Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.0 Administrator Guide

Specifying Alarm Clean Up and Display Options

The Administration > Settings > System Settings > Alarms and Events page enables you to specify when and how to clean up, display and email alarms.

Step 1 Choose Administration > Settings > System Settings > Alarms and Events > Alarms and Events .

Step 2 Modify the Alarm and Event Cleanup Options :

• Delete active and cleared alarms after—Enter the number of days after which active and cleared alarms are deleted. You can disable this option by unselecting the check box.
• Delete cleared security alarms after—Enter the number of days after which Security, Rogue AP, and Adhoc Rogue alarms are deleted.
• Delete cleared non-security alarms after—Enter the number of days after which non-security alarms are deleted. Non-security alarms include all alarms that do not fall under the Security, Rogue AP, or Adhoc Rogue categories.
• Delete all events after—Enter the number of days after which all the events are deleted. If you want this deletion task to be performed first, set its value smaller than all the other Alarm and Events Cleanup Options.

Cisco Prime Infrastructure deletes old alarms nightly, as part of normal data cleanup tasks, and checks the storage size of the database alarm table once an hour. When the alarm table exceeds the 300,000 limit, Prime Infrastructure deletes the oldest cleared alarms until the alarm table size is within the limit. If you want to keep cleared alarms for more than seven days, then you can specify a value more than seven days in the Delete cleared non-security alarms after text box, until the alarm table size reaches the limit.

Step 3 In the Syslog Cleanup Options area, in the Delete all syslogs after text box, enter the number of days after which all aged syslogs are to be deleted.

Step 4 Modify the Alarm Display Options as needed:

• Hide acknowledged alarms—When the check box is selected, Acknowledged alarms do not appear in the Alarm page. This option is enabled by default. Emails are not generated for acknowledged alarms, regardless of severity change.
• Hide assigned alarms—When the check box is selected, assigned alarms do not appear in the Alarm page.
• Hide cleared alarms—When the check box is selected, cleared alarms do not appear in the Alarm Summary page. This option is enabled by default.
• Add device name to alarm messages—Select the check box to add the name of the device to alarm messages.

Changes in these options affect the Alarm page only. Quick searches for alarms for any entity will display all alarms for that entity, regardless of alarm state.

Step 5 Modify the alarm Failure Source Pattern:

• Select the category you need to customize and click Edit.
• Select the failure source pattern from the options available and click OK.

The alarms generated for the selected category will have the customized pattern that was set.

Step 6 Modify the Alarm Email Options:

• Add Prime Infrastructure address to email notifications—Select the check box to add the Prime Infrastructure address to email notifications.
• Include alarm severity in the email subject line—Select the check box to include alarm severity in the email subject line. This option is enabled by default.
• Include alarm Category in the email subject line—Select the check box to include alarm category in the email subject line. This option is enabled by default.
• Include prior alarm severity in the email subject line—Select the check box to include prior alarm severity in the email subject line.
• Include custom text in the email subject line—Select the check box to add custom text in the email subject line. You can also replace the email subject line with custom text by selecting the Replace the email subject line with custom text check box.
• Include custom text in body of email—Select the check box to add custom text in the body of email.
• Include alarm condition in body of email—Select the check box to include alarm condition in the body of email.
• Add link to Alarm detail page in body of email—Select the check box to add a link to the Alarm detail page in the body of email.
• Enable Secure Message Mode—Select the check box to enable a secure message mode. If you select the Mask IP Address and Mask Controller Name check boxes, the alarm emails are sent in secure mode where all the IP addresses and controller names are masked.

Step 7 Modify the Alarm Other Settings :

• Controller license count threshold—Enter the minimum number of available controller licenses you want to maintain. An alarm is triggered if the number of available controller licenses falls below this threshold.
• Enable AP count threshold alarm option will be enabled by default, to set the Controller access point count threshold.
• Controller access point count threshold—Enter the maximum number of available controller access points you want to maintain. An alarm is triggered if the number of available access points exceeds this threshold limit.

Step 8 Click Save .

Changing Alarm Severities

You can change the severity level for newly generated alarms. Existing alarms will remain unchanged.

Step 1 Choose Administration > Settings > System Settings > Alarms and Events > Alarm Severity and Auto Clear.

Step 2 Expand the categories available under the Event Types column, or search for the event type you want by entering all or part of the event text in the Event Types search field just below the column heading.

