If it is a Cisco device, they send a LinkUp (and LinkDown) trap when an
interface changes state. You could page/perform other action based on these
messages.
The other option would be to change the polling interval to a smaller number
(which is fine until you start getting a large number (> 10) devices) to
detect smaller outages. We use the 5 minute polling by default and have a
rule setup to detect line bouncing based off the Cisco traps (more than 5 in
60 minutes).
Patrick
-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView
[mailto:NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu]On Behalf Of Michael Bock
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 1:58 PM
To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
Subject: Status Polling
I had a router's serial interface that was going up and down every 10
seconds, and Tivoli was showing this as a green OK symbol.
I reviewed the device to see if there was any special setup in the snmp on
TIVOLI and it uses the default value of 5min. for Status Polling.
Is there any thing else that could have caused this not to work properly. I
did a manual PING from the router symbol and it immediately went RED.
Anything I can look at for further information would be appreciated.
Thanks
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