Reference Manual for the ProSafe Network Management System NMS100
Custom TCP Service Polling
Custom TCP Service definitions allow more flexible and powerful polling of your application servers.
•You can optionally send a text string to the TCP service and compare the reply to a text pattern.
•Each map object can poll up to 16 different Custom TCP Services.
•There is no limit on the total number of Custom TCP Service definitions that can be created.
Managing Polling for the Device
Use the controls in the upper portion of the dialog box, Polled Services for this Object, to manage polling for the selected device.
To enable polling of a TCP service for the device:
1.Select the service name in the All Services list.
2.Click the Add>> button.
To disable polling of a TCP service for the device:
1.Select the service name in the All Services list.
2.Click the Del<< button.
Use the controls in the lower Edit Custom Services section to add, delete, and change Custom TCP Service definitions.
To add a new Custom TCP Service definition:
1.Enter a new name in the Service Name edit box.
2.Enter a TCP port number for the service in the TCP Port edit box.
Optionally enter a short string to transmit to the service in the Send String edit box.
Optionally enter a pattern string to match against the service response in the Expect String edit box. You may use ASCII text and asterisk wildcards (‘*’).
3.Click the Add button.
Polling and Emailing |
September 2004