Add a TFTP Listener

1. Go to Listener > TFTP Listener then click the Add (+) button located in the upper right corner.

2. You will get the fields as follows.

Refer to the following table to understand the fields in the above screen.

Fields
Description

Name

A label or name that is assigned to a listener.

Trigger

You may want to assign the servers to a custom Trigger if target server is in an Isolated network or if you want to setup a scalable infrastructure. You will only see available Triggers in this field.

Authentication Protocol

UDP: User Datagram Protocol, on the other hand, is a connectionless protocol that offers low-latency, but lacks reliability mechanisms, making it suitable for real-time applications like video streaming and online gaming.

Log Interval

The interval for fetching data.

· Realtime

· 1 Minute

· 3 Minutes

· 5 Minutes

IP Address

The numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network is called an "IP address." An IP address is typically represented in the format XXX.XXX.XXX.XX, where each "XXX" is a number ranging from 0 to 255, and the "XX" is a similar two-digit number. IP addresses are used to uniquely identify and locate devices on a network.

Port Number

A specific endpoint for data exchange between two devices or applications within a network.

Status

To choose a server status such as:

· Active: Enables monitoring for server

· Maintenance: Enables maintenance mode for server and disables all notifications

· Reconnect: Restarts all collectors for server

· Disabled: Disables monitoring for server

Debug

To choose debug such as:

· Off

· On: Collects debug logs for Inventory and Monitoring Collector

3. After entering all the required info, click the button SUBMIT.

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