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Alarm Actions
NerveCenter's automated alarm actions make it easy for you to monitor and manage your network. You can assign one or more actions to any transition in an alarm state diagram. Each time the transition occurs, all the actions associated with that transition are performed.
Earlier in this book, you looked at NerveCenter's file-logging action. The following tables give all of NerveCenter's alarm actions, grouped by function.
Notification Actions
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Action
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Description
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Beep |
Sounds a beep tone on all NerveCenter Clients connected to the NerveCenter Server managing the alarm instance. |
Inform |
Sends an event to a network management platform or another NerveCenter. This Inform is used with Hewlett Packard OpenView. |
Inform Platform |
Sends an event to the following network management platforms: Micromuse Netcool OMNIBus, IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console, or Computer Associates Unicenter TNG. |
InformOpC |
Sends a message to Hewlett Packard's IT/Operations. |
Microsoft Mail |
Sends mail using Microsoft Exchange (Windows only). |
SMTP Mail |
Sends mail using SMTP. |
Paging |
Sends a page to the specified phone number. |
Notes |
Displays notes about the alarm that transitioned. |
Logging Actions
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Action
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Description
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EventLog |
On Windows, stores alarm transition data in the standard Event Log. On UNIX, stores data in the system log. |
Log to Database |
Stores alarm transition data in the NerveCenter database (Windows only). |
Log to File |
Stores alarm transition data in a text file. |
Corrective Actions
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Action
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Description
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Command |
Invokes a command or script (Windows or UNIX). |
Delete Node |
Deletes the nodes that caused the alarm transition. |
Perl Subroutine |
Executes a Perl subroutine. The Perl subroutine must be created beforehand. |
Set Attribute |
Changes select attributes of NerveCenter nodes, polls, masks, and alarms. |
SNMP Set |
Issues an SNMP SetRequest message that sets one or more values of a MIB attribute on a node. |
Triggering Actions
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Action
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Description
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Fire Trigger |
Issues the specified trigger. |
Clear Trigger |
Clears a trigger that was issued with the Fire Trigger action. |
Alarm Counter |
Tracks recurring events and optionally fires a trigger when a specified count is reached. |
Send Trap |
Generates an SNMP trap. |
NerveCenter also includes an Action Router that performs any of the available actions conditionally based on criteria that you specify.
The Designing and Managing Behavior Models book describes in detail how to use each NerveCenter action.