.. _alarm_settings:

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Configuring alarm settings
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The following settings in the **Settings** tab of the web interface control global behavior related to alarms in Replicator:

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| **Alarm Tolerance**  | The number of minutes before an exporter or collector is flagged as down (default: 70)                |
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| **Auto Acknowledge** | The number of hours the alarm for a stream being down is automatically acknowledged (default: 24)     |
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| **CPU Threshold**    | CPU utilization threshold for an alarm to be triggered (default: 90)                                  |
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| **Check Collectors** | Enable to have Replicator regularly ping collectors to confirm availability (default: enabled)        |
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| **Notifications**    | Set a destination IP address and port to enable :ref:`syslog alarms <alarm_syslog>`                   |
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| **Stop Replication** | Enable to stop packet/flow replication and forwarding to collectors that are down (default: enabled)  |
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**Configuring alarm settings via the interactive CLI**

The above settings can also be set/modified via the :ref:`interactive CLI <advanced_cli>`, by using the ``setting`` command with the following flags:

- **Alarm Tolerance**: ``flowStopAlert``
- **Auto Acknowledge**: ``downDisplayHour``
- **CPU Threshold**: ``highCPUThreshold``
- **Check Collectors**: ``pingCollectors``
- **Notifications**: ``notificationSent``
- **Stop Replication**: ``noRepWhenDown``

To learn more about issuing commands via the Replicator interactive CLI, see the :ref:`command list <advanced_cli>`.