Configuring passive thresholds

Alert Center passive thresholds notify you when WhatsUp Gold passive monitors fall out of the parameters of the thresholds you configure. You can create three passive threshold types:

• SNMP trap
• Syslog
• Windows Event Log

Several things to keep in mind when configuring thresholds for passive monitors:

• Each Alert Center threshold is associated with a specific passive monitor. The passive monitor associated with the threshold you are creating must be assigned to at least one device. Otherwise, the threshold will not work.
• When creating a passive threshold, you must select a passive monitor from a list to associate with the threshold. This list contains the passive monitors already configured in the Passive Monitor Library. These monitors are not necessarily assigned to devices, however. To determine which devices have passive monitors assigned to them, you can create a dynamic group. For more information, see Configuring Dynamic Groups.
• It is not possible to monitor unsolicited traps using Alert Center.

See Also Configuring passive thresholds Configuring an SNMP trap threshold Configuring a Syslog threshold Configuring a Windows Event Log threshold