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An Alarm Detection configuration enables you to define criteria for generation of alarm messages. You select a condition, or combine a set of conditions, that within specific limits, generate an alarm message. To monitor the system alarms, you use the Web Usage Engine Web Interface. Note that enables Usage Engine enables you to deliver alarm messages to SNMP monitoring systems, as well.
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System Event
The System Event condition enables you to setup an Alarm Detection for the various Event Usage Engine Event types
| Item | Description |
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Type | Select an event-related reason for an alarm to be invoked. For a detailed description of every event type, see Event Types (2.2). |
Filter | Use this table to define a filter of criteria for the alarm messages that you are interested in. To define an entry, double-click on the row. The Edit Match Value dialog box opens. Click the Add button to add a value. |
Limits | See the section above, Host Statistic Value. |
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For a configured alarm detection to become active it needs to be activated using a toggle button which is present both in the desktop and Usage Engine desktop and in the web interface UI.
Activation mode is independent of the rest of the profile configuration and you do not need to press Save after enabling or disabling the alarm detection.
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Usage Engine Desktop
In the desktop, this toggle button is greyed out if there are no alarms present. You can see this button only after an alarm detection is saved.
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