A3COM-SWITCHING-SYSTEMS-POLL-MIB Table View

This table is used to provide remote device monitoring facilities. 
          
The implementation allows a list of network devices to be set up 
and polled regularly (or only once) by a variety of protocols. 
The table can be configured to inform the management station(s) 
of devices that are not responding to polls or that have started 
to respond after a period of silence. 
          
The minimum effort required to do a single poll is 
1. In one packet, write the address and set a3ComPollAction to  
activate(2). 
2. In the next packet, read the a3ComPollReport. 
          
The minimum effort required to monitor a device is 
1. In one packet, write the address, set a3ComPollAttempts to 1,  
set a3ComPollCount to 0 and set a3ComPollAction to activate(2). 
2. Wait for traps to come in. 
          
A row in this table is created by setting any read-write member,  
indexed by the next available index (a3ComPollNextFreeIndex). This 
method of creation makes the table very user friendly, although 
a bit harder to detect racing conditions. The suggested method for 
racing condition detection is by checking the a3ComPollAddress and 
a3ComPollOwner objects while the a3ComPollReport object is set to 
active. An example of the indexing of this table is a3ComPollRate.2

a3ComPollEntry row .1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1

A table used to define device monitoring. A row in this table is
created by setting any read-write member, indexed by the next
available index (a3ComPollNextFreeIndex). An entry in this table is
deleted by setting a…

Indexes

a3ComPollIndex

Column	Syntax	OID
a3ComPollIndexmandatory Unique identifier of a row in the Poll Table. The actual number of rows that can be created on any particular device depends on the memory and processing resources available at the time.	Integer32 Constraints: range: 1-255	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.1
a3ComPollAddressmandatory This DisplayString is the network address of the device to monitor. Typically this is an IP, dotted IP format, IP's hostname, IPX or AppleTalk. The following formats can be used: IP cccc - ip…	OctetStringr/w Constraints: range: 0-50	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.2
a3ComPollAddressTypemandatory This defines the method used to interpret the a3ComPollAddress, which implies on the protocol to be used. Writing an address to the a3ComPollAddress object causes a default a3ComPollAddressType value …	Enumerationr/w Enumerated Values: 1 unknown 2 ip 3 ipdotted 4 ipname 5 ipx 6 appletalk	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.3
a3ComPollCountmandatory This integer is the number of ping packets to be sent out until completion of a polling command. If count is set to continuous(0), the remote device will be kept monitored and the a3ComPollReport will be normally set…	Integer32r/w Constraints: range: 0-9999	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.4
a3ComPollAttemptsmandatory The number of unsuccessful or successful requests necessary before deciding that the device is definitely not responding or responding. In order to use traps, a value greater than one must be used. Conversely, a val…	Integer32r/w Constraints: range: 0-255	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.5
a3ComPollRatemandatory This defines how often, in seconds, a poll packet is sent to the device being polled. If burst mode(0) is chosen, then number of packets selected will be sent out as fast as possible when the a3ComPoll…	Integer32r/w Constraints: range: 0-5400	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.6
a3ComPollResponseTimeOutmandatory Maximum wait time, in msecs, for a response packet before deciding that no response arrived. This object differs from a3ComPollRate as the device have the sending and receiving queues independent, making it possible …	Integer32r/w Constraints: range: 0-65535	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.7
a3ComPollPacketSizemandatory Size, in bytes, of ping packet to be sent out. If set to 0, the default size for ping packet under the protocol chosen will be used. If value given is to too large or too small, the biggest or smallest possible pack…	Integer32r/w Constraints: range: 0-8191	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.8
a3ComPollSourceAddressmandatory This DisplayString is the network address of the local interface to receive ping query. Typically this is an IP, IPX or AppleTalk. The following formats can be used. IP cccc - ipAddress MIB I…	OctetStringr/w Constraints: range: 0-50	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.9
a3ComPollMinRoundTripTimemandatory The minimum amount of time taken, in msecs, for the round trip of a ping packet.	Integer32 Type Constraints: range: -2147483648..2147483647	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.10
a3ComPollAvgRoundTripTimemandatory The average amount of time taken, in msecs, for the round trip of a ping packet.	Integer32 Type Constraints: range: -2147483648..2147483647	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.11
a3ComPollMaxRoundTripTimemandatory The maximum amount of time taken, in msecs, for the round trip of a ping packet.	Integer32 Type Constraints: range: -2147483648..2147483647	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.12
a3ComPollFramesSentmandatory The number of ping packets sent to remote device so far.	Integer32 Type Constraints: range: -2147483648..2147483647	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.13
a3ComPollFramesReceivedmandatory The number of ping packets responded by remote device so far. If a3ComPollResponseTimeOut is a non-zero value, and the poll response arrives after the specified timeout, this object will not increment.	Integer32 Type Constraints: range: -2147483648..2147483647	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.14
a3ComPollInformationmandatory Depending on the protocol being used, this object contains extra information obtained through the device poll. For IP, the value is the number of packets that arrived out of sequence. If Apple Talk is used, this valu…	OctetString Constraints: range: 0-255	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.15
a3ComPollOwnermandatory The RMON OwnerString conventions are used here to help control the multi-manager situations.	RFC1213-MIBDisplayStringr/w	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.16
a3ComPollReportmandatory This integer contains the current status of the poll entry. When the state changes from busy to any other, the entry is no longer active. In situations where the a3ComPollCount field is set to continuous(0), this ob…	Enumeration Enumerated Values: 1 idle 2 busy 3 badArgument 4 noResource 5 nameLookupFailed 6 hostAlive 7 hostUnreachable 8 hostNotResponding	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.17
a3ComPollActionmandatory This object is the trigger for initiating, stopping, resetting and destroying a poll entry. In order to read the current status of an entry, a3ComPollReport is the object to be queried. If reset(4) action is requeste…	Enumerationr/w Enumerated Values: 1 noop 2 activate 3 deactivate 4 reset 5 destroy	.1.3.6.1.4.1.43.29.4.22.1.1.18