Elements

The probe breaks event data down into tokens and parses them into elements. Elements are used to assign values to ObjectServer fields; the field values contain the event details in a form that the ObjectServer understands.

The probe generates both static and dynamic elements.

Static elements

The probe generates the same set of static elements for each event it receives. The following table describes the static elements that the probe generates.

Table 1. Static elements
Element name	Element description
`$Host`	This element contains the host name of the event source device.
`$Port`	This element identifies the port number on the host contained in the `$Host` element.
`$Date`	This element contains the date of the alarm in the format `YY-MM-DD`.
`$Time`	This element contains the time of the alarm in the format `HH:MM:SS`.
`$TimeZone`	This element contains the three letter time zone code.
`$SRN`	This element contains the System Release Number.

Dynamic elements

The dynamic elements that the probe generates are entirely dependent on the devices monitored.

The following table describes the dynamic elements that the probe generates, depending on the event type. Not all the elements described are necessarily generated for each event.

Table 2. Dynamic elements
Element name	Element description
`$AlarmLevel`	This element indicates the severity of alarm. This element is not generated for information messages or reports.
`$MSN`	This element contains the Message Sequence Number. This element is not generated for reports.
`$MRN`	This element contains the Message Reference Number. This element is not generated for reports.
`$Message`	This element contains the affected device and the event message. This element is not generated for reports.
`$Report`	This element is set to `TRUE` if the event is a report.
`$TextLinenn`	This element contains one line of the event-specific message(s), where `nn` is the line number.