Changing remote ping and link state poll definitions

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Use the Poll Definition Editor to change the following poll definition types: Cisco remote ping, Juniper remote ping, and SNMP link state.

About this task

You can change some of the general properties of the poll definition and the properties that are associated with the poll definition type. However, you cannot change the poll definition type.

To change a remote ping poll definition or an SNMP link state poll definition:

Procedure

  1. Click the Administration icon and select Network > Network Polling.
  2. Click the required poll definition.
    The poll definition must have one of the following poll definition types:
    • Cisco remote ping
    • Juniper remote ping
    • SNMP link state
  3. In the Poll Definition Editor, under the General tab, complete the General Properties fields as follows:
    Name
    Specify a unique name for the poll definition. Only alphanumeric characters, spaces and underscores are allowed.
    Type
    This field is disabled. The Polling engine, ncp_poller, automatically populates this field once this poll definition is included as part of an enabled poll policy.
    Event ID
    This field is disabled. The Polling engine, ncp_poller, automatically populates this field once this poll definition is included as part of an enabled policy. The Event ID field is populated as follows:
    • If this is a new poll definition, then the Event ID field is populated with the value POLL-polldef, where polldef is the name of the current poll definition.
    • If you created a poll definition by copying an existing poll definition, then the Event ID contains the same value as the copied poll definition.
    Note: Some of the older default polls have Event ID fields that do not use the POLL-polldef naming convention.
    Event Severity
    Specify a valid number for the severity. The severity level must correspond to a valid severity level as defined in IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus.
    Description
    Type a short description of the poll definition.
  4. Click the Classes tab. In the Classes tree, select the check boxes of the required classes.
    Attention: If you leave all classes unchecked, then the system polls all devices that match the scope defined in the poll policy that uses this poll definition.
  5. Optional: Click the Interface Filter tab and build the filter against the required fields.

    The Table field is prepopulated with the interfaces table.

    Restriction: Do not enable an interface filter for poll definitions that use dynamic indexing.
    Note: When polling for interface data (not ping polling or remote ping polling), by default, all interfaces in the SNMP interfaces table of the device are polled, whether they were discovered or not. Interfaces might not be discovered if you configured interface filtering for discovery, or for some other reason, for example that they were inaccessible at discovery time. Undiscovered interfaces are still polled unless you configure a filter on the interface records in the NCIM database for the poll. If you add any interface filter to this poll, the filter is applied to the interface records in the NCIM topology database, and only those interfaces are polled. Only the subset of the discovered interfaces that also matches the filter is polled.
  6. Click Save, then click OK.