You can view the default NSX Intelligence alarm definitions and modify them to fit your needs.

The NSX Intelligence alarm definitions provide the details about the type of events and other criteria that must be met to trigger an alarm. You can review and modify an alarm definition from the Alarms dashboard, using either the Alarms pane or the Alarm Definitions pane.

Procedure

  1. From your browser, log in with enterprise administrator privileges to an NSX Manager at https://<nsx-manager-ip-address>.
  2. To review and modify an alarm definition using one of the already reported alarms, select Home > Alarms > Alarms.
    1. Locate the alarm event whose definition you want to modify.
    2. From the Event Type column of the table of reported alarms, click the name of the reported event.
      The alarm definition for the selected event type is displayed under the Alarm Definitions pane.
  3. To review and modify an alarm definition using the Alarms Definitions pane, select Home > Alarms > Alarm Definitions.
    1. List the NSX Intelligence alarm definitions only by clicking the filter text box on the right-side.
    2. Type intelligence and press Enter.
      The Alarm Definitions table displays all the NSX Intelligence alarms, as shown in the following image.

    3. Select the alarm definition you want to modify.
  4. To view the rest of the selected alarm's definition, expand its row.
    The alarm details that are shown in the expanded row include the following.
    Alarm Setting Description
    Feature The NSX Intelligence component from where the alarm originated.
    Event Type The specific type of error detected.
    Severity The alarm level that was detected. Values are Medium, High, or Critical.
    Enabled If set to Yes, the alarm is enabled. This setting is user-configurable.
    Create Alarms If set to Yes, the system reports the alarm. This setting is user-configurable.
    Create SNMP Traps If set to Yes, the system emits an SNMP trap when the alarm is detected or resolved. This setting is user-configurable.
    Description Describes the condition that triggers the alarm.
    SNMP OID For Event true The SNMP Object Identifier when the alarm event status is true.
    SNMP OID For Event false The SNMP Object Identifier when the alarm event status is false.
    Threshold The value used as the threshold to determine whether a single sample is true.
    Sensitivity The percentage value used with the threshold value to determine whether an alarm event instance status is true or false.
  5. If needed, modify an alarm's configurable settings.
    1. Locate the alarm definition's row.
    2. Click the three-dot icon on the leftmost side of the row and select Edit.
      The selected alarm definition's row is expanded and the details are displayed.
    3. Use the following table to modify the configurable alarm settings, as needed.
      Setting How To Configure the Setting
      Enabled To enable or disable the detection of the alarm, click the toggle.
      Create Alarms To specify whether the alarm is to be created or not, click the toggle.
      Create SNMP Traps To specify whether an SNMP trap is created when an alarm is detected or resolved, click the toggle.
      Threshold Enter a numerical value that is used as the threshold to determine if a single sample is true.
      Sensitivity(%) Enter a numerical value that specifies the percentage of the sample size to use when determining whether an alarm event is triggered. The sample size is system-defined and cannot be modified. The higher the numerical value, more samples are required to reach the alarm threshold for the alarm event to be triggered.
    4. To save any modified settings, click Save.