Reference Manual for the ProSafe Network Management System NMS100
Data and Statistics
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September 2004 202-10058-01
The following table lists each available attribute in the Object Properties Attributes tab, the object
types it is valid for, and a description of the attribute.
Table 3-2.
Object Properties Attribute tab
Object
Type
a
a. D = Device, L = Link, N = Ring, Bus, Network, S = Subnet, G = Goto
Attribute Name
Description
S, G, D
Background Shape
Icon background, one of Square, Circle, Hexagon, Octagon, or
Diamond.
S
Bitmap
Background bitmap image.
S
Bitmap Scale
Background bitmap image scaling factor (bigger number expands).
L
Show Link Name
Link names normally hidden.
D
Exec Program
Double-click program for devices. Include any of the following
special program arguments: $a – IP Address, $n –‘ node name, $g
– Read Community; $s – Set community, $w – console window
number.
D, L, N
Poll Interval
Seconds between poll sequences.
D, L, N
Poll Timeout
Seconds to wait for a response after a poll is sent.
D, L, N
Poll Retries
Number of times to retry a failed poll during a single poll sequence.
D, L, N
Polling Agent
IP Address of the Polling Agent system that performs regular and
trend statistics polling for this object. Unless you are using Remote
Polling Agents, this is set to localhost.
D, L, N
TCP Services
List of TCP service names to poll.
D, L, N
Status Variable
An SNMP variable with instance that is polled to determine device
status (as opposed to just polling for device response). For
example, ifOperStatus.3.
D, L, N
Status Value
The number to be compared to the returned Status Variable value.
D, L, N
Status OK Expr
The expression to use when comparing the Status Value to the
returned Status Variable to determine if the status is OK (<, >, <=,
>=, =, !=).
D, L, N
HasRMON
Set to TRUE to enable the RMON tool.
D, L,N
MAC Address
Primary device MAC address or link MAC address, if known.
D, L, N
SNMP ObjectID
Read-Only. The System Object Identifier of an SNMP object.
