Object Types

You cannot add, edit, or delete AWS object types or AWS indicator types.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select AWS to display the AWS object types in the Object Types list.
2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click to display the AWS Indicator Type pop-up.
4. View the following AWS indicator type details.
   • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.
   • Description - Displays the name to display.
   • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.
   • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.
   • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.
   • Default allowed for new devices - Check box appears selected and the DNS plugin polls the indicator type by default.
   • Note- Displays any additional information.
5. Click Cancel.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for AWS poller object types.

You cannot add, edit, or delete Azure object types or Azure indicator types.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Azure to display the Azure object types in the Object Types list.
2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click to display the Azure Indicator Type pop-up.
4. View the following Azure indicator type details.
   • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.
   • Description - Displays the name to display.
   • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.
   • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.
   • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.
   • Default allowed for new devices - Check box appears selected and the DNS plugin polls the indicator type by default.
   • Note- Displays any additional information.
5. Click Cancel.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for Azure poller object types.

Perform the following steps to manage Calculation object types. Discovery uses the object "objectTypeId" && "group_id" to determine if a Calculation object is a new object or an existing object with a new moniker.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Calculation Poller to display the Calculation object types in the Object Types list.
2. Click Add or click to display the Add/Edit Calculation Object Type pop-up.
3. In the Name field, enter the Calculation object type name.
4. Select the check box for the Note field to enable it for editing. Enter any additional information you would like to include.
5. Click Save.

Perform the following steps to manage Calculation atomic indicator types. For Calculation synthetic indicator types, please refer to Synthetic Indicator Types section below.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Calculation Poller to display the Calculation object types in the Object Types hierarchy.
2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click Add Atomic Indicator Type or click next to an atomic indicator type to display the Add/Edit Calculation Indicator Type pop-up.
4. In the Indicator Name field, enter the name of the indicator type.
5. In the Description field, enter the name to display.
6. The Indicator Type field displays Gauge. All Calculation indicator types are gauges.
7. Click the Measured As drop-down and select the unit of measure for the indicator type.
8. Click the Display As drop-down and select the unit of measure to display for the indicator type.
9. Select the Default allowed for new devices check box to have the Calculation plugin poll the indicator type by default when the object type is enabled and you enable the Calculation plugin for a device.
10. In the Note field, enter any additional information you would like to include.
11. In field Allow Netflow Mapping, select Yes to allow the user to automatically map flow device with the SNMP device IP address. By default, it is set to No. This feature enables custom object / indicator mapping to flow interfaces. However, it is not required for device mapping.
    • If Yes, you can set field Direction to All (ingress & egress), Incoming (ingress), or Outgoing (egress).
12. Click Save.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for Calculation poller object types.

Perform the following steps to manage Deferred Data object types.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Deferred Data to display the Deferred Data object types in the Object Types list.
2. Click Add or click to display the Add/Edit Deferred Data Object Type pop-up.
3. In the Name field, enter the object type name.
4. Select the check box for the Note field to enable it for editing. Enter any additional information you would like to include.
5. Click Save.

Perform the following steps to manage Deferred Data indicator types. For Deferred Data synthetic indicator types, please see the Synthetic Indicator Types section below.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Deferred Data to display the Deferred Data object types in the Object Types list.
2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click Add Atomic Indicator Type or click to display the Add/Edit Deferred Data Indicator Type pop-up.
4. In the Indicator Name field, enter the name of the indicator type.
5. In the Description field, enter the name to display.
6. Click the Indicator Type drop-down.
   1. Select GAUGE for indicators that have specific values when polled. Gauge type represents a non-negative integer, which may increase or decrease, but shall never exceed a maximum value, nor fall below a minimum value. The maximum value can not be greater than 2^32-1 (4294967295 decimal), and the minimum value can not be smaller than 0. The value of a Gauge32 has its maximum value whenever the information being modeled is greater than or equal to its maximum value, and has its minimum value whenever the information being modeled is smaller than or equal to its minimum value. If the information being modeled subsequently decreases below (increases above) the maximum (minimum) value, the Gauge32 also decreases (increases).
      Note: The deltas are gauge type counters that need to or can be calculated. For example, Total number of calls in a 15-minute period. For each 15-minute period you get a value. To calculate the value after an hour, you will need to add the value returned after each 15-minute period in the hour.
      
