Smarts IP: How to generate alarm events (interface Down) for Interfaces with OperStatus as TESTING

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:


How to generate alarm events (interface Down) in Smarts IP for Interfaces with OperStatus as TESTING

No alarm events are generated in Smarts IP for Interfaces with OperStatus as TESTING

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

To receive alarm events for interfaces that have operstatus as TESTING, the SuppressTestingNotifications parameter for the interface should be set to FALSE in the configuration file, or the following DMCTL command can be used:

dmctl -s <AM domain name> put Interface::<Interface instance name>::SuppressTestingNotification FALSE

Setting SuppressTestingNotifications=FALSE will generate "Down" events for that particular interface instead of "TESTING" events.