Configure PowerFlex Alerting POWERFLEX-OPERATE Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · easy

   What is the purpose of reviewing alert history in PowerFlex?

   • ATo delete old alert rules
   • BTo automatically adjust alert thresholds
   • CTo troubleshoot past issues and identify patterns
   • DTo increase the frequency of alert checks
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2. 7foundation · easy

   What is the purpose of assigning a severity level to an alert?

   • ATo set the threshold value for the alert
   • BTo control who can view the alert
   • CTo indicate the potential impact or urgency of the alert
   • DTo determine which notification channel is used
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4. 8application · medium

   A company has been receiving too many alerts for a specific alert rule that monitors I/O errors on a storage pool. The rule was set to Warning severity and emails the entire storage team. After investigating, the team finds that the threshold is too sensitive and wants to reduce the noise without completely disabling the rule. What should they do?

   • ADelete the alert rule and recreate it with the same settings.
   • BDisable the alert rule entirely.
   • CEdit the alert rule to increase the threshold or duration, and change the notification channel to a smaller group or a ticketing system.
   • DChange the severity to Critical so that only the on-call engineer is notified.
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5. 9application · medium

   A PowerFlex administrator notices that a particular alert rule has been firing frequently but the issue has already been resolved. The administrator wants to stop receiving notifications for this rule without deleting it, in case the issue recurs. What should they do?

   • AIncrease the threshold to a very high value.
   • BDisable the alert rule.
   • CDelete the alert rule.
   • DChange the notification channel to 'None'.
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6. 10application · medium

   A system administrator has configured an SNMP notification channel in PowerFlex to send alerts to a network management system (NMS). After creating an alert rule for high CPU usage, the administrator wants to verify that the NMS receives the SNMP traps correctly. What is the recommended way to test this?

   • ARestart the SNMP service on the NMS to force it to request a trap from PowerFlex.
   • BWait for a real high CPU event to occur and check if the NMS receives the trap.
   • CUse the 'Test' button on the SNMP channel configuration to send a test trap to the NMS.
   • DManually send an SNMP trap from the PowerFlex gateway using a command-line tool.
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