Would you like to learn how to use Zabbix to monitor an HP iLO interface? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to configure the SNMP service on an HP iLO interface and how to use Zabbix to monitor the iLO using SNMP.

• Zabbix version: 3.4.12
• HP iLO Model: DL380 - HP iLO

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Tutorial - SNMP on HP iLO

First, we need to enable and configure the SNMP service on the HP iLO interface.

Open a browser software, enter the IP address of your iLO interface and access the administrative web interface.

hp ilo web interface

On the prompt screen, enter the administrative login information.

Factory default access information:
Username: Administrator
Password: Available on the information label of your server

hp ilo password tag

After a successful login, the administrative menu will be displayed.

Access the iLO Administration menu and select the Management option.

hp ilo snmp configuration menu

On the Management screen, select the Agentless management option.

Configure your location.
Configure your contact information
Configure your Read-Only SNMP community.

After finishing your SNMP configuration, click on the Apply button.

hp ilo snmp configuration

You have finished the HP iLO SNMP configuration successfully.

You have successfully configured the HP iLO SNMP service.

Now, let's test the SNMP communication between the Zabbix server and the HP iLO interface.

On the Zabbix server console, use the following commands to install and test the SNMP communication.

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In our example, the Zabbix server used the command SNMPWALK to test the communication.

In our example, the HP iLO interface has the IP address 192.168.0.200.

Congratulations, the SNMP service was configured successfully on the HP iLO interface.

Tutorial - Zabbix Monitor HP iLO

Now, we need to access the Zabbix server dashboard and add the HP Switch as a Host.

Open your browser and enter the IP address of your web server plus /zabbix.

In our example, the following URL was entered in the Browser:

• http://35.162.85.57/zabbix

On the login screen, use the default username and default password.

• Default Username: Admin
• Default Password: zabbix

zabbix login

After a successful login, you will be sent to the Zabbix Dashboard.

zabbix dashboard

On the dashboard screen, access the Configuration menu and select the Host option.

zabbix add host

On the top right of the screen, click on the Create host button.

Zabbix Create Host

On the Host configuration screen, you will have to enter the following information:

•  Host Name - Enter a Hostname to identify the HP iLO interface
• Visible Hostname - Repeat the hostname.
• New group - Enter a name to identify a group of similar devices.
• Agent Interface - Click on the Remove button.
• SNMP Interface - Click on the Add button and enter the IP address of the iLO interface.

Here is the original image, before our configuration.

zabbix linux - Antes

Here is the new image with our configuration.

zabbix HP iLO Host

Next, we need to configure the SNMP community that Zabbix will use to connect on the HP iLO interface.

Access the Macros tab on the top of the screen.

Create a macro named: {$SNMP_COMMUNITY}

The {$SNMP_COMMUNITY} macro value should be the HP iLO SNMP community.

Zabbix SNMP Macro HP iLO

In our example, the {$SNMP_COMMUNITY} value is VegetaRocks

Next, we need to associate the host with a specific network monitor template.

By default, Zabbix comes with a large variety of monitoring templates.

Access the Templates tab on the top of the screen.

Click on the Select button and locate the template named: Template OS Linux SNMPv2

Zabbix Linux Template SNMP

Click on the Add button (1).

Click on the Add button (2).

After a few minutes, you will be able to see the initial result on the Zabbix Dashboard.

The final result will take at least one hour.

By default, Zabbix will wait 1 hour to discover the number of interfaces available on the HP iLO.

By default, Zabbix will wait 1 hour before collect information from the HP iLO network interface.

Congratulations! You have configured the Zabbix server to monitor an HP iLO interface.