Configuring Alarms

To change the behavior of Alarms globally, the user can use the following arguments in conjunction with the Interactive Mode command setting:

Flag	Description
downDisplayHour	Sets the number of hours before an incoming stream is automatically acknowledged as being down Default: 24 hours
flowStopAlert	Sets the number of minutes an incoming stream must stop or a Collector must be unreachable before it is considered down Default: 70 minutes
highCPUThreshold	Sets the threshold for CPU usage before an Alarm is triggered Default: 90%
notificationSent	Sets the IP address and port of the server destination for Alarms and syslog notifications Format: [server_ip] [port]
noRepWhenDown	When disabled, the Plixer Replicator will continue trying replicate and/or forward packets to unreachable Collectors Default: enabled
pingCollectors	When disabled, the the Plixer Replicator will stop regularly pinging Collectors to confirm availability Default: enabled

Hint

Plixer’s Scrutinizer Incident Response System includes policies for all possible Alarms triggered in Plixer Replicator.

For more information on issuing commands, see the section on Plixer Replicator’s Interactive Mode.