North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: chep snmp temperature sensors
The easier answer is "define cheap". So this is my 2 cents, I'm about to try this product (in a few weeks) across some POPs. AKCP Sensorprobe2: http://www.akcpinc.com/company/sensorprobe.html Thomas > > They're hard to find, at least inexpensively. I've found several > systems for >$700 that have some nice features, including cameras > (http://www.rackbotz.com/) and multiple wireless measurement systems > (http://www.microstrain.com/WWSN.html) but they've all been slightly > out of range in the cost department, or have been aimed at a > different market than what I was looking for. Using the Cisco > temperature MIB has been pretty much the standard to this point. > > After some extensive hunting a while ago, I found this: These guys > make a nice (fairly) inexpensive module that I think wins the > competition. It has a large number of measurement and switch inputs, > runs a number of relays (built in) and seems to be fairly > customizable. The bad news: it's not "native" SNMP and requires some > sort of little C or Perl module to do screen-scraping. The vendor > provides a sample MRTG script, so it can't be that hard. > > http://rms.nethop.net/ > > $395 plus a lot of features, including running on minimal voltage. > > I haven't purchased one of these yet, but they're close to what I've > needed several times in the past, and I'm looking for excuses to > purchase a few. Any of you who pick one up, I'd appreciate it if you > could send feedback to me personally. It seems to me that there > still is not any widely-advertised, inexpensive temperature gauge > that is network-accessible (SNMP) which is surprising considering the > amount of damage that can be done via overheating in a datacenter. > > [Note: before I sent this, I read Robert Boyle's followup message, > which has some interestingly low-priced alternatives. Perhaps I have > been looking in the wrong places. In any case, the RMS device has > some additional features that may make it worth examining for the > remote or low-voltage wireless sites that are starting to appear with > some frequency here in in the Pacific Northwest American area.] > > JT > > > > > >I've searched the archives, and didn't see anything current. > > > >I am looking for a small, cheap, simply device, that can measure temp and > >be polled via SNMP. POE would be a plus. > > > >Any pointers? > > > > > >-- Alex Rubenstein, AR97, K2AHR, [email protected], latency, Al Reuben -- > >-- Net Access Corporation, 800-NET-ME-36, http://www.nac.net -- >
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