Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise User Manual v10.3.X (53-1001357-01, November 2009)

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Event policies

You can create policies for events you want to monitor. A policy is the mechanism defined by you

that identifies the response to specific event types. You can customize the event management

policy using triggers and actions, which are explained in this section. You can create a maximum of

10 policies at a time.

Policy types

You can configure event policies for the following policy types:

• Event — use to configure triggers and actions for the following “Event types”.

• ISL Offline — use to configure triggers and actions for ISL.

• PM Threshold Crossed — use to configure triggers and actions for performance thresholds.

• Security Violation — use to configure triggers and actions for security violations.

Event types

You can configure triggers and actions for the following event types:

• Authentication Event — occurs when an authentication event has been triggered.

• Call Home Event — occurs when a call home event has been triggered.

• Data Encryption Event — occurs when a data encryption event has been triggered.

• Device Status Event — notifies you of the operational status of SAN products.

• Fabric Event — notifies you of fabric changes.

• Fault Management Event — occurs when an event policy has been triggered.

• Link Incident Event — notifies you of changes to the link status.

• Performance Event — occurs when the performance at a switch port crosses a defined

threshold.

• Product Audit Event — occurs when a target product is audited.

• Product Event — notifies you when the product status changes.

• Product Open Trunking Event — occurs when a device open trunking event has been triggered.

• Product State Event — occurs when a device or connection changes to Up or Down.

• Product Threshold Alert Event — notifies you when a threshold alert has been reached.

• Security Event — notifies you when a product’s security level changes.

• Software Exception Event — occurs when a software exception event has been triggered.

• Tech Support Event — occurs when a technical support event is triggered.

• User Action Event — occurs when you change a setting in the Server.

• Zoning Event — occurs when a zoning event has been triggered.