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/events/monitors

Use this REST API to retrieve information about, create, and modify event forwarders.

Event forwarders are used to provide a remote location and protocol to which events are forwarded. Every generated event is monitored to see if it matches the configured filter. If it matches, the event is forwarded to the specified location using the indicated protocol.

Several forwarding protocols are supported for event forwarders.

The following protocols are supported:

  • Azure Log Analytics. Lenovo XClarity Administrator forwards the monitored events to over the network to Microsoft Azure Log Analytics.

  • Email. Lenovo XClarity Administrator forwards the monitored events to one or more email addresses using SMTP. The email contains information about the event, the host name of the source device, and links to the Lenovo XClarity Administrator web interface and Lenovo XClarity Mobile app.

  • FTP. Forwards monitored events over the network to an FTP server.

  • REST. Lenovo XClarity Administrator forwards the monitored events over the network to a REST Web Service.

  • SNMP. Lenovo XClarity Administrator forwards the monitored events over the network to a remote SNMP manager. SNMPv1 and SNMPv3 traps are supported.

    For information about the management information base (MIB) file that describes the SNMP traps Lenovo XClarity Administrator generates, see lenovoMgrAlert.mib file.

  • Syslog. Lenovo XClarity Administrator forwards the monitored events over the network to a central log server where native tools can be used to monitor the syslog.

HTTP methods​

GET, PUT, POST