Understanding ICMP and SNMP polling and thresholds

The
IP Availability Manager
and the
IP Performance Manager
uses Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) polling to monitor the IP network. The monitoring of the network is controlled by ICMP and SNMP polling-related and threshold-related settings that are created for the
IP Availability Manager
and the
IP Performance Manager
through the Polling and Thresholds Console.
This discussion focuses on the threshold-related settings. Polling-related settings are described in the
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