
# Interfaces Simple SNMP

## Overview

For Zabbix version: 5.0 and higher  

## Setup

Refer to the vendor documentation.

## Zabbix configuration

No specific Zabbix configuration is required.

### Macros used

|Name|Description|Default|
|----|-----------|-------|
|{$IF.ERRORS.WARN} |<p>-</p> |`2` |
|{$IF.UTIL.MAX} |<p>-</p> |`95` |
|{$IFCONTROL} |<p>-</p> |`1` |
|{$NET.IF.IFADMINSTATUS.MATCHES} |<p>Ignore notPresent(6)</p> |`^.*` |
|{$NET.IF.IFADMINSTATUS.NOT_MATCHES} |<p>Ignore down(2) administrative status</p> |`^2$` |
|{$NET.IF.IFDESCR.MATCHES} |<p>-</p> |`.*` |
|{$NET.IF.IFDESCR.NOT_MATCHES} |<p>-</p> |`CHANGE_IF_NEEDED` |
|{$NET.IF.IFNAME.MATCHES} |<p>-</p> |`^.*$` |
|{$NET.IF.IFNAME.NOT_MATCHES} |<p>Filter out loopbacks, nulls, docker veth links and docker0 bridge by default</p> |`(^Software Loopback Interface|^NULL[0-9.]*$|^[Ll]o[0-9.]*$|^[Ss]ystem$|^Nu[0-9.]*$|^veth[0-9a-z]+$|docker[0-9]+|br-[a-z0-9]{12})` |
|{$NET.IF.IFOPERSTATUS.MATCHES} |<p>-</p> |`^.*$` |
|{$NET.IF.IFOPERSTATUS.NOT_MATCHES} |<p>Ignore notPresent(6)</p> |`^6$` |
|{$NET.IF.IFTYPE.MATCHES} |<p>-</p> |`.*` |
|{$NET.IF.IFTYPE.NOT_MATCHES} |<p>-</p> |`CHANGE_IF_NEEDED` |

## Template links

There are no template links in this template.

## Discovery rules

|Name|Description|Type|Key and additional info|
|----|-----------|----|----|
|Network interfaces discovery |<p>Discovering interfaces from IF-MIB.</p> |SNMP |net.if.discovery<p>**Filter**:</p>AND <p>- A: {#IFADMINSTATUS} MATCHES_REGEX `{$NET.IF.IFADMINSTATUS.MATCHES}`</p><p>- B: {#IFADMINSTATUS} NOT_MATCHES_REGEX `{$NET.IF.IFADMINSTATUS.NOT_MATCHES}`</p><p>- C: {#IFOPERSTATUS} MATCHES_REGEX `{$NET.IF.IFOPERSTATUS.MATCHES}`</p><p>- D: {#IFOPERSTATUS} NOT_MATCHES_REGEX `{$NET.IF.IFOPERSTATUS.NOT_MATCHES}`</p><p>- E: {#IFNAME} MATCHES_REGEX `{$NET.IF.IFNAME.MATCHES}`</p><p>- F: {#IFNAME} NOT_MATCHES_REGEX `{$NET.IF.IFNAME.NOT_MATCHES}`</p><p>- G: {#IFDESCR} MATCHES_REGEX `{$NET.IF.IFDESCR.MATCHES}`</p><p>- H: {#IFDESCR} NOT_MATCHES_REGEX `{$NET.IF.IFDESCR.NOT_MATCHES}`</p><p>- K: {#IFTYPE} MATCHES_REGEX `{$NET.IF.IFTYPE.MATCHES}`</p><p>- L: {#IFTYPE} NOT_MATCHES_REGEX `{$NET.IF.IFTYPE.NOT_MATCHES}`</p> |

