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System alerts

System alerts

This section provides a description of the alert system and instructions to configure it to monitor important system events and metrics. You can create alert policies that monitor and provide alerts for some of the following:

  • User authentication events
  • Security events
  • HA information
  • Server Load Balance information
  • Link Load Balance information
  • Global Load Balance information
  • Appliance information, including temperatures and fan speeds
  • System information and metrics, including CPU, memory, and disk usage

For more information about events and metrics that you can monitor in alert policies, see Creating alert configurations.

The chapter includes the following topics:

System alerts

This section provides a description of the alert system and instructions to configure it to monitor important system events and metrics. You can create alert policies that monitor and provide alerts for some of the following:

  • User authentication events
  • Security events
  • HA information
  • Server Load Balance information
  • Link Load Balance information
  • Global Load Balance information
  • Appliance information, including temperatures and fan speeds
  • System information and metrics, including CPU, memory, and disk usage

For more information about events and metrics that you can monitor in alert policies, see Creating alert configurations.

The chapter includes the following topics: