HP Network Direr Software Products manual Monitoring tab of the Properties dialog box

262CHAPTER 6: VIEWING DEVICE DETAILS

Monitoring settings can be configured from within the Monitoring tab of the Properties dialog box:

Figure 119 Monitoring tab of the Properties dialog box

Monitoring settings, and how to change them, are covered in detail in “Controlling Monitoring Type and Polling Rates” on page 296.

Changing the Retry The retry and timeout settings for a device allow you to tune the

and Timeout Settings communications between 3Com Network Director and the device so that for a Device or they can cope with slow or unreliable links. For example, a slow WAN

Subnet link may require higher timeout settings, while a wireless building-to-building bridge may require more retries if it is subject to large amounts of interference. It is also possible to configure the retry and timeout settings for subnets, allowing you to specify subnet-wide settings without having to configure the settings for each individual item contained within the subnet.