Emerson CoolLoop

We use Knürr (now Emerson) CoolLoop units to chill the 19“ equipment in the datacenters. The CoolLoop units come with their own CoolCon controller units for management and monitoring purposes. The CoolCon controllers can - similar to the Rittal CMC-TC - be queried via SNMP for the status and values of the environmental sensors. The kind and number of sensors depends on specific configuration that was ordered. It ranges from simple fan, air temperature and water valve sensors in the basic setup to humidity, additional temperature, water flow, water temperature and electrical current, voltage and energy sensors in the extended setup. To monitor those sensor status and environmental values provided by the CoolCon controller i wrote a Nagios plugin check_knuerr_coolcon.sh. In order to run the Nagios plugin, you need to have SNMP activated on the CoolCon controller unit and a network connection from the Nagios system to the CoolCon controller unit on port UDP/161 must be allowed.

The whole setup for monitoring Knürr / Emerson CoolLoop - and possibly, but untested, also CoolTherm - units with Nagios looks like this:

Enable SNMP queries on the CoolCon controller unit. Verify the port UDP/161 on the CoolCon controller unit can be reached from the Nagios system.
Optional: Enable SNMP traps to be sent to the Nagios system on the CoolCon controller unit. This requires SNMPD and SNMPTT to be already setup on the Nagios system. Verify the port UDP/162 on the Nagios system can be reached from the CoolCon controller unit.
Download the Nagios plugin check_knuerr_coolcon.sh and place it in the plugins directory of your Nagios system, in this example /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/:
```
$ mv -i check_knuerr_coolcon.sh /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/
$ chmod 755 /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_knuerr_coolcon.sh
```

Define the following Nagios commands. In this example this is done in the file /etc/nagios-plugins/config/check_coolcon.cfg:

# check Knuerr CoolCon/CoolLoop energy status
define command {
    command_name    check_coolcon_energy
    command_line    $USER1$/check_knuerr_coolcon.sh -H $HOSTNAME$ -C energy
}
# check Knuerr CoolCon/CoolLoop fan status
define command {
    command_name    check_coolcon_fan
    command_line    $USER1$/check_knuerr_coolcon.sh -H $HOSTNAME$ -C fan
}
# check Knuerr CoolCon/CoolLoop humidity status
define command {
    command_name    check_coolcon_humidity
    command_line    $USER1$/check_knuerr_coolcon.sh -H $HOSTNAME$ -C humidity
}
# check Knuerr CoolCon/CoolLoop temperature status
define command {
    command_name    check_coolcon_temperature
    command_line    $USER1$/check_knuerr_coolcon.sh -H $HOSTNAME$ -C temperature
}
# check Knuerr CoolCon/CoolLoop valve status
define command {
    command_name    check_coolcon_valve
    command_line    $USER1$/check_knuerr_coolcon.sh -H $HOSTNAME$ -C valve
}
# check Knuerr CoolCon/CoolLoop waterflow status
define command {
    command_name    check_coolcon_waterflow
    command_line    $USER1$/check_knuerr_coolcon.sh -H $HOSTNAME$ -C waterflow
}
# check Knuerr CoolCon/CoolLoop watertemperature status
define command {
    command_name    check_coolcon_watertemperature
    command_line    $USER1$/check_knuerr_coolcon.sh -H $HOSTNAME$ -C watertemperature
}

Define a group of services in your Nagios configuration to be checked for each CoolLoop system:

# check snmpd
define service {
    use                     generic-service
    hostgroup_name          coolcon
    service_description     Check_SNMPDv2
    check_command           check_snmpdv2
}
# check_coolcon_energy
define service {
    use                     generic-service-pnp
    hostgroup_name          coolcon
    service_description     Check_CoolCon_Energy
    check_command           check_coolcon_energy
}
# check_coolcon_fan
define service {
    use                     generic-service-pnp
    hostgroup_name          coolcon
    service_description     Check_CoolCon_Fan
    check_command           check_coolcon_fan
}
# check_coolcon_humidity
define service {
    use                     generic-service-pnp
    hostgroup_name          coolcon
    service_description     Check_CoolCon_Humidity
    check_command           check_coolcon_humidity
}
# check_coolcon_temperature
define service {
    use                     generic-service-pnp
    hostgroup_name          coolcon
    service_description     Check_CoolCon_Temp
    check_command           check_coolcon_temperature
}
# check_coolcon_valve
define service {
    use                     generic-service-pnp
    hostgroup_name          coolcon
    service_description     Check_CoolCon_Valve
    check_command           check_coolcon_valve
}
# check_coolcon_waterflow
define service {
    use                     generic-service-pnp
    hostgroup_name          coolcon
    service_description     Check_CoolCon_Waterflow
    check_command           check_coolcon_waterflow
}
# check_coolcon_watertemperature
define service {
    use                     generic-service-pnp
    hostgroup_name          coolcon
    service_description     Check_CoolCon_WaterTemp
    check_command           check_coolcon_watertemperature
}

Replace generic-service with your Nagios service template. Replace generic-service-pnp with your Nagios service template that has performance data processing enabled.

