CLI discovery, CLI
polling, and CLI device-access groups
performs CLI discovery and CLI polling to discover and
monitor devices that cannot be discovered or monitored by using SNMP. As shown
in
CLI discovery, CLI polling, and CLI
device-access object creation and transfer, CLI discovery and CLI
polling are controlled by CLI device-access objects that are created on the
IP Availability Manager
, through the Polling and Thresholds Console, and then
imported by
.
CLI discovery, CLI
polling, and CLI device-access object creation and transfer

The execution of CLI discovery
and CLI polling requires login credentials, which are used by
to access the Network Protocol-enabled devices and to
invoke CLI commands from the devices. The CLI device-access objects carry the
login credential information.
Instructions for creating CLI
device access objects for
are given in
“Creating CLI
device-access groups” on page 53
.