Cisco Systems NAM, 5 manual Setting Conversation Thresholds

Chapter 2 Setting Up The NAM Traffic Analyzer

Alarms

Table 2-15	Host Alarm Thresholds (continued)
Field		Description
Host		Choose a host from the list.
		You can type in the name of the host if the drop-down list does not contain the
		desired host.
Application		Choose an application from the list. You can enter the first few characters to
		narrow the selection in the drop-down list.
DSCP		Choose a DSCP value from the list. You can enter the first few characters to
		narrow the selection in the drop-down list.
Severity		Choose High or Low. These will display on the Alarm Summary dashboard
		(Monitor > Overview >Alarm Summary), where you can choose to view High,
		Low, or High and Low alarms.
Actions		From the drop-down lists, choose a Rising action and a Falling action (optional).
		During threshold creation, by default, the falling action is the same as rising
		action. See Alarm Actions, page 2-36for information on setting up alarm actions.
Host Metrics		Choose the type of metric from the list, and then enter a value for a Rising
(per second)		threshold and a Falling threshold.
Add Metrics		Click the Add Metrics button to add another row.
(button)
Delete (button)		Click the Delete button to remove that Metrics row.

Note If you leave a selection blank, it means that that parameter will not be considered. If you select “Any”, it will use any of the selections for that parameter, if encountered.

Step 4 Click Submit to set the thresholds, click Reset to reset the thresholds to their default value, or click Cancel to remove any changes you might have made.

Step 5 When finished, click Submit.

Setting Conversation Thresholds

Step 1 Choose Setup > Alarms > Thresholds.

Step 2 Click the Create button and choose the Conversation tab.

Step 3 The Conversation Alarm Threshold Configuration window displays. Fill in the fields as appropriate. Table 2-16, Conversation Alarm Thresholds describes the fields available on this screen.

Table 2-16 Conversation Alarm Thresholds

	Field		Description
	Name		Give the Conversation Alarm Threshold a name.
	Application		Choose an application from the list. You can start typing the first
			few characters to narrow the list.
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