TCPIP Monitor
How to get here
- Go to the Active Monitor Library.
- From the web interface, click . The GO menu appears.
- If the WhatsUp section is not visible, click . The WhatsUp section of the GO menu appears.
- Select . The Active Monitor Library appears.
- or -
- From the main menu bar of the console, select . The Active Monitor Library appears.
- In the Active Monitor Library, do one of the following:
- Click , then select .
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- Select an existing TCPIP Monitor, then click . The monitor properties page appears.
The TCPIP monitor is used to monitor a TCPIP service that either does not appear in the list of standard services, or uses a non-standard port number.
- . The name of the monitor as it appears in the Active Monitor Library.
- . The description of the monitor as it appears in the Active Monitor Library.
- . Select either TCP, UDP, or SSL from the pull-down menu. 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.
- . Enter the TCP or UDP port that you want to monitor.
- . Amount of time (in seconds) WhatsUp Gold should wait for a response to a poll.
- . Write your script using as many
Send
, Expect
, SimpleExpect
, and Flow Control
keywords as you would like. For more information, see Script Syntax. - . Opens the Rules Expression Editor. Whatever is placed in the box appends to the end of the script as an Expect expression.
- .Select this option to have the monitor appear in the Active Monitor list on the Device Properties dialog. WhatsUp Gold will add the monitor type to the device during a rescan, which is launched using the button on the Device Properties dialog, if the protocol or service is active on the device.
Types of TCPIP Monitors
WhatsUp Gold is installed with the following types of TCP/IP monitors already configured.
- . Checks to make sure an Echo server is running on the assigned port.
- . Checks to make sure an FTP server is running on the assigned port.
- . Checks to make sure an HTTP server is running on the assigned port.
- . Checks to make sure that the Secure HTTP server is running on the assigned port, and that WhatsUp Gold can negotiate a connection using SSL protocols. This monitor does not check on the validity of SSL certificates.
- . Performs advanced monitoring of a specific web page to make sure that specific content appears in the page's code. Supports advanced HTTP processes such as form submission and non-standard HTTP headers. For information on creating a basic HTTP Content Scan monitor, see New/Edit HTTP Content Monitor.
- . Checks to make sure a IMAP4 server is running on the assigned port.
- . Checks to make sure a NNTP server is running on the assigned port.
- . Checks to make sure a POP3 mail server is running on the assigned port.
- . Checks to make sure a Radius server is running on the assigned port.
- . Checks to make sure a SMTP mail server is running on the assigned port.
- . Checks to make sure a Time server is running on the assigned port.