Define when to Alert

Each event that occurs in the network and that is noticed by Monitor one is processed by the "Alerter" in order to determine whether alerts should be sent out. The decision on whether or not to alert is based on a calculation in which the Event-Severity level, the Class Priority Level and the Alert-Threshold value are involved.

The Event Severity level is multiplied by the Class Priority Level and the result is compared against the Alert-threshold. If the result exceeds the threshold, an alert is sent. You can modify the Alert table by using the updown controls of the Event priorities or the Alert threshold. The Class priority can be changed by right-clicking an entry from the table and choosing "Increment" or "Decrement".

If you check the Reverse Alerting checkbox, an alert will also be sent if a device "is responding again" or if a threshold "is no longer exceeded".

Define how to alert

Supported methods:

1. Audible alerting
2. Alerting by email
3. Executing a program or script
4. Sending alerts to a Message gateway (SMS, pager etc)