7.1.1 Order of evaluation
Because an interface or node might qualify for multiple groups, the State Poller applies the configured polling interval and polling type in a well-defined order of evaluation. For each object in the discovered topology, the State Poller performs evaluation as follows:
If the object is an interface, State Poller looks for a qualifying interface group.
Groups are evaluated from the lowest order number to the highest. The first matching group is used and evaluation stops.
If no interface group has captured the object, node groups are evaluated from the lowest order number to the highest.
The first matching group is used and evaluation stops. Any contained interface that has not qualified for an interface group on its own characteristics inherits the polling settings from its hosting node.
For devices that are discovered but not included in any node or interface settings definitions, the global monitoring settings (on the Default Settings tab of the Monitoring Configuration form) establish the monitoring behavior.