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Resource Monitors | Monitoring
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In the General screen, enter a name (Test ICMP Monitor), and a polling interval (5 minutes
is the default). For this example, check Retain polled data and accept the remaining defaults
for checkboxes and the retention policy.
4
Select an entity to monitor by clicking the Add button in the top portion of the Monitor
Options screen.
5
Select devices you want to ping, (Ctrl+click to add more than one), then click Add Selection
then Done to confirm your entity.
6
Define packets in the ICMP Monitor Options panel, including Packet Size, Packet Count and
timeout. You can accept the defaults here, too.
7
In the Thresholds tab, select an attribute (MaxRTT, or maximum round trip time) and add
the following thresholds by clicking Add :
Name High color red, Lower Boundary 15 and Upper Boundary [blank] Severity Critical
Name Fine color green, Lower Boundary 0 and Upper Boundary 15 Severity Cleared .
Notice that this example does not emit a notification. If you checked that checkbox, an alarm
of the configured severity would accompany crossing the threshold.
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Accept the other defaults and click Apply
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Click Save.
10
Test ICMP Monitor now appears in the portlet.
How To:
Create a Key Metrics Monitor
Follow these steps to create a Key Metrics Monitor (also, see Key Metric Editor on page 289).
1
In the
Resource Monitors
portlet, and create a new monitor by right-clicking and selecting
New .
2
Select the type of monitor from the submenu—for this example, an Key Metrics monitor.
3
In the
General
screen, enter a name (Test Key Metrics Monitor), and a polling interval (5
minutes is the default). For this example, check Retain polled data and accept the remaining
defaults for checkboxes and the retention policy.
4
Select an entity to monitor by clicking the Add button in the top portion of the Monitor
Options screen.
5
Select devices on which you want to monitor Key Metrics.
6
Select from the available metrics that appear at the bottom of the screen in Key Metric
Properties by selecting a category with the pick list at the top of the screen, then click on an
Available metric, and click the right arrow to make it a Selected metric.
7
Click Save to retain your new Monitor.