      This differs from true gauge counters. For instance, the CPU Load.
   2. For COUNTER32 / COUNTER64,
      • Select COUNTER32 for 32 bit indicators that continue to increment. Counter32 type in SNMP represents a non-negative integer which monotonically increases until it reaches a maximum value of 2^32-1 (4294967295 decimal), when it wraps around and starts increasing again from zero.
        
        If you select this option, you can select the Has Precalculated Deltas check box to total the delta / differences between polls to provide the ability to graph things like the number of errors in a day, for example.
        Note: To calculate the value for one-hour, take the last value minus the first value to obtain the delta.
      • Select COUNTER64 for 64 bit indicators that continue to increment. Counter64 type in SNMP represents a non-negative integer which monotonically increases until it reaches a maximum value of 2^64-1 (18446744073709551615 decimal), when it wraps around and starts increasing again from zero.
        
        If you select this option, you can select the Has Precalculated Deltas check box.
        Note: To calculate the value for one-hour, take the last value minus the first value to obtain the delta.
      Note: During regular polling, when SevOne NMS receives a SNMP response from the device for indicators that are of Counter type, the Counter values are stored exactly as received from the device. However, while representing the Counter data in reports, simply plotting the exact Counter value at each poll does not give any meaningful information as it does not provide the representation of the movement of data in time. Since SevOne NMS polls objects and indicators at regular intervals, it performs a delta operation i.e., difference of values over time interval between two poll cycles, to provide the accurate representation of the data values that have moved in time. However, when the Counter value wraps around, it cannot perform a valid delta operation between the current and previous poll, and hence the report values will be represented by a NULL. Basically, the Has Precalculated Deltas does not calculate this delta since it already contains the pre-calculated deltas.
7. Click the Measure As drop-down and select a data unit.
8. Click the Display As drop-down and select a display unit.
9. Select the Maximum Value check box to indicate the indicator type has a maximum value. You must select this check box if you want to use the indicators in this indicator type for percentile metrics.
10. Select the Default allowed for new devices check box to have the Deferred Data plugin poll the indicator type by default when the object type is enabled and you enable the Deferred Data plugin for a device.
11. In the Note field, enter any additional information you would like to include.
12. In field Allow Netflow Mapping, select Yes to allow the user to automatically map flow device with the SNMP device IP address. By default, it is set to No. This feature enables custom object / indicator mapping to flow interfaces. However, it is not required for device mapping.
    • If Yes, you can set field Direction to All (ingress & egress), Incoming (ingress), or Outgoing (egress).
13. Click Save.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for Deferred Data poller object types.

You cannot add, edit, or delete DNS object types or DNS indicator types.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select DNS Poller to display the DNS Data object type in the Object Types list.
2. Click on the DNS Data object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click to display the DNS Indicator Type pop-up.
4. View the following DNS indicator type details.
   • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.
   • Description - Displays the name to display.
   • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.
   • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.
   • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.
   • Default allowed for new devices - Check box appears selected and the DNS plugin polls the indicator type by default.
   • Note- Displays any additional information.
5. Click Cancel.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for DNS poller object types.

You cannot add, edit, or delete GCP object types or GCP indicator types.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select GCP to display the GCP object types in the Object Types list.
2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for GCP poller object types.

