Description

If the customer manages the devices via the Network Director, the devices are polled via Netconf over SSH every 10 minutes.  

This article explains how to tune the polling interval as per the customer's requirement

Symptoms

We will receive the below messages under /var/log/interactive-commands from the device:
 

Jan 10 07:40:02 xxxxxx mgd[63278]: UI_NETCONF_CMD: User 'root' used NETCONF client to run command 'get-dot1x-interface-information verbosity_level=detail'

Jan 10 07:40:02 xxxxxx mgd[63278]: UI_NETCONF_CMD: User 'root' used NETCONF client to run command 'close-session'

Jan 10 07:40:03 xxxxxx mgd[63284]: UI_CMDLINE_READ_LINE: User 'root', command 'command rpc rpc command show system uptime no-forwarding '

Jan 10 07:40:03 xxxxxx mgd[63284]: UI_JUNOSCRIPT_CMD: User 'root' used JUNOScript client to run command 'get-system-uptime-information'

Jan 10 07:40:03 xxxxxx mgd[63281]: UI_NETCONF_CMD: User 'root' used NETCONF client to run command 'get-chassis-inventory'

Jan 10 07:40:04 xxxxxx mgd[63281]: UI_NETCONF_CMD: User 'root' used NETCONF client to run command 'get-environment-information'

Jan 10 07:40:04 xxxxxx mgd[63281]: UI_NETCONF_CMD: User 'root' used NETCONF client to run command 'get-route-engine-information'

Jan 10 07:40:04 exxxxxx mgd[63281]: UI_NETCONF_CMD: User 'root' used NETCONF client to run command 'get-interface-information level=extensive'

The above message will be repeated every 10 seconds. 

Solution

Please follow the below steps to tune the polling:

  • Open the Network Director application.
  • Navigate to Preference > Monitoring > change the value "EquipementMonitorDeviceStatusCollector" from 10 to different values based on your requirement.

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