Sorry, let me be a little more clear. I want the node to be DOWN. I just don't want to be ALERTED about the down node if it is because of the Search String.
Reason is, we actually want to be able to track TOTAL down time, even if its just for maintenance reasons -- however, the ALERTS should not fire in those cases.
So this question is more on how to configure or customize the existing NODE DOWN alert.
jg