Step 1: Enable ESM to use TCP polling by editing /opt/ciena/ESM*/conf/productConfiguration.xml
Before editing <config name="useAlternatePollingForInterface" value="false"/>
After editing <config name="useAlternatePollingForInterface" value="true"/>
Step 2: Enable ESM to use ssh polling by editing /opt/ciena/ESM*/conf/productConfiguration.xml
Before editing <config name="secureModeEnable" value="false"/>
After editing <config name="secureModeEnable" value="true"/>
Step 3: Edit /opt/ciena/ESM*/conf/clientparameters.conf and set snmp_retries="3" snmp_timeout="10"
Step 4: Restart ESM as follows: a. Login to ESM server as "root" user b. cd opt/ciena/ESM*/bin c. ./ShutDown.sh [User Name] [Password] d. nohup ./startnms.sh & |