Chapter 14 Using Notifications

Configuring Notifications

GUI Element

Description/Action

 

 

Facility list

Select a facility from the list (the default is Local Use 0). The Facility field

 

and the event/alert severity are used for the PRI portion of the syslog

 

message, as follows:

 

 

[Facility*8][Severity]

 

Event/alert severity values are as follows:

 

Critical = 2

 

Warning = 4

 

Informational = 6

 

 

Location field

(Optional) Enter location information (up to 29 characters). This

 

information will be populated in the syslog message.

 

 

Hostname editable

Enter an IP address or DNS name for the host.

column

 

 

 

 

Port editable column

Enter a port number on which the syslog daemon is listening. If the port

 

number is left unspecified (empty), the port defaults to 514.

 

Note The syslog daemon on the remote system (hostname) must be

 

 

configured to listen on a specified port.

 

 

Comments editable

(Optional) A comment.

column

 

 

 

 

 

Step 6 Click Next. The Notification Group Summary page appears, displaying all information entered on the previous page.

Step 7 Click Finish. The notification information is saved.

Cloning a Notification Group

You can use existing notification groups as templates for creating new notification groups.

Step 1 Select Notifications > Notification Criteria. The Notification Groups page appears.

Step 2 Select the check box next to the notification group that you want to use as the base for your new notification group.

Step 3 Click Clone. Depending on your selection, the Clone Device-Based Criterion page or the Clone Service Quality-Based Criterion page appears.

The rest of the procedures for cloning a notification group are the same as when a notification group is edited. For further instructions, see the following:

Adding and Editing Device Notification Groups, page 14-10

Adding and Editing Service Quality Notification Groups, page 14-13

 

 

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