8: Device Ports

 

 

 

 

Send

If you enabled email and SNMP logging, select what type of notification log to

 

 

send:

 

 

Email (default)

 

 

SNMP Trap

 

 

Both

 

 

 

 

Trigger on

Select the method of triggering a notification:

 

 

Byte Count: A specific number of bytes of data. This is the default.

 

 

Text String Recognition: A specific pattern of characters, which you can

 

 

define by a regular expression.

 

 

Note: Text string recognition may negatively impact the SLC unit’s performance,

 

 

particularly when regular expressions are used.

 

 

 

 

Byte Threshold

The number of bytes of data the port receives before the SLC unit captures log

 

 

data and sends a notification regarding this port. The default is 100 bytes.

 

 

In most cases, the console port of your device does not send any data unless

 

 

there is an alarm condition. After the SLC 8000 advanced console manager

 

 

receives a small number of bytes, it perceives that your device needs some

 

 

attention. The SLC unit notifies your technician when that point has been passed,

 

 

and the notification includes the logged data.

 

 

For example, a threshold preset at 30 characters means that as soon as the SLC

 

 

8000 advanced console manager receives 30 bytes of data, it captures log data

 

 

and sends an email regarding this port.

 

 

 

 

Text String

The specific pattern of characters the SLC unit must recognize before sending a

 

 

notification to the technician about this port. The maximum is 100 characters. You

 

 

may use a regular expression to define the pattern. For example, the regular

 

 

expression “abc[def]g” recognizes the strings abcdg, abceg, abcfg.

 

 

The SLC 8000 advanced console manager supports GNU regular expressions;

 

 

for more information, see:

 

 

http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Regular-Expressions.html

 

 

http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/regex/regex.html

 

 

 

 

Email Delay

A time limit of how long (in seconds), after the SLC unit detects the trigger, that

 

 

the device port captures data before closing the log file (with a fixed internal buffer

 

 

maximum capacity of 1500 bytes) and sending a notification. The default is 60

 

 

seconds.

 

 

 

 

Restart Delay

The number of seconds for the period after the notification has been sent during

 

 

which the device port ignores additional characters received. The data is simply

 

 

ignored and does not trigger additional alarms until this time elapses. The default

 

 

is 60 seconds.

 

 

 

 

Email to

The complete email address of the message recipient(s) for each device port(s).

 

 

Each device port has its own recipient list. To enter more than one email address,

 

 

separate the addresses with a single space. You can enter up to 128 characters.

 

 

 

 

Email Subject

A subject text appropriate for your site. May have up to 128 characters.

 

 

The email subject line is pre-defined for each port with its port number. You can

 

 

use the email subject to inform the desired recipients of the problem on a certain

 

 

server or location (e.g., server location or other classification of your equipment).

 

 

This is helpful if the email message goes to the system administrator’s or service

 

 

technician's mobile or wireless device (e.g., text messaging by means of email).

 

 

Note: The character sequence %d anywhere in the email subject is replaced

 

 

with the device port number automatically.

 

 

 

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