Configuring ADC Alerts

To configure ADC alerts:
  1. To access the navigation pane, in the top-left corner of the screen, hover the mouse pointer over the icon.
  2. From the menu displayed, click Alert.

    The Alert :: All page is displayed (by default).

  3. From the top-right corner of the screen, click .
    The Settings :: Certificate page is displayed.
  4. To configure ADC alerts, click ADC.
    The Settings :: ADC page is displayed.

  5. Enter the following details:
    Field Description
    *Alert name Enter the name you want to give this alert.
    *Alert message Enter the message that will be displayed with this alert.
    All * marked fields are mandatory.
  6. In the Trigger section, enter the following details:
    Field Description
    *Alert category From the drop-down menu, select one of the following alert categories:
    • Threshold alert
    • Application alert
    • Device alert
    *Alert severity From the drop-down, from the options given below, select a severity for the alert:
    • Critical
    • Fatal
    • Major
    • Minor
    • Notification
    Vendor From the drop-down menu, select the vendor whose device or devices you want to set an alert for.
    Object type From the drop-down menu, select the vendor object that you want to set an alert for.
    Note: The contents of this field will vary depending on the vendor selected.
    Detail contains
    Note: This field is applicable only for the Device Alert category.
    Available Depending on the Object type and Vendor selected, a list of all available ADC objects or devices is displayed here.

    To add an object/device to the alert, click for that object/device.
    Add search string Instead of adding devices manually, AppViewX lets you automatically assign all existing devices or objects that match your criteria.

    To do this:

    1. In the Available section, in the Search field, enter the search criteria.
    2. Click Add search string.
    Note: The benefit of using a search string rather than selecting devices manually is that the search string continues to work in the background and auto-assigns all new devices that match the search criteria.
    Assigned To add an object to the Assigned column, click the check box corresponding to that object.
  7. In the Alert condition section, enter the following details:
    Table 1.
    Field Description
    *Alert interval From the drop-down menu, from the following options, select how often you want the system to check for breaches of the threshold levels that you are about to define:
    • 10 seconds
    • 20 seconds
    • 30 seconds
    • 40 seconds
    • 50 seconds
    • 60 seconds
    *Cool off period From the drop-down menu, from the following options, select how much time the system should wait before sending another alert about a continuing threshold breach:
    • 10 minutes
    • 20 minutes
    • 30 minutes
    All * marked fields are mandatory.
    Note: This section is applicable only for the Threshold Alert category.
  8. In the Statistics section, define the conditions that will generate an alert by selecting values in the Statistics, Operator, and Value fields.
    • To add more than one Statistics conditions, click .
    • To delete a condition, click .
  9. In the Action section, to send the syslog alert as an email, execute the steps for configuring SMTP for email alerting.
  10. Enter the following details:
    Field Description
    Email configuration To send the syslog alert as an email, select this check box.
    *Email address To send the syslog alert as an email, enter the email address to which this specific syslog alert will be sent.
    Note: Separate multiple email addresses with a comma.
    Subject To send the syslog alert as an email, enter a subject line.
    All * marked fields are mandatory.
  11. To use the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to send the alert, enter the following details:
    Field Description
    SNMP configuration To use the Simple Network Management Protocol for sending the alert, select this check box.
    *Destination IP Enter the destination IP address for the alert.
    *Version From the drop-down menu, from the following options, select the SNMP version to be used:
    • V1
    • V2
    *Port Enter the port number to be used for the alert.
    *Community string Enter the community string for the alert. The community string is similar to a user ID or password that allows users access to the requested information on the device.
    All * marked fields are mandatory.
  12. To save the ADC alert configure above, click Add.
    The saved details are displayed in the table shown at the bottom of the screen.