Monitoring Server Accessibility - LEGRAND Raritan PX3TS User Manual

Monitoring Server Accessibility

You can monitor whether specific IT devices are alive by having the PX3TS
continuously ping them. An IT device's successful response to the ping
commands indicates that the IT device is still alive and can be remotely
accessed.
This function is especially useful when you are not located in an area with
Internet connectivity.
PX3TS can monitor any IT device, such as database servers, remote
authentication servers, power distribution units (PDUs), and so on. It supports
monitoring a maximum of 64 IT devices.
To perform this feature, you need the Administrator Privileges.
The default ping settings may not be suitable for monitoring devices that
require high connection reliability so it is strongly recommended that you
should adjust the ping settings for optimal results.
In addition, if your PX3TS is outlet switching capable, you can even connect a
monitored IT device to one or multiple outlets of PX3TS and then have PX3TS
perform the following two actions as needed, in addition to monitoring its
status:
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First shut down the monitored IT device.
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After the IT device is shut down, power off the outlet(s) where that device
is connected.
Important: Not every IT device can be shut down by PX3TS so it is suggested
to verify whether the device can be shut down using a shutdown command.
For example, PX3TS cannot shut down a PDU with a shutdown command.
Tip: To make the PX3TS automatically log, send notifications or perform other
actions for any server monitoring events, you can create event rules. See
Rules and Actions (on page 375). An example is available in
Monitoring and SNMP Notifications
To add IT equipment for ping monitoring:
1. Choose Device Settings > Server Reachability.
2. Click
3. By default, the "Enable ping monitoring for this server" checkbox is
selected. If not, select it to enable this feature.
4. Configure the following.
Field
IP address/hostname
Chapter 7: Using the Web Interface
(on page 452).
.
Description
IP address or host name of the IT equipment
which you want to monitor.
Event
Example: Ping
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