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Don_22992
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Jan 28, 2008

Email notification of node/vs down

I have searched for a while now, and have not found a solution.     Alertd appears to be the method of sending an email alert; how do I tell it a node is down?     Or a custom scripted mon...
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David_Dennison
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Jul 28, 2012

Instead of mucking with syslog configs on the load balancer itself (which IMO this obvious request of an email alert when a node, pool, or critical event should never have to be implemented at a CLI level on each individual BIGIP box with the premimium people pay for F5 devices), try using SEC. Just parse the SNMP traps from the F5 box on the server running SEC to trigger the event you want...basically to see the trap...parse it...then shell out and email you of the event)...why this is still not a part of EM I do not know...