Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Network Node Manager i Software10.30

Administer > Configure NNMi to Work in a GNM Environment > Status Poll or Configuration Poll a Device

Status Poll or Configuration Poll a Device

This example assumes the following (see the following diagram ):

Regional NNMi management server regional2 discovers and manages Node X
Global NNMi management server global1 connects with regional NNMi management server regional2.

Status Poll or Configuration Poll a Node

To status poll Node X from global1, do the following:

From global1, click Nodes in the Inventory workspace.
Select Node X from the nodes inventory.
Request a status poll of Node X using the Actions > Status Poll menu item.
NNMi management serverglobal1 requests a status poll from regional NNMi management server regional2 and shows the results on your screen. It does not matter if you initiate the status poll request from either global1 or regional2. You see the same status poll results.

If you want global1 to have the most current discovery information for Node X, do the following to configuration poll Node X from global1.

From global1, click Nodes in the Inventory workspace.
Select Node X from the nodes inventory.
Request a configuration poll of Node X using the Actions > Configuration Poll menu item.
NNMi management serverglobal1 requests a configuration poll from regional NNMi management server regional2 and shows the results on your screen. It does not matter if you initiate the configuration poll request from either global1 or regional2. You see the same configuration poll results.