We are monitoring a network switch with multiple ports.  Some ports are active 'Admin Status UP', some are inactive 'Admin Status Down'.  We would like the system to be aware of the current port state when the element starts, showing all ports as Green/Normal whether up or down at startup (or when template is applied).  Then if any port changes state up-to-down or down-to-up generate an alarm.  This will allow us to know when a port has been activated which should not be while also, monitoring if an expected active port goes down.

As these states can be different for different switches, we were hoping for a way to do this within a single alarm template without having to add unique port filtering.

Thank you for the assistance.