2. Specifying properties of the node.

After creating the node, the properties window is displayed automatically. The node attributes to be defined in this window are the following:

• Location. The location of the node (optional)
• Polltimer. The time interval for explicitly retrieving actual state information from the node by INMS (mandatory)
• ManagedStatus. Attribute to specify if the node should be monitored. By setting this attribute to unmanaged the network administrator can disable the monitoring for nodes currently not in operation (mandatory)
• ManagementType. This attribute has to be set to Fore and specifies the name of the Technology Adapter in Gate (mandatory)