User`s guide

6 – Getting Started

Setting the Options for Retrieving Host Status Alarms and Refreshing

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host poll, the GUI asks the agent if anything has changed since last time it

received an update. If not, the GUI waits until next poll or alarm. If something

has changed, then the SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager then asks the GUI

whether the configuration is set to update when host status alarms occur (see

section 6.7.2). If selected, the agent sends updated information.

6.7.1.1

Specifying the HBA Polling Interval

The HBA polling interval is the length of time between polls to a host’s HBAs to

receive information. Perform the following steps to set the HBA polling interval:

1. In the SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager main window HBA tree, select the host

(or HBA, device, or LUN connected to the host) for which you want to set the

HBA polling interval.

2. Do one of the following:

❑ From the Host menu, select HBA Polling.

❑ Right-click the selected host (or HBA, device, or LUN connected to the host)

in the HBA tree. From the pop-up menu, select HBA Polling.

3. The Polling Setting dialog box displays (see figure 6-9). The name of the host

displays in the title bar.

Figure 6-9. HBA Polling Setting Dialog Box

4. In the Interval box, type the HBA polling interval. The range is 1 second to

3600 seconds (1 hour). You cannot disable HBA polling. The default is

30 seconds.

NOTE: The faster the polling rate, the more quickly the SANsurfer iSCSI HBA

Manager GUI receives indications from the connected HBAs.

However, faster polling rates consume more of your system’s CPU

and network resources and slow the system.

5. Click OK to set the interval. Click Cancel to not change the interval setting.