EMS Manual

Contents

EMS Manual—426909-005

7. Burst Detection and Suppression

Event Suppression Strategies 7-1

Suppressing Event Bursts 7-1

Suppressing All Events of a Specific Type 7-1

BDS Features 7-2

BDS Parameters 7-3

BDS Configuration Examples 7-5

Implementing BDS 7-6

Implementing BDS From a Primary Collector 7-6

Implementing BDS From an Alternate Collector

7-6

Implementing BDS From a Distributor

7-7

Implementing Specific-Event Suppression 7-7

Implementing Specific-Event Suppression From a Primary Collector 7-8

Implementing Specific-Event Suppression From an Alternate Collector 7-8

Implementing Specific-Event Suppression From a Distributor 7-8

Types of Collector Events BDS and PLF Do Not Suppress 7-9

Part III: Designing and Implementing Event

Reporting

8. Reporting Events

Task 1: Decide What Events to Report 8-2

Task 1.1: Decide Which Detectable Events to Report to EMS 8-2

Task 1.2: Decide Which Reported Events Are Critical or Action Events 8-3

Task 2: Decide What to Include in Event Messages

8-5

General Guidelines 8-5

What Is Provided for You

8-6

What You Must Provide

8-6

What You Can Optionally Provide

8-10

Task 3: Create a Data Definition File 8-11

Task 4: Write the EMS Interface in Your Program

8-12

Example: Writing an EMS Interface Into a Program

8-12

9. Standard Events

Introduction to Standard Events 9-2

Requirements for Standard Events

9-3

Object State Monitoring Functions

9-4

Reactive Problem Management Functions 9-5