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Chapter 10: Nagios Integration
10.3.4 Configure selected Serial Ports for Nagios monitoring
The individual Serial Ports connected to the Console Server to be monitored must be configured for Nagios checks. Refer to
Chapter 4.4: Network Host Configuration
for details on enabling Nagios monitoring for Hosts that are network connected to the
Console Server. To enable Nagios to monitor a device connected to the Console Server serial port:
• Select
Serial & Network: Serial Port
and click
Edit
on the serial Port # to be monitored
• Select
Enable Nagios
, specify the name of the device on the upstream server and determine the check to be run on this
port.
Serial Status
monitors the handshaking lines on the serial port and
Check Port
monitors the data logged for the
serial port
10.3.5 Configure selected Network Hosts for Nagios monitoring
The individual Network Hosts connected to the Console Server that is to be monitored must also be configured for Nagios
checks:
• Select
Serial & Network: Network Port
and click
Edit
on the Network Host to be monitored
• Select
Enable Nagios
, specify the name of the device as it will appear on the upstream Nagios server
• Click
New Check
to add a specific check which will be run on this host
• Select
Check Permitted TCP/UDP
to monitor a service that you have previously added as a
Permitted Service
• Select
Check TCP/UDP
to specify a service port that you wish to monitor, but do not wish to allow external (SDT
Connector) access
• Select
Check TCP
to monitor