AP8841 - SNMP Monitoring query

[vijayalakshmi.nadiger]

Hi, 

I am currently trying to monitor A8841 PDU on SNMP. I am trying to understand the MIB and SNMP data of this device. As I can see, there are 2 sets of data rPDU and rPDU2.

Can you help me with a brief explanation of difference between rPDU and rPDU2 and what needs to be considered for monitoring the device.

Below are the device details on rPDU and rPDU2..

rPDU:

rPDUIdentName - iso.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.12.1.1.0 = STRING: "apcNupsys"

rPDUIdentHardwareRev - iso.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.12.1.2.0 = STRING: "02"

rPDUIdentFirmwareRev - iso.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.12.1.3.0 = STRING: "v6.1.0"

rPDUIdentDateOfManufacture - iso.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.12.1.4.0 = STRING: "01/21/2015"

rPDUIdentModelNumber - iso.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.12.1.5.0 = STRING: "AP8841"

rPDUIdentSerialNumber -iso.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.12.1.6.0 = STRING: "5A1504E05241"

rPDU2:

rPDUIdentName -iso.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.26.2.1.3.1 = STRING: "apcNupsys"

rPDUIdentLocation - iso.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.26.2.1.4.1 = STRING: "DC365"

rPDUIdentHardwareRev - iso.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.26.2.1.5.1 = STRING: "02"

rPDUIdentFirmwareRev - iso.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.26.2.1.6.1 = STRING: "6.1.0"

rPDUIdentDateOfManufacture -iso.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.26.2.1.7.1 = STRING: "01/21/2015"

rPDUIdentModelNumber - iso.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.26.2.1.8.1 = STRING: "AP8841"

rPDUIdentSerialNumber - iso.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.26.2.1.9.1 = Hex-STRING: 9A C1 38 3A 3C 30 33 3F 36 37 36 39

As far as I understand, the firmware has been upgraded to rPDU2 v6.1.

Request you to provide a clarification

[Shaun]

Hi,

rPDU2 is the 2nd generation of rPDU products.

2nd-gen rPDU will answer both their own OIDs, and also 1st-gen for backwards compatibility.  The rPDU2 OIDs are usually preferred as they'll return richer information, with the 1st-gen OIDs being preferred only when that backwards-compatibility is required.