Can any CA Spectrum Event be Customized?

Products

• CA Spectrum

Issue/Introduction

Are all Spectrum Events that come out-of-the-box allowed to be customized?

Environment

Any

Component: SPCAEM - Events & Alarms

Resolution

By default, Spectrum will allow you to customize any event that is shipped with the product. However, customizing the following event types will affect Spectrum's fault isolation algorithms and will lead to undesirable results:

 

LINK_GOOD = 0x00010d10,

LINK_BAD = 0x00010d11,

LINK_DISABLED = 0x00010d12,

LINK_UNKNOWN = 0x00010d13,

LINK_UNREACHABLE = 0x00010d14,

LINK_INITIAL = 0x00010d15,

LINK_BAD_SUPPRESSED = 0x00010d16,

LINK_LL_IN_MAINTENANCE = 0x00010d2e,

LINKED_PORT_BAD = 0x00010d17,

LINKED_DEVICE_BAD = 0x00010d18,

LINK_STATUS_CLEAR = 0x00010d2a,

LINK_DISABLED_AND_BAD = 0x0001040d,

LINK_ALWAYS_DOWN = 0x00010d2f,

LINK_BAD_WA_LINK_BAD = 0x00010d2d

CS_EVENT_ALARM_SET = 0x00010701

CS_EVENT_ALARM_UPDATED = 0x00010703

CS_EVENT_DEVICE_LOST = 0x00010302

DEVICE_CONTACT_STATUS_LOST = 0x00010d35

DEVICE_GATEWAY_UNREACHABLE = 0x00010d36

MGMT_LOST = 0x00010d00

UNRESOLVED_FAULT = 0x00010d05

APPLICATION_LOST = 0x00010d09

APPLICATION_REACTIVATED = 0x00010d0b

MGMT_REACTIVATED = 0x00010d0c

LINK_GOOD = 0x00010d10

LINK_BAD = 0x00010d11

LINK_DISABLED = 0x00010d12

LINK_UNKNOWN = 0x00010d13

LINK_UNREACHABLE = 0x00010d14

LINK_INITIAL = 0x00010d15

LINK_BAD_SUPPRESSED = 0x00010d16

LINKED_PORT_BAD = 0x00010d17

LINKED_DEVICE_BAD = 0x00010d18

DEV_MNGMNT_NBORS_DOWN = 0x00010d19

LANDSCAPE_CONTACT_STATUS_CLEAR = 0x00010d20

PORT_LOST = 0x00010d66

PORT_REACTIVATED = 0x00010d67

ALARMING_MGMT_LOST_EVENT = 0x10daa

 

Additional Information

This is also explained within Spectrum documentation at the link below:

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/spectrum/23-3/managing-network/event-configuration/event-and-alarm-customization.html