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Task 19: Configure the Element Manager Application
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Installation Tasks
• Receive - An alert occurs if the threshold value for receive
throughput is reached or exceeded.
• Tra ns mit - An alert occurs if the threshold value for transmit
throughput is reached or exceeded.
• Receive and Transmit - An alert occurs if the threshold value
for either throughput is reached or exceeded.
5. Enter a percentage from 1 through 100 in the Threshold %
utilization field or use the arrow buttons to increase and decrease
values. When throughput reaches this percentage of port
capacity, a threshold alert occurs.
6. Enter the Notification interval in minutes in which throughput is
measured and threshold notifications can occur. The valid range
is 5 minutes to 70,560 minutes.
7. Select the alert Rule
•Select If the threshold is ever exceeded if you want the alert
to occur whenever the threshold limit is exceeded.
•Select If the Threshold is exceeded for if you want to specify
cumulative minutes that the % utilization should exist
during the notification interval before an alert occurs. Enter
a value in the field to the right of the selection. The valid
range is 1 to the value set for the Notification interval.
8. Either select a Port Type or Selected ports
•If you select a Port Type, the alert generates for all ports
configured as the port type you selected.
•If you select Selected ports, you can select individual ports by
selecting the check box by each port number or set all
ports. Selecting Set All places a check mark against the port
number. Selecting Clear All clears the check marks.
9. Click OK. The Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box appears the
name, type, and state of the alert that you just configured.
10. To activate the alert, select the alert information that appears in
the Configure Threshold Alerts table and click Activate.
11. To deactivate an existing alert, select the alert information that
appears in the Configure Threshold Alerts table and click
Deactivate.