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Syntax of Adv Alert, interface shutdown specific node

What am I missing here? My goal is to generate an email if any interface is shut down on a particular switch (only). I have the following trigger condition defined:

Type of Property to Monitor: INTERFACE
   Trigger when all apply
      "Administrative Status" "has changed"
      "Node Name" "is equal to" "SW06"

When I telnet to SW06 and shutdown fa0/16...nothing. If I TEST the advanced alert, select the Node and the Interface, the test trigger is received. Am I not formatting my trigger properly to only include shutdown/no shutdown activity on this switch?

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qle

I may be wrong here but are you sure it's the "Administrative Status" and not the "Operational Status"/"Interface Status" you should be monitoring?
Also, have you tried setting the latter condition to "Node Name" "contains"/"starts with"?
Finally, after shutting down the interface through telnet, does an event for it appear?

chris.schear

I'm sure. With the alert configured as-is, when I shut down a switch port...I get an email. I haven't tried contains/starts with, but will. Once I shut down an interface, it is displayed in Orion as "Shutdown", as expected.

Thanks for the response.