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History Sampling

The agent uses two SNMP MIB tables to provide the history capability:

• The History Control table for defining the data collection functions.
• The History table for storing the actual data samples.

The control table lets you dynamically configure the agent to sample and store the values of any integer-based MIB variable under its control. The data table stores the values for future retrieval.

To perform baselining and trend analysis, you can configure SystemEDGE to monitor and store the values for swapCapacity, for example, by configuring the agent to sample the value every 5 minutes, and to store the most recent 144 samples. Then, once every 12 hours, the management system can upload the entire 144 samples to obtain the values for swapCapacity that were collected during the preceding 12 hour period.