Configure your agent to receive data from a list of systems
by using the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP).
Before you begin
Create a ping configuration file, and a device list file.
For more information about ping configuration files, see (Ping configuration files).
About this task
Part of network management involves the ability to determine
whether systems respond to an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
ping. Use this data source to monitor basic online or offline status
for a set of servers or other critical devices in your environment.
Monitoring with ping is simple and low-overhead. To monitor a list
of systems, add the Ping data collector to your agent.
Procedure
- On the Agent Initial Data Source page
(Figure 1) or the Data Source Location page, click Network management
data in the Monitoring Data Categories area.
Figure 1. Adding Ping data
- In the Data Sources area, click Ping.
- Click Next.
- In the Operating Systems area in
the Ping Information window (Figure 2), select the operating systems.
Figure 2. Ping Information window
- Optional: You can test this
attribute group by clicking Test. For more
information about testing, see Testing ping attribute groups.
- Optional: You can create a filter
to limit the data that is returned by this attribute group by clicking Advanced. For more information about filtering data from
an attribute group, see Filtering attribute groups
- Do one of the following steps:
- If you are using the New Agent wizard, click Next.
- Click Finish to save the data
source and open the Agent Editor.
- For more information about adding attributes, see (Creating attributes).