https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-hardware-polling-and-snmp/m-p/4007411#M27598 snmpd had crashed on four servers and was down for over an hour. Hardware status polling did not indicate any problem whatsoever. Isn't hardware polling supposed to connect to SNMP?<BR /><BR />Tasks &amp; Logs / View All Scheduled Tasks<BR /><BR />Select "Hardware Status Polling for Servers" and click "Edit", then "Next".<BR /><BR />SNMP is checked. HTTP and WBEM are not checked.<BR /><BR />Version: Systems Insight Manager 5.1 - Linux <BR />Build version: C.05.01.00.00 <BR />Build date: 2006-12-14 14:06 <BR /> Fri, 25 May 2007 13:42:59 GMT John Frickson 2007-05-25T13:42:59Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-hardware-polling-and-snmp/m-p/4007411#M27598 snmpd had crashed on four servers and was down for over an hour. Hardware status polling did not indicate any problem whatsoever. Isn't hardware polling supposed to connect to SNMP?<BR /><BR />Tasks &amp; Logs / View All Scheduled Tasks<BR /><BR />Select "Hardware Status Polling for Servers" and click "Edit", then "Next".<BR /><BR />SNMP is checked. HTTP and WBEM are not checked.<BR /><BR />Version: Systems Insight Manager 5.1 - Linux <BR />Build version: C.05.01.00.00 <BR />Build date: 2006-12-14 14:06 <BR /> Fri, 25 May 2007 13:42:59 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-hardware-polling-and-snmp/m-p/4007411#M27598 John Frickson 2007-05-25T13:42:59Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-hardware-polling-and-snmp/m-p/4007412#M27599 I think it also uses Ping, so polling is a check to ensure the server is still reachable. Not too sure why Ping is no longer listed but I'm sure it is used. Fri, 25 May 2007 21:31:49 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-hardware-polling-and-snmp/m-p/4007412#M27599 Rob Buxton 2007-05-25T21:31:49Z