Embedded Event Manager (EEM) must publish events to subsystem number 798. EEM enables routers to monitor events and perform actions if those events are triggered. To configure EEM to publish an application specific event when the EEM event is triggered, you should issue the action publish event command.

The Watchdog System Monitor (IOSWDSysMon) cannot monitor interface errors; it is used to monitor memory and processor usage. To configure the Watchdog System Monitor, you should issue the event ioswdsysmon command. To monitor interface errors, you should issue the event interface command. To trigger a command when you manually run a policy event, you can issue the event none command.

EEM can be configured to restart a router with the action reload command, to send an email message with the action mail command, or to generate a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap with the action snmptrap command. The following keywords can be used with the action command:
- cli
- cnsevent
- counter
- force-switchover
- info
- mail
- policy
- publish-event
- reload
- snmp-trap
- syslog