Selecting Filters

Select a filter to add to this Alarm Action Manager rule set by clicking the Filters tab. By default the Basic option is selected.

Click the icon within the Filters tab to add a new filter rule to this rule set.

Use the AND, OR, NOT (AND), and NOT (OR) logical constructs to create your rule. You can add up to twenty file (25) filter rules to this Alarm Action Manager rule set.

The following logical constructs are available for use:

AND - All the conditions defined for this rule must be met for the actions to be triggered.
OR - One or more of the conditions defined for this rule set must be met for the actions to be triggered.
NOT (AND) - This is the opposite condition of the AND construct. None of the selected conditions should meet for the action to be triggered.
NOT (OR) - This is the opposite condition of the OR construct. One or more of the specified filter conditions must not be met for the action to be triggered.

Use the Filter drop-down list to select the rule to apply.

Next, use the Comparison Criteria drop-down list to select the comparison operator for this filter rule. The operator indicates the relationship between the filter and a value that you specify.

The selection in this list will vary with the filter selected in the Filter field. Some of the most common comparison operators are:


=	Is equal to
!=	Is not equal to
<	Is less than
<=	Is less than or equal to
MAC Range	Range to pick up MAC address.
>	Is greater than
>=	Is greater than or equal to
LIKE	Is similar to, matches some portion (Used for a partial match)
ILIKE	Case insensitive partial match
IN	Condition exists within the filter value (usually used when the filter combines two or more variables which must be compared in some way to create a trigger)

For each filter, there will be one or more values that you compare for taking action. The kind and number of value or values will depend on the filter that you have selected. Enter a value that is appropriate for the filter criteria. Any errors that you make will be flagged immediately.

To remove a rule that you have configured, select the red X icon located to the right of each rule. When you click this icon, the rule is immediately deleted from this rule set.