Does Nagios passive check support "real-time" monitor of hardware status

[Allan Clark]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 17:08, Scott Xiao <Scott_Xiao at nec.com.sg> wrote:

>
>  Hi Does Nagios passive check support "real-time" monitor of hardware
> status? For example, one network cable on a switch port is disconnected
> and nagios UI will change to "down" in a few seconds and send alert
> email/sms to IT team? Is NRPE or NSCA agent needed to install on the
> monitored systems? But for switch/tape drive, not possible to install,
> how shall we achieve the passive check instead of waiting 5 or 10
> minutes to know it happens after a switch port is down? Any experience
> or URL to share? Thanks !
>

Sounds like the kind of thing you can do camping on the hotplug events.  Can
you MUX the consumption of hotplug?  Or is that evolved now to DBUS-ish
stuff?

Allan
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