Extreme Networks EPICenter Software Installation Manual page 146

The EPICenter Alarm System
Configuring a CPU Utilization Rule
NOTE
CPU Utilization is only supported on switches running ExtremeWare 6.2 or later.
If you select CPU Utilization, only the Rising Threshold field allows input, as shown in Figure 61. The
other fields and buttons in this window are predefined.
Figure 61: New Configuration window for a CPU Utilization Rule
The fields displayed are defined as follows:
• Rule Name— For CPU Utilization, the name is predefined because there can only be one rule of this
type on a device.
• Rising Threshold— A threshold value, in percent, that will trigger an event when the CPU
utilization rises past this value. This value is also used to compute a falling threshold, which is
defined as 80% of the rising threshold.
• Description: The description of the
The other parameters that you can set when you configure an RMON event, are predefined in the
Extreme switch agent for a CPU Utilization event. These are:
• MIB Variable: The MIB variable is predefined to be
• Falling Threshold: This is predefined as 80% of the rising threshold
• Sample Interval: The sample interval for a CPU Utilization alarm is also predefined, and is set to 3
seconds
• Sample Type: The sample value (a percentage) is always an absolute value
• Startup Alarm: The Startup condition is predefined to be Rising
NOTE
To define an alarm for a CPU Utilization threshold event, select SNMP Trap as the Event Type, then
select CPU Utilization Rising Threshold or CPU Utilization Falling Threshold as the Event Name.
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extremeCpuUtilRisingThreshold
extremeCpuUtilRisingThreshold.0
MIB variable.
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