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Heartbeat Policies
Introducing Heartbeats
Heartbeats are ICMP, SNMP, or HTTP pings to devices. These ensure the device is “alive and well”
to respond to network events. (Ping operations pass to the operating system and use its default
settings, including TTL.)
Heartbeat Policies
To manage equipment heartbeats more elaborate than ICMP ping, you must create items in the
Heartbeat Policy Manager. Open this with the Navigation Window, or
File -> Open -> System
Services -> Heartbeat Policies
Figure 29-1. Heartbeat Policies
This manager displays listed heartbeat policies according to the filter selected at the top of the
screen. Click
Go to refresh that screen. Click New to create a new heartbeat policy, or Open to edit
a selected policy. Click
Delete to remove a selected policy. When you click New or Open , the
Heartbeat Policy Editor opens.
Some policies may be seeded with the OpenManage Network Manager application options.