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Automatic Startup |
| On | When this option is turned on (checked), the System Manager will |
Alert Synchronization |
| automatically resynchronize the alerts with running agents whenever | |
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| the System Manager is restarted. This is equivalent to choosing |
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| Actions > Resync from the System Manager screen. |
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| This option is not available if Automatic Startup Status Poll is not |
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| checked. |
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| You may wish to disable this feature if you do not currently have any |
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| automatic synchronization feature disabled, the System Manager will |
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| not attempt to connect to the agent systems and you will avoid an |
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| unnecessary delay or timeout at start up. |
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Beep on New Alerts |
| On | If this option is turned on (checked), the System Manager will issue a |
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| beep whenever a new alert is received. |
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Agent Response |
| 30 | Set this value to adjust for typical timeout delays in your network |
Timeout (Seconds) |
| seconds | environment. If the |
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| agent system does not respond to a request within the specified |
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| timeout period, the |
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| and the Status field of the System Manager screen displays No |
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| Agent Available. |
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| You can increase this value to account for network latency. |
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