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Chapter 5
Hardware Monitor Configuration Files
Monitor Configuration Files
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Considerations for Modifying the Monitor Configuration File Settings
The default configuration settings for each monitor have been carefully selected to provide efficient
monitoring for most systems. However, it may be necessary to modify these settings in specific situations.
Here are some considerations for altering the configuration settings.
NOTE Settings in the Global.cfg configuration file apply to all monitors, so you should avoid
changing these settings. If you need to change the parameters for a monitor, do so using the
monitor-specific configuration file.
DEFINE_EVENT
<event_num><severity>
<action>
event_num must be a
positive integer less than
65536 for
monitor-defined events,
or larger than 100000 for
SCSI default events
Valid severity values
are:
CRITICAL
SERIOUS
MAJOR_WARNING
MINOR_WARNING
INFORMATIONAL
Valid action values are:
NOTIFY
IGNORE
DEFAULT
Identifies an event, the
severity to be applied to
the event, and the action
the monitor should take
when the event occurs.
An action of DEFAULT
indicates that the value
specified in the
SEVERITY_ACTION
definition for the
specified severity should
be used.
POLL_INTERVAL <interval> interval must be a
positive integer
indicating number of
minutes to wait between
polls
Defines how often the
monitor should poll the
device to determine if an
event has occurred.
REPEAT_FREQUENCY
<frequency>
frequency must be a
positive integer
indicating the number of
minutes to wait before a
repeat event can be
generated
Defines how often
repeat alerts should be
generated for the sane
event. Events for a
specific device should
not be reported more
often than the specified
frequency.
Table 5-1 Monitor Configuration File Entries
Setting Values Description