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- When UpNotify is "true", for any "down" message which is sent an UP notification will be sent when the node or element comes up, then lets you know the event is "resolved".
- When set to "false", no notification will be sent when the node or element comes up.
Preventing Escalation/Notification Storms using the NMIS Node Depend Feature
Consider a situation where an edge router goes down, and from the preceptive of NMIS all the nodes behind it appear to be down. By default nmis would send escalation emails for all the nodes behind the edge router. In order to only have NMIS send the escalation email for the edge router and not the nodes behind it, the 'depend' attribute can be set on the nodes behind the edge router. Setting the depend value to the edge router for the nodes behind it will prevent excess escalation emails.
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