Configuring alarm settingsΒΆ

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

Alarm Tolerance

The number of minutes before an exporter or collector is flagged as down (default: 70)

Auto Acknowledge

The number of hours the alarm for a stream being down is automatically acknowledged (default: 24)

CPU Threshold

CPU utilization threshold for an alarm to be triggered (default: 90)

Check Collectors

Enable to have Plixer Replicator regularly ping collectors to confirm availability (default: enabled)

Notifications

Set a destination IP address and port to enable syslog alarms

Stop Replication

Enable to stop packet/flow replication and forwarding to collectors that are down (default: enabled)

Configuring alarm settings via the interactive CLI

The above settings can also be set/modified via the interactive 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 Plixer Replicator interactive CLI, see the command list.