• Active. Check availability, simulate user or exercise services or APIs, and return up or down indicator.
  • Passive. Check for specific logged or trapped event.
  • Performance. Measure performance statistics and trigger alerts and actions based on thresholds.
Note: The grid on the Monitors tab is filtered by default to only show monitors assigned to the device that are currently enabled. To display all assigned monitors, hover your cursor over the Enabled column header, click the drop-down arrow that appears, then clear the applied filter from the options displayed.
Tip: You now have the ability to specify the protocol by which WhatsUp Gold collects CPU, Disk, Memory, and Interface utilization data from the device. From the Monitors tab, select the applicable monitor, click , then select the desired protocol for collecting performance data at the top of the configuration dialog.

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Tip: In WhatsUp Gold, a given device is considered to be in a down state if it has either a critical monitor down or all monitors down.