You cannot add, edit, or delete HTTP object types or HTTP indicator types.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select HTTP Poller to display the Website Data object type in the Object Types list.
2. Click on the Website Data object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click to display the HTTP Indicator Type pop-up.
4. View the following HTTP indicator type details.
   • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.
   • Description - Displays the name to display.
   • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.
   • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.
   • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.
   • Default allowed for new devices - Check box appears selected and the HTTP plugin polls the indicator type by default.
   • Note- Displays any additional information.
5. Click Cancel.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for HTTP poller object types.

You cannot add, edit, or delete ICMP object types or ICMP indicator types.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select ICMP Poller to display the Ping Data object type in the Object Types list.
2. Click on the Ping Data object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click to display the ICMP Indicator Type pop-up.
4. View the following ICMP indicator type details.
   • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.
   • Description - Displays the name to display.
   • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.
   • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.
   • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.
   • Default allowed for new devices - Check box appears selected and the ICMP plugin polls the indicator type by default.
   • Note- Displays any additional information.
5. Click Cancel.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for ICMP poller object types.

SevOne NMS provides the following IP SLA object types.

• DHCP
• DLSw
• DNS
• Echo
• Ethernet Jitter
• Ethernet Ping
• FTP
• HTTP
• ICMP Jitter
• RTP
• TCP Connect
• UDP Echo
• UDP Jitter
• Video
• VoIP

You cannot add, edit, or delete IP SLA object types or IP SLA indicator types. Discovery uses the object "objectTypeId" && "isSevone" && ("type" && "owner" && "tag" && (! foundObject->isDuplicate || (foundObject->isDuplicate && snmpObjectId))) to determine if an IP SLA object is a new object or an existing object with a new moniker.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select IP SLA Poller to display the IP SLA object types in the Object Types list.
2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click to display the IP SLA Indicator Type pop-up.
4. View the following IP SLA indicator type details.
   • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.
   • Description - Displays the name to display.
   • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.
   • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.
   • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.
   • Default allowed for new devices - Check box appears selected and the IP SLA plugin polls the indicator type by default.
   • Note- Displays any additional information.
5. Click Cancel.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for IP SLA poller object types.

SevOne NMS provides the following MySQL object types.

• MySQL Server
• My SQL Server: Command Statistics
• MySQL Server: InnoDB Statistics
• MySQL Server: SSL Statistics

You cannot add, edit, or delete MySQL Database object types or MySQL Database indicator types. Discovery uses the object "objectTypeId" && "databaseId" to determine if a MySQL object is a new object or an existing object with a new moniker.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select MySQL Database Poller to display the MySQL Database object types in the Object Types list.
2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click to display the MySQL Database Indicator Type pop-up.
4. View the following MySQL Database indicator type details.
   • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.
   • Description - Displays the name to appear.
   • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.
   • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.
   • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.
   • Default allowed for new devices - Check box appears selected and the MySQL Database plugin polls the indicator type by default.
   • Note- Displays any additional information.
5. Click Cancel.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for MySQL Database poller object types.

You cannot add, edit, or delete NBAR object types or NBAR indicator types. Discovery uses the object 2 of 3 match on "name", "description", and "snmpObjectId" to determine if an NBAR object is a new object or an existing object with a new moniker.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select NBAR Poller to display the NBAR Data object type in the Object Types list.
2. Click on the NBAR Data object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click to display the NBAR Indicator Type pop-up.
4. View the following NBAR indicator type details.
   • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.
   • Description - Displays the name to display.
   • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.
   • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.
   • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.
   • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.
   • Default allowed for new devices - Check box appears selected and the NBAR plugin polls the indicator type by default.
   • Note- Displays any additional information.
5. Click Cancel.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for NBAR poller object types.

You cannot add, edit, or delete Portshaker object types or Portshaker indicator types.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Portshaker Poller to display the Port Data object type in the Object Types list.
2. Click on the Port Data object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click to display the Portshaker Indicator Type pop-up.
4. View the following Portshaker indicator type details.
   • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.
   • Description - Displays the name to display.
   • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.
   • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.
   • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.
   • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.
   • Default allowed for new devices - Check box appears selected and the Portshaker plugin polls the indicator type by default.
   • Note- Displays any additional information.
5. Click Cancel.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for Portshaker poller object types.

