Status Polling - Hardware Status Polling

HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) tracks system health status, using a predefined hardware status polling task. This task polls for updates on hardware status through the different protocols. The following example describes how to set up a task to poll systems using hardware status polling.

Select OptionsStatus PollingHardware Status Polling.
Select the target systems. Refer to Managing with Tasks - Creating a Task for more information.
Click [Next]. The Select Protocol Settings section appears.
Select from the following protocols:
- DMI
  Note: DMI is only available on Windows systems.
- HTTP
- SNMP
- WBEM
Note: By default, all protocols are selected. If all protocols are unselected, then the [Schedule] and [Run Now] buttons are disabled.
Select Timeout (in seconds):
- Use default (currently "4")
- Use custom. Timeout maximum is 120 seconds, with a minimum of 1 second.
Select the retry value:
- Use default (currently "1")
- Use custom.The retries maximum is 10 retries, with a minimum of 0 retries.
Select one of the following options to execute the task:
- [Schedule]. Click [Schedule] to schedule when the task should run. Refer to Managing with Tasks - Scheduling a Task.
- [Run Now]. Click [Run Now] to run the task now. The Task Results Page appears. Refer to Managing with Tasks - Task Results List.
- [Previous]. Click [Previous] to return to the previous page.

HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

Hardware Status Polling

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