Learning How to Create Behavior Models
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How to Use Polls - Review and Summary -
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Review and Summary
The following section includes exercises and questions to help you review what you have learned in this chapter.
Review Exercises
Complete the following exercises using the skills you learned in this chapter.
- Create a new poll to check if a host on your network can function as a gateway. Some of the actions you will take include:
- Naming the poll
1FindGateways
- Selecting the MIB base object
ip
- Using the attribute
ipForwarding
- Generating a trigger called
gotGateway
- Modify the 1CheckTraffic poll to generate the trigger
notBusy if the true conditions are not met.
Tip Include an else statement in the poll condition.
Review Questions
Answer the following questions using the knowledge you learned in this chapter. See the Answers to the Chapter 3 Review Questions.
- How can you configure a poll to monitor only the file servers on your network?
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- What is a trigger?
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- How many different MIB base objects can you use to form a complex poll condition?
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- What conditions must be met for a poll to be active?
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Summary of What You Learned
In this chapter you learned how to use a poll in NerveCenter. You also learned several new concepts. The checklist below should help you review once more before going to the next chapter.
You learned:
- How to create a new poll
- How to write a poll condition
- How to enable a poll
- How to modify poll
You also were introduced to the following concepts:
- Polls
- Triggers
- Smart polling