Alert Rules Overview

Alert Rules stipulate the specific events detected and metrics evaluated, and the criteria for raising an alert.

Alert Rule settings options and default settings are identical for both Global and Site policies. See Alert Rules — Settings Options and Alert Rules — Default Settings for details.

Alert Rules — Settings Options

The event and metric alert rule options are as follows:

Event and Metric Alert Rule Options:

Enabled or Disabled

Trigger Type:

Immediate
Deferred
- days
- hours
- minutes
- seconds
An alert is raised if the condition persists for the configured deferral period.
Repeated
- Occurred — Number of times the event occurs or criteria for the metric is met
- days
- hours
- minutes
- seconds
An alert is raised if the condition repeats the configured number of times. Optionally, users can defer the alert by setting the slider to enable the time setting fields, then configuring the deferral period.

Raise Alert

Critical
Warning
Info

Metric-only Option:

When (the metric is...)

Operator
- >= (greater than or equal to)
- > (greater than)
- <= (smaller than or equal to)
- < (smaller than)
- = (equal to)
- != (not equal to)
Threshold
- 0 - 10000000 (%, V, Watt, Mw, °C, byte)

Alert Rules — Default Settings

Events — Default Alert Rule Settings describes the event types that ExtremeCloud IQ can detect and the default rule criteria used for raising an alert.

Table 1. Events — Default Alert Rule Settings
Event	Default Alert Rule Settings
Device
Cloud Connectivity Established	Disabled Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Cloud Connectivity Lost	Enabled Trigger Type: Deferred 10 minutes Raise Alert: Info
Interface admin down	Disabled Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Interface admin up	Disabled Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Interface operation down	Disabled Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Interface operation up	Disabled Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Power supply failed	Enabled Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Power supply not present	Disabled Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Power supply recovered	Enabled Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Power supply unplugged	Enabled Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Switch fan failed	Enabled Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Switch fan not present	Enabled Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Switch fan recovered	Enabled Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Switch power failed	Enabled Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Security
Device SSH login failed	Disabled Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info

Metrics — Default Alert Rule Settings describes the metrics that ExtremeCloud IQ evaluates and the default rule criteria used for raising an alert.

Note

When the configured threshold for an alert rule is exceeded, the system raises a single alert. If performance returns to normal, and then exceeds the threshold again, the system raises a new alert.

Table 2. Metrics — Default Alert Rule Settings
Metric	Default Alert Rule Settings
AP Radio Usage
Total Channel Usage	Enabled When: Total Channel Usage Operator: >= Threshold: 80% Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Total Interference Usage	Disabled When: Total Interface Usage Operator: >= Threshold: 20% Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Total RX Usage	Disabled When: Total RX Usage Operator: >= Threshold: 80% Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Total TX Usage	Disabled When: Total TX Usage Operator: >= Threshold: 80% Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
CPU & Memory Usage
Avg CPU Usage	Enabled When: Avg CPU Usage Operator: >= Threshold: 80% Trigger Type: Deferred 30 minutes Raise Alert: Info
Avg Memory Usage	Enabled When: Avg Memory Usage Operator: >= Threshold: 80% Trigger Type: Deferred 30 minutes Raise Alert: Info
Max CPU	Disabled When: Max CPU Operator: >= Threshold: 80% Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Min CPU	Disabled When: Min CPU Operator: <= Threshold: 1% Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Device Temp
Device Temp	Disabled When: Device Temp Operator: >= Threshold: 45 °C Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Power Consumption
Available Power	Disabled When: Available Power Operator: >= Threshold: 350000 Mw ** Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Consumed Power	Disabled When: Consumed Power Operator: >= Threshold: 100000 Mw *** Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Switch PSU Usage
Avg Input Volt	Disabled When: Avg Input Volt Operator: >= Threshold: 120 V * Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Avg Output Power	Disabled When: Avg Output Power Operator: >= Threshold: 350 Watts ** Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Avg Output Volt	Disabled When: Avg Output Volt Operator: >= Threshold: 120 V * Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
MAX Switch Input Volt	Disabled When: MAX Switch Input Volt Operator: >= Threshold: 125 V Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
MAX Switch Output Power	Disabled When: MAX Switch Output Power Operator: >= Threshold: 650 Watts ** Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
MAX Switch Output Volt	Disabled When: MAX Switch Output Volt Operator: >= Threshold: 120 V Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
MIN Switch Input Volt	Disabled When: MAX Switch Input Volt Operator: <= Threshold: 115 V Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
MIN Switch Output Power	Disabled When: MIN Switch Output Power Operator: >= Threshold: 100 Watts ** Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
MIN Switch Output Volt	Disabled When: MIN Switch Output Volt Operator: >= Threshold: 120 V * Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Wired Port Usage
Total RX Byte Count	Disabled When: Total RX Byte Count Operator: >= Threshold: 10000000 byte Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Total TX Byte Count	Disabled When: Total TX Byte Count Operator: >= Threshold: 10000000 byte Trigger Type: Immediate Raise Alert: Info
Notes: * Can be 120 or 220 V, depending on SKU/PSU. Recommended approximate setting. Varies across different SKUs. * Recommended approximate setting. Varies across different SKUs, and depends on what is connected to the device.