Action Command

Screen Reference > System > Action Command

Action Command defines an action to take when some event (error, trap reception etc.) occurs.
You can configure which action to take on a specifc event on Screen Reference > System > Event Filter.

Action Command List

Note
By clicking a column header (eg. "Command Type" or "Memo"), you can sort the list by the column. Order (ascending or descending) can be toggled by clicking the header.

Table 1: Action Command List
Item	Content
Items per page	Lets you select a number of action commands displayed on a single page.
"Create" button	Lets you add a new action command. Add Action Command page will appear.
Copy to Clipboard	Copies the action command list (ID, command type, memo) to clipboard as a tab-delimited text. It is useful when you want to copy a list to your text editor. You can filter target subnets with "Search" box. "Number of items on the page" and the current page do not affect an output.
Export to CSV file	Exports the action command list (ID, command type, memo) to a CSV file. You can filter target subnets with "Search" box. "Number of items on the page" and the current page do not affect an output.
Export to Excel	Exports the action command list (ID, command type, memo) to an Excel book file (.xlsx for Microsoft Excel 2007 or later). You can filter target subnets with "Search" box. "Number of items on the page" and the current page do not affect an output.
Print	Shows the action command list (ID, command type, memo) on another browser window or tab and opens a print dialog box. You can filter target subnets with "Search" box. "Number of items on the page" and the current page do not affect an output.
Search field	Lets you filter target subnets by keywords. The search ignores case.
ID	Shows an ID of the action command determined on its creation.
Command Type	Shows the action commands type.
Notes	Shows a note on the action command.
"Edit" button	Opens Update Action Command for the action command.
"Details" button	Opens Action Command Details for the action command.
"Delete" button	Opens "Delete Action Command" dialog box. Clicking "Yes" in the dialog box deletes the action command. Click "No" or "Close (x)" button at the top left of the dialog box allows you to cancel the delete operation and goes back to "Event Filter List" page.
Page Navigation	Lets you view a specific page of the list. First Shows the first page. Previous Shows the previous page. Page Number When you click a page number, the page will be shown. Current page number is grayed out. Next Shows the next page. Last Shows the last page.

Create Action Commands

This screen lets you create a new action command.

Table 2: Create Action Command
Item	Content
Command Type	Lets you select a command type from the dropdown list of pre-defined types. Send Email: Uses "minimail" email client which is accompanied with the SNMP Plug-in. minimail is a simple email client which can be run from CLI. The program can only send emails and cannot receive them. It can check errors in parameter values only. If you use "Send Mail" action command for an event, test it on Command Prompt and make sure that emails are sent as expected. Run Route Test Command: Runs ping test. You can enter "Parameter" field. Custom Command: Runs an arbitrary program on the server. You can enter "Command" and "Parameter" fields.
Command	Enter a fullpath to the command to run on the server when you specified "Custom Command" for "Command Type". Note You cannot browse programs on SNMP Plug-in's web interface. If you want to browse them, use Server Configuration > Action Command Configuration Utility instead.
Option	You can specify detailed options to a pre-defined or custom command. Refer to Parameters for more details. You can also use special variables related to events in option parameters. Refer to Special Variables about them.
Notes	Lets you add a description of the command. By default, it has pre-defined text depending on the selected command type. You can change the text to help you later remember what the command does.
"Create" button	Save the newly created action command configuration.

Parameters

When you use "Send Mail" or "Run Route Test Command" action command, specify the following parameters.

◼ Send Mail
Syntax: <server name> <option>...

<server name>:
Mail server name (required)

<option>:

Table 3: "Send Mail" option parameters
Option	Description
-from xxx	Sender email address
-to xxx[,yyy]	Recipient email address (required) Use commas (,) to specify multiple addresses.
-cc xxx[,yyy]	Carbon copy email address Use commas (,) to specify multiple addresses.
-bcc xxx	Blind carbon copy email address Use commas (,) to specify multiple addresses.
-replyto xxx	Reply-To email address
-subject xxx	Email subject
-mailbody "xxx\nyyy"	Email body text (enclosed with double-quotes) Specify a body text in double-quotes. Use "\n" for newline. (*1)
-mailfile xxx	A text file which contains email body text (*1)
-attach xxx	An attachment file
-encode xxx	Binary-to-ASCII encoding scheme (Base64 or UUENCODE)

(*1) You have to specify either -mailbody or -mailfile option but not both.

◼ Run Route Test Command
Syntax: <option> IPaddress

<option>:

Table 4: Run Route Test Command option parameters
Option	Description
-Queries	Number of executions
-ImmediateEnd	Whether or not to quit the test when there's no response from a node on the way to a destination Specify true to quit immediately. Specify false to continue test.
-TimeOut	Ping timeout (seconds)
-RetryCount	Ping retry count
-TTL	TTL
-Interval	Ping interval (milliseconds)
-MaxHop	Maximum hops
-DataSize	ICMP datasize (Byte)
-Mask	Subnet mask (not supported)

Special Variables

You can use the following special variables in action command's parameter.
The special variable names begin with "%". When you use them in "Parameter", they will be replaced with their actual values and then passed to the command.

Table 5: Action Command's Special Variables
Node Name	Description
%name	A name of a log event source (e.g. node name)
%adr	An address. IP address is used when both IP and MAC address are available.
%ip	An IP address. IPv4 address is used when both IPv4 and IPv6 address are available.
%ipv4	IPv4 Address
%ipv6	An IPv6 address
%mac	MAC Address. If a target node has IPv4, IPv6 and MAC addresses, those addresses are prefered in the order of IPv4, IPv6 and MAC.
%msg	A message (log event detail).
%type	Log Type
%subt	Event
%level	Log Level ("User", "Informational" or "Debug").
%time	Date/Time of a log event.
%aid	Action Command ID number.

Note
Special variable "%aid" is currently not supported.

Action Command Details

This page shows the action command details.

Table 6: Action Command Details
Item	Content
ID	Shows an ID of the action command determined on its creation.
Command Type	Shows a command type (Sending email, Run Route Test Command or Custom Command).
Command	Shows a command to run on the server when you specified "Custom Command" for "Command Type".
Option	Shows detailed options to a pre-defined or custom command.
Notes	Shows a notes on the action command.
Edit	Opens Update Action Command for the action command.
Delete	Opens "Delete Action Command" dialog box. Clicking "Yes" in the dialog box deletes the action command. Click "No" or "Close (x)" button at the top left of the dialog box allows you to cancel the delete operation and goes back to "Action Command Details" page.

Update Action Command

This page lets you change the action command configuration.

Table 7: Update Action Command
Item	Content
ID	Shows an ID of the action command determined on its creation.
Command Type	Lets you select a command type from the dropdown list of pre-defined types. Send Email: Uses "minimail" email client which is accompanied with the SNMP Plug-in. minimail is a simple email client which can be run from CLI. The program can only send emails and cannot receive them. It can check errors in parameter values only. If you use "Send Mail" action command for an event, test it on Command Prompt and make sure that emails are sent as expected. Run Route Test Command: Runs ping test. You can enter "Parameter" field. Custom Command: Runs an arbitrary program on the server. You can enter "Command" and "Parameter" fields.
Command	Enter a fullpath to the command to run on the server when you specified "Custom Command" for "Command Type".
Option	You can specify detailed options to a pre-defined or custom command. Refer to Parameters for more details. You can also use special variables related to events in option parameters. Refer to Special Variables about them.
Notes	Lets you add a description of the command. By default, it has pre-defined text depending on the selected command type. You can change the text to help you later remember what the command does.
"Save" button	Saves the changes to the action command configuration.

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