You cannot add, edit, or delete Process object types or Process indicator types.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Process Poller to display the Process object type in the Object Types list.
2. Click on the Process object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click to display the Process Indicator Type pop-up.
4. View the following Process indicator type details.
   • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.
   • Description - Displays the name to display.
   • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.
   • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.
   • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.
   • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.
   • Default allowed for new devices - Check box appears selected and the Process plugin polls the indicator type by default.
   • Note- Displays any additional information.
5. Click Cancel.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for Process poller object types.

You cannot add, edit, or delete Proxy Ping object types or Proxy Ping indicator types.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Proxy Ping Poller to display the Proxyping Data object type in the Object Types list.
2. Click on the Proxyping Data object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click to display the Proxy Ping Indicator Type pop-up.
4. View the following Proxy Ping indicator type details.
   • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.
   • Description - Displays the name to display.
   • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.
   • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.
   • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.
   • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.
   • Default allowed for new devices - Check box appears selected and the Proxy Ping plugin polls the indicator type by default.
   • Note- Displays any additional information.
5. Click Cancel.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for Proxy Ping poller object types.

Perform the following steps to manage SNMP object types. For interfaces and most SNMP objects, there is an OID that is dedicated to provide the index number.

SNMP object types are hierarchical. You can disable or enable object types at each level of the hierarchy which means the parent object type can be disabled while the child object type is enabled. However, there is an exception; by design, object type SNMP Availability cannot be enabled/disabled.

Each field on the Add/Edit SNMP Object Type pop-up has a corresponding check box on the right side to enable you to make changes at this level of the hierarchy and below. The changes you make when you select the right-hand check box override and do not affect the parent object type definition.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select SNMP Poller to display the SNMP object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

2. Click Add or click to display the Add/Edit SNMP Object Type pop-up.

   Note: When adding/editing an object type at a parent level, Indexed By field is optional. If the Indexed By field is entered, its children will automatically inherit the OID but if needed, it can be changed. However, if the Indexed By field is not entered at the parent level then, when the child object type is created, Indexed By field for the child must be specified.
3. In the Name field, enter the object type name.
4. Click the Indexed By to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select the index OID. Perform the following steps on the SNMP OID Browser to select an OID.
   1. In the Search field, enter alphanumeric text to filter the OID search.
   2. Navigate the OID Tree hierarchy to locate and select an OID.
   3. View the OID in the display on the right side of the SNMP OID Browser.
   4. Click Select This OID to select the OID.
5. Select the Reverse Engineer check box to have instances of this object type be uniquely identified by evaluating the OID of the SNMP object specified in the Indexed By field, as opposed to its value. How the values encoded within the OID are evaluated is based on the configuration of the Index Keys field. You should leave this check box selected for the vast majority of object types.
6. The Index Keys fields enable you to select the index keys to use to determine how to treat the remaining octets after the index. In the Possible Values field, select index keys to assign to the object type (use Ctrl or Shift keys to multi-select) then move the index keys to the Index Keys field. Index keys in the Index Keys field are assigned to the object type and they display in the sequence in which they appear listed. Possible values include the following:
   • Integer - A single number that indicates there is a constant amount of numbers following each OID.
   • String - A string prefixed with the string length. This typically appears with double quotes.
   • String (Implied) - A string with no length information. This must only occur as the last index value.
   • Variable - A variable amount of numbers prefixed with the amount of items. This is typically used for IPv4 versus IPv6 indexes.
   • Variable (Implied) - A Variable amount of numbers, but with no length information. This must occur as the last index value. This can be used to "eat up" the remainder of the index.
7. Click the Name Expression to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select the OID that results in a unique name for all object types on a device.
8. Click the Description Expression to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select the OID to add additional information about the object type.
9. Click the Subtype to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select the OID to define a subtype for the object type (used for thresholds and reports). This can generate the following variables:
   • - [TYPE]: The numerical value of the subtype.
   • - [TYPE]: The name of the subtype.
   • - [TYPE]: The description of the subtype.
10. Click the Assert to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select the OID to use in the assert expression that generates a list of individual object indexes. This is skipped if the object does not pass the assert expression. No variables are generated.
    Note: Example: To match only Ethernet interfaces and ignore everything else, enter the following statement.

