Event Action Definitions; Creating An Event Action Definition - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c User Manual

Event action definitions

To reduce the amount of events being logged in the Management application database, the Event
Actions dialog box allows you to control what events the Management application monitors, on
which products they are to be monitored, how often they are to be monitored, and what to do when
the monitored events are generated. This information can be defined by creating an event action
definition.
For example, you can create an event action definition if you want the Management application to
monitor link up and link down traps only, and only on products that belong to Product Group 1.
Furthermore, you may want these traps to be logged in the Management application database only
if they occur 10 times within a 5-minute interval. You may also want an e-mail message sent to a
network administrator when these traps are generated.
In another case, you may not want to log any occurrence of Topology Change traps from Product
Group 2. You may also want to disable a port on a product if an event that resembles an attack on
the network occurs at a certain frequency.

Creating an event action definition

Perform the following steps to create an event action definition.
1. Select Monitor > Event Processing > Event Actions.
2. Click Add to display the Identification pane of the Add Event Action dialog box.
3. Enter a name and description for the event action and click the Enabled check box.
4. Click Next to advance to the Events pane.
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The Event Actions dialog box, shown in
FIGURE 384
Event Actions dialog box
By default, the Events pane of the Add Event Action dialog box displays, as shown in
Figure 385.
Event action definitions
Figure 384, displays.
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