Performing On-Demand Switch Port Polling
- Viktoryia Varapayeva (Deactivated)
Switch Port Management (SPM) allows on-demand polling for device groups and for the entire managed network. A key use case is to check for changes to switches or switch ports in the network. In most cases, polling globally across the entire network should be discouraged in favor of polling across a single device group. When a polling session takes place, NetMRI commits a record of each polled network entity to the Device History, to the Interface History in the Interface Viewer, and to the Device History of any end devices involved in the group poll.
On-demand polling of switching devices can be executed for the entire switched network or by smaller Device Groups. See the following:
On the global level, begin polling all switches in the network by choosing Settings > Setup > Collection and Groups > Switch Port Management side tab and then click Poll Now. Note that no other polling operations are allowed by NetMRI when this process is being carried out.
At the device group level, initiate polling for a subset of devices in the managed network by going to the Settings icon > Setup > Collection and Groups > Groups tab, select a group, click Edit in the table row, choose the Switch Port Management tab, and then click Poll Now.
The Device History and Interface History record all polling events for the chosen entities.
NetMRI users can view interface performance statistics In the Switch Port Management page view after the appliance collects all switch forwarding data.