPINDEX}],15m)>({$IF.UTIL.MAX:"{#IFNAME}"}/100)*last(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.speed[ifHighSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}]) or avg(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.out[ifHCOutOctets.{#SNMPINDEX}],15m)>({$IF.UTIL.MAX:"{#IFNAME}"}/100)*last(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.speed[ifHighSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}])) and last(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.speed[ifHighSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}])>0`|Warning|**Manual close**: Yes
**Depends on**:
| |Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): High error rate|

It recovers when it is below 80% of the `{$IF.ERRORS.WARN:"{#IFNAME}"}` threshold.

|`min(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.in.errors[ifInErrors.{#SNMPINDEX}],5m)>{$IF.ERRORS.WARN:"{#IFNAME}"} or min(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.out.errors[ifOutErrors.{#SNMPINDEX}],5m)>{$IF.ERRORS.WARN:"{#IFNAME}"}`|Warning|**Manual close**: Yes
**Depends on**:
| |Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Ethernet has changed to lower speed than it was before|

This Ethernet connection has transitioned down from its known maximum speed. This might be a sign of autonegotiation issues. Acknowledge to close the problem manually.

|`change(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.speed[ifHighSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}])<0 and last(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.speed[ifHighSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}])>0 and ( last(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}])=6 or last(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}])=7 or last(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}])=11 or last(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}])=62 or last(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}])=69 or last(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}])=117 ) and (last(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.status[ifOperStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}])<>2)`|Info|**Manual close**: Yes
**Depends on**:
| ### LLD rule EtherLike-MIB Discovery |Name|Description|Type|Key and additional info| |----|-----------|----|-----------------------| |EtherLike-MIB Discovery|

Discovering interfaces from IF-MIB and EtherLike-MIB. Interfaces with up(1) Operational Status are discovered.

|Dependent item|net.if.duplex.discovery

**Preprocessing**

| ### Item prototypes for EtherLike-MIB Discovery |Name|Description|Type|Key and additional info| |----|-----------|----|-----------------------| |Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Duplex status|

MIB: EtherLike-MIB

The current mode of operation of the MAC

entity. 'unknown' indicates that the current

duplex mode could not be determined.

Management control of the duplex mode is

accomplished through the MAU MIB. When

an interface does not support autonegotiation,

or when autonegotiation is not enabled, the

duplex mode is controlled using

ifMauDefaultType. When autonegotiation is

supported and enabled, duplex mode is controlled

using ifMauAutoNegAdvertisedBits. In either

case, the currently operating duplex mode is

reflected both in this object and in ifMauType.

Note that this object provides redundant

information with ifMauType. Normally, redundant

objects are discouraged. However, in this

instance, it allows a management application to

determine the duplex status of an interface

without having to know every possible value of

ifMauType. This was felt to be sufficiently

valuable to justify the redundancy.

Reference: [IEEE 802.3 Std.], 30.3.1.1.32,aDuplexStatus.

|Dependent item|net.if.duplex[dot3StatsDuplexStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}]

**Preprocessing**

| ### Trigger prototypes for EtherLike-MIB Discovery |Name|Description|Expression|Severity|Dependencies and additional info| |----|-----------|----------|--------|--------------------------------| |Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): In half-duplex mode|

Please check autonegotiation settings and cabling

|`last(/Linux by SNMP/net.if.duplex[dot3StatsDuplexStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}])=2`|Warning|**Manual close**: Yes| ## Feedback Please report any issues with the template at [`https://support.zabbix.com`](https://support.zabbix.com) You can also provide feedback, discuss the template, or ask for help at [`ZABBIX forums`](https://www.zabbix.com/forum/zabbix-suggestions-and-feedback)