29.1. IPMon resource

29.1. IPMon resource
	Chapter 29. IPMon

This service currently works only for devices on locally attached LAN, LAN-PT, VIRTUAL over LAN/LAN-PT, using ARP polling.

An alarm can be enabled for each monitored IP, currently only an SNMP TRAP can be triggered, however by means of ALARM service it is possible to generate emails when the alarm /trap) occurs.

29.1.1. Activating IPMon resource

Add the resource to the Abilis system with the following command.

[17:32:07] ABILIS_CPX:a res:ipmon

COMMAND EXECUTED

The IPMon resource may already exist in the system, but may not yet be active; set it active with the following command.

[17:34:00] ABILIS_CPX:s act res:ipmon

COMMAND EXECUTED

	Caution
	You must save the configuration and restart the Abilis to make the resource running (use the command warm start to reboot the Abilis) after adding or setting the IPMon active.

[17:35:45] ABILIS_CPX:s p ipmon act:yes

COMMAND EXECUTED

[17:35:51] ABILIS_CPX:d p ipmon

RES:IpMon ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Run    DESCR:Monitor_of_IP_addresses
       LOG:NO               ACT:YES            ALARM:NO
       POLL-INTERVAL:180    RETRY-COUNTER:4    RETRY-INTERVAL:3

	Caution
	Execute the initialization command init res:ipmon to activate the changes.

29.1.2. IPMon resource parameters

Use the command below to display the parameters of the IPMon resource:

[09:47:45] ABILIS_CPX:d p ipmon

RES:IpMon ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Run    DESCR:Monitor_of_IP_addresses
       LOG:NO               ACT:YES            ALARM:NO
       POLL-INTERVAL:180    RETRY-COUNTER:4    RETRY-INTERVAL:3

Meaning of the parameters:

DESCR: Resource description. Max 79 chars. Spaces require double quotes (E.g. "str1 str2").
LOG: State changes log and alarm generation [NO, D, S, A, L, T, ALL] [+E] (D: Debug Log; S: System Log; A: Alarm view; L: Local audible alarm; T: SNMP traps; +E: Extended Log of state changes, see ref. manual).

ACT: Operation activation [NO, YES].
ALARM: Alarm on IP address state change [NO, TRAP].
POLL-INTERVAL: Poll interval [60..600 s].
RETRY-COUNTER: Maximal retries on missing answer [0..30].
RETRY-INTERVAL: Retry interval [2..10 s].