Yeah, but at least you can treat a failed poll response as a failure.
On 12/29/2014 12:37 PM, Josh Reynolds via Af wrote:
SNMP polling is normally UDP as well :P
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On 12/29/2014 09:19 AM, Bill Prince via Af wrote:
Poll for data, use traps for "emergencies" or unusual events that you
don't want to wait around for.
Belt and suspenders I guess.� Poll to collect all your data;
historical and otherwise.� Use traps for alert situations.
Important caveat is that traps are UDP, and so may get lost when bad
things are happening on the network.
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On 12/29/2014 8:46 AM, Chuck McCown via Af wrote:
When attempting to collect system wide status and alarm data
real-time, are traps reliable enough or should you just poll
everything on a regular basis?
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