Define a service dependency to run the above checks only if the Check_SNMPDv2 was run successfully:

# Knuerr CoolCon SNMPD dependencies
define servicedependency {
    hostgroup_name                  coolcon
    service_description             Check_SNMPDv2
    dependent_service_description   Check_CoolCon_.*
    execution_failure_criteria      c,p,u,w
    notification_failure_criteria   c,p,u,w
}

Define hosts in your Nagios configuration for each CoolLoop device. In this example its named coolcon1:
```
define host {
    use         coolcon
    host_name   coolcon1
    alias       Knuerr CoolCon CoolLoop 1
    address     10.0.0.1
    parents     parent_lan
}
```
Replace coolcon with your Nagios host template for the CoolCon controller units. Adjust the address and parents parameters according to your environment.
Define a hostgroup in your Nagios configuration for all CoolLoop devices. In this example it is named coolcon. The above checks are run against each member of the hostgroup:
```
define hostgroup {
    hostgroup_name  coolcon
    alias           Knuerr CoolCon/CoolLoop
    members         coolcon1
}
```

Run a configuration check and if successful reload the Nagios process:

$ /usr/sbin/nagios3 -v /etc/nagios3/nagios.cfg
$ /etc/init.d/nagios3 reload

The new hosts and services should soon show up in the Nagios web interface.

If the optional step number 2 in the above list was done, SNMPTT also needs to be configured to be able to understand the incoming SNMP traps from CoolCon controller units. This can be achieved by the following steps:

Request a current version of the CoolCon SNMP MIB file from Knürr / Emerson. In this example it's 080104140000010a_KNUERR-COOLCON-MIB-V10.mib. Transfer the file 080104140000010a_KNUERR-COOLCON-MIB-V10.mib to the Nagios server.

Convert the SNMP MIB definitions in 080104140000010a_KNUERR-COOLCON-MIB-V10.mib into a format that SNMPTT can understand.

$ /opt/snmptt/snmpttconvertmib --in=MIB/080104140000010a_KNUERR-COOLCON-MIB-V10.mib --out=/opt/snmptt/conf/snmptt.conf.knuerr-coolcon
...
Done

Total translations:        201
Successful translations:   201
Failed translations:       0

Edit the trap severity according to your requirements, e.g.:

$ vim /opt/snmptt/conf/snmptt.conf.knuerr-coolcon

...
EVENT fans .1.3.6.1.4.1.2769.2.1.5.0.1 "Status Events" Warning
...

Add the new configuration file to be included in the global SNMPTT configuration and restart the SNMPTT daemon:

$ vim /opt/snmptt/snmptt.ini

...
[TrapFiles]
snmptt_conf_files = <<END
...
/opt/snmptt/conf/snmptt.conf.knuerr-coolcon
...
END

$ /etc/init.d/snmptt reload

Download the Nagios plugin check_snmp_traps.sh and place it in the plugins directory of your Nagios system, in this example /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/:
```
$ mv -i check_snmp_traps.sh /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/
$ chmod 755 /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_snmp_traps.sh
```
Define the following Nagios command to check for SNMP traps in the SNMPTT database. In this example this is done in the file /etc/nagios-plugins/config/check_snmp_traps.cfg:
```
# check for snmp traps
define command {
    command_name    check_snmp_traps
    command_line    $USER1$/check_snmp_traps.sh -H $HOSTNAME$:$HOSTADDRESS$ -u <user> -p <pass> -d <snmptt_db>
}
```
Replace user, pass and snmptt_db with values suitable for your SNMPTT database environment.

Add another service in your Nagios configuration to be checked for each CoolLoop device:

# check snmptraps
define service {
    use                     generic-service
    hostgroup_name          coolcon
    service_description     Check_SNMP_traps
    check_command           check_snmp_traps
}

Optional: Define a serviceextinfo to display a folder icon next to the Check_SNMP_traps service check for each CoolLoop device. This icon provides a direct link to the SNMPTT web interface with a filter for the selected host:
```
define serviceextinfo {
    hostgroup_name          coolcon
    service_description     Check_SNMP_traps
    notes                   SNMP Alerts
    #notes_url               http://<hostname>/nagios3/nagtrap/index.php?hostname=$HOSTNAME$
    #notes_url               http://<hostname>/nagios3/nsti/index.php?perpage=100&hostname=$HOSTNAME$
}
```
Uncomment the notes_url depending on which web interface (nagtrap or nsti) is used. Replace hostname with the FQDN or IP address of the server running the web interface.

Run a configuration check and if successful reload the Nagios process:

$ /usr/sbin/nagios3 -v /etc/nagios3/nagios.cfg
$ /etc/init.d/nagios3 reload

Optional: If you're running PNP4Nagios v0.6 or later to graph Nagios performance data, you can use the PNP4Nagios templates in pnp4nagios_coolcon.tar.bz2 to beautify the graphs. Download the PNP4Nagios templates pnp4nagios_coolcon.tar.bz2 and place them in the PNP4Nagios template directory, in this example /usr/share/pnp4nagios/html/templates/:
```
$ tar jxf pnp4nagios_coolcon.tar.bz2
$ mv -i check_coolcon_*.php /usr/share/pnp4nagios/html/templates/
$ chmod 644 /usr/share/pnp4nagios/html/templates/check_coolcon_*.php
```
The following image shows an example of what the PNP4Nagios graphs look like for a CoolLoop unit: