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SNMP Poll a Router for Client Networks

You can SNMP poll a router for its IPv4 network definitions and import them into the management console. Note that while the management console polls a router, you cannot perform other tasks in the management console.

When querying a router for network information, try to import the directly connected networks that have a route cost of zero. For example, poll a single router at a remote site and retrieve all networks with LAN type costs (for example, less than 5 or 10 or 18) instead of polling 6 to 7 routers at the one site. Using Max Cost limits the networks retrieved to only LOCAL networks so you can associate them to the particular remote site, for example, by following the standard naming convention and grouping the networks using a network type.

To enable the management console to SNMP poll a router, add a network device for the router with an assigned SNMP profile. If you do not assign a SNMP profile to the device, the management console attempts to discover a valid SNMP profile from the list of available SNMP profiles.

Follow these steps:

  1. Click the Administration page.
  2. Click Data Monitoring, Networks in the Show Me menu.
  3. (Optional) Choose the domain into which you want to import the client networks.
  4. In the Network List, click the blue gear menu () and select Import from SNMP.

    Import Network Definitions opens.

  5. Complete the fields and click Poll.

    For information about network definition properties, click Help.

    The Poll Confirmation message notifies you that polling might take minutes. Note that while the management console polls the router, you cannot perform other tasks in the management console.

  6. Click Continue at the Poll Confirmation.
  7. Click Close Status Window after the management console finishes polling to view the results.
  8. Click the link to synchronize monitoring devices with the current client network, server subnet, and application definitions on the management console.

    Monitoring devices temporarily stop monitoring application performance during synchronization. To minimize interruptions to monitoring, complete all of your changes before synchronizing monitoring devices.

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