diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 67f17fd8dd0e356cba1dc7f57075a82bf560b231..615c01e6ac456228f82a1b285d9094c591953df7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,15 @@ # SNMP uptime -Monitors the uptime of a device. This is a rewrite of the original check. It will use *hrSystemUptime* if available instead of *sysUpTime*.\ -*sysUpTime* is the uptime of the snmp agent while *hrSystemUptime* it the uptime of the system. +This check is based on the snmp_uptime check form CMK 2.0. It adds the SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB::snmpEngineTime OID to the check. Its value is in seconds not ticks and therefore the Uptime can now be around 68 years before a rollover of the counter :-) + +``` +snmpEngineTime : The number of seconds since the value of the snmpEngineBoots object last changed. When + incrementing this object's value would cause it to exceed its maximum, snmpEngineBoots is + incremented as if a re-initialization had occurred, and this object's value consequently + reverts to zero. +``` + + Check Info: @@ -10,8 +18,6 @@ Check Info: * *wato*: no change to the original check * *perfdata*: no change to the original check -**Note**: there is a similar change in the orinial check - Sample output 