Configuring Alerts for Security Group Member and Security Group Events (asg alert)

The "asg alert" command is an interactive wizard that configures alerts for Security Group Member and Security Group events.

These events include hardware failure, recovery, and performance-related events. You can create other general events.

An alert is sent when an event occurs. For example, when the value of a hardware resource is greater than the threshold.

The alert message includes the Site ID, Security Group Member ID, and/or unit ID.

The wizard has these options:

Option	Description
Full Configuration Wizard	Creates a new alert.
Edit Configuration	Changes an existing alert.
Show Configuration	Shows existing alert configuration.
Run Test	Runs a test simulation to make sure that the alert works correctly.

To create or change an alert:

Step

Instructions

Run in Gaia gClish of a Security Group:

asg alert

Select Full Configuration Wizard or Edit Configuration.

Select and configure these parameters as prompted by the wizard:

SMS Alert Configuration

Parameter	Description
SMS provider URL	Fully qualified URL to your SMS provider.
HTTP proxy and port	Optional. Configure only if the Security Gateway requires a proxy server to reach the SMS provider.
SMS rate limit	Maximum number of SMS messages sent per hour. If there are too many messages, they can be combined together.
SMS user text	Custom prefix for SMS messages.

Email Alert Configuration

Parameter	Description
SMTP server IP	One or more SMTP servers to which the email alerts are sent.
Email recipient addresses	One or more recipient email address for each SMTP server.
Periodic connectivity checks	Tests run periodically to confirm connectivity with the SNMP servers. If there is no connectivity, alert messages are saved and sent in one email when connectivity is restored.
Interval	Interval, in minutes, between connectivity tests.
Sender email address	Email address of the sender for alerts.
Subject	Subject header text for the email alert.
Body text	User defined text for the alert message.

SNMP Alert Configuration

Define one or more SNMP managers to get SNMP traps sent from the Security Gateway.

For each manager, configure these parameters:

Parameter	Description
SNMP manager name	Unique name for the SNMP manager.
SNMP manager IP	IP address of the SNMP Manager (trap receiver).
SNMP version	SNMP version (v2c, v3).
SNMP v3 user name	User name for SNMP v3 authentication.
SNMP v3 security level	Security level for SNMP v3 authentication.
SNMP v3 engine ID	Unique SNMP v3 engine ID used by your system. The default is: `0x80000000010203EA`
SNMP v3 authentication protocol	Authentication protocol (MD5 or SHA) for SNMP v3 authentication.
SNMP v3 authentication password	Authentication password for SNMP v3 authentication.
SNMP v3 privacy protocol	Privacy protocol (DES or AES) for SNMP v3 authentication.
SNMP v3 privacy password	Privacy password for SNMP v3 authentication.
SNMP user text	Custom text for SNMP trap messages.
SNMP community string	Community name.

Notes:

System Event Types

System event types are:

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1       | SGM State

2       | Chassis State

3       | Port State

4       | Diagnostics

5       | Memory Leak Detection

6       | LSP Monitor Port State Change

7       | VS Monitor State Change

Hardware Monitor events:

8       | Fans

9       | SSM

10      | CMM

11      | Power Supplies

12      | CPU Temperature

Performance events:

13      | Concurrent Connections

14      | Connection Rate

15      | Packet Rate

16      | Throughput

17      | CPU Load

18      | Hard Drive Utilization

19      | Memory Utilization

Please choose event types for which to send alerts: [all]

(format: all or 1,4 or 1,3-7,10)

You can select one or more event types: