Foglight NMS provides the following built-in monitors, which you can view when you click the Monitors tab in the Edit Policy window.
Some monitors also have additional settings that you can modify to customize the information that your product collects from a device. If applicable, you will find the name of these settings and a brief description in the provided tables.
Basic Group
l System Information
Collects the device IP address, device types and roles, operating system, domain, and other detailed system information for a device.
l Network Interface Configuration
Collects the interface name , MAC address, and other network interface information for a device.
l Ping
Sends an ICMP (ping) command to a device. If the device does not respond to the request, the Ping monitor may not be working as expected.
Setting Description
Ping Timeout (ms) Maximum amount of time in milliseconds that Ping will wait for a response from the target.
Ping Packet TTL (Time-To-Live) Number of hops along the way to a specific address. With a setting of 100, your Ping Scan may pass through 100 dif-ferent relay points on the way to the remote address before the network discards it.
Pings Per Node Establishes the number of Ping attempts sent to each address during a scan.
When your product scans networks containing Cisco routers, you should set this number to a number above two (2). If the target IP address is not in the ARP cache of a Cisco router, the router discards the ICMP query (Ping) while it requests the MAC address of the target IP. The first Ping will never arrive at the
subnet of the target IP address. In this situation, the Cisco router responds to the second Ping.
Delay Between Pings (ms) Time in milliseconds between each successive Ping to a tar-get address. If you set this value to a very low number, it will send a constant stream of Pings to a target IP address
l CPU
Monitors the number of processors, current usage, and average usage over time from a device.
l Memory
Monitors the memory currently in use, available free memory, and total memory capac-ity of a system.
l Disk Volumes
Provides disk usage and total capacity per volume for a device. Results are available in raw numbers and as percentages.
l Programs Installed
Provides a detailed list of all the software programs installed on a device.
l Running Processes
Provides name, path, CPU, and memory consumption for all the processes running on a device.
l System Information
Provides device IP Address, device type and roles, operating system, domain, and other detailed system information for a device.
Application Group
l Web Server
Sends a HTTP or HTTPs request to a device. If the device does not respond or returns an incorrect string, the web server monitor may not be working as expected.
Setting Description
Timeout (ms) Maximum amount of time in milliseconds that Ping will wait for a response from the target
Setting Description
Port Web server port
HTTP or HTTPS Type of traffic for the monitor
l Active Directory
Monitors the status and performance of application specific counters for Active Directory server.
l Exchange Server
Monitors the status and performance of application specific counters for MS Exchange server.
Setting Description
Services Captures Imap4, POP3, and Transport data Specific Processes Captures system processor and store data Counters Captures transport queues and logical disk data
l SQL Server
Monitors the performance counters for SQL Server.
Setting Description
Services Captures SQL Browser and writer data
Specific Processes Captures system processor and privileged time data Counters Captures database transactions, buffer manager, latches
and locks data
l Windows Services
Monitors critical windows services for up, down, disabled status and detailed information.
l DNS, NETBIOS
DNS monitor sends a DNS lookup request and ensures a value is returned.
Setting Description
Resolve NetBIOS Name Resolves the NetBIOS name during the monitoring process Resolve LMHost Resolves the LMHost during the monitoring process Resolve Host Resolves the Host during the monitoring process
Resolve Forward DNS Resolves the Forward DNS during the monitoring process
l POP3
Connects to a POP3 enabled server using the POP3 server and port information provided.
Once connected, an attempt is made to retrieve the number of messages on the server and also to read the 1st message in the list. If the attempt fails, the POP3 server may not be working as expected.
l SMTP
Connects to a SMTP server using the SMTP and port information provided. Once con-nected, an attempt is made to send a test message to the recipient selected using the SMTP server. If the attempt fails, the SMTP server may not be working as expected.
Setting Description
Mail Recipient Enter the email address for the test message
l VMware
Collects data from the VMware Server. Monitors key variables on VMware performance, active VMs, and VM attributes.
