Heartbeat polling, Connectivity management, Operational status polling – Cisco 12000/10700 V3.1.1 User Manual
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Chapter 18 Fault Management
Heartbeat Polling
An example Configuration Management Event Alarm Description is:
“Config Change, Command Source: commandLine, Config Source: running, Config Destination:
commandSource”.
This would be received when a <write memory> command was issued.
Alarms are raised against the Chassis object with Informational Severity.
Heartbeat Polling
Heartbeat polling begins automatically when you commission a chassis. The chassis and all objects
within the chassis are polled every five minutes. There are two types of heartbeat polling: Connectivity
Management and Operational Status Polling.
The Heartbeat Polling section covers the following areas:
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Connectivity Management
Cisco 12000/10720 Router Manager polls the management interface on the Cisco 12000/10720 Router
every 60 seconds to determine network connectivity. If management connectivity is lost, the chassis
enters into a lost comms state and this state ripples down to all subchassis objects. A major lost comms
alarm is raised against the chassis. The chassis continues to poll. If it detects re-establishment, it puts
the chassis state back to the relevant state and this state ripples down to all subchassis objects as well.
An alarm of Normal severity is then raised which clears the major lost comms alarm.
Operational Status Polling
Operational Status Polling—Occurs at module and interface levels. Each module and interface polls for
its own operational status. For modules or interfaces, this is every 5 minutes. If a module or interface
detects that its operational status is down, it enters into the Errored state and raises a Major alarm. In the
Errored state the module or interface will continue to poll if the condition has been rectified. If it detects
that the operational state has moved back to healthy then the object will transition into the Normal state
and raise an alarm of Normal severity which will clear the previous Major alarm.
Disabling Heartbeat Polling
You can stop heartbeat polling on an individual interface by decommissioning the interface. You might
want to do this if you have interfaces that are not yet connected or live. For example, when you
commission a chassis, subchassis discovery is automatically initiated. If you have pre-deployed
interfaces that are not yet live, these are discovered and put into an Errored state, after no connectivity
is detected on them. An alarm is also be raised on the interface. To correct this situation, you need to
decommission the inactive interface and clear the alarm manually.