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Hardware Monitor Configuration Files
Startup Configuration File
Considerations for Modifying the Startup Configuration File Settings
While you can edit the contents of the startup configuration file directly, the better approach is to use the Hardware Monitoring Request Manager (monconfig) to create and manage your monitoring requests. Using the monitoring request manager you can create requests for multiple monitors simultaneously. And the Hardware Monitoring Request Manager ensures that all request entries are formatted correctly.
The only benefit that editing the configuration file offers is that you can use the COMMENT setting to add information that will be included with the event.
Table | Startup Configuration File Entries |
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| MONITOR (required) | A valid event monitor | Identifies the hardware |
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| resource path | event monitor to which |
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| the entry applies. All |
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| entries must use the |
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| resource path for the |
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| monitor being |
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| configured. |
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| Note: This must the first |
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| keyword in each entry |
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| Criteria Threshold (required) | Valid values include: | Defines the severity |
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| CRITICAL | level used as the |
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| notification criteria | |
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| SERIOUS | |
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| threshold. | |
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| MAJOR_WARNING | |
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| MINOR_WARNING |
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| INFORMATIONAL |
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| Criteria Operator (required) | Valid operators are: | This value identifies the |
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| %< (less than) | arithmetic operator |
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| used with the criteria | |
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| %<= (less than or equal to | |
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| threshold to control | |
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| what events are | |
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| > (greater than) | |
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| reported. The operator | |
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| >= (greater than or equal | |
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| treats each severity | |
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| to) | |
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| level as a numeric value | |
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| ! (not equal to) | |
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| assigned as follows: | |
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| Critical = 5 |
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| Serious = 4 |
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| Major warning = 3 |
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| Minor warning = 2 |
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| Informational = 1 |
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| The event severity |
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| received is the left |
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| operand and the |
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| Criteria Threshold value |
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| is the right operand. |
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