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Select System: Nagios and check NSCA Enabled
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Select the Encryption to be used from the drop down menu, then enter a Secret password and specify a check
Interval
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Refer the sample Nagios configuration section below for some examples of configuring specific NSCA checks
10.3.4 Configure selected Serial Ports for Nagios monitoring
The individual Serial Ports connected to the console server to be monitored must be configured for Nagios checks. Refer
Chapter 4.4
– Network Host Configuration
for details on enabling Nagios monitoring for Hosts that are network connected
to the console server . To enable Nagios to monitor on a device connected to the console server serial port:
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Select Serial&Network: Serial Port and click Edit on the serial Port # to be monitored
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Select Enable Nagios, specify the name of the device on the upstream server and determine the check to be run
on this port. Serial Status monitors the handshaking lines on the serial port and Check Port monitors the data
logged for the serial port