Connector Monitoring

By default, Hardware Sentry automatically tests which connectors are best-suited to the managed system. Once it "decides" which connector is applicable to the managed platform, an instance of the MS_HW_CONNECTORS class is created in the PATROL Console and its status is monitored regularly to ensure the availability of the underlying technology.

Example

•	Hardware Sentry is running on an HP Proliant server with HP Insight Management Agent.

•	Upon startup, Hardware Sentry detects the HP Insight Management Agent, and starts using the corresponding connector to discover the server hardware configuration and monitor the discovered devices.

•	Additionally, Hardware Sentry creates an icon in the PATROL Console representing the HP Insight Management Agent - Server connector.

•	Every 2 minutes, its Status parameter is updated.

•	If, for some reason, the HP agent stops working, an alarm is raised on the Status parameter and the devices that were discovered through to this connector are taken offline.

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Connector Monitoring

This connector monitoring mechanism helps PATROL administrators detect hardware agent failures. It also provides a high monitoring accuracy by not confusing errors that actually encountered by devices with errors stemming from a monitoring-tool failure.

When connectors are automatically detected by Hardware Sentry, the connectors are grouped under an instance labeled Detected Connectors.

When connectors are manually selected – as for remotely monitored objects, the connectors are grouped under an instance labeled Selected Connectors.

To change the settings of connectors, right-click on Hardware > KM Commands > This System’s Settings > Connection, Credentials and Connectors…