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3. By default, the "Enable ping monitoring for this server" checkbox is selected. If not, select it to enable this
feature.
4. Configure the following.
Field
Description
IP address/hostname IP address or host name of the IT
equipment which you want to monitor.
Number of successful
pings to enable
feature
The number of successful pings required to
declare that the monitored equipment is
"Reachable." Valid range is 0 to 200.
Wait time after
successful ping
The wait time before sending the next ping
if the previous ping was successfully
responded. Valid range is 5 to 600
(seconds).
Wait time after
unsuccessful ping
The wait time before sending the next ping
if the previous ping was not responded.
Valid range is 3 to 600 (seconds).
Number of
consecutive
unsuccessful pings
for failure
The number of consecutive pings without
any response before the monitored
equipment is declared "Unreachable." Valid
range is 1 to 100.
Wait time before
resuming pinging
after failure
The wait time before the Legrand PDU
resumes pinging after the monitored
equipment is declared "Unreachable." Valid
range is 1 to 1200 (seconds).
Number of
consecutive failures
before disabling
feature (0 =
unlimited)
The number of times the monitored
equipment is declared "Unreachable"
consecutively before the Legrand PDU
disables the ping monitoring feature for it
and shows "Waiting for reliable connection."
Valid range is 0 to 100.
5. On a PDU with outlet switching capability, there is one more checkbox available --
Power control
enabled
.
To be able to shut down and power control the monitored IT device via the Server Reachability page,
enable this checkbox and configure related settings. Refer to the following section for configuration
details.
6. Click
Create.
7. To add more IT devices, repeat the same steps.
