Managing Notification Rules

Creating notification rules

Click
Configuration
SECURITY
Network Security
Notification Rules
.
Click
Create
and the Notification Rules - New Item screen is displayed.
On the Properties tab, specify the appropriate values for the following fields.
Property	Description
Name	Specify a name for the notification. This is required.
Description	Specify a description for the notification
Email Comment	Specify the content of the email for this notification
Format	Select the format of the notification to be either Plain Text or CSV .
Rule Type	Select the type of notification rule to use. Policy Notify indicates that the notification is triggered when the policy has changed. You specify the policy on the Policy Notify tab. Limit Notify indicates that the notification is triggered when a limit has been reached. You specify the limit on the Limit Notify tab.
Email Recipients	Specify information about one or more email recipients. In the Name field, specify a name for the recipient. In the Email Address field, specify the email address of the recipient. To add another recipient, click the ( + ) plus sign and supply the Name and Email Address fields for that recipient. To remove a recipient, click the ( X ) to the right of the email recipient.
If you specified the
Rule Type
as
Policy Notify
, specify the appropriate values for the following fields on the Policy Notify tab.
Field	Description
Available Firewall Policies	Select the firewall policy the rule should monitor and notify you when it changes, then click Add . The selected policy is added to the list of firewall policies below the Available Firewall Policies field.
Notify on Dependent Objects	Determines whether or not dependent objects, such as shared resources, are also monitored by the rule. By default this option is selected, indicating that shared resources should also be monitored.
Available NAT Policies	Select the NAT policy the rule should monitor and notify you when it changes, then click Add . The selected NAT policy is added to the list of policies below the Available NAT Policies field.
Notify on Dependent Objects	Determines whether or not dependent objects, such as shared resources, are also monitored by the rule. By default this option is selected, indicating that shared resources should also be monitored.
To delete a policy from the list, click the
X
to the right of the
Notify on Dependent Objects
option.
If you specified the
Rule Type
as
Limit Notify
, specify the appropriate values for the following fields on the Limit Notify tab.
Field	Description
Device Limit Notification	Select this check box to be notified when the BIG-IQ system reaches a specified limit.
Device Limit Thresholds	Specify the device limit thresholds at which a notification email is sent. A device limit is a percentage of the number of BIG-IP devices your BIG-IQ system is managing. You can set up to three limits that are each a percentage of the limit amount by modifying the percentage amount in each of the three device limit threshold fields. For example, if your BIG-IQ system is licensed to handle 10 BIG-IP devices, you would go over the threshold of 49% when 5 BIG-IP devices were being managed.
Object Limit Notification	Select this check box to be notified when a specified object limit is exceeded.
Object Limit Thresholds	Specify the object limit thresholds at which a notification email is sent. You can set up to three limits that are each a percentage of the limit amount by modifying the percentage amount in each of the three object limit threshold fields. As more operations occur with more BIG-IP devices, the number of objects in use by the BIG-IQ system grows. The maximum number of objects supported varies depending on the BIG-IP device configuration.
Save your work.

Scheduling notification rules

Click the name of the notification rule to edit that rule and display the editing screen.
The rule is locked for editing.
Change the property and field values that you need to modify.
Click
Save
to save changes.
When finished, click
Save & Close
to save changes, release the lock, and exit the screen.

Select the rule to be removed by clicking the check box to the left of the rule.
Click
Delete
.