monitor IP w/o alerting

Question

I have several offices that have ISDN connections that dial when the primary T1 goes down.  I would like to display the ISDN connection status via pinging the interface IP so that I can graphically see that it is up when the T1 drops.  But 99% of the time the ISDN connection is down and I'd rather not see the warnings on my Solar Winds map all the time.  Is there a way to add a node to Orian and not have alerting on it or is there a way to reverse alert a node so that the node goes into alarm only when it is up?

Thanks for any advice, -Matt

mschwarz · Answer

ok.  Thank you for all your replies.  It doesnt look like there is a good way to integrate this typical network layout.

But... I like the idea of creating a separate group just for my ISDN connections.  When that Icon turns green then I know ISDN kicked in somewhere and I can pull up the ISDN group to check it out.  I may play with putting the isdn connection on my main map and suppress the alerts w/in Solar winds.

Still waiting for SNMP V3 support... December I guess.

-Matt

ceclark · Answer

It's only in Beta currently, but you could use the SNMP Trap Alert. That might solve half of your requirements. It can notify when it sees a specific trap (ie BRI channel up).

Network_Guru · Answer

Hi Matt,

This question has been asked before, but it seems like there is no real solution to this one:
I did a search for "isdn" & found these posts.

www2.solarwinds.net/.../topic.asp
www2.solarwinds.net/.../topic.asp
www2.solarwinds.net/.../topic.asp
www2.solarwinds.net/.../topic.asp

-=Cheers=-
          NG