
58 Performing Administrative Tasks
Configuring Policies
The policy engine is an expert system that allows AMC to alert persons specified by the administrator that
certain SAN conditions have been met. These conditions are defined in terms of event traps. For more
information about event reporting, refer to Monitoring and Managing Event Logs
on page 93.
1 Select the Admin menu, point to Policy Configurations, then select New Policy.
The Add New Rule dialog box is displayed.
2 Select Check traps when they arrive.
This causes the Next button to become enabled.
3 Select Next.
4 Type the name of the new rule into the text box.
5 Assign a priority by selecting High, Medium, or Low from the drop-down list. If many alerts are
generated, they will be prioritized before they are sent.
6 Select Next.
7 Select one or both of the two event notification conditions, by selecting the check box(es):
• Specify trap number
• Specify the appliance IP that the trap is from
8 Select Specify Trap Number to display a list of traps by number and description. Scroll down to see
the entire list.
9 Select the condition that meets the requirements of the rule name you have chosen.
10 Do one of the following:
Select OK to associate this trap with the new rule.
11 Select Specify the appliance IP that the trap is from to display a list of available appliances.
12 Click, shift-click or control-click as many appliance IP addresses as you require.
13 Select OK to associate these SNCs with the new rule.
The conditions you have chosen are written into the lower panel of the Add New Rule dialog box. Scroll
up or down to review the entire rule.
14 Select Next to go to the email configuration.
15 Select the email check box at the top of the Mail Address of Trap Notice dialog box. A second dialog
box pops up on top of the email configuration screen.
16 Type the email address(es) of the intended recipient(s) and a subject line for the message. If multiple
addresses are entered, separate the strings with semicolons.
17 Select OK to continue.
18 After selecting OK, review the rule and the email addresses as they appear in the lower panel of the
Add New Rule dialog box. Select Finish.
19 Confirm that you want to add the rule to the database.
20 Select Yes to add the rule.
Policy added successfully appears in the Status/Message area.
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