Before you begin the design of the polling and thresholds in your deployment, read the comprehensive description of the polling and threshold groups, settings, and default values in the VMware Smart Assurance IP Manager Concepts Guide and the VMware Smart Assurance IP Manager Reference Guide.
As explained in the VMware Smart Assurance IP Manager Concepts Guide and shown in ICMP and SNMP polling and threshold settings for the IP Manager, the IP Manager uses ICMP and SNMP polling to monitor the IP network. The monitoring of the network is controlled by the ICMP and SNMP polling and threshold settings that are created for the IP Manager through the Polling and Thresholds Console.
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Comprehensive descriptions of these configurations are also given in the VMware Smart Assurance IP Manager Concepts Guide.