    ifType == 6

    This separates memory from disks in the Host Resources MIB; both use hrStorageIndex, but each has a different value for hrStorageType. You should not modify the default Interface definition.

11. Click the Last-change OID to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select the OID to use to determine if a change was made to the object type since it was last polled. If the object type changed, the SNMP plugin invalidates the current data.
12. Click the Admin-status to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select the OID to use to determine the administrative status of the object.
13. Click the Oper-status to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select the OID to use to determine the operational status of the object.
14. In the Variable field, enter the variables, expressions, and operators you want to use to evaluate first for use with the other fields.
15. Select the check box for the Note field to enable it for editing. Enter any additional information you would like to include.
16. Click Edit Subtypes to display the Object Subtype Manager where you manage the object subtypes.
17. Click Save.
18. In the Object Types hierarchy, click to select the object type to which to associate device types.
19. In the Device Type section on the right, click Associate to display a pop-up that enables you to associate the SNMP object type with device types on which you want to poll data.
    1. Select the check box for each device type to which to associate the object type.
    2. Click Associate to create the association and to close the pop-up.

Perform the following steps to manage SNMP atomic indicator types. For SNMP synthetic indicator types, please see section Synthetic Indicator Types below.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select SNMP Poller to display the SNMP object types in the Object Types hierarchy.
2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click Add Atomic Indicator Type or click next to an atomic indicator type to display the Add/Edit SNMP Indicator Type pop-up.
4. In the Indicator Name field, enter the name of the indicator type.
5. In the Description field, enter the name to display.
6. View the Indexed By OID you define for the object type. You cannot edit this field.
7. For certain 64 bit OIDs, click the OID (high bit) to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select the OID to describe the top 32 bits on the OID. Please refer to the note below.
8. Click the OID to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select the OID to describe the object type expression.
9. Click the Indicator Type drop-down.
   1. Select GAUGE for indicators that have specific values when polled. Gauge type represents a non-negative integer, which may increase or decrease, but shall never exceed a maximum value, nor fall below a minimum value. The maximum value can not be greater than 2^32-1 (4294967295 decimal), and the minimum value can not be smaller than 0. The value of a Gauge32 has its maximum value whenever the information being modeled is greater than or equal to its maximum value, and has its minimum value whenever the information being modeled is smaller than or equal to its minimum value. If the information being modeled subsequently decreases below (increases above) the maximum (minimum) value, the Gauge32 also decreases (increases).
      Note: The deltas are gauge type counters that need to or can be calculated. For example, Total number of calls in a 15-minute period. For each 15-minute period you get a value. To calculate the value after an hour, you will need to add the value returned after each 15-minute period in the hour.
      
      This differs from true gauge counters. For instance, the CPU Load.
   2. For COUNTER32 / COUNTER64,
      • Select COUNTER32 for 32 bit indicators that continue to increment. Counter32 type in SNMP represents a non-negative integer which monotonically increases until it reaches a maximum value of 2^32-1 (4294967295 decimal), when it wraps around and starts increasing again from zero.
        
        If you select this option, you can select the Has Precalculated Deltas check box to total the delta / differences between polls to provide the ability to graph things like the number of errors in a day, for example.
        Note: To calculate the value for one-hour, take the last value minus the first value to obtain the delta.
      • Select COUNTER64 for 64 bit indicators that continue to increment. Counter64 type in SNMP represents a non-negative integer which monotonically increases until it reaches a maximum value of 2^64-1 (18446744073709551615 decimal), when it wraps around and starts increasing again from zero.
        
