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Tasked with managing a large network that is either geographically seperated or the topology is such that 'fault domains' are easy to recognize, we would like to summarize events to prevent network management noise and reduce troubleshooting time. With this in mind it would be desirable to have a single alert that notifies us that site "X" is experiencing a problem, versus many (10 ~ 500+) alerts from individual nodes. This not only cuts down on the noise, it also automates a component of the troubleshooting process, enabling operations to vector in on a common symptom in order to crush the problem.
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