APC 78-10169-02 manual Alarms, Alarm Notification

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Chapter 2 Monitoring the System

Alarms

Alarms

This section describes alarms, which indicate problems on the Cisco ICS 7750 or on systems with which it is communicating.

Alarms are associated with the following:

•Events—Physical problems, such as system overheating or loss of power, detected by the SAP card and reported to the ICS System Manager software. Events are associated with the following system components:

–Chassis/backplane

–Fans

–Power supply modules

•Traps—Problems, such as a trunk outage, that are detected by MRP cards and transmitted in the form of a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) message.

Note For more information about SNMP messages, see “SNMP Basics” on page 2-10. To find out how to identify and solve system problems, see Chapter 4, “System Troubleshooting Guidelines,” and Appendix A, “Error Message Summary.”

Alarm Notification

The system issues notifications of alarms in any of the following ways:

•ICS System Manager is notified of an event and takes the appropriate action; for example, it changes the state of one or more LEDs on the system and generates an error message, which you then see.

•An SNMP agent generates a trap that is collected by ICS ICS System Manager or another SNMP management application, which processes the trap and takes the appropriate action.

•You have an open communications session with the Cisco ICS 7750 and retrieve log messages associated with any alarms.

 

Cisco ICS 7750 Administration and Troubleshooting Guide

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Contents Monitoring the System Alarms Alarm NotificationLogging Alarm LevelsHow to Access Log Messages Saving Log Messages to a Syslog Server How to Read Log MessagesHandling Log Messages with ICS System Manager Element Example Format Description StringKeyword Description FacilitiesSeverity Levels Keyword Level Description Syslog DefinitionHow to Change the Log Configuration Configuration Parameters Default Setting Default Log ConfigurationConfiguring the Syslog Daemon on Unix Syslog Servers Task Command Changing Syslog Server LoggingSnmp Basics Snmp ComponentsMajor Components of SNMP-Managed Networks Using Snmp with MIB Variables Snmp Management Information BaseOperation Description Snmp NetworkUnderstanding Traps Supported MIBsUnderstanding Community Strings Cisco ICS 7750 TrapsMonitoring with ICS System Manager Modifying the Base Community StringCiscoWorks2000 Applications Using CiscoWorks2000 for Network ManagementMonitoring with CiscoWorks2000 Snmp and the CiscoWorks2000 Interface Monitoring with Cisco IOS SoftwareEvaluating System Performance Evaluating Traffic Loads In-Band Versus Out-of-Band MonitoringEvaluating Reachability and Response Times Using show Commands Common show CommandsMonitoring a UPS Connecting and Powering Up the UPS ComponentsSearching and Filtering Output of show Commands Through a Serial Connection on Start Programs APC Card Management Wizard Check the Start a Web browser when finished check box Choose Start Run SetUPSHostName -HostName Name Verify that the Cisco ICS 7750 can communicate with the UPS 78-10169-02 Rev. B0
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