All, If NV_NETMON_LOCK_LOOPBACK_SNMPADDR is set to true in netmon.conf, will that force NetView to use the loopback address for SNMP ipAddress? What will happen when netmon does status polling and ge
Author: Francois Le Hir <flehir AT ca.ibm DOT com>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 12:55:38 -0400
If the loopback address doesn't respond to snmp and the status polling is set to snmp then the device will be considered down. If the status polling is not snmp but ping then the interfaces could be
All, I'd like to know how NetView selects an IP address for field "SNMP ipAddress" for a device with multiple NICs. Once it assigns an address to that field, will it ever switch to a different addres
Unless you force a particular address using the seed file, netmon will try all the IP addresses on the machine in turn until one responds. It marks that one the SNMP ipAddress and will try that one a
Author: Francois Le Hir <flehir AT ca.ibm DOT com>
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 16:01:51 -0400
I think there is also an option in netmon.conf to take the device loopback ip by default Salutations, / Regards, Francois Le Hir Network Projects & Consulting Services IBM Global Technology Services
Yes, in NetView 7.1.5 the SNMP address can be locked to the loopback addresses for all nodes in the netmon.conf file. Or you can lock individual ones in the netmon seed file. As for when it is change