Network Management

Create an alert when response time exceeds warning or critical thresholds in Orion

This article describes how to create an alert that will trigger when the response time has exceeded its warning or critical thresholds.

First published date

10/26/2018 9:30 PM

Last published date

10/26/2018 9:30 PM

Overview

When monitoring nodes it may be helpful to configure alerts for when the response time has exceeded specific values. This article discusses adjusting those thresholds then configuring alerts based on those thresholds.

Product section

Network Performance Monitor

Cause

N/A

Resolution

If required, set custom thresholds for the node:
1. Go to Settings > Manage Nodes.
2. Select the node, and then click Edit Properties.
3. Scroll down to Alerting Thresholds, and then click Override Orion General Thresholds.
4. Set the desired thresholds, and then click Submit.
  See Baselines and baseline calculations for NPM for more information.
Once the threshold is set, create the alert using the following trigger conditions:

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