RE: [nv-l] ICMP polling

I think you are confused, sir, and you might want to look at the help for the panel or check the books on this.
Both are ICMP and SNMP are represented on those panels. It would be easier to explain if I knew what version of the product you have.

But basically unless you have restricted the polling type in the seed file, then when you poll for status it will be by ICMP and the retries and timeouts will be what you have set there. Configuration polling is by SNMP.

James Shanks
Level 3 Support for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group

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10/27/2003 12:46 PM
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Thank you James. I see this is the settings for SNMP polling, but what about ICMP polling?

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This is user-configurable Dean. In SNMP Options on Windows or xnmsnmpconf on UNIX. There you will find all the polling cycle variables.

James Shanks
Level 3 Support for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group

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10/27/2003 11:29 AM
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When Netview reports a interface down in the event stream, how many ICMP
polls has it sent to make the determination that this interface is down and
how often does it do this?

Same question on SNMP, when a router is reported down in the event stream,
how many SNMP polls were made to determine it is down and how often does it
do this at what intervals?

Sorry, I remember this being asked in the group before and I have saved all
messages over the past three years I've been with the group, but I did a
search and couldn't find the thread where this was discussed.

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Dean S.
Arizona Department of Transportation
Information Technology Group
Network Architecture Team