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Specifying SNMP Poll Intervals for NerveCenter

NerveCenter sends polls to SNMP agents to obtain MIB information. You can change settings that affect how often NerveCenter reissues a poll and at what interval. By default the number of retry attempts is three. For example, let us say the number of retries were set to three and a poll was attempted of a device that could not respond. The NerveCenter Server would make four polling attempts, the first initial followed by three retries.

The retry interval is significant in that the polling rate should be high enough to account for the number of retries at each interval. For example, if your NerveCenter Server is set to retry three times at a 30 second interval, the polling rate for any of its behavior model's polls should be no lower than a minute and a half (three retry intervals multiplied by 30 seconds).

 
  To specify poll settings for NerveCenter:

1. Open NerveCenter Administrator and connect to the appropriate NerveCenter Server. See Connecting Administrator to a NerveCenter Server.
2. Select the SNMP tab.

   The SNMP page is displayed.

   The SNMP Page in NerveCenter Administrator

   

3. In the Number of retries field, type the number of times you want NerveCenter to reissue an unanswered SNMP or ICMP request poll.
4. In the Retry interval field, type the number of seconds NerveCenter should wait for a reply to a poll before issuing another.
5. Select Save.

NerveCenter will handle SNMP data according to these settings.