System information

The Alert Type defines what kind of an alert is being issued such as one of
the following. You may also define
any if you want to include all possible
alert types.
− Unknown
− Information
− Failure
− Warning
− Error
− All different kinds of alert source information such as system, disk,
network, operating system or security
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Severity
The Severity defines how serious a problem is. Normally you would define
severity levels 0-7, where 0 is the most serious condition.
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Application ID
This application ID is an alphanumeric ID for the different applications that
might issue an alert. You can choose one of the given IDs from NetFinity or
define your own IDs for your own application.
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Application Alert Type
The alert type is a numeric value, which is normally issued by an application.
To define the proper alert type, have a look at the different application
documentation for these types.
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Sender ID
The sender ID specifies the workstation that may send the alert, including
the protocol, as in our example:
NETBIOS::4000700CE246
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Protocol Address
With this definition you can limit the number of received alerts to those
alerts, which come from specific workstations. That is, if you are responsible
for the TME 10 servers within your network, you may define the protocols
and names of the servers you are interested in, so that you only see and
possibly react to alerts from these systems.
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Action Definition
We already discussed the different possible actions at the beginning of this
section. Within this field you are going to define the action which is to be
taken due to the previous defined alert. You can see the possible actions,
which can be defined using the pull-down menu beside this field.
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