Nodes
You can add, edit and delete entries to the NMIS Nodes table.
Keyed by node name, names must be unique ! IP addressing allowed. As of V3.2.x, UC letters in nodename allowed.
A device name or ip address.
set 'true|false'. If false, no information about this node will be collected or displayed. Used to deactivate a node for a period of time.
set 'true|false'. If true, collect Class Based Quality of Service (CBQoS) values of the router interfaces. In NMIS configuration (conf/nmis.conf) the parameter CBQoS_collect must also be set on true.
set 'true|false'. If false, do not collect any stats using SNMP. Ping only stats such as reachability are supported. Used for dumb hosts.
A SNMP RO community string
Mutiple selectable list of nodes. If a current 'Node Down' event is to be escalated, the list of 'depend' nodes is checked. If any of these are also reported as down, then the event will not be escalated to the next LevelX and the subsequent notification procedure will not be run. Default setting is 'N/A'
One of 'router', 'switch', 'server', or 'generic'. Should match the nodeType as set in the system file by the nodeType derived from the model selection table model.csv.
A logical name defining a group of devices. List is pre-populated from the 'grouplist' setting in nmis.conf. It is logical that the group name be something like the building name or city/suburb of the device.
set to 'lan|wan'. Used in reports.
One of 'core', 'distribution' and 'access'. Roles play an important part in NMIS, they allow things to be weighted for events and various other functions. The concept of weighting according to role is simple, if it is a core device then it is important and should be treated as such, if it an access device then it is less important.
If set to 'true' at edit time via the web UI, then a 'nmis.pl type=update node=xxxx debug=true' command will be started to create this node directories and interface files. Debug results will be reported back to the web UI - scroll down to to the end of the node table view. The node 'ping' will be skipped, as the update command cannot be run with root priviliges from the web UI.
SNMP port - 161 by default. Could set other values here if required.