Administer > Monitor Network Health > Configure NNMi Monitoring Behavior > Global Control Settings (Monitoring)

Global Control Settings for Monitoring

Tip By default, NNMi suppresses the monitoring of IP addresses on interfaces that are administratively down. You can configure this behavior by editing the nms-disco.properties file.

To temporarily turn off all NNMi monitoring activity without tampering with your customized monitoring configuration settings:

  1. Locate the Global Control group box and for each setting do the following (see table):

     = disable

     = enable

  2. Click  Save and Close. NNMi applies your changes. The next regularly scheduled monitoring cycle uses the new settings.

Global Control
Name Description
Enable State Polling

If  enabled, State Poller monitors all managed objects (for example, interfaces, IP addresses, and SNMP agents) by issuing ICMP pings and SNMP read-only queries for MIB-II ifAdminStatus and ifOperStatus. (ifAdminStatus is set by the device administrator. ifOperStatus indicates the overall health of the device and is supplied by the SNMP Agent.) You can also configure NNMi so that State Poller gathers additional information about Node Sensors, Physical Sensors, and Router Redundancy Groups.

If  disabled:

  • Previously discovered devices remain with the last calculated state/status.
  • Newly discovered devices are set to "No Status" with map-symbol background shape color set to beige.
Enable Card Polling

If  enabled, State Poller monitors all managed cards.

Note Card monitoring is enabled by default.

If  disabled:

  • Previously discovered cards are assigned a State of Not Polled and a Status of No Status for Card metrics.
  • Newly discovered cards are assigned a State of Not Polled and a Status of No Status.
Enable Chassis Polling

If  enabled, State Poller monitors all managed chassis.

Note Chassis monitoring is enabled by default.

If  disabled:

  • Previously discovered chassis are assigned a State of Not Polled and a Status of No Status for chassis metrics.
  • Newly discovered chassis are assigned a State of Not Polled and a Status of No Status.
Enable Node Sensor Polling

If  enabled, State Poller monitors Node Sensor metrics for all managed nodes.

Note Node Sensor Polling is enabled by default.

If  disabled:

  • Previously discovered devices are assigned a State of Not Polled and a Status of No Status for Node Sensor metrics.
  • Node Sensor metrics for newly discovered devices are assigned a State of Not Polled and a Status of No Status.
Enable Physical Sensor Polling

If  enabled, State Poller monitors Physical Sensor metrics for all managed chassis and cards.

Physical Sensor Polling is enabled by default. Only the Physical Sensor States for Fan and Power Supply contribute towards the status calculation for the host node.

If  disabled:

  • Previously discovered devices are assigned a State of Not Polled and a Status of No Status for Physical Sensor metrics.
  • Physical Sensor metrics for newly discovered devices are assigned a State of Not Polled and a Status of No Status.
Enable Router Redundancy Group Polling (NNMi Advanced)

If  enabled, NNMi monitors all managed Router Redundancy Groups.

Note Router Redundancy Group monitoring is enabled by default.

If  disabled:

  • Previously discovered Router Redundancy Groups are assigned a State of Not Polled and a Status of No Status.
  • Newly discovered Router Redundancy Groups are assigned a State of Not Polled and a Status of No Status.