Step 3 Change the event severity by performing one of the following tasks:

• Click on the Severity field and select a severity level from the drop-down list.
• Select the check box of the event type whose severity level you want to change, click Severity Configuration, and choose a severity level from the Configure Severity Level drop-down list, ans click OK.

The available severity level options are: Critical , Major , Minor , Warning , Informational , or Reset to Default .

Changing the Auto Clear Interval

You can change the auto clear interval for any alarm condition. The alarm generated for the specific alarm condition will be auto cleared in the interval specified. To clear alarms automatically, follow these steps:

Step 1 Choose Administration > Settings > System Settings > Alarms and Events > Alarm Severity and Auto Clear.

Step 2 Expand the categories available under the Event Types column, or search for the event type you want by entering all or part of the event text in the Event Types search field just below the column heading.

Step 3 Change the Auto Clear Interval by performing one of the following tasks:

• Click on the Auto Clear Duration field and enter the duration after which you need to clear the alarm.
• Select the check box of the event type whose auto clear duration you want to change, click Alarm Auto Clear, enter the duration after which you need to clear the alarm, and click OK.

Changing Mobility Service Engine Logging Options

You can use Prime Infrastructure to specify the Mobility Services Engine logging level and types of messages to log.

Step 1 Choose Administration > Settings > Logging , then choose the appropriate options from the Logging Level drop-down list.

There are four logging options: Off, Error , Information , and Trace . All log records with a log level of Error or preceding are logged to a new error log file locserver-error-%u-%g.log. This is an additional log file maintained along with the location server locserver-%u-%g.log log file. The error log file consists of logs of Error level along with their context information. The contextual information consists of 25 log records prior to the error. You can maintain up to 10 error log files. The maximum size allowed for each log file is 10 MB.

Step 2 Select the Enable check box next to each element listed in that section to begin logging its events.

Step 3 Select the Enable check box in the Advanced Parameters dialog box to enable advanced debugging. By default, this option is disabled.

Step 4 To download log files from the server, click Download Logs . See “Downloading Mobility Services Engine Log Files” for more information.

Step 5 In the Log File Parameters area, enter the following:

• The number of log files to be maintained in the mobility services engine. You can maintain a minimum of 5 log files and a maximum of 20 log files in the mobility services engine.
• The maximum log file size in MB. The minimum log file size is 10 MB and the maximum is 50 MB.

Step 6 In the MAC Address Based Logging Parameters area, do the following:

• Select the Enable check box to enable MAC address logging. By default, this option is disabled.
• Add one or more MAC addresses for which you want to enable logging. You can also remove MAC addresses that you have already added by choosing the MAC address from the list and clicking Remove (see “MAC Address-Based Logging” in Related Topics).

Step 7 Click Save to apply your changes.

Related Topics

• Changing Logging Options to Enhance Troubleshooting
• MAC Address-Based Logging
• Downloading Mobility Services Engine Log Files

MAC Address-Based Logging

This feature allows you to create log files that are specific to an entity whose MAC address is specified. The log files are created in the locserver directory under the following path:

/opt/mse/logs/locserver

A maximum of five MAC addresses can be logged at a time. The log file format for MAC address aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff is:

macaddress-debug-aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff.log

You can create a maximum of two log files for a MAC address. The two log files might consist of one main and one backup or rollover log file.

The minimum size of a MAC log file is 10 MB. The maximum size allowed is 20 MB per MAC address. The MAC log files that are not updated for more than 24 hours are pruned.

Related Topics

• Changing Logging Options to Enhance Troubleshooting
• Changing Mobility Service Engine Logging Options
• Downloading Mobility Services Engine Log Files

Downloading Mobility Services Engine Log Files

If you need to analyze mobility services engine log files, you can use Prime Infrastructure to download them to your system. Prime Infrastructure downloads a zip file containing the log files.

To download a zip file containing the log files:

Step 1 Choose Services > Mobility Services > Mobility Services Engines .

Step 2 Select the name of the mobility services engine to view its status.

Step 3 From the left sidebar menu, choose System > Logs .

Step 4 In the Download Logs area, click Download Logs .

Step 5 Follow the instructions in the File Download dialog box to open the file or save the zip file to your system.

Related Topics

• Changing Logging Options to Enhance Troubleshooting
• Changing Mobility Service Engine Logging Options
• MAC Address-Based Logging