User`s guide
6 – Getting Started
Setting the Options for Retrieving Host Status Alarms and Refreshing
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6.7
Setting the Options for Retrieving Host Status Alarms and Refreshing
the Configuration
Polling intervals determine how frequently the SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager
monitors the connected HBAs (and their targets) and updates the SANsurfer iSCSI
HBA Manager GUI configuration based on their state.
Note the following:
■ You can set the HBA polling and host polling intervals to retrieve host status
alarms (see section 6.7.1).
■ You can specify whether host status alarms and target status alarms refresh the
configuration that displays (see section 6.7.2).
■ You can specify whether a message displays when a host configuration change
has been detected (see section 6.7.3).
NOTE: If you want to refresh the configuration immediately, do one of the
following. For more information, see section 6.8.
■ Click the Refresh button on the toolbar.
■ On the SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager main window View menu, select
Refresh.
■ Press F5.
6.7.1
Specifying the Polling Intervals to Retrieve Host Status Alarms
Polling intervals determine how frequently the SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager
monitors the connected HBAs (and their targets) and updates the SANsurfer iSCSI
HBA Manager GUI configuration based on their state.
There are two types of polling: HBA polling and host polling.
■ HBA polling. HBA polling occurs at an interval that you specify (see
section 6.7.1.1). During an HBA poll, the agent checks for changes with the HBA
settings, targets, etc. When the agent detects a change, a host status alarm is
sent to all SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager GUIs currently connected with the
agent. The SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager then asks the GUIs whether the
configuration is set to update when host status alarms occur (see section 6.7.2).
If selected, the agent sends the latest information. Since alarms may not be
detected by the GUIs, host polling is also available to ensure that the GUIs
receive the configuration changes.
■ Host polling. Host polling occurs at an interval that you specify and can be
disabled (see section 6.7.1.2). With host polling, host status alarms that were
not received by the SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager GUI are detected. With a