Chapter 9:
Nagios Integration
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9.2.3 Enable NSCA monitoring
NSCA is the mechanism that allows you to send passive check results from the remote console server to
the Nagios daemon running on the monitoring server. To enable NSCA:
1.
Select
System > Nagios
and check
NSCA Enabled
2.
Select the
Encryption
from the drop-down list and enter a
Secret
password and specify a check
Interval
3.
See the sample Nagios configuration section below for some examples of configuring specific
NSCA checks
9.2.4 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. To enable Nagios to monitor on a device connected to the console server serial port:
1.
Select
Serial & Network > Serial Port
and click
Edit
on the serial Port # to be monitored
