SNMP monitoring for Meraki devices
Automatically discover and add your Cisco Meraki devices to efficiently monitor disconnections, security gateway errors, SNMP connections, and other common issues with Site24x7's SNMP-based Network Monitoring.
Monitor the status, availability, health, and performance using device templates and performance metrics. You can also track other metrics of your choice with custom SNMP monitoring. Plus, you can generate instant alerts from SNMP traps, and stay on top of your device performance.
REST-API-based monitoring for Cisco Meraki devices
Check the availability of your Cisco Meraki switches, wireless devices, and security appliances and cameras from the cloud. Receive real-time alerts when your devices go down and obtain better control over your Cisco Meraki environment. Track the response time and packet loss of your security appliances, configure thresholds and receive alerts at these metric levels, and receive alerts through the ITSM tools that your organization uses. REST-API-based monitoring directly queries from the Meraki dashboard API, eliminating the need to install a probe.
Performance metrics of Cisco Meraki Cloud Controller
Cisco Meraki Cloud Controller is a cloud-based centralized management solution that eliminates the need for an on-site hardware controller. You can monitor the entire Cisco Meraki infrastructure including nodes, ports, service set identifier (SSID), and VLANS using performance counters.
| Performance Counter | Description | OID |
|---|---|---|
| Device MAC | The media access control address (MAC address) of the device. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.4.1.1 |
| Device name | The name of the device. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.4.1.2 |
| Device status | The status of the device's connection to the Cisco Meraki Cloud Controller. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.4.1.3 |
| Device contacted at | The last time the device contacted the Cloud Controller. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.4.1.4 |
| Connected clients | Indicates the number of clients currently associated with the device. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.4.1.5 |
| Mesh status | Indicates whether the device is currently acting as a gateway or a repeater. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.4.1.6 |
| Device public IP | Indicates whether the device is currently acting as a gateway, as opposed to a repeater. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.4.1.7 |
| Device serial | The device serial number. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.4.1.8 |
| Device product code | The product code of the device. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.4.1.9 |
| Device product description | The description to the product. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.4.1.10 |
| Device network name | The device network name at this location. This name is useful in tables. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.4.1.11 |
You can also monitor the temperature, memory utilization, CPU utilization, and other metrics using performance counters.
Common SNMP traps for Cisco Meraki Cloud Controller
SNMP traps are events, generated and sent by a device, and captured by a trap receiver whenever a change of state or anomaly is detected. Alerts are generated once the traps are received by Site24x7. Here is a list of the common SNMP traps generated by Cisco Meraki Cloud Controller:
| Trap | Description | OID |
|---|---|---|
| deviceGoesDownTrap | Alerts when a device becomes unreachable from the Meraki cloud. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.7.2 |
| deviceComesOnline | Alerts when a device reconnects to the Meraki cloud. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.7.3 |
| unreachableDevicesDetected | Alerts when unreachable devices have been detected on the network, and firewall settings need to be adjusted. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.7.10 |
| foreignAPDetected | Alerts when an unknown access point appears on the network. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.7.4 |
| newDhcpServerAlert | Alerts when a new Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server appears on the network. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.7.7 |
| noDhcpLeases | Alerts when DHCP leases are exhausted. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.7.8 |
| rogueDhcpServer | Alerts when a rogue DHCP server is detected. Contains the MAC address, IP, subnet, and virtual local area network (VLAN) of the Rogue DHCP server. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.7.19 |
| uplinkStatusChanged | Alerts when an uplink status changes. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.7.9 |
| upcomingFirewallInformationChanges | Alerts when upcoming firewall information changes have been made and firewall settings need to be adjusted. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.7.11 |
| settingsChanged | Alerts when Meraki Dashboard settings are changed. Includes information about the network admin that made the changes. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.7.20 |
| vpnConnectivityChange | Alerts when virtual private network (VPN) connectivity changes. Contains the IP and port of VPN peer, the MAC address of the device used to connect VPN, and the status whether or not the VPN is on or offline. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.7.22 |
| vpnFailoverDetected | Alerts when a VPN failover is detected. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.7.23 |
| ipConflict | Alerts if a client IP conflict is detected. | .1.3.6.1.4.1.29671.1.1.7.13 |
Out-of-the-box support for Cisco Meraki devices
Here's a partial list of the Cisco Meraki VPN devices supported by default:
Firewalls
- Meraki MX
- Meraki MX100
- Cisco Meraki MX64
- Cisco Meraki MX65
- Cisco Meraki MX65W
- Cisco Meraki MX68CW
- Cisco Meraki MX84
- Cisco Meraki MX100
- Cisco Meraki MX250
- Cisco Meraki MX450
Switches
- Cisco Meraki MS120-8FP
- Cisco Meraki MS120-24
- Cisco Meraki MS120-24P
- Cisco Meraki MS120-48FP
- Cisco Meraki MS210-48FP
- Cisco Meraki MS225-24P
- Cisco Meraki MS225-48
- Cisco Meraki MS250-24P
- Cisco Meraki MS250-48LP
- Cisco Meraki MS350-24
Wireless
- Cisco Meraki MR33 Access Point
- Cisco Meraki MR34 Access Point
- Cisco Meraki MR42 Access Point
- Cisco Meraki MR55 Access Point
- Cisco Meraki MR70 Access Point
- Cisco Meraki MR74 Access Point
- Cisco Meraki MR76 Access Point
- Cisco Meraki MR84 Access Point
- Cisco Meraki MR86 Access Point
How Site24x7 monitors Cisco Meraki devices?
- Automatically discovers SNMP devices by connecting to its MIB.
- Chooses from over 10,000 default templates or allows you to customize based on your requirements.
- Thoroughly monitors key metrics at the interface level.
- Allows you to add over 100 performance counters of your choice.
- Sends processed SNMP trap messages from your devices.
- Creates layer 2 maps and topology maps.
- Sends prompt alerts about downtime.
- Displays graphs of key performance stats.
- Generates predefined and customizable reports.
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