Ping Element
The Ping Element object verifies
that an element exists on an IP address that you specify.
How it is used
Use the Ping Element object to
verify that an element exists before generating reports about
it.
Configuration
To configure the Ping Element object
you need to know the IP address where the element is hosted, the
community string that you need to access the element, and the port
number through which this object will ping the element.
Details tab
Server
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Click the ellipsis button
(...) and browse for the CA
eHealth connection that you want to use.
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IP Address
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Type the IP address where the
element is hosted. If the IP address that you specify is not valid,
the ping operation fails.
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Community String
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Type the community string that
you need to access the element on the IP address that you
specified.
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Advanced tab
Port
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Type the port number that you
need to access the element that you are pinging. The default port
is 161.
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Retries
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Type the number of times that
this object should retry the ping operation if it does not succeed
on the first attempt.
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Timeout
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Type the amount of time, in
seconds, after which this object stops attempting to ping the
element.
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Available Published Data
Name
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Description
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SNMP Community String
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The SNMP community string that
you used to ping the element on the IP address that you
specified.
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Element is reachable
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Indicates whether the element
was reachable or not. Returns a value of True or False.
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IP Address
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The IP address where the
element that you pinged is hosted.
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Port
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The port that you used to ping
the element.
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Retries
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The number of retries you
configured for this object.
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Connection
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The name of the connection to
the CA eHealth server that you used.
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Timeout
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The amount of time, in seconds,
that you configured for the object to stop attempting to ping the
element.
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