HP Storage Mirroring V5 Software - Manual (Page 143)

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5. Specify your source machine by any of the following methods:
‹ Type the name of the machine that you want to monitor in Machine Name(s) and click OK . You can enter multiple
names if you want to monitor more than one machine by separating the names with a space.
‹ Click Custom , specify the IP address (with or without a port number) of the machine you want to monitor, click OK .
‹ If your Linux server is advertising iself via NETBIOS, click Browse to search for a machine. Select a domain from the
list box at the top of the Select Machine dialog box to list the available machines for that domain. After highlighting
a machine to be monitored (or selecting multiple machines with the Ctrl or Shift keys), click
OK .
6. The Monitor Settings dialog box appears.
Adding or editing a source monitor is completed through the Monitor Settings dialog box. This dialog box is used to
configure the monitor settings.
7. Select an IP address or source to be monitored by marking the check box to the left of an item in the Names to Monitor
tree.
8. Highlight one IP address in the Names to Monitor tree and select a Target Adapter that will assume that IP address
during failover. Repeat this process for each IP address that is being monitored.
9. Highlight one IP address in the Names to Monitor tree and specify the Monitor Interval . This setting identifies the
number of seconds between monitor requests sent from the target to the source to determine if the source machine is
online. Repeat this process for each IP address that is being monitored.
10. Highlight one IP address in the Names to Monitor tree and specify the Missed Packets. This setting identifies the
number of monitor replies sent from the source to the target that can be missed before assuming the source machine
has failed. Repeat this process for each IP address that is being monitored.
11. Disable Manual Intervention only if you want failover to occur immediately when a failure occurs.
NOTE: If you want to edit the monitor settings for a source machine that is currently being monitored, highlight
that source machine on the
Monitored Machines tree on the main Failover Control Center screen and
click Edit . You will not get the Insert Source Machine dialog box, but will immediately open the Monitor
Settings dialog box.
If you want to discontinue monitoring a source machine, highlight that machine on the Monitored
Machines tree on the main Failover Control Center screen and click Remove . No additional dialog boxes
will open.
NOTE: Current IP Addresses displays the IP address(es) currently assigned to the selected target adapter.