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# Configure Events Publisher

Network-attached storage is a file-level storage architecture that makes stored data more accessible to networked devices.

## About this task

See Understanding PowerMax File for storage systems for an overview of PowerMax File.

Common Event Enablers (CEE) is an externally deployable software from Dell (primarily on Windows). This software has two packages - Common anti-virus Agent (CAVA) and Common Event Publishing Agent (CEPA). CAVA provides an anti-virus solution to clients using a NAS server. It uses an industry-standard SMB protocol in a Windows Server environment. CAVA uses third-party anti-virus software to identify and eliminate known viruses before they infect files on the storage system. The CEE CEPA ecosystem consists of dozens of applications that are designed to process SMB and NFS file and directory event notifications.

See About Events Publishing for the list of events and their descriptions.

## Steps

1. Select a storage system that supports PowerMax File.
2. Select Storage > File.
3. Select the NAS SERVERS tab.
4. Select the BACKUP & EVENTS tab.
5. Select the EVENTS POOL tab.
6. Click Events Publisher.
7. Click the slidebar to enable the configuration of the event publisher.
8. Select a value for Post Event Failure Policy.
9. Optional: click the Deny access when all servers are offline checkbox.
10. Select and configure the protocol to connect to CEPA servers.
11. Types values for Heartbeart (seconds) and Timeout (milliseconds).
12. Click OK.