Using the HTTP protocol

The probe connects to an HTTP port to send SOAP/XML requests to the host Alcatel-Lucent OAD system. The connection details are specified by the HttpHostPort property.

In the HttpHostPort property, you can specify either a single host:port pair or you can specify a comma-separated list of host:port pairs. The HttpHostPort property supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

Rotating endpoints

When the probe starts, it extracts the list of host:port pairs from the HttpHostPort property. To execute alarm resynchronization or CommandPort commands that involve actions in the Alcatel-Lucent OAD system (for example, the acknowledge_alarm command), the probe attempts to connect to the nodes in turn in the order listed. When the probe successfully connects to a node, it sends the request to that node and will not attempt to connect to further nodes. If the probe cannot connect to any of the nodes listed in the HttpHostPort property, the probe writes a warning message to the probe error log.