Triggers Help

[sartecat]

I'm monitoring uplinks on switches.

I have the following trigger.
Uplink Interface {ITEM.NAME} status on {HOST.HOST} went down!!!

{cdm-3560g:ifOperStatus["GigabitEthernet0/47"].last()}<>1 or {cdm-3560g:ifOperStatus["GigabitEthernet0/48"].last()}<>1 or {cdm-3560g:ifOperStatus["Port-channel1"].last()}<>1

Will this work or Is it better to have separate triggers for each port?

[Linwood]

I think you will quickly find it unmanageable if you have many ports. this also of course would be difficult to put in a template (and using templates is always a good thing).

Also, anyone receiving an alert (e.g. via email) would then need to log in and look up the last values to find out which port went down - if you had specific triggers for each port, the alert itself will tell them what they need to know.

That's if it is even actionable -- for the most part I find port downs pointless unless the port is redundant, as you are likely monitoring the thing plugged into it, and will get an alert from it being down. Now for redundant ports monitoring it is critical since you otherwise will have no idea your redundant link is down.

[sartecat]

Thank you!