        If you select this option, you can select the Has Precalculated Deltas check box.
        Note: To calculate the value for one-hour, take the last value minus the first value to obtain the delta.
      Note: During regular polling, when SevOne NMS receives a SNMP response from the device for indicators that are of Counter type, the Counter values are stored exactly as received from the device. However, while representing the Counter data in reports, simply plotting the exact Counter value at each poll does not give any meaningful information as it does not provide the representation of the movement of data in time. Since SevOne NMS polls objects and indicators at regular intervals, it performs a delta operation i.e., difference of values over time interval between two poll cycles, to provide the accurate representation of the data values that have moved in time. However, when the Counter value wraps around, it cannot perform a valid delta operation between the current and previous poll, and hence the report values will be represented by a NULL. Basically, the Has Precalculated Deltas does not calculate this delta since it already contains the pre-calculated deltas.
10. Click the Measured As drop-down and select a data unit.
11. Click the Display As drop-down and select a display unit.
12. Click the Max Value Expression to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select the OID that is the maximum value for the indicator type.
13. Click the Measured As drop-down and select a data unit for the maximum value expression OID.
14. Select the Default allowed for new devices check box to poll the indicator type by default when the object type is enabled and you enable the SNMP plugin for a device.
15. In the Note field, enter any additional information you would like to include.
16. In field Allow Netflow Mapping, select Yes to allow the user to automatically map flow device with the SNMP device IP address. By default, it is set to No. This feature enables custom object / indicator mapping to flow interfaces. However, it is not required for device mapping.
    • If Yes, you can set field Direction to All (ingress & egress), Incoming (ingress), or Outgoing (egress).
17. Click Save.

You cannot edit, add, or delete VMware object types or VMware indicator types. Discovery uses the object "objectTypeId" && ("name" || "name" == 'DiskIO' && "instance") to determine if a VMware object is a new object or an existing object with a new moniker.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select VMware Poller to display the VMware object types in the Object Types list.
2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click to display the VMware Indicator Type pop-up.
4. View the following VMware indicator type details.
   • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.
   • Description - Displays the name to display.
   • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.
   • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.
   • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.
   • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.
   • Default allowed for new devices - Check box appears selected and the VMware plugin polls the indicator type by default.
   • Note- Displays any additional information.
5. Click Cancel.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for VMware poller object types.

You cannot add, edit, or delete Web Status object types or Web Status indicator types.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Web Status Poller to display the Apache Mod Status object type in the Object Types list.
2. Click on the Apache Mod Status object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click to display the Web Status Indicator Type pop-up.
4. View the following Web Status indicator type details.
   • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.
   • Description - Displays the name to display.
   • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.
   • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.
   • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.
   • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.
   • Default allowed for new devices - Check box appears selected and the Web Status plugin polls the indicator type by default.
   • Note- Displays any additional information.
5. Click Cancel.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for Web Status poller object types.

Perform the following steps to manage WMI object types. Discovery uses the object "objectTypeId" && ("name" || "instanceName") to determine if a WMI object is a new object or an existing object with a new moniker.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select WMI Poller to display the WMI object types in the Object Types list.
2. Click Add or click to display the Add/Edit WMI Object Type pop-up.
3. In the Name field, enter the name of the object type.
4. In the Class Name field, enter the class name.
5. In the Alias field, enter the alias.
6. Select the Enabled check box to enable the WMI plugin to poll the object type.
7. Select the check box for the Note field to enable it for editing. Enter any additional information you would like to include.
8. Click Save.

