Novell SENTINEL 6.1 SP2 - 02-2010 User Manual page 406

Options
Name
Id
Details
Run
Alert if no data received in specified time period
Limit Data Rate
Set Filter
Copy Raw Data to a file
7 Click Finish to confirm adding the Connector to the Event Source Management view.
Adding Event Sources
Sentinel Link Event Sources can be automatically detected and added according to user-configured
rules, or they can be added manually.
1 In Event Source Management, right-click the Sentinel Link Connector, then select Add Event
Source.
The Client IP Address window displays.
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Description
The name by which you want to identify this
Connector.
The Id of the Connector. You cannot change this
value.
Click Details if you want to open the Plugin
Details window.
(Optional) Select this option if you want to
specify that the Connector should by default be
started whenever the Collector Manager is
started.
(Optional) Select this option to send No Data
Alert event to Sentinel if no data is received by
the Connector in the specified time period.
You also have an option, Send repeated alerts
every time period, to resend the alert if multiple
time periods consecutively pass without
receiving data from the Connector. Specify the
time in seconds. By default the value is 60
seconds.
(Optional) You can set a maximum limit on the
rate of data the Connector can send to Sentinel.
If the data rate limit is reached, Sentinel begins
to throttle back on the source to limit the flow.
(Optional) You can specify a filter for the raw
data that passes through this Connector.
(Optional) You can copy the raw data, which
passes through this Connector, to a file for
further analysis. To save the raw data, click the
Browse button to choose a location to save the
data.