Cisco Nexus 3000 series - Action Counter

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Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS System Management Command Reference
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Chapter System Management Commands
action counter
action counter
To set or modify a named counter when an Embedded Event Manager (EEM) applet is triggered, use the
action counter command. To restore the default value to the counter, use the no form of this command.
action label num1 [.num2] counter name name value value op {dec | inc | nop | set}
no action label num1 [.num2] counter name name
Syntax Description
Defaults None
Command Modes Embedded event manager configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines This command does not require a license.
Examples This example shows how to set the counter count1 to the value in $variable when the EEM
counter-applet is triggered:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# event manager applet counter-applet
switch(config-applet)# action 1.2 counter name count1 value $variable op dec
switch(config-applet)#
label num1 [.num2] Unique identifier that can be any string value. Actions are sorted and run in an
ascending alphanumeric sequence using the label as the sort key. The range for
num1 is from 1 to 16 and the range for num2 is from 0 to 9.
name name Specifies the name of the counter. This identifier can be any string value up to 28
characters.
value value Specifies the value of the counter. This identifier must be an integer value and can
be in the range of 0 to 2147483647 or a $-prefixed name (for parameter
substitution).
op Specifies the operation to perform upon the counter.
dec Decrements the counter by the specified value.
inc Increments the counter by the specified value.
nop Does nothing; using this keyword just displays the specified value.
set Sets the counter to the specified value.
Release Modification
5.0(3)U3(1) This command was introduced.