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DescriptionName
The type of monitoring you want the system to use. This can be one of
the following:
• Mii Status—The system monitors the availability of the Media
Independent Interface (MII). If you select this option, Cisco UCS
Manager GUI displays the Media Independent Interface
Monitoring area.
• Ping Arp Targets—The system pings designated targets using
the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP). If you select this option,
Cisco UCS Manager GUI displays the ARP Target Monitoring
area.
• Ping Gateway—The system pings the default gateway address
specified for this Cisco UCS domain on the Management
Interfaces tab. If you select this option, Cisco UCS Manager GUI
displays the Gateway Ping Monitoring area.
Monitoring Mechanism field
Step 6
If you chose Mii Status for the monitoring mechanism, complete the following fields in theMedia Independent
Interface Monitoring area:
DescriptionName
The number of seconds the system should wait before requesting another
response from the MII if a previous attempt fails.
Enter an integer between 3 and 10.
Retry Interval field
The number of times the system polls the MII until the system assumes
the interface is unavailable.
Enter an integer between 1 and 3.
Max Retry Count field
Step 7
If you chose Ping Arp Targets for the monitoring mechanism, complete the following fields in the ARP
Target Monitoring area:
DescriptionName
The first IP address the system pings.Target IP 1 field
The second IP address the system pings.Target IP 2 field
The third IP address the system pings.Target IP 3 field
The number of ARP requests to send to the target IP addresses.
Enter an integer between 1 and 5.
Number of ARP Requests field
Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide, Release 2.0
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Monitoring Management Interfaces