Ok, I'm a network geek, so this whole thing is outside of my normal knowledge, I'm going to paste the error I was sent by the guy who runs grid control. Hopefully this is what you need.
Failed to contact the target to be added. Following errors were received while testing the connection to the target. Update the properties accordingly, try Test Connection for testing the properties before saving.
Switch - em_error = ; nested exception is: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException Nov 16, 2007 11:25:56 AM org.apache.axis.client.Call invoke SEVERE: Exception: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.SimpleDeserializer.onEndElement(SimpleDeserializer.java:176) at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializerImpl.endElement(DeserializerImpl.java:502) at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.endElement(DeserializationContext.java:1087) at org.apache.axis.message.SAX2EventRecorder.replay(SAX2EventRecorder.java:171) at org.apache.axis.message.MessageElement.publishToHandler(MessageElement.java:1140) at org.apache.axis.message.RPCElement.deserialize(RPCElement.java:345) at org.apache.axis.message.RPCElement.getParams(RPCElement.java:384) at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2448) at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2347) at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1804) at iControl.SystemStatisticsBindingStub.get_global_statistics(SystemStatisticsBindingStub.java:607) at oracle.sysman.mpi.f5.bigip.SystemSwitch.getSystemSwitchInfo(SystemSwitch.java:50) at oracle.sysman.mpi.f5.bigip.SystemSwitch.acceptRequest(SystemSwitch.java:37) at oracle.sysman.mpi.f5.bigip.MetricCollection.acceptRequest(MetricCollection.java:93) at oracle.sysman.mpi.f5.bigip.MetricCollector.main(MetricCollector.java:149)
Thanks again for your time!
Don