Question about Dell EMC Unity XT480 integration with Checkmk (SNMP and traps)

Troubleshooting
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CMK version: 2.3.0 p26
OS version:

Operating system Checkmk Appliance 1.7.8
Version 1.7.8
Vendor Checkmk GmbH
Type Linux
Kernel version 6.1.0-28-amd64
Kernel Architecture x86_64

Hello,

We are using a Dell EMC Unity XT480 with Unisphere 5.5.1. This version does not support traditional SNMP polling (it doesn’t expose a full SNMP MIB tree accessible via snmpwalk or snmpget). However, the system can send SNMP traps/alerts to external receivers such as Checkmk, PRTG, or Nagios.

We would like to ask:

  1. Is there a Dell EMC Unity plugin or integration for Checkmk that allows polling of statistics and status (via API or another method, not SNMP)?
  2. If not, is it possible to configure Checkmk to receive and handle SNMP traps from the Unity system, and what is the recommended way to do this?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Best regards,

Error message:

Output of “cmk --debug -vvn hostname”: (If it is a problem with checks or plugins)

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Hi, to receive Traps you will need to activate SNMP Trap Daemon:

Then you will import the MIB file and trigger some test traps.

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You should check the plugin

from @lbuhleie

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