Cisco Cisco Prime Network Registrar 8.1 User Guide
Cisco Prime Network Registrar IPAM 8.1.1 User Guide
34 Threshold Set Maintenance
3.10
Threshold Set Maintenance
Thresholds and Threshold Sets alert administrators when a particular condition occurs within
Cisco Prime Network Registrar IPAM. For example, you can configure Cisco Prime Network
Registrar IPAM to alert an administrator when the allocated IP addresses in a block exceed
90% of its capacity.
To use this feature, there are three steps:
To use this feature, there are three steps:
1. Define a Threshold Set.
2. Add one or more Thresholds to the Threshold Set.
3. Associate a Threshold Set with a Container/Blocktype pair, a Block, or a Network
2. Add one or more Thresholds to the Threshold Set.
3. Associate a Threshold Set with a Container/Blocktype pair, a Block, or a Network
Service.
This section describes steps 1 and 2. Refer to “Threshold Alert Maintenance” on page 35 for
instructions on Step 3.
To
To
add a threshold set, click the Add Threshold Set link. A text box and a save button
appear. Enter the desired name and click
Save. The new Threshold Set appears in the list.
To
delete a threshold set, check the box next to it and click the Delete Selected button. You
are prompted for confirmation. Click
OK to delete the selected Threshold Sets, or Cancel to
return to the previous screen.
Once the Threshold Set is created, the next step is to add individual Thresholds. Click on the
Once the Threshold Set is created, the next step is to add individual Thresholds. Click on the
name of the Threshold Set to display the
Edit Threshold Set page.
Click on the
Add Threshold link, which displays the Create Threshold page in a separate
window.
There are six fields on the
There are six fields on the
Create Threshold page.
Table 3-14 Create Threshold Parameters
Field Name
Usage
Severity
Choose one of Critical, Warn, or Info to indicate the importance of this condition.
Variable
Choose one of Allocated, Assigned, Available, Days Left, Dynamic Available, and
Dynamic Days left.
Allocated, Assigned, and Available refer to the number of IP addresses in those
Allocated, Assigned, and Available refer to the number of IP addresses in those
categories in a block or address pool. Days Left refers to the calculated time
remaining before the block or address pool runs out of space. Dynamic Available
refers to the number of dynamic IP addresses that are available. Dynamic Days left
refers to the calculated time remaining before the block or address pool runs out of
dynamic space.
Type
Choose one of Percent or Absolute. This tells Cisco Prime Network Registrar IPAM
how to interpret the Value field.
Comparator
Choose one of >, >=, =, <, <=. This specifies the comparison that between Variable
and Value that will trigger the Threshold.
Value
Enter the value that will trigger the Threshold. If the Type is Percent, this must be
between 1 and 100.