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Description Monitoring & SNMP

Monitoring and SNMP functions are part of many G&D products and help monitoring the:

System statuses of G&D products
System statuses of connected peripherals

Thanks to the system's permanent monitoring, the administrator can react to critical conditions (e.g. exceeding temperatures, miscommunications with the keyboard interface, or problems with the redundant system) before they lead to failures.

The monitoring and SNMP function avoids system failures, increases availability and allows both users and system administrator to work more efficiently. Best suited for mission-critical applications such as live events or monitoring tasks.

Monitoring

G&D products with monitoring functions provide at least one connection to the network as well as an integrated web interface to configure and monitor the device.

Administrators can use the network to access the web interface of any device thus maintaining an overview of the device status.

Any values of G&D devices are monitored internally. The connection to the devices (e.g. monitor or keyboard ports) provides information about the connected peripherals.

Changing defined conditions (ON/OFF) or exceeding defined thresholds (temperature) are stored in the web interface and thus can be viewed by the administrator.

On the bottom of this site we provide an overview of all available products and their monitoring values.

SNMP Trap

SNMP traps help administrators monitor devices.

Instead of having to query any monitoring values, administrators automatically receive SNMP traps sent by G&D devices. From now they no longer miss any events and can react accordingly.

Just like monitoring information, syslog messages can be sent as SNMP trap.

SNMP SET + GET

Preventive device monitoring can be carried out using SNMP GET. Querying the device temperature regularly provides statistics on daily top values. Even though these values are still under the warning limit, these information enables a preventive reaction.

SNMP SET requests have active impact on a G&D product (e.g. when changing channels at a KVM Switch).

To use SNMP SET + GET, the devices must be directly connected to the network.

Monitoring & SNMP - centralised with DevCon-Center

When applying multiple devices providing the monitoring function, the DevCon-Center is an interesting expansion to your installation.

The Dev(ice)Con(dition)-Center provides two network ports. One lets you connect the device to the productive network, the other helps you create a KVM monitoring network.

The DevCon-Center's web interface lets you monitor any connected devices over one IP address in your productive network while SNMP traps send automatic messages.

In addition, the DevCon-Center also informs you about total failures of any monitored device. In case of a direct connection, such failures would remain unnoticed.

With the DevCon-Center, you can also configure all important device features centrally as well as update all connected devices.

To use all DevCon-Center features, the devices to be connected need to provide the DevCon support feature.

KVM Extenders

Following extenders provide the monitoring function as default:

DL-Vision(S) all variants
DL-Vision(M) all variants
DL-Vision(S)-MC2 all variants
DL-Vision(M)-MC2 all variants

The devices also support the DevCon function.

The monitoring function provides the following information about extenders:

Availability

Operation status of user and computer modules
Status of main power supply of user and computer modules
Status of redundant power supply of user and computer modules
Status of network connection 1 + 2 status of main power supply at user and computer modules

Performance data

Temperature of user and computer module in °C
Speed of fans 1 + 2 at user and computer module in RPM
Current consumption of user and computer module
Internal voltage of user and computer module

Transmission range

Status of "Transmission" distance(s) between modules
Status of fibre transmission module of user and computer module
Status of "USB 2.0 Trans" modules of user and computer module

Computer information

Power status of connected computer
Connection status of "USB CPU" port at computer module (K/M-USB)
Status of "USB CPU" port at computer module (transparent USB)
Number of video connections to computer
Video signal coming from computer
Video format coming from computer

Console information

What PS/2 ports of the computer module are connected to the computer?
What module (computer or user module) accesses the computer in what mode?
Peripherals connected at PS/2 ports of user and computer module
Peripherals connected at USB K/M port of user and computer module
Number of displays connected to user and computer module
EDID information of displays connected to user and computer module
Status of Freeze function

KVM Switches

Following switches provide the monitoring function as default:

DL-MUX4 all variants
DL-MUX4-MC all variants

The devices also support the DevCon function.

The monitoring function provides the following information about the connected switches:

Availability

Switch's operating status
Status of main power supply
Status of redundant power supply
Status of network connections 1 + 2

Performance data

Temperature in °C
Current device load

Computer information

Device type at switch port (e.g. G&D extender or computer)
Power status of connected computers
Connection status of "USB-B K/M" ports for computer connection
Ports that are connected to the computer using "PS/2-K/M" interfaces
Ports that are connected to the computer using "USB-2.0"" interfaces
Number of DVI video connections to computer
DVI video signal on said video connections
Number of VGA video connections to computer
VGA video signal on said video connections

Console information

Peripherals at the switch's PS/2 interfaces
Peripherals at the switch's USB-A K/M interface
Number of displays connected to the switch
Video signal at display
Video format at display
EDID information of connected displays
Accessing computer

KVM Matrix Switches

Following matrix switches provide the monitoring function as default:

The devices also support the DevCon function.

The monitoring function provides the following information about the connected matrix switches:

Availability

Matrix switch's operating status
Status of main power supply
Status of redundant power supply
Status of network connections 1 + 2

Performance data

Matrix switch temperature in °C
Fan speed in RPM

KVM Add-On

Following KVM Add-On products provide the monitoring function as default:

DevCon-Center

In complex installations, the DevCon-Center is the perfect fit to administrate the monitoring function of all connected G&D devices. The device itself provides the following monitoring values:

Availability