Host visualization

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There is a wealth of information regarding the host status presented along with the host icon. That information helps to quickly check the whole network status and find problematic hosts.

Sample host icon

The host icon presents a wide range of information right on the map – displayed in these examples:

 

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Host type Windows XP

Leading service (usually PING) response time is 10ms

Host status <Warning> (yellow icon) because service HTTP has been down for 4min 1s

This is SNMP manageable host

 

 

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Host type Linux server

Host status <Down> (red icon) since 1 day 2h

There are 3 currently open (unresolved) alerts.

 

Visualization options

The following table lists all possible information that can be presented graphically along with the host icon.

Name

 

Description

Icon with a caption, host status: Up

 

The base form of the icon. It shows the type of the host and the name or address of the host in the caption.

Host status: Down

 
 

The icon is colorized in red and the duration of the down status is written at the top of the icon. For more information about host status refer to Events topic.

Host status: Warning

 

The icon is colorized in yellow. It means that at least one service does not respond or a warning alert was raised on the host. For more information about host status refer to Events topic.

Host status: Archived

 

The icon is greyed out. It means that the given device Agent data were archived. For more information, see Agent Archiving chapter.

Non responding service(s)

 

The name of the problematic service with the duration of the problem is written on the icon.

Response time of selected service

 

Last or average response time of the selected service is placed at the bottom of the icon. Usually it shows the average PING response time. Its background changes its color according to the service performance.

Alerts

 

This icon, located at the right side of the host icon, indicates non acknowledged alerts raised on the host.

SNMP manageability

 

This icon, located at the right side of the host icon, indicates that the host is SNMP manageable.

Performance chart

 

You can see up to 6 performance bars that show service response times or any counter.