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The EPICenter Alarm System
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The New Configuration window opens with the Configuration page displayed, as shown in Figure 58 .
The Modify Configuration window also opens showing the Configuration page, with the configuration
settings for the selected rule displayed.
Figure 58: New Configuration window for an RMON Rule
To create or modify a rule, do the following:
1 In the Configuration Type field, select the type of rule you want to create (RMON Event, CPU
Utilization, Port Utilization, Temperature, or Topology change) from the drop-down list.
NOTE
CPU Utilization is only supported on switches running ExtremeWare 6.2 or later. STP Topology change traps are
only supported on switches running ExtremeWare 6.2.2 or later.
2
Type or select the configuration information in the appropriate fields. The information you can enter
differs depending on the selection you made in the
Configuration Type
field.
See “Configuring an RMON Rule” on page 133 for details about the information required for an
RMON rule. See “Configuring CPU Utilization Rules” on page 134 for how to configure CPU
Utilization Rules. See “Configuring Rules for the Predefined RMON Event Types” on page 136 for
configuring other predefined RMON event types.
3
Specify the devices that should be configured to generate the event you have defined; see
“Configuring the Rule Target” on page 137 for details.
4
Click
Apply
to add the new rule to the Configurations tree.
For RMON rules, the rule name is included as a “folder” and each target device for the rule appears
as a separate component under that rule. The rule name also appears in the Event Name list.
For CPU Utilization rules, each target device for a CPU utilization rule appears as a separate
component under the CPU Utilization “folder” in the Configurations tree.