How Alarms are triggered

Once every minute, the Plixer Replicator scans the netstat details of each interface in either direction (Rx and Tx). When the OS detects interface drops, it sends a syslog alarm to the server configured in the Notification section of the web interface’s Settings tab. After a preset amount of time has passed, the unresponsive Exporter or Collector is flagged as being down and an Alarm is triggered for all Profiles it has been assigned to.

Alarms are also triggered when the Plixer Replicator OS detects high CPU usage or abnormal process termination.

Note

Plixer Replicator web interface metrics are a good reference point for packet activity but not for drops.