## Items collected

|Group|Name|Description|Type|Key and additional info|
|-----|----|-----------|----|---------------------|
|Network_interfaces |Interface {#IFDESCR}: Operational status |<p>MIB: IF-MIB</p><p>The current operational state of the interface.</p><p>- The testing(3) state indicates that no operational packet scan be passed</p><p>- If ifAdminStatus is down(2) then ifOperStatus should be down(2)</p><p>- 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</p><p>- It should change todormant(5) if the interface is waiting for external actions (such as a serial line waiting for an incoming connection)</p><p>- 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</p><p>- It should remain in the notPresent(6) state if the interface has missing(typically, hardware) components.</p> |SNMP |net.if.status[ifOperStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}] |
|Network_interfaces |Interface {#IFDESCR}: Bits received |<p>MIB: IF-MIB</p><p>The total number of octets received on the interface,including framing characters. Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occurat re-initialization of the management system, and atother times as indicated by the value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime.</p> |SNMP |net.if.in[ifInOctets.{#SNMPINDEX}]<p>**Preprocessing**:</p><p>- CHANGE_PER_SECOND<p>- MULTIPLIER: `8`</p> |
|Network_interfaces |Interface {#IFDESCR}: Bits sent |<p>MIB: IF-MIB</p><p>The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface, including framing characters. Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occurat re-initialization of the management system, and at other times as indicated by the value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime.</p> |SNMP |net.if.out[ifOutOctets.{#SNMPINDEX}]<p>**Preprocessing**:</p><p>- CHANGE_PER_SECOND<p>- MULTIPLIER: `8`</p> |
|Network_interfaces |Interface {#IFDESCR}: Inbound packets with errors |<p>MIB: IF-MIB</p><p>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.</p> |SNMP |net.if.in.errors[ifInErrors.{#SNMPINDEX}]<p>**Preprocessing**:</p><p>- CHANGE_PER_SECOND |
|Network_interfaces |Interface {#IFDESCR}: Outbound packets with errors |<p>MIB: IF-MIB</p><p>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.</p> |SNMP |net.if.out.errors[ifOutErrors.{#SNMPINDEX}]<p>**Preprocessing**:</p><p>- CHANGE_PER_SECOND |
|Network_interfaces |Interface {#IFDESCR}: Outbound packets discarded |<p>MIB: IF-MIB</p><p>The number of outbound packets which were chosen to be discarded</p><p>even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol.</p><p>One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space.</p><p>Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at re-initialization of the management system,</p><p>and at other times as indicated by the value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime.</p> |SNMP |net.if.out.discards[ifOutDiscards.{#SNMPINDEX}]<p>**Preprocessing**:</p><p>- CHANGE_PER_SECOND |
|Network_interfaces |Interface {#IFDESCR}: Inbound packets discarded |<p>MIB: IF-MIB</p><p>The number of inbound packets which were chosen to be discarded</p><p>even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol.</p><p>One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space.</p><p>Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at re-initialization of the management system,</p><p>and at other times as indicated by the value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime.</p> |SNMP |net.if.in.discards[ifInDiscards.{#SNMPINDEX}]<p>**Preprocessing**:</p><p>- CHANGE_PER_SECOND |
|Network_interfaces |Interface {#IFDESCR}: Interface type |<p>MIB: IF-MIB</p><p>The type of interface.</p><p>Additional values for ifType are assigned by the Internet Assigned NumbersAuthority (IANA),</p><p>through updating the syntax of the IANAifType textual convention.</p> |SNMP |net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}]<p>**Preprocessing**:</p><p>- DISCARD_UNCHANGED_HEARTBEAT: `1d`</p> |
|Network_interfaces |Interface {#IFDESCR}: Speed |<p>MIB: IF-MIB</p><p>An estimate of the interface's current bandwidth in bits per second.</p><p>For interfaces which do not vary in bandwidth or for those where no accurate estimation can be made,</p><p>this object should contain the nominal bandwidth.</p><p>If the bandwidth of the interface is greater than the maximum value reportable by this object then</p><p>this object should report its maximum value (4,294,967,295) and ifHighSpeed must be used to report the interace's speed.</p><p>For a sub-layer which has no concept of bandwidth, this object should be zero.</p> |SNMP |net.if.speed[ifSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}] |

