Polling is the term used for monitoring discovered devices in WhatsUp Gold. Polling can occur in several ways, depending on the monitors configured for network devices. The default polling method uses Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP). The default polling interval for WhatsUp Gold is 60 seconds.
A small amount of data is sent from the WhatsUp Gold computer across the network to the device it is watching. If the device is up, it echoes the data back to the WhatsUp Gold computer. A device is considered down by WhatsUp Gold when it does not send the data back.
The Polling dialog lets you configure polling options and/or schedule maintenance times for the selected device.
Note: Polling dependencies & blackouts only apply to the collection of device active monitors.
Use this section of the dialog to manually set the device Maintenance state, or schedule the maintenance state for a certain time period. Any device placed in Maintenance mode will not be polled, actions will not be triggered, and logging activity is disabled, but it remains in the device list with an identifying icon. By default, the maintenance state is represented by an orange background color.
For more information, see Polling overview and Dependencies overview.