You can have the PXE monitor the accessibility of any IT equipment, such as DB servers, remote authentication servers or any power distribution unit (PDU). The PXE supports monitoring a maximum of 8 devices.
The default ping settings may not be suitable for monitoring devices that require high connection reliability so it is strongly recommended that you should adjust the ping settings to meet your own needs.
Tip: To make the PXE automatically log, send notifications or perform other actions for any server accessibility or inaccessibility events, you can create event rules associated with server monitoring. See Event Rules and Actions.
Field |
Description |
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IP address/hostname |
IP address or host name of the IT equipment which you want to monitor. |
Number of successful pings to enable feature |
The number of successful pings required to declare that the monitored equipment is "Reachable." Valid range is 0 to 200. |
Wait time (in seconds) after successful ping |
The wait time before sending the next ping if the previous ping was successfully responded. Valid range is 5 to 600 (seconds). |
Wait time (in seconds) after unsuccessful ping |
The wait time before sending the next ping if the previous ping was not responded. Valid range is 3 to 600 (seconds). |
Number of consecutive unsuccessful pings for failure |
The number of consecutive pings without any response before the monitored equipment is declared "Unreachable." Valid range is 1 to 100. |
Wait time (in seconds) before resuming pinging after failure |
The wait time before the PXE resumes pinging after the monitored equipment is declared unreachable. Valid range is 1 to 1200 (seconds). |
Number of consecutive failures before disabling feature (0 = unlimited) |
The number of times the monitored equipment is declared unreachable consecutively before the PXE disables the ping monitoring feature for the monitored equipment. Valid range is 0 to 100. |
In the beginning, the status of the monitored equipment shows "Waiting for reliable connection," which means the requested number of consecutive successful or unsuccessful pings has not reached before the PXE can declare that the monitored device is reachable or unreachable.