Setting Up a Management Central System Monitor for LAN Utilization

Resolving The Problem

This document describes how to set up and use a Management Central System Monitor for LAN Utilization.

To set up and use a Management Central System Monitor for LAN Utilization, you should do the following:

Step 1: From a PC, open System i Navigator and log in to Management Central. Go to Management Central -> Monitors -> System:



Step 2: Right click System, and select New Monitor:



Step 3: In the Name field, type a name and description for the Monitor:



Step 4: Highlight LAN Utilization (Maximum), LAN Utilization (Minimum), or both. In this example, both are highlighted. Click Add:



Step 5: In this case, the defaults were used for Collection interval, Maximum graphing value, and Display time:



Step 6: Thresholds can be set as below, if required. In this case, a message is being sent if the MAX LAN Utilization exceeds 80% for one interval.

Note: These thresholds are for example purposes only. Actual values depend on the environment and the reason the monitor is being started.



Step 7: A second threshold can be added as shown below:



Step 8: Add Actions as required. In this case, the defaults are used:



Step 9: Under the Systems and groups tab, add the system(s) to be monitored:



Step 10: Click OK:



Step 11: Find the monitor in Management Central, right click on it, and select Start:



Step 12: Selecting a point on the graph, in this case, 1:35 on the LAN Utilization (Maximum) point, you can see the individual utilization for different LAN lines on the system. In this case, LINE SITEETH was 6% utilized. In addition, the red bar to the left of the y axis shows the threshold selected.

Note: To set up a monitor for a specific line only, a Communications Line Utilization (Maximum or Average) can be used or in addition to the LAN monitors.



Step 13: To stop the monitor, right click the monitor in Management Central, and select Stop: