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

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.