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Answers to the Chapter 3 Review Questions

Following are the answers to the Review Questions:

1. How can you configure a poll to monitor only the file servers on your network?

   A poll will monitor only those nodes whose property group contains its assigned property. To poll only file servers, you must create a property unique to your file servers and then assign that unique property to the poll.

2. What is a trigger?

   A trigger is a flag generated by NerveCenter objects that cause alarms to transition from one state to another.

3. How many different MIB base objects can you use to form a complex poll condition?

   Although you may include as many attributes as you like in a poll condition, each poll may use only one MIB base object.

4. What conditions must be met for a poll to be active?

   Smart polling ensures that NerveCenter will only poll a node if the poll is part of a behavior model designed to manage that node, can cause an immediate state transition in an alarm, and the poll's base object exists as a property in the node's property group.