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AsyncOS 8.1 for Cisco Content Security Management User Guide
Chapter 14 Common Administrative Tasks
Managing Alerts
Alerts are email notifications containing information about events occurring on the appliance. These
events can be of varying levels of importance (or severity) from minor to major and pertain generally to
a specific component or feature on your appliance. Alerts are generated by the appliance. You can
specify, at a much more granular level, which alert messages are sent to which users and for which
severity of event they are sent. Manage alerts on the Management Appliance > System Administration
> Alerts page in the GUI (or via the
events can be of varying levels of importance (or severity) from minor to major and pertain generally to
a specific component or feature on your appliance. Alerts are generated by the appliance. You can
specify, at a much more granular level, which alert messages are sent to which users and for which
severity of event they are sent. Manage alerts on the Management Appliance > System Administration
> Alerts page in the GUI (or via the
alertconfig
command in the CLI).
Overview of Alerts
The following features control the behavior of email notifications:
•
Alerts: Create alerts to receive email notifications. An alert consists of alert recipients (the email
addresses for receiving alerts), and the alert notification (including the severity and alert type).
addresses for receiving alerts), and the alert notification (including the severity and alert type).
•
Alert Settings: Specify global behavior for the alerting feature, including alert sender (FROM:)
address, seconds to wait between sending duplicate alerts, and whether to enable AutoSupport (and
optionally send weekly AutoSupport reports).
address, seconds to wait between sending duplicate alerts, and whether to enable AutoSupport (and
optionally send weekly AutoSupport reports).
Alerts: Alert Recipients, Alert Classifications, and Severities
Alerts are email messages or notifications containing information about specific functions, such as
hardware problems, that are sent to an alert recipient. An alert recipient is an email address to which the
alert notifications are sent. The information contained in the notification is determined by the alert
classification and severity. You can specify which alert classifications, at which severity, are sent to a
particular alert recipient. The alerting engine allows for granular control over the alerts that are sent to
recipients. For example, you can configure the system to send only specified types of alerts to a recipient,
such as when the severity level is Critical and the alert type is System. You can also configure general
settings (see
hardware problems, that are sent to an alert recipient. An alert recipient is an email address to which the
alert notifications are sent. The information contained in the notification is determined by the alert
classification and severity. You can specify which alert classifications, at which severity, are sent to a
particular alert recipient. The alerting engine allows for granular control over the alerts that are sent to
recipients. For example, you can configure the system to send only specified types of alerts to a recipient,
such as when the severity level is Critical and the alert type is System. You can also configure general
settings (see
for a complete list
of alerts.
Alert Classifications
AsyncOS sends the following alert classifications:
–
System
–
Hardware
Severities
Alerts can be sent for the following severities:
–
Critical: issue that requires immediate attention
–
Warning: problem or error requiring further monitoring and potentially immediate attention
–
Info: information generated in the routine functioning of this device
Alert Settings
Alert settings control the general behavior and configuration of alerts, including: