Deployment Guide
MAPS Elements and Categories
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MAPS structural elements
The Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS) has the following structural elements: categories,
groups, rules, and policies.
The following table provides a brief description of each structural element in MAPS.
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Element Description
Action The activity performed by MAPS if a condition defined in a rule evaluates to true. For more
information, refer to Working with MAPS rules and actions on page 56.
Category A grouping of similar elements that can be monitored (for example, "Security Violations"). For more
information, refer to MAPS monitoring categories on page 25.
Condition A true or false trigger created by the combination of a time base and a threshold value. For more
information, refer to MAPS conditions on page 49.
Element A value (measure or statistic) that can be monitored. This includes switch conditions, data traffic
levels, error messages, and other values.
Group A collection of similar objects that you can monitor as a single entity. For example, a collection of ports
can be assembled as a group. For more information, refer to MAPS groups overview on page 35.
Rule A direction associating a condition with one or more actions that must occur when the specified
condition is evaluated to be true. For more information, refer to MAPS rules overview on page 50.
Policy A set of rules defining thresholds for triggering actions MAPS is to take when that threshold is
triggered. When a policy is enabled, all of the rules in the policy are in effect. For more information,
refer to MAPS policies overview on page 43.
MAPS monitoring categories
When you create a rule, you must specify an category to be monitored.
MAPS provides you with the following monitorable categories:
• Switch Policy Status on page 33
• Port Health on page 26
• FRU Health on page 27
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