Cabletron Systems 7000 manual Viewing the Basic Alarm Log

Alarm Configuration

To disable an alarm:

1.In the top of the window, click to select the variable for which you wish to disable an alarm: Kilobits, Total Errors, or Broadcast/Multicast.

2.In the list box display, click to highlight the interface(s) for which you wish to disable the selected alarm type. (Remember, you can use shift-clickto select a sequential group of interfaces, or ctrl-clickto select any group of interfaces.)

3.Click on . The selected alarm type on the selected interface(s) will be disabled, and the list box display will refresh to reflect those changes.

Viewing the Basic Alarm Log

If you have selected the ÒlogÓ response for an alarm, and that alarmÕs rising and/or falling threshold has been crossed, the Basic Alarms application will create a log of alarm occurrences. If a threshold has been crossed, it will be proceeded in the interface list box display by a double greater-than sign (>>). Clicking to select an interface which is so marked will activate the

button; selecting the button will launch the appropriate Basic Alarm Log, Figure 4-2. (Note that selecting more than one interface Ñ even if all selected interfaces have experienced alarm conditions Ñ will inactivate the

button; you can only view a single alarm log at a time.)

Figure 4-2. Basic Alarm Log

The top portion of the Basic Alarm Log window contains the device information boxes, as well as the Port Number assigned to the interface that experienced the alarm condition and the type of alarm that was triggered; the remainder of the window contains the following information about each alarm occurrence:

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