Users Guide
44 Configuring IT Assistant to Monitor Your Systems
Creating Alert Action Filters and Alert Actions for
Jane’s Small-to-Medium Size Business
Jane creates an Alert Action Filter in IT Assistant by specifying a set of conditions. When tied to an Alert
Action, IT Assistant will automatically execute whatever action Jane has defined.
IT Assistant has three types of Alert filters:
Alert Action Filters
– used to trigger actions when an alert condition is met
Ignore/Exclude Filters
– used to ignore SNMP traps and CIM indications when they are received.
Alert View Filters
– used to customize the Alert Log view
Jane chooses to use an Alert Action Filter in IT Assistant to filter warning and critical events for her
servers and PowerConnect switches. That way, she will be able to create an Alert Action that will
automatically send her e-mail notification when her server and switch components enter these states.
From there, she can take action to prevent a more serious event, such as a system failure. Being the only
system administrator of her network, Jane must be selective about which systems she monitors, as well as
the Alert Action Filters she creates. She decides to reserve these filters and actions only for her most
mission-critical equipment and most severe events.
Creating an Alert Action Filter
1
Select
Alerts
→
Filters
from the menu bar.
The
Alert Filters
window appears.
2
Expand the Alert Filters in the navigation tree and right-click
Alert Action Filters
. Select
New Action
Alert Filter
.
The
Add Filter Wizard
appears.
3
Enter a descriptive name for the filter. For example,
Jane’s Network Warning and Critical
.
4
Under
Severity
, select the severity of the events for which you want to receive alerts and logs.
Jane selects
Warning
and
Critical
.
Click
Next
.
5
Under
Alert Category Configuration
, either check
Select All
, or select the categories of events to
include in the alert filter.
Jane checks
Select All
because she wants to be notified of any warning or critical event that affects her
network switches or servers.
6
Under
Device/Group Configuration
, select the devices or groups to associate with the new action
alert filter.
Jane checks
Servers and Network Devices
.