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Monitoring Network Interfaces

Network Monitor Reference

The HA Network Interface Monitor provides status on the LAN

interfaces in a given node. It monitors all the interfaces that you see

when you run the lanscan command on a system.

The HA Network Interface Monitor is part of the MIB Monitors package.

Table 7-1 lists the HA Network Interface Monitor.

Figure 7-1 illustrates the network monitored resources.

Figure 7-1 Network Monitor Resource Class Hierarchy

The MIB-2 variable, ifOperStatus, provides the LAN interface status to

the monitor. The monitor reports DOWN if it read the MIB value of

TESTING. See Table 7-2.

To verify the operational status of the LAN interface, use the lanscan

Table 7-1 HA Network Interface Monitor Names and Resources

Monitor Resource Type Resource

lanmond LAN Interface /net/interfaces/lan/status/