Cannot edit severity level on discovered interfaces

[Keyser]

Hi all

I'm new to Zabbix, but have gotten a basic understanding of the fundamentals now.
But I have one issue I cannot figure out:

I have a SNMP monitored switch, and the attached HP Switch template works fine - discovers and tracks all the interfaces and hardware monitors etc. perfectly.

However: I would like to modify the severity of the interface link down and Interface changed speed events/triggers for SOME of the interfaces on my switches.
But I cannot seem to figure how that is possible.
When i use CONFIGURE -> HOSTS -> XXX HOST -> TRIGGERS I cannot modify the severity for the trigger on each interface - it is greyed out.

I assume that is because the interface is discovered - because I can edit severity for some of the template builtin triggers in the list.

I can modify the discovery trigger prototype for these triggers in the HOST discovery settings - or even globally in the HP Switch Template settings.
But that treats all interfaces the same which is not what I want.
I want a few of the discovered interfaces to have a Critical severity when down (uplinks), and other an informational severity level when down (client edge ports)

Is that possible?

Thanks

-Keyser

[Avinasha]

You can modify the severity under Discovery>Click on template name >Trigger Prototypes and edit severity.

Regards,
Avi

[Keyser]

Did you read My post properly?
I know it’s a little Long, But My point is exactly that your suggestion does not work because that changes ALL Discovered interfaces.

[Hamardaban]

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/5.2/manual/discovery/low_level_discovery

search OVERRIDE section

[iflann01]

Keyser, I have the same problem. I only want alerts on critical interfaces by setting the severity to HIGH on specific interfaces. Did you ever find a way to do this?

[Keyser]

Keyser, I have the same problem. I only want alerts on critical interfaces by setting the severity to HIGH on specific interfaces. Did you ever find a way to do this?

Yes, the OVERRIDE feature that @Harmardaban pointed to allows for this opportunity. If you edit the specific switch you have in mind, look at the MACROS tab to see which macro's are inherited from the template.
You can then create manual macros on the switch with detailed settings pr. port - which overrides the general setting pr. port.
The template already has built-in provisions for this need. It holds a Macro called $IFCONTROL, and if that has a value of 1, it will alert on link down. If it has a value of zero if will disregard alerts on link-down events.

Here's a snippet from my macro settings where you can see the inherited global $IFCONTROL with a setting of 1 (Greyed out so cannot be changed).
I have then made some manual overrides for specific ports to disable Alerting.

Hope it makes sense.