if router is down alert only the router and not the switch and AP
if the switch or the AP is down alert only switch or AP.
if router is down alert only the router and not the switch and AP
if the switch or the AP is down alert only switch or AP.
There is a feature in Orion called Dependencies, which provides this function. Essentially you define that a Child's objects status is determined by he state of it 'Parent', whereby if the Parent is down, the Child object/s are placed in to state called 'UnReachable'. Therefore, an alert defined that has trigger as being 'Status is equal to Down' will not be triggered.
Tip: Create a Group for the AP and Switch (and any other tier 2 devices) and use that as the 'Child' object.
As an addendum to m_roberts reply you can also turn on auto-dependencies on a platform wide basis. This will take the hassle out of creating them all for a large environment. See this KB article for how.
The caveat here is that SolarWinds doesn't always get these right, so you can then create a manual one as per Marks answer, which overrides the auto-dependency.
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