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NerveCenter Severities

Severities are NerveCenter objects that indicate the seriousness of a network or system condition. For instance, a severity is an important part of the definition of each alarm state. In the alarm definition below, you can see that the state LinkDown has the severity Major associated with it because it is colored orange.

Alarm State Severities

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In addition, NerveCenter categorizes the conditions it has detected by severity in its alarm summary windows.

The remainder of this chapter explains in detail what constitutes the definition of a severity and how severities are used in NerveCenter, what predefined severities are supplied with NerveCenter, and how to create new severities. For information on these topics, see the sections listed below:

Chapter Contents

Section Description

Definition of a Severity

Explains what a NerveCenter severity is and how it is used.

Default Severities

List the severities that ship with the NerveCenter product.

Creating a New Severity

Explains how to create a new severity.

Creating Custom Colors

Explains how to create a new color for use in a severity.

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