Configuring the probe
After installing the probe you need to make various configuration settings to suit your environment.
The following table outlines how to use the probe's properties to configure the product's features. Configuration of some features is mandatory for all installations. For those features set the properties to the correct values or verify that their default values are suitable for your environment. Further configuration is optional depending on which features of the probe you want to use.
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Mandatory features: |
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ObjectServer name |
Server |
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Communications method |
Port |
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Optional features: |
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SNMP V3 Enables the probe to process traps and informs in SNMP V3 format. |
ConfPath |
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Queue and buffer settings Defines the properties of the queue of traps waiting to be processed and of the buffer of events to send to the ObjectServer. |
BufferSize |
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Logging lost traps Specifies whether the probe creates log messages for events that are lost because the trap queue is full. |
DSALog |
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Heartbeat policy Specifies whether the probe periodically checks that the connection to the SNMP endpoint is still operational. |
Heartbeat |
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Logging performance statistics Specifies whether the probe creates log messages that contain performance data. |
LogStatisticsInterval |
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Peer-to-peer failover pair Allows you to set up two probes to act as a failover pair to improve availability. If the master probe should stop working, the slave probe takes over until the master is available once more. |
MessageLog |
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Backup ObjectServer Specifies a backup ObjectServer that the probe is to use should the connection to the primary ObjectServer fail. |
NetworkTimeout |
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HTTP/HTTPS command interface Enables the HTTP/HTTPS command interface and defines the port that it uses. |
MessageLevel |
Managing the SNMP agent over the probe's HTTP/HTTPS interface |