SNMP integration

The SNMP integration provides network device monitoring for virtually all network hardware like switches, routers, firewalls, and UPS units. These devices can’t run a collector locally. Instead, Grafana Alloy polls these devices remotely over SNMP.


What it’s for	Monitoring network interfaces, device health, and hardware status
Who uses it	Network engineers, data center teams, anyone managing network infrastructure
Under the hood	Polls devices via SNMP v2c or v3 using standard and vendor MIBs

Metrics collected

The integration polls each device for these metric groups:

Interfaces: Traffic, errors, status per port
Device: CPU, memory, uptime
Hardware: Temperature, fans, power
UPS: Battery, load, runtime

What to know

Prebuilt dashboards: device overview, interfaces
Prebuilt alerts: interface status, device health
No collector needed on devices

Documentation

View the full documentation. We’ll add an interactive learning path here when one is ready for this integration.

SNMP integration

Some devices can’t run collectors, like switches, routers, firewalls, and UPS units, but they still need monitoring. That’s where SNMP comes in.

SNMP, the Simple Network Management Protocol, is supported by virtually all network hardware. The integration polls devices and collects interface statistics, device CPU and memory, hardware health like temperature and power, and UPS status.

Use SNMP version 3 when you can, since it adds the authentication and encryption that version 2c lacks. Configuration relies on MIBs, the definitions of what each device exposes, and you’ll want to plan polling intervals so thousands of devices don’t flood you with traffic.

For network teams, this fills a critical gap by monitoring infrastructure that collectors can’t reach.

SNMP integration