You can determine whether the CTPView server is currently able to reach one or more of the CTP platforms in your network. This is a one-time, immediate check rather than ongoing network monitoring.
To check the current reachability of CTP platforms:
The Network Monitoring pane is displayed.
The Check Connections to CTPs window opens and displays a list of platform groups and their members.
You can select more than one platform by holding down the Ctrl key when you click the platform names. Alternatively, you can click Select All Hosts to select all the listed CTP platforms.
The CTPView software checks the connection to each selected CTP device in turn and displays the results.
You can also check CTP platform connections from the Node Maintenance pane.
The Node Maintenance pane is displayed.
The Check Connections to CTPs window opens and displays a list of platform groups and their members.
You can select more than one platform by holding down the Ctrl key when you click the platform names. Alternatively, you can click Select All Hosts to select all the listed CTP platforms.
The CTPView software checks the connection to each selected CTP device in turn and displays the results.
To display logs of previous connection checks:
The CTPView software provides another way to check CTP platform connections starting from the Network Monitoring pane.
Monitoring is started for the selected port or platform.
The Remote Host Options window is displayed.
A new window displays the SSH query and response and the SNMP query and response.