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Appendix A

Event Parameters

Use Event Parameters in Event Action Filters to substitute information related to a specific event. Event Parameters can be used in the Event Message and as arguments to a program in the Exec Program action. The available Event Parameters and the associated expansion are described in the following table.

	Table 5-1.	Event Parameters

	Event	Description
	Parameters	Description
	Parameters
	$$	The dollar ($) symbol

	$V	Event message text (for Exec Program action).

	$W	Console frame window number.

	$M	Server IP Address.

	$R	Address of sending entity (could be the same as the target device, or it could be
		a Polling Agent address).
	$F	Event Action Filter name.

	$f	Event Action Filter database record number.

	$O	Trap Name as a textual string.

	$o	Trap Object Identifier in dot format.

	$A	Address of target device (device that the event is about)

	$T	Trap Community Name.

	$x	Date the event occurred, in local format at server.

	$X	Time the event occurred, in time zone of server.

	$@	Time the event occurred, in seconds since Jan 1, 1970.

	$U	Value of sysUpTime in the event trap.

	$N	The map object name of the target device.

	$i	The map database record number of the target device.

	$G	The Read Community name of the target device

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NETGEAR, Inc September 2004 Statement of Conditions TrademarksCustomer Support World Wide Web Contents Chapter Data and Statistics Appendix a Contents Typographical Conventions Audience, Scope, Conventions, and FormatsManual Scope Overview Other ProSafe NMS Features Recommended system requirements Device Access ModesProSafe Network Management System System Requirements Package Contents Introduction Introduction Installing the ProSafe NMS Server and Local Console Chapter Installation and Startup Starting the ProSafe NMS Server and Local Console Installing the Air Messenger Pro Paging Software Starting a Local Console Session Disabling Automatic Console LoginStopping and Starting the Server Element Function Console ElementsMain button bar Edit button bar Selection Tool Event Log Tool Zoom to Console Button Commands Selection Tab Description Selection ToolEvent Log Tool Selection Tool tabs View Window Area Installation and Startup Map Selection Tree Working with the Map Database Rectangle Using Map View WindowsView All Zoom Out Zoom Moving Objects at the Root Level Moving Map Objects Automatically arranged and manually arranged submap levels Moving Objects Inside Subnet Levels Moving Objects from One Subnet to Another Attributes Changing Object Properties Object Properties Access tab Access ParametersAttribute Name Description Type-Dependent Attributes Object Attribute Name Description Type a Object Properties Attribute tab Object Types Adding Map ObjectsType Description MIB Selection Tree Viewing Device MIB DataManage Menus Custom Menus Table Display Elements Graph Styles Graph Display Elements Creating a New Report Saving Long-term Statistics Viewing Trend Data in a Graph Window Limiting Saved Instances Threshold Alarms Setting Threshold AlarmsAlarm Type Description Configuring Automatic Alarms Setting Status Variable Polling Setting Manual Threshold Alarms Discovery of Four Built-in Services Polling TCP Application ServicesTCP Service Polling Managing Polling for the Device Custom TCP Service Polling To modify an existing Custom TCP Service definition Emailing or Paging the Administrator on an Event Then, set the Email/Paging global event options Add an Event Filter for the pollDeviceDown event Then, set the Email/Page event actions ProSafe NMS Events Other Event TypesEvent Subtree Trap Name Description First, add a grouped set of users Emailing or Paging Multiple Users Then, add an Event Filter for the selected devices Duration of Network Discovery Troubleshooting Network DiscoveryNormal Discovery Map Layout Sample top-level and Subnet Map views for a small network Failure Symptoms and Solutions Incorrect or Missing Community Names Discovery Agent Fails to Connect to the Server Firewalls Block Snmp Operations Snmp Device Access Control ListNot Enough Seeds Broadcast Packet Losses Setting Up New FiltersLimiting the Scope of Discovery Stopping Discovery Auto-Layout Event Parameters Event ParametersEvent Description Parameters Set Community name of the target device List of Glossary Terms Auto Uplink Denial of Service attackCat Domain Name DoS Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol IP Address GatewayInternet Protocol Mbps Lightweight Directory Access ProtocolLocal area network MAC address Perfect Forward Secrecy NetBIOSNetwork Address Translation Packet Router PPPoEPPP over ATM PPP over Ethernet Subnet Mask Wide area network Wi-Fi Windows Internet Naming ServiceUniversal Plug and Play WEB Proxy Server Wireless Network Name Ssid Index Index Index