Dell OpenManage Network Manager Quick Reference Guide 4.4 - Page 22

Monitoring Performance, Default Monitors

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Alternatively, open the Links manager, and click action -> Discover Links. In the next screens, Add the devices, or Add Groups of devices where you want to discover links with those buttons. Click Next and select the types of links to discover, and whether you want to confine links discovered to those between the selected devices, between selected and other discovered devices, or between the devices and the entire network. Click Next, and you can see the discovered links listed in an audit screen. Click Finish to close this screen, and Go to refresh the Link Manager screen to view a list of the discovered links. Monitoring Performance You can actively monitor performance, as described in this section, or you can monitor event and alarm activity as described in Alarm Panels . You can use one of the following to monitor your system: • Default Monitors • Custom Monitor The following sections describe these in more detail. The Custom Monitor section or the User Guide contains more in depth information about the screens. Default Monitors Other, seeded monitors are available to add to the core set of monitors. By default, these are active monitoring the group of all discovered entities. The following sections describe the distinctive screens for the available Optional Monitors: • Interface Monitor • ICMP Monitor NOTE: You can copy default monitors to customize them for your system. Monitors also provide report templates. Create a new report to configure the specifics, and select the automatically-provided template as its basis. 22 Quick Start

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Quick Start
Alternatively, open the
Links
manager, and click
action -> Discover Links
. In the next screens,
Add
the devices, or
Add Group
s of devices where you want to discover links with those buttons. Click
Next
and select the types of links to discover, and whether you want to confine links discovered to those
between the selected devices, between selected and other discovered devices, or between the devices
and the entire network.
Click
Next,
and you can see the discovered links listed in an audit screen. Click
Finish
to close this
screen, and
Go
to refresh the Link Manager screen to view a list of the discovered links.
Monitoring Performance
You can actively monitor performance, as described in this section, or you can monitor event and
alarm activity as described in
Alarm Panels
. You can use one of the following to monitor your
system:
Default Monitors
Custom Monitor
The following sections describe these in more detail. The Custom Monitor section or the
User Guide
contains more in depth information about the screens.
Default Monitors
Other, seeded monitors are available to add to the core set of monitors. By default, these are active
monitoring the group of all discovered entities. The following sections describe the distinctive screens
for the available Optional Monitors:
Interface Monitor
ICMP Monitor
NOTE:
You can copy default monitors to customize them for your system. Monitors also
provide report templates. Create a new report to configure the specifics, and select
the automatically-provided template as its basis.