Networking Group
l Network Interface Traffic
Monitors network interface performance for a device by showing the percent of capacity or throughput. Tracks the inbound and outbound traffic for each network interface in the device.
l Network Statistics
Provides network statistics (netstat) information of active connections and their state for a device.
l IP Configuration
Provides IP configuration details, such as IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default gateway, for a device.
l Port Map
Provides a map of ports for a device.
l Network Statistics Summary
Provides Network Statistics for the following: Last Boot Time, SNMP In Packets, SNMP Out Packets, ICMP In Messages, In Errors, In Destinations Unreached, In Time Exceeds, In Parm Probes, In Source Quenches, In Redirects, In Echoes, TCP Max Connections, Current Established, Active Opens, Passive Opens, Failed Attempts, Established Resets, In Errors Out Resets, UDP In Datagrams, Out Datagrams, No Ports, and In Errors.
Ports Group
l TCP Ports
Creates a TCP port client and attempts to connect to the defined port to determine if the port is opened or closed.
Setting Description
Timeout (ms) Maximum amount of time in milliseconds that the connection will wait for a response from the target
Selected Ports Enter the ports to be monitored (separate ports by a comma) Port List
Log Group
l Syslog Listener
Receives, logs and displays syslog messages from routers, switches, and any other syslog enabled device. Filter by facility, severity, date, host name, and key word.
Setting Description
Facility TBD
Severity TBD
l NetFlow/sFlow/JFlow/ptFlow Collector
Provides in-depth visibility into traffic network patterns and usage to determine how traf-fic impacts the overall health of the network. Drill down into applications, conversations, devices will identify the exact sources of spikes and burst to take proper actions. Learn how to enable NetFlow, sFlow, JFlow, and ptFlow.
Setting Description
TCP, UDP or ICMP Deselect these check-boxes if you do not wish to view that type of traffic
Discard IP Traffic Allows the user to disregard all traffic from the entered IPs
l Configuration Backup - Cisco, HP, and Juniper
Automatically backup configurations files for your Cisco, HP and Juniper routers and switches.
NOTE: HP and Juniper require Telnet read/write credentials. Config files can be viewed and compared all in the same interface.
Setting Description
Timeout (ms) Maximum amount of time in milliseconds that the connection will wait for a response from the target
Backup Select running config and startup config
l Application Event Logs
Receives and displays complete information for application event logs from Windows devices for you to detect occurrences or problems. Ability to set filters by event type.
Setting Description
Event Type Collect errors, warnings and/or information logs. Use the Ctrl key to select more than one log file type.
l Security Event Logs
Receives and displays complete information for security event logs from Windows devices for you to detect occurrences or problems. Ability to set filters by event type.
l System Event Logs
Receives and displays complete information for system event logs from Windows devices for you to detect occurrences or problems. Ability to set filters by event type.
Setting Description
Event Type Collect errors, warnings and/or information logs. Use the Ctrl key to select more than one log file type.
Wireless Group
l Cisco Wireless
Monitors wireless networks and sees into wireless access points, clients and sessions.
Monitors key variables on access points, including signal strength and quality.
Voip Group
l VoIP Manager Settings
Displays the Dial Manager Configuration information for a device.
l VoIP Manager Status
Lists the VoIP phone status information for a device.
l VoIP Active Calls
Lists the active VoIP calls information for a device.
l VoIP Call History
Displays VoIP call history information for a device.
l IP SLA
Displays IP SLA Overview, Call Path Statistics, Call Path Jitter Chart, Call Path MOS Chart, Call Path Latency Chart, and Call Path Packet Loss Chart information for a device.
l Call Manager Registration Status
Monitors the active, registered and unregistered phone of a VoIP system.
See Also
Editing Local and Global Policies
You must have System Administrator privileges to remove a policy from your product. Addi-tionally, you cannot delete a Global Smart Policy.
1. In the tree view, under Policies, select the policy that you want to delete and then right-click.
2. In the context menu, click Remove.
3. When the message appears, click Yes. The policy no longer appears in the list.
See Also
Adding New Policies
Editing Local and Global Policies