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Job scheduled with PING to...

Visconti — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:36:00 GMT

Hi,
I would create a scheduled job that ping a particular port and give me an alarm if the pc connected at this port do not respond

RE: Job scheduled with PING to...

davidj_cogliane — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:45:00 GMT

You could simply add the PC as device using Ping and easily get an alarm if the device goes down.

Is that what you are looking for?

RE: Job scheduled with PING to...

Ronald_Dvorak — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:45:00 GMT

Good point but be aware that then the PC counts as a device and uses a device license from the XMC device pool.

RE: Job scheduled with PING to...

davidj_cogliane — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:45:00 GMT

That is a good point Ron.

I deal with a lot of K12 who all have the unlimited bundle and didn't even think of that.

RE: Job scheduled with PING to...

StephanH — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:45:00 GMT

Hmm,

I want K12 here in Germany, too. Then I see more unlimited bundles and I do not have to worry about the licenses anymore .

Stephan

RE: Job scheduled with PING to...

Visconti — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:23:00 GMT

good idea but I receive any problem with SNMP time out Contact lost!!!
I try to modify the snmp time out value?
In all device I can do it but not in this device type

RE: Job scheduled with PING to...

davidj_cogliane — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:23:00 GMT

You would want to discover the device using ping NOT SNMP.

RE: Job scheduled with PING to...

Ronald_Dvorak — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:23:00 GMT

Just to make sure.... that has nothing to do with SNMP - XMC polls the end-device via ping.

If you add the device (PC) you choose "ping only" in the profile section instead of SNMP profile.

If the PC is disconnected/shutdown you'll get a alarm.

RE: Job scheduled with PING to...

Visconti — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:23:00 GMT

Sorry but I am a beginner...can say me how can I discover with ping?

RE: Job scheduled with PING to...

Visconti — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:23:00 GMT

Ah okkk!!!!!

RE: Job scheduled with PING to...

Ronald_Dvorak — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:23:00 GMT

I think I've found a bug.... if you add the device as mentioned above with profile ping only the poll type is set to SNMP and then it doesn't work.

Workaround > right click the device > device > configure device > set the poll type to ping > save

example with wron g poll type....

RE: Job scheduled with PING to...

Tomasz — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 20:07:00 GMT

How about an EXOS TCL script scheduled, so the XMC would log in to the switch, perform ping or show fdb or anything else and by parsing the output ($CLI.OUT variable) you could see what's going on...?
From EXOS side you could play with UPM scripts and EMS-based event trigger so once a port is down (or else) you would take care.
Or you can do that without any need for proactive action - an edge switch should syslog its events, and with XMC alarms you can wait for appropriate event showing port X is down so the alarm goes up.

RE: Job scheduled with PING to...

Visconti — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 20:07:00 GMT

I have 12 switch B5 series and 2 x450 so I need 2 CLI type?

RE: Job scheduled with PING to...

Visconti — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 20:07:00 GMT

can you explane me how can I do this ?
It's very interessant but I am a beginner..
I must use CLI ?

RE: Job scheduled with PING to...

Tomasz — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 20:07:00 GMT

In the topic and in categories I didn't see EOS, sorry. With B5 I don't believe TCL type scripting is possible. 😞
I think David's option to add a device to XMC with "ping only" poll type sounds good but it consumes your license so it's not scalable.

RE: Job scheduled with PING to...

StephanH — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 01:02:00 GMT

Hello Visconti,

if you want to protect you XMC licenses you can write a XMC script. Following setup:

Ping Device (IP). Does not have to be a switch configured in XMC!
Parse the result of the ping
If the ping fails create an syslog entry (you can use the little program "logger" available on XMC on Linux platforms.
Set an alarm (with the XMC alarm manager)

Best regards
Stephan