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Part Number: 1011.16.319 Zenoss, Inc. 11305 Four Points Drive Bldg 1 - Suite 300 Austin, Texas 78726 2 Contents About this guide.................................................................................................................. 7 Chapter 1: Using Zenoss Core........................................................................8 Initial Login........................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Interface and Navigation............................................................................................................................................... 10 Customizing the Dashboard......................................................................................................................................... 14 Search.................................................................................................................................................................................17 Navigating the Event Console......................................................................................................................................18 Running a command from the browser interface.....................................................................................................21 Running a Command from the CLI........................................................................................................................... 22 Working with Triggers and Notifications...................................................................................................................23 Advanced User Interface Configuration.....................................................................................................................37 Chapter 2: Adding, Discovering and Modeling Devices.............................. 38 Add a Single Device.......................................................................................................................................................38 Add Multiple Devices.....................................................................................................................................................39 Discovering Devices....................................................................................................................................................... 39 Modeling Devices............................................................................................................................................................42 About Modeler Plugins..................................................................................................................................................44 Debugging the Modeling Process................................................................................................................................45 Chapter 3: Working with Devices................................................................. 46 Viewing the Device List................................................................................................................................................ 46 Working with Devices.................................................................................................................................................... 47 Managing Devices and Device Attributes.................................................................................................................. 55 Chapter 4: Configuration Properties.............................................................59 Configuration Properties Inheritance and Override.................................................................................................59 Configuration Property Types.......................................................................................................................................62 Device Configuration Properties..................................................................................................................................62 Event Configuration Properties....................................................................................................................................71 Network Configuration Properties.............................................................................................................................. 72 Chapter 5: Monitoring Templates.................................................................74 Creating Templates..........................................................................................................................................................74 Renaming Templates.......................................................................................................................................................74 Template Binding............................................................................................................................................................ 74 Example: Defining Templates in the Device Hierarchy.......................................................................................... 76 Example: Applying Templates to Multiple Areas in the Device Hierarchy..........................................................76 Chapter 6: Basic Monitoring.........................................................................77 Availability Monitoring................................................................................................................................................... 77 Monitoring Using ZenCommand.................................................................................................................................86 SNMP Monitoring.......................................................................................................................................................... 88 3 Monitoring Devices Remotely Through SSH............................................................................................................89 Chapter 7: Performance Monitoring............................................................. 92 About Monitoring Templates........................................................................................................................................93 Template Binding............................................................................................................................................................ 93 Data Sources.................................................................................................................................................................... 94 Data Points.......................................................................................................................................................................95 Data Point Aliases...........................................................................................................................................................96 Thresholds........................................................................................................................................................................ 98 Performance Graphs.................................................................................................................................................... 102 Performance Data Retention...................................................................................................................................... 104 Chapter 8: Event Management....................................................................106 Basic Event Fields.........................................................................................................................................................106 Other Fields................................................................................................................................................................... 108 Details..............................................................................................................................................................................109