Configure NNMi Monitoring Behavior

[This is the Context-Sensitive Help topic for the Monitoring Configuration form.]

Certain devices in your network are the most important ones. You and your team must keep those devices up and running at all times. Adjust NNMi monitoring behavior to focus on the important devices and to check devices with status other than critical less frequently (if at all).

Based on your individual situation, adjust the NNMi behavior to meet your needs. NNMi applies your Monitoring Configuration settings in the following sequence:

1. Interface Settings: NNMi monitors each of the Node's Interfaces and IP Addresses based on the first matching Interface Settings definition. The first match is the Interface Settings definition with the lowest Ordering number, then Baseline Settings.

2. Node Settings: NNMi monitors each Node and each previously unmatched Interface or IP Address based on the first matching Node Settings definition. The first match is the Node Settings definition with the lowest Ordering number, then Baseline Settings.

   Note Child node groups are included in the Ordering hierarchy. This means that if the parent node group has a lower Ordering number (for example, parent=10, child=20), then the monitoring configuration specified for the parent node group also applies to the nodes in the child node group. To override a parent node group monitoring configuration, set the Ordering number for the child node group to a number that is lower than the parent (for example, parent=20, child=10).

3. Default Settings: If no match is found for a Node, Interface, or IP Address in 1 or 2, NNMi applies the default Monitoring Configuration settings.

Tasks for Configuring the Monitoring Behavior

Task	How
Global Control Settings for Monitoring.	Optional. Use the Global Control group.
Default Settings for Monitoring.	Use the Default Settings tab to establish monitoring behavior for any devices that are discovered, but not included in any Node Settings or Interface Settings definitions.
Interface Settings for Monitoring.	Optional. Use the Interface Settings tab. Configure settings based on Interface Groups to customize the way NNMi monitors certain groups of interfaces in your environment. Prerequisite: Create Interface Groups.
Node Settings for Monitoring.	Optional. Use the Node Settings tab. Configure settings based on Node Groups to customize the way NNMi monitors certain groups of devices in your environment. Prerequisite: Create Node Groups.
Detect Interface Changes.	Optional. Use Device Profiles to configure how NNMi detects interface changes.
Monitor Router Redundancy Groups (NNMi Advanced).	Optional. Use additional settings to fine tune the way NNMi monitors Router Redundancy Groups.