Configure PowerFlex Alerting POWERFLEX-OPERATE Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16foundation · easy

   What is the purpose of an escalation policy in PowerFlex alerting?

   • ATo ensure that critical alerts are brought to the attention of the right personnel if not acknowledged in time
   • BTo automatically fix the underlying issue
   • CTo increase the severity level of all alerts over time
   • DTo reduce the number of false positive alerts
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2. 17application · medium

   A company has a PowerFlex cluster and wants to ensure that alerts for a non-critical issue (e.g., high CPU usage) are sent to the operations team during business hours only, while critical alerts (e.g., node down) are sent to the on-call engineer 24/7. What should they configure?

   • AUse the escalation policy to route alerts to different channels based on severity.
   • BCreate a single alert rule for all events and set the notification channel to email the operations team during business hours and the on-call engineer after hours.
   • CSet all alerts to Critical severity and use a single 24/7 notification channel.
   • DCreate two alert rules: one for high CPU with Warning severity and a notification channel that is active during business hours, and one for node down with Critical severity and a 24/7 notification channel.
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4. 18application · medium

   A company has configured a webhook notification channel in PowerFlex to send alerts to an internal incident management system. After creating an alert rule, the team wants to verify that the webhook is working correctly before relying on it. What is the most efficient way to test this?

   • AManually invoke the webhook URL using a tool like curl with a sample JSON payload.
   • BDisable the webhook channel and re-enable it to see if the incident system receives a connection test.
   • CWait for a real alert to occur naturally and check if the webhook receives it.
   • DUse the 'Send Test' or 'Test Notification' feature in the notification channel configuration to send a sample event to the webhook endpoint.
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5. 19foundation · easy

   How can you test an alert rule in PowerFlex?

   • ABy generating a sample event that matches the rule's condition
   • BBy restarting the PowerFlex management service
   • CBy deleting the alert rule and recreating it
   • DBy changing the notification channel to a test address
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6. 20application · medium

   A company has a PowerFlex cluster and wants to ensure that a critical alert (e.g., node failure) is escalated to the on-call engineer after 15 minutes if the initial notification is not acknowledged. They also want to send a second escalation to the manager after 30 minutes. What should they configure?

   • ACreate an escalation policy with two levels: first level to the on-call engineer after 15 minutes, second level to the manager after 30 minutes.
   • BCreate two separate alert rules for the same condition, one with a 15-minute delay and one with a 30-minute delay.
   • CSet the alert severity to Critical and rely on the on-call engineer to check the dashboard after 15 minutes.
   • DConfigure the notification channel to send an email to both the on-call engineer and the manager at the same time.
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