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	Click the ellipsis button (...) and browse for the CA eHealth connection that you want to use.
IP Address	Type the IP address where the element is hosted. If the IP address that you specify is not valid, the ping operation fails.
Community String	Type the community string that you need to access the element on the IP address that you specified.

Advanced tab

 

Port	Type the port number that you need to access the element that you are pinging. The default port is 161.
Retries	Type the number of times that this object should retry the ping operation if it does not succeed on the first attempt.
Timeout	Type the amount of time, in seconds, after which this object stops attempting to ping the element.

Available Published Data

 

Name	Description
SNMP Community String	The SNMP community string that you used to ping the element on the IP address that you specified.
Element is reachable	Indicates whether the element was reachable or not. Returns a value of True or False.
IP Address	The IP address where the element that you pinged is hosted.
Port	The port that you used to ping the element.
Retries	The number of retries you configured for this object.
Connection	The name of the connection to the CA eHealth server that you used.
Timeout	The amount of time, in seconds, that you configured for the object to stop attempting to ping the element.

Common Published Data