CLI: Alarms

You can use the stats command to configure alarms. Alarms are used to notify the administrator when certain thresholds are reached.

Configuring alarms

stats {alarm|chd|clear-all|export|sample}

To configure alarms based on sampled or computed statistics:

stats alarm {asymmetric_route|auto_neg|bridge_direction|bridge_link|cifs_signed|

redundant_power|redundant_storage|rx_dropped|rx_errors|startup|tx_errors}

E X A M P L E

Enable the interface errors alarm.

stats alarm if_collisions enable

To configure computed historical data points:

stats chd

E X A M P L E

Enable the calculations of 5-minute web reduction samples

stats chd web_reduction_fiveminutes enable

To clear data for all samples and CHDs, and status for all alarms:

stats clear-all

To export statistics to a file:

stats export csv {cpu_util|exinda_cpu|memory|paging} {after|before|filename}

cpu_util - Export the CPU utilization of the appliance
exinda_cpu - Export the CPU utilization of the appliance
memory - Export the memory utilization of the appliance
paging - Export the paging data of the appliance
after <yyyy>/<mm>/<dd> - Export only statistics collected after the specified date
before <yyyy>/<mm>/<dd> - Export only statistics collected before the specified date
filename <filename> - Specify the filename for the exported data

To configure sampled statistics:

stats sample

E X A M P L E

Configure the QoS sample interval to 120 seconds

stats sample qos interval 120