This chapter describes the following monitoring functions you can perform using The terms event, alert, and alarm are often mistakenly used interchangeably. The terms are defined as follows:
- An event is a notification that contains information about something that happened on a device. There are many types of events, and each type describes a separate occurrence.
- An alert is a subtype of an event that requires user intervention. The term actionable event often describes an alert.
- An alarm is a warning of an existing or approaching alert.