Perform the following steps to manage WMI atomic indicator types. For WMI synthetic indicator types, please see section Synthetic Indicator Types below.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select WMI Poller to display the WMI object types in the Object Types list.
2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click Add Atomic Indicator Type or click to display the Add/Edit WMI Indicator Type pop-up.
4. In the Indicator Name field enter the name of the indicator type.
5. In the Description field, enter the name to display.
6. Click the Indicator Type drop-down.
   1. Select GAUGE for indicators that have specific values when polled. Gauge type represents a non-negative integer, which may increase or decrease, but shall never exceed a maximum value, nor fall below a minimum value. The maximum value can not be greater than 2^32-1 (4294967295 decimal), and the minimum value can not be smaller than 0. The value of a Gauge32 has its maximum value whenever the information being modeled is greater than or equal to its maximum value, and has its minimum value whenever the information being modeled is smaller than or equal to its minimum value. If the information being modeled subsequently decreases below (increases above) the maximum (minimum) value, the Gauge32 also decreases (increases).
      Note: The deltas are gauge type counters that need to or can be calculated. For example, Total number of calls in a 15-minute period. For each 15-minute period you get a value. To calculate the value after an hour, you will need to add the value returned after each 15-minute period in the hour.
      
      This differs from true gauge counters. For instance, the CPU Load.
   2. For COUNTER32 / COUNTER64,
      • Select COUNTER32 for 32 bit indicators that continue to increment. Counter32 type in SNMP represents a non-negative integer which monotonically increases until it reaches a maximum value of 2^32-1 (4294967295 decimal), when it wraps around and starts increasing again from zero.
        
        If you select this option, you can select the Has Precalculated Deltas check box to total the delta / differences between polls to provide the ability to graph things like the number of errors in a day, for example.
        Note: To calculate the value for one-hour, take the last value minus the first value to obtain the delta.
      • Select COUNTER64 for 64 bit indicators that continue to increment. Counter64 type in SNMP represents a non-negative integer which monotonically increases until it reaches a maximum value of 2^64-1 (18446744073709551615 decimal), when it wraps around and starts increasing again from zero.
        
        If you select this option, you can select the Has Precalculated Deltas check box.
        Note: To calculate the value for one-hour, take the last value minus the first value to obtain the delta.
      Note: During regular polling, when SevOne NMS receives a SNMP response from the device for indicators that are of Counter type, the Counter values are stored exactly as received from the device. However, while representing the Counter data in reports, simply plotting the exact Counter value at each poll does not give any meaningful information as it does not provide the representation of the movement of data in time. Since SevOne NMS polls objects and indicators at regular intervals, it performs a delta operation i.e., difference of values over time interval between two poll cycles, to provide the accurate representation of the data values that have moved in time. However, when the Counter value wraps around, it cannot perform a valid delta operation between the current and previous poll, and hence the report values will be represented by a NULL. Basically, the Has Precalculated Deltas does not calculate this delta since it already contains the pre-calculated deltas.
7. Click the Measure As drop-down and select a data unit.
8. Click the Display As drop-down and select a display unit.
9. Select the Maximum Value check box to indicate the indicator type has a maximum value. You must select this check box if you want to use the indicators in this indicator type for percentile metrics.
10. Select the Default allowed for new devices check box to have the WMI plugin poll the indicator type by default when the object type is enabled and you enable the WMI plugin for a device.
11. In the Note field, enter any additional information you would like to include.
12. In field Allow Netflow Mapping, select Yes to allow the user to automatically map flow device with the SNMP device IP address. By default, it is set to No. This feature enables custom object / indicator mapping to flow interfaces. However, it is not required for device mapping.
    • If Yes, you can set field Direction to All (ingress & egress), Incoming (ingress), or Outgoing (egress).
13. Click Save.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for WMI poller object types.

Perform the following steps to manage xStats object types.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select xStats to display the xStats object types in the Object Types list.
2. Click Add or click to display the Add/Edit xStats Object Type pop-up.
3. In the Name field, enter the name of the object type.
4. In the Field Identifiers field, enter the object type field identifiers.
5. Select the Ignore check box to have the xStats plugin not monitor the object type.
6. Click Save.

Perform the following steps to manage xStats atomic indicator types. For xStats synthetic indicator types, please see section Synthetic Indicator Types below.

