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Configuring Alerts
To configure alerts, complete the following procedure:
- In the WebUI, set the filter to .
The dashboard context for the selected filter is displayed.
- Under , click .
The page is displayed in the view.
- In the page, click the icon.
The is displayed.
- Use the tabs to navigate between the alert categories.
Select an alert and click to enable the alert with default settings. To configure alert parameters, click on the alert tile and do the following:
- —Set the severity. The available options are Critical, Major, Minor, and Warning. By default, the following alerts are enabled and the severity is :
- Virtual Controller Disconnected
- Rogue AP Detected
- New User Account Added
- Switch Detected
- Switch Disconnected
For a few alerts, you can configure threshold value for one or more alert severities. Enter a value in the text box to set a threshold value for the alerts. The alert is triggered when one of the threshold values exceed the duration.
- —Enter the duration in minutes.
- —(Optional) You can restrict the scope of an alert by setting one or more of the following parameters:
- —Select a group to limit the alert to a specific group.
- —Select a label to limit the alert to a specific label.
- —Select a device to limit the alert to a specific device.
- —Select a site to limit the alert to a specific site.
- —(Optional) In addition to the device filter options few alerts also has further filtering options in order to restrict the alert scope by setting one or more of the following parameters:
- —For few alerts, you can select a SSID Service Set Identifier. SSID is a name given to a WLAN and is used by the client to access a WLAN network. to limit the alert to a specific SSID.
- —For few switch port alerts, you can mention an interface value to limit the alert criteria to a specific port.
- —For few alerts, you can select the band Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation., 2.4 GHz Gigahertz. or 5 GHz or 6 GHz to limit the alert to a specific band.
6 GHz Band is only supported for devices with 6 GHz capability.
- — For few gateway alerts, you can limit the alert for a specific DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A network protocol that enables a server to automatically assign an IP address to an IP-enabled device from a defined range of numbers configured for a given network. pool identified by its subnet Subnet is the logical division of an IP network..
- —For few gateway alerts, you can limit the alert to a particular uplink identified by its link tag (Provider Tag).
- —Select the check box and enter an email address to receive notifications when an alert is generated. You can enter multiple email addresses, each separated with a comma. The check box is selected by default. If you want to disable specific email addresses from the default list to avoid sending alert notification, click the number displayed in parenthesis and click
against each email address. To add or delete default recipient, see Adding Default Recipients. Uncheck the check box in order to disable alert notifications to all the default email addresses. The number displayed in the parenthesis denotes the total number of email addresses that have been already configured as default recipients to receive notifications when an alert is generated.
- —Select the check box to receive the streaming notifications when an alert is generated.
- —Select the Webhook check box and select the webhook as required. You can also Create Webhook for alert notification.
- —Select the check box to receive the syslog notifications when an alert is generated.
- —Select the check box and enter an email address to receive notifications when an alert is generated. You can enter multiple email addresses, each separated with a comma. The check box is selected by default. If you want to disable specific email addresses from the default list to avoid sending alert notification, click the number displayed in parenthesis and click
- Click .
- —(Optional) For a few alerts, the option appears. For such alerts, you can add additional rule(s). The rule summaries appear at the top of the page.
You can use the , to search for alerts using keywords.
- —Set the severity. The available options are Critical, Major, Minor, and Warning. By default, the following alerts are enabled and the severity is :
HPE Aruba Networking Central allows you to configure the following alerts:
