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Testing Trellix event notifications for an event type using the CLI

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Follow these steps to test Trellix event notification settings for a network event type.

Prerequisites

  • The Trellix event notification services (syslog messages, SMTP email, SNMP traps, and HTTP posts to Web servers) are set up.

To test Trellix event notification settings for a specific event type:
  1. Verify that the test-fired event triggers the expected Trellix event notifications. Use the following command:

    fenotify test-fire <alertType>

    The following example sends a test notification for Malware Object alerts:

    hostname (config) # fenotify test-fire malware-object
    Sending test notification...