Users Guide
event Message ID to a Blacklist; the events will continue to occur, but they will no longer be stored until you remove them from the
Blacklist.
The Event list is sortable by the Date column only. Other information provided in the Event list is:
• Client — The client system that generated the event.
• Message ID — Event type; many events may share the same Message ID
• Description — Brief description of the event
• Severity — Possible event severity levels are Unknown, Other, Information, Warning, Minor, Major, Critical, and Fatal.
• Alert Type — Possible alert types are Other, Communications, Quality Of Service, Processing Error, Device, Environmental, Model
Change, and Security.
An event counter is provided in the upper right portion of the screen. Click the refresh button to update the event count and to update the
Event list.
NOTE: The event counter is a count of all stored events, not of the displayed events in the Event list.
Viewing Events
To view the Event list:
1 Click Indications > Events in the left pane.
2 Optionally, use a lter to restrict the events displayed in the Event list:
NOTE: The event counter is a count of all stored events, not of the displayed events in the Event list.
a Click FILTER SETTINGS.
The Event Filter Setting screen appears.
b Select a lter method: None, Client, Message ID, Client, or Message ID.
c Click Next, and depending on the lter option you selected, select a Client and/or a Message ID.
d Click Finish.
The event list refreshes.
Adding Events To The Blacklist
To suppress specic types of events (Message IDs) from appearing in the Event list, add them to the Blacklist:
1 Click Indications > Events in the left pane.
2 Select the Message IDs to add to the Blacklist by placing a check mark in the appropriate boxes.
3 Click ADD TO BLACKLIST.
The Message IDs of the selected events are added to the Blacklist.
NOTE
: When a Message ID is added to the Blacklist, previous events with same Message ID remain in the Event list;
only new events with that Message ID are discarded.
NOTE: Adding all events to the Blacklist results in all or almost all new events being discarded.
Removing Events From The Blacklist
To remove Message IDs from the Blacklist so that those types of events are no longer discarded:
1 Click Indications > Events in the left pane.
2 Click MANAGE BLACKLIST.
The Event Blacklist screen displays. Blacklisted events are sortable by Message ID or Description elds.
3 Select the Message IDs to remove from the Blacklist by placing a check mark in the appropriate boxes.
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