NETGEAR NMS100 manual Custom TCP Service Polling, Managing Polling for the Device

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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.

Double-click the TCP Services attribute, or use the “>>” button, to edit Custom TCP service definitions. The Poll Services dialog is displayed.

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

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Contents NETGEAR, Inc September 2004Customer Support World Wide Web TrademarksStatement of Conditions Contents Chapter Data and Statistics Appendix a Contents Manual Scope Audience, Scope, Conventions, and FormatsTypographical Conventions Overview Other ProSafe NMS FeaturesProSafe Network Management System Device Access ModesSystem Requirements Recommended system requirementsPackage Contents Introduction Introduction Installing the ProSafe NMS Server and Local Console Chapter Installation and StartupStarting the ProSafe NMS Server and Local Console Installing the Air Messenger Pro Paging SoftwareStopping and Starting the Server Disabling Automatic Console LoginStarting a Local Console Session Main button bar Edit button bar Selection Tool Console ElementsEvent Log Tool Element FunctionZoom to Console Button CommandsEvent Log Tool Selection ToolSelection Tool tabs Selection Tab DescriptionView Window Area Installation and Startup Map Selection Tree Working with the Map DatabaseView All Zoom Out Using Map View WindowsZoom RectangleMoving Objects at the Root Level Moving Map ObjectsAutomatically arranged and manually arranged submap levels Moving Objects Inside Subnet LevelsMoving Objects from One Subnet to Another Attributes Changing Object PropertiesAttribute Name Description Access ParametersObject Properties Access tab Type-Dependent Attributes Object Attribute Name Description Type a Object Properties Attribute tabType Description Adding Map ObjectsObject Types Manage Menus Viewing Device MIB DataMIB Selection Tree Custom Menus Table Display ElementsGraph Styles Graph Display ElementsCreating a New Report Saving Long-term StatisticsViewing Trend Data in a Graph Window Limiting Saved Instances Alarm Type Description Setting Threshold AlarmsThreshold Alarms Configuring Automatic Alarms Setting Status Variable PollingSetting Manual Threshold Alarms TCP Service Polling Polling TCP Application ServicesDiscovery of Four Built-in Services Managing Polling for the Device Custom TCP Service PollingTo modify an existing Custom TCP Service definition Emailing or Paging the Administrator on an EventThen, set the Email/Paging global event options Add an Event Filter for the pollDeviceDown event Then, set the Email/Page event actions Event Subtree Trap Name Description Other Event TypesProSafe NMS Events First, add a grouped set of users Emailing or Paging Multiple UsersThen, add an Event Filter for the selected devices Normal Discovery Map Layout Troubleshooting Network DiscoveryDuration of Network Discovery Sample top-level and Subnet Map views for a small network Failure Symptoms and SolutionsIncorrect or Missing Community Names Discovery Agent Fails to Connect to the ServerNot Enough Seeds Snmp Device Access Control ListFirewalls Block Snmp Operations Limiting the Scope of Discovery Setting Up New FiltersBroadcast Packet Losses Stopping Discovery Auto-Layout Event Description Parameters Event ParametersEvent Parameters Set Community name of the target device List of Glossary Terms Cat Denial of Service attackAuto Uplink Domain Name DoS Dynamic Host Configuration ProtocolInternet Protocol GatewayIP Address Local area network Lightweight Directory Access ProtocolMAC address MbpsNetwork Address Translation NetBIOSPacket Perfect Forward SecrecyPPP over ATM PPPoEPPP over Ethernet RouterSubnet Mask Universal Plug and Play Wi-Fi Windows Internet Naming ServiceWEB Proxy Server Wide area networkWireless Network Name Ssid Index Index Index