Network resource monitoring overview

You can use OpenEdge Management to set up resource monitors for non-OpenEdge resources. To determine the availability of some non-OpenEdge network resources, you follow network discovery procedures that allow you to search for ports that are present on your network.

This chapter describes network discovery procedures and explains how to create specific port connections for network resources. These network resources are:

Caution: Give serious consideration to the types of devices for which you are creating network resources. OpenEdge Management does not allow you to PING broadcast or multi-cast addresses. However, it is possible to PING other devices, such as hubs, switches, and routers. Polling devices such as these can lead to network problems.

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