Disabling a Basic Alarm

Alarm Configuration

When configuring a Kilobits alarm, NetSight Element Manager converts octets into kilobits (units of 125 bytes, or octets) for you; for example, to set a falling threshold of 625 octets, enter a threshold value of 5.

9.In the Falling Action field, click to select the action you want your device to take in response to a falling alarm: Enable Port, Disable Port, or None. Note that this action enables and disables only bridging at the specified port, and not the interface itself.

For more information on how actions are triggered, see How Rising and Falling Thresholds Work, on page 3-27.

Remember, the Actions fields will be grayed out for devices configured to operate in

TIP SecureFast switching mode, as there is no active bridging component on those interfaces.

10.Click Apply to set your changes. If you have made any errors in configuring alarm parameters (using an invalid rising or falling threshold, for example, or neglecting to supply a polling interval), either an error window with the appropriate message displays, or a beep will sound and the cursor will blink in the field which contains the error. Correct the noted problem(s), and click Apply again.

Once you click the Apply button, the configured alarm parameters will be set for every selected interface, and the alarms will automatically be enabled; the list box display will also refresh to reflect these changes. To configure additional alarms, or alarms of a different type, select the appropriate alarm variable at the top of the window, highlight the appropriate interface(s), and repeat the procedures outlined above.

Using the Disable button at the bottom of the window actually performs two functions: it both disables the alarm and deletes the alarm entry (and its associated event and action entries) from device memory to help conserve device resources. In the list box display, the parameters for any “disabled” alarm are automatically reset to their default values.

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

3-8	Basic Alarm Configuration

2000 specifications

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