1. Click the Filter drop-down and select xStats to display the xStats object types in the Object Types list.
2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.
3. Click Add Atomic Indicator Type or click to display the Add/Edit xStats Indicator Type pop-up.
4. In the Indicator Name field enter the name of the indicator type.
5. In the Description field, enter the name to display.
6. Click the Indicator Type drop-down.
   1. Select GAUGE for indicators that have specific values when polled. Gauge type represents a non-negative integer, which may increase or decrease, but shall never exceed a maximum value, nor fall below a minimum value. The maximum value can not be greater than 2^32-1 (4294967295 decimal), and the minimum value can not be smaller than 0. The value of a Gauge32 has its maximum value whenever the information being modeled is greater than or equal to its maximum value, and has its minimum value whenever the information being modeled is smaller than or equal to its minimum value. If the information being modeled subsequently decreases below (increases above) the maximum (minimum) value, the Gauge32 also decreases (increases).
      Note: The deltas are gauge type counters that need to or can be calculated. For example, Total number of calls in a 15-minute period. For each 15-minute period you get a value. To calculate the value after an hour, you will need to add the value returned after each 15-minute period in the hour.
      
      This differs from true gauge counters. For instance, the CPU Load.
   2. For COUNTER32 / COUNTER64,
      • Select COUNTER32 for 32 bit indicators that continue to increment. Counter32 type in SNMP represents a non-negative integer which monotonically increases until it reaches a maximum value of 2^32-1 (4294967295 decimal), when it wraps around and starts increasing again from zero.
        
        If you select this option, you can select the Has Precalculated Deltas check box to total the delta / differences between polls to provide the ability to graph things like the number of errors in a day, for example.
        Note: To calculate the value for one-hour, take the last value minus the first value to obtain the delta.
      • Select COUNTER64 for 64 bit indicators that continue to increment. Counter64 type in SNMP represents a non-negative integer which monotonically increases until it reaches a maximum value of 2^64-1 (18446744073709551615 decimal), when it wraps around and starts increasing again from zero.
        
        If you select this option, you can select the Has Precalculated Deltas check box.
        Note: To calculate the value for one-hour, take the last value minus the first value to obtain the delta.
      Note: During regular polling, when SevOne NMS receives a SNMP response from the device for indicators that are of Counter type, the Counter values are stored exactly as received from the device. However, while representing the Counter data in reports, simply plotting the exact Counter value at each poll does not give any meaningful information as it does not provide the representation of the movement of data in time. Since SevOne NMS polls objects and indicators at regular intervals, it performs a delta operation i.e., difference of values over time interval between two poll cycles, to provide the accurate representation of the data values that have moved in time. However, when the Counter value wraps around, it cannot perform a valid delta operation between the current and previous poll, and hence the report values will be represented by a NULL. Basically, the Has Precalculated Deltas does not calculate this delta since it already contains the pre-calculated deltas.
7. Click the Measure As drop-down and select a data unit.
8. Click the Display As drop-down and select a display unit.
9. Select the Maximum Value check box to indicate the indicator type has a maximum value. You must select this check box if you want to use the indicators in this indicator type for percentile metrics.
10. In the Field Identifiers field, enter the object type field identifiers.
11. Select the Default allowed for new devices check box to have the xStats plugin monitor the indicator type by default when the object type is enabled and you enable the xStats plugin for a device.
12. Select the Ignore check box to have the xStats plugin ignore the indicator type.
13. In the Note field, enter any additional information you would like to include.
14. In field Allow Netflow Mapping, select Yes to allow the user to automatically map flow device with the SNMP device IP address. By default, it is set to No. This feature enables custom object / indicator mapping to flow interfaces. However, it is not required for device mapping.
    • If Yes, you can set field Direction to All (ingress & egress), Incoming (ingress), or Outgoing (egress).
15. Click Save.

The Device Types section is irrelevant for xStats poller object types.