Users Guide

30 Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite Administrator’s Guide
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Working with MAPS rules and actions
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If you configure port fencing as an action, make sure that port fencing is configured for the rule
with the highest monitored threshold. For example, if you configure a rule for CRC values greater
than 10 per minute and you configure a second rule for CRC values greater than 20 per minute,
do not configure port fencing as the action for the rule with the threshold value of 10.
This action is valid only for conditions evaluated on ports.
Switch critical
The switch critical action sets the state of the affected switch in the MAPS dashboard display to
SW_CRITICAL. This action does not bring the switch down, but only affects what is displayed in the
dashboard.
This action is valid only in the context of Switch Status Policy-related rules.
Switch marginal
The switch marginal action sets the state of the affected switch in the MAPS dashboard to
SW_MARGINAL. This action does not affect the actual state of the switch, but only affects what is
displayed in the dashboard.
This action is valid only in the context of Switch Status Policy-related rules.
SFP marginal
The SFP marginal action sets the state of the affected small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver
in the MAPS dashboard to “down”. This action does not bring the SFP transceiver down, but only
affects what is displayed in the dashboard.
This action is valid only in the context of Advanced SFP groups.
Working with MAPS rules and actions
The following sections cover how to work with MAPS rules and actions, including creating,
modifying, and deleting rules, and enabling or disabling actions.
Creating a rule
Each rule monitors a single condition. When you create a rule, you can choose to add it to a policy.
To create a policy rule, complete the following steps.
1. Enter mapsRule --create to create the rule.
mapsrule --create rule_name -monitor monitor -group group_name
-timebase timebase -op comparison_operator -value threshold_value
-action action -policy policy
2. Enter mapsRule --show to display the rule.
mapsrule --show rule_name
3. If you added the rule to the active policy, you must re-enable the policy for the rule to take
effect.