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4. If you want a prologue to be inserted at the beginning of the e-mail message, enter up to 255
characters in the Body Prologue field. The event action message follows the prologue.
5. If you want to customize and include dynamic content in the body of the e-mail message, click
Configure.
The E-mail Content dialog box displays the following list of parameters selected by default:
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Event Initiator - The products or devices or an application from which an e-mail message is
sent.
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Action Event Type - The event type (Trap, Application Event, or Pseudo Event or Custom
Event) selected when configuring an event action.
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Triggering Event - The event description with its severity.
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Event Occurence - The number of times an event has occurred in the specified time range.
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Source/Product - The product or device details.
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Port - The port details (such as unit, slot, port number and port name).
You can select or unselect the desired parameters of the content to be displayed in the body of
the e-mail message.
6. If you want an epilogue to be placed at the end of the e-mail message, enter up to 255
characters in the Body Epilogue field.
NOTE
The prologue, the event action message, and the epilogue form the body of the e-mail alert.
7. Click Finish.
The Summary pane of the Edit Event Action dialog box displays an overview of the e-mail
configuration you are creating.
8. Review your entries and take one of the following actions:
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Click Finish to approve the configuration.
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Click Previous to return to the Action Group - E-Mail Settings pane of the Add Event Action
dialog box.
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Click Cancel to cancel the operation.
Creating a new event action definition by copying an existing definition
You can create a new event action definition by copying one that is in the Event Actions list.
To create a new event action definition by copying an existing definition, complete the following
steps.
1. Select Monitor > Event Processing > Event Actions.
The Event Actions dialog box displays.
2. Select the definition that you want to copy from the Event Actions list.
3. Click the Duplicate button to display the Duplicate Event Actions dialog box.
The name of the event action is the name of the selected action with the word “copy”
appended. For example, Action1 becomes Action1 copy.
4. Enter a new name for the definition.