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Managing automatic backup plans ··························································································································· 588
Storing device configuration backups in cipher text ······················································································· 588
Automatic device configuration backups ·········································································································· 589
Manual device configuration backups ·············································································································· 593
Backup history reporting ····································································································································· 593
Auditing configurations ··············································································································································· 596
Configuration backup report ······························································································································ 597
Configuration baseline report ···························································································································· 598
Software update report ······································································································································· 601
Software baseline report ···································································································································· 602
Compliance check ······················································································································································· 604
Compliance policy ·············································································································································· 604
Rule examples ······················································································································································ 618
Check tasks ·························································································································································· 622
Fixing violating devices ······································································································································ 627
Check task history ··············································································································································· 629
Task execution results, task execution report, and configuration retrieval report ········································ 631
Configuration check by using the display command ······················································································ 638
8 Event and alarm management ···························································································································· 641
Event and alarm overview ··········································································································································· 641
Trap management ························································································································································ 642
Browsing traps ····················································································································································· 643
Trap details page ················································································································································ 644
Trap query ···························································································································································· 645
Filtering traps with existing IMC Trap filter rules ····························································································· 645
Filtering traps with user-defined trap filter rules ······························································································· 650
Generating alarms from traps ···························································································································· 657
Trap definition settings ········································································································································ 664
Syslog management ····················································································································································· 675
Syslog overview ··················································································································································· 675
Browsing Syslog entries ······································································································································ 676
Querying Syslog entries in IMC ························································································································· 677
Syslog details ······················································································································································· 677
Filtering Syslog entries ········································································································································ 678
Configuring alarms for Syslog messages ········································································································· 683
Using Syslog to alarm rules ································································································································ 686
Browsing alarms ··························································································································································· 693
Alarm details ························································································································································ 693
Querying alarms in IMC ····································································································································· 696
Browsing real-time alarms ·································································································································· 697
Browsing root alarms ·········································································································································· 700
Browsing all alarms ············································································································································· 705
Faulty devices ······················································································································································ 709
Alarm statistics ····················································································································································· 710
TopN ····································································································································································· 711
Configuring alarm notifications ·································································································································· 711
Managing email alarm notifications ················································································································· 712
Managing SMS alarm notifications ··················································································································· 718
Managing alarm forwarding: Integrating with other management systems ················································· 724
Managing hierarchical alarm settings ·············································································································· 729
Access device and core device alarm settings ································································································· 731
9 Performance management ·································································································································· 733
Managing performance with global index settings ·································································································· 733
