Network Services::pop Mail - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.1.0 Reference Manual

Appendix C. Probes
Note that this probe conducts the
Populating the IP Address field does not test connectivity between the system and the specified
IP address but between the RHN Server and the IP address. Therefore, entering the same IP
address for Ping probes on different systems accomplishes precisely the same task. To conduct
a from a monitored system to an individual IP address, use the Remote Ping probe
ping
instead. Refer to Section 8.7, "Network Services::Remote
Field
IP Address (defaults to system IP)
Packets to send*
Timeout*
Critical Maximum Round-Trip Average
Warning Maximum Round-Trip Average
Critical Maximum Packet Loss
Warning Maximum Packet Loss
Table C.41. Network Services::Ping settings

8.6. Network Services::POP Mail

The Network Services::POP Mail probe determines if it can connect to the POP3 port on the
system. A port number must be specified; specifying another port number overrides the default
port 110. This probe collects the following metric:
• Remote Service Latency — The time it takes in seconds for the POP server to answer a
connection request.
The required Expect value is the string to be matched against after a successful connection is
made to the POP server. The probe looks for the string in the first line of the response from the
system. The default is
state.
Field
Port*
Expect*
Timeout*
Critical Maximum Remote Service Latency
Warning Maximum Remote Service Latency
Table C.42. Network Services::POP Mail settings
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from an RHN Server and not the monitored system.
ping
. If the expected string is not found, the probe returns a CRITICAL
+OK
Ping".
Value
20
10
Value
110
+OK
10