Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
The monitor is considered Up if the following output ____. Either Contains or Does
not contain. Select the appropriate output criteria. For example, if you are checking to
see that a specific network connection is present on the remote device, you would
select that the output contains that specific connection. If the network connection
you specify is not present when the monitor checks, the monitor is considered down.
Use regular expression. Select this option to have WhatsUp Gold use regular
expression when searching for the output of command or script. If you do not choose
to use regular expression, WhatsUp Gold looks for specific text outputs, rather than
outputs including a regular expression.
SSH credential. Select the appropriate SSH credential that WhatsUp Gold uses to
connect to the remote device. If you select Use the device SSH credential, WhatsUp
Gold uses the SSH credential assigned to the device to which the monitor is assigned.
If the appropriate SSH credential is not listed, or the device has no SSH credentials are
assigned, browse (...) to the WhatsUp Gold Credentials Library to configure a set of
credentials.
5 Click OK to return to the monitor properties dialog.
6 Click OK to save changes.
After configuring an active monitor in the Active Monitor Library, add the monitor to devices
(on page 226).
Adding and editing a TCPIP Monitor
The TCPIP monitor is used to monitor a TCP/IP service that either does not appear in the list of
standard services, or uses a non-standard port number.
To add or edit a TCPIP monitor:
1 Click the Admin tab, then click Monitor Library. The Monitor Library dialog appears.
2 Click the Active tab. The Active Monitor list appears.
3 Click New and select TCIPIP Monitor to create a new TCPIP monitor. Click OK.
- or -
Select the TCPIP monitor you want to change from the list of current monitors, and then
click Edit.
4 Type or select the appropriate information in the following fields.
Name. Type a name for the active monitor. This name displays in the Active Monitor
Library.
Description. Type a short description for the monitor. This description displays next
to the monitor in the Active Monitor Library.
Network type. Select either TCP, UDP, or SSL from the Network type list. The network
type for the FTP (File Transfer Protocol) service is TCP; the network type for the
RADIUS (Remote Authentication and Dial-In User Service) service is UDP. The HTTPS
monitor uses the SSL type.
Port number. Type the TCP or UDP port that you want to monitor.
Timeout. Amount of time (in seconds) WhatsUp Gold should wait for a response to a
poll.
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