Creating a Poller
There are several ways in which you can create a poller. The differences lie in the way in which you navigate to the Create New Poller window.
REQUIREMENTS: |
Make sure you meet the following conditions before beginning this procedure: |
• You have opened SNMP Driver Creator ( click HERE). |
• you have loaded a MIB module into SNMP Driver Creator ( click HERE). |
• [RECOMMENDED]: You are performing this procedure as a task within the context of an approved workflow ( click HERE). |
1. Open the Create Poller window by doing only ONE of the following:
• In SNMP Driver Creator, on the Alarms tab, click New poller.
OR,
• In either the Add Alarm window or the Edit Alarm window, click New poller profile.
System Response: The Create Poller window appears.
2. On the Design tab, type a new poller name.
3. Modify the other parameter fields as required.
[ Table ]
Parameter | Default | Description |
Poller name | | User-defined name for the poller (Alpha-numeric) |
Retries | 1 | Number of times the poller will attempt to poll (Numeric). |
Timeout | 5 | Period of time of inactivity before the poller times out (Number of seconds) |
Poll interval | 10 | Duration of a poll (Number of seconds). |
4. Click OK.
System Response: The new poller appears in the Pollers area of SNMP Driver Creator.
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For more information about editing an existing alarm map any time after it has been created, click HERE. |