## Triggers

|Name|Description|Expression|Severity|Dependencies and additional info|
|----|-----------|----|----|----|
|Interface {#IFDESCR}: Link down |<p>This trigger expression works as follows:</p><p>1. Can be triggered if operations status is down.</p><p>2. {$IFCONTROL:"{#IFNAME}"}=1 - user can redefine Context macro to value - 0. That marks this interface as not important. No new trigger will be fired if this interface is down.</p><p>3. {TEMPLATE_NAME:METRIC.diff()}=1) - trigger fires only if operational status was up(1) sometime before. (So, do not fire 'ethernal off' interfaces.)</p><p>WARNING: if closed manually - won't fire again on next poll, because of .diff.</p> |`{$IFCONTROL:"{#IFNAME}"}=1 and ({TEMPLATE_NAME:net.if.status[ifOperStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}].last()}=2 and {TEMPLATE_NAME:net.if.status[ifOperStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}].diff()}=1)`<p>Recovery expression:</p>`{TEMPLATE_NAME:net.if.status[ifOperStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}].last()}<>2 or {$IFCONTROL:"{#IFNAME}"}=0` |AVERAGE |<p>Manual close: YES</p> |
|Interface {#IFDESCR}: High bandwidth usage ( > {$IF.UTIL.MAX:"{#IFNAME}"}% ) |<p>The network interface utilization is close to its estimated maximum bandwidth.</p> |`({TEMPLATE_NAME:net.if.in[ifInOctets.{#SNMPINDEX}].avg(15m)}>({$IF.UTIL.MAX:"{#IFNAME}"}/100)*{Interfaces Simple SNMP:net.if.speed[ifSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}].last()} or {Interfaces Simple SNMP:net.if.out[ifOutOctets.{#SNMPINDEX}].avg(15m)}>({$IF.UTIL.MAX:"{#IFNAME}"}/100)*{Interfaces Simple SNMP:net.if.speed[ifSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}].last()}) and {Interfaces Simple SNMP:net.if.speed[ifSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}].last()}>0`<p>Recovery expression:</p>`{TEMPLATE_NAME:net.if.in[ifInOctets.{#SNMPINDEX}].avg(15m)}<(({$IF.UTIL.MAX:"{#IFNAME}"}-3)/100)*{Interfaces Simple SNMP:net.if.speed[ifSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}].last()} and {Interfaces Simple SNMP:net.if.out[ifOutOctets.{#SNMPINDEX}].avg(15m)}<(({$IF.UTIL.MAX:"{#IFNAME}"}-3)/100)*{Interfaces Simple SNMP:net.if.speed[ifSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}].last()}` |WARNING |<p>Manual close: YES</p><p>**Depends on**:</p><p>- Interface {#IFDESCR}: Link down</p> |
|Interface {#IFDESCR}: High error rate ( > {$IF.ERRORS.WARN:"{#IFNAME}"} for 5m) |<p>Recovers when below 80% of {$IF.ERRORS.WARN:"{#IFNAME}"} threshold</p> |`{TEMPLATE_NAME:net.if.in.errors[ifInErrors.{#SNMPINDEX}].min(5m)}>{$IF.ERRORS.WARN:"{#IFNAME}"} or {Interfaces Simple SNMP:net.if.out.errors[ifOutErrors.{#SNMPINDEX}].min(5m)}>{$IF.ERRORS.WARN:"{#IFNAME}"}`<p>Recovery expression:</p>`{TEMPLATE_NAME:net.if.in.errors[ifInErrors.{#SNMPINDEX}].max(5m)}<{$IF.ERRORS.WARN:"{#IFNAME}"}*0.8 and {Interfaces Simple SNMP:net.if.out.errors[ifOutErrors.{#SNMPINDEX}].max(5m)}<{$IF.ERRORS.WARN:"{#IFNAME}"}*0.8` |WARNING |<p>Manual close: YES</p><p>**Depends on**:</p><p>- Interface {#IFDESCR}: Link down</p> |
|Interface {#IFDESCR}: Ethernet has changed to lower speed than it was before |<p>This Ethernet connection has transitioned down from its known maximum speed. This might be a sign of autonegotiation issues. Ack to close.</p> |`{TEMPLATE_NAME:net.if.speed[ifSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}].change()}<0 and {TEMPLATE_NAME:net.if.speed[ifSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}].last()}>0 and ( {Interfaces Simple SNMP:net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}].last()}=6 or {Interfaces Simple SNMP:net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}].last()}=7 or {Interfaces Simple SNMP:net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}].last()}=11 or {Interfaces Simple SNMP:net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}].last()}=62 or {Interfaces Simple SNMP:net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}].last()}=69 or {Interfaces Simple SNMP:net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}].last()}=117 ) and ({Interfaces Simple SNMP:net.if.status[ifOperStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}].last()}<>2)`<p>Recovery expression:</p>`({TEMPLATE_NAME:net.if.speed[ifSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}].change()}>0 and {TEMPLATE_NAME:net.if.speed[ifSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}].prev()}>0) or ({Interfaces Simple SNMP:net.if.status[ifOperStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}].last()}=2)` |INFO |<p>Manual close: YES</p><p>**Depends on**:</p><p>- Interface {#IFDESCR}: Link down</p> |

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## Known Issues

- Description: 32bit counters are used in this template (since there is no ifXtable available). If busy interfaces return incorrect bits sent/received - set update interval to 1m or less.

