Understanding Embedded Event Manager; Configuring Embedded Event Manager - Cisco Catalyst 3560-X Software Configuration Manual

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Embedded Event Manager (EEM) is a distributed and customized approach to event detection and

recovery within a Cisco IOS device. EEM offers the ability to monitor events and take informational,

corrective, or any other EEM action when the monitored events occur or when a threshold is reached.

An EEM policy defines an event and the actions to be taken when that event occurs.

This chapter tells how to use EEM and how to configure it on a Catalyst 3750-X or 3560-X switch.

Unless otherwise noted, the term switch refers to a standalone switch or a Catalyst 3750-X switch stack.

Beginning with Cisco IOS Release 12.2(55)SE, the EEM feature is supported on the IP base and IP

services feature set. It is not supported on the LAN base feature set.

For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this chapter, see the switch

command reference for this release and the Cisco IOS Network Management Command Reference. For

the complete EEM document set, see these documents in the Cisco IOS Network Management

Configuration Guide:

This chapter consists of these sections:

Understanding Embedded Event Manager

EEM monitors key system events and then acts on them through a set policy. This policy is a programmed

script that you can use to customize a script to invoke an action based on a given set of events occurring.

The script generates actions such as generating custom syslog or Simple Network Management Protocol

(SNMP) traps, invoking CLI commands, forcing a failover, and so forth. The event management

capabilities of EEM are useful because not all event management can be managed from the switch and

Embedded Event Manager Overview

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/netmgmt/configuration/guide/nm_eem_overview.html

Writing Embedded Event Manager Policies Using the Cisco IOS CLI

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/netmgmt/configuration/guide/nm_eem_policy_cli.html

Writing Embedded Event Manager Policies Using Tcl

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/netmgmt/configuration/guide/nm_eem_policy_tcl.html

Understanding Embedded Event Manager, page 1-1

Configuring Embedded Event Manager, page 1-6

Displaying Embedded Event Manager Information, page 1-8

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