Network Services::rpcservice - Red Hat NETWORK 4.0.5 Reference Manual

Appendix C. Probes
Field
Field
IP Address*
Packets to send*
Timeout*
Critical Maximum Round-Trip Average
Warning Maximum Round-Trip Average
Critical Maximum Packet Loss
Warning Maximum Packet Loss
Table C-43. Network Services::Remote Ping settings
C.8.8. Network Services::RPCService
The Network Services::RPCService probe tests the availability of remote procedure call
(RPC) programs on a given IP address. It collects the following metric:
Remote Service Latency — The time it takes in seconds for the RPC server to answer a
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connection request.
RPC server programs, which provide function calls via that RPC network, register them-
selves in the RPC network by declaring a program ID and a program name. NFS is an
example of a service that works via the RPC mechanism.
Client programs that wish to use the resources of RPC server programs do so by asking the
machine on which the server program resides to provide access to RPC functions within
the RPC program number or program name. These conversations can occur over either
TCP or UDP (but are almost always UDP).
This probe allows you to test simple program availability. You must specify the program
name or number, the protocol over which the conversation occurs, and the usual timeout
period.
Field
Protocol (TCP/UDP)
Service Name*
Timeout*
Value
Value
20
10
Value
udp
nfs
10
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