CHAPTER 7: Alarm Configuration

7.3.The Circuit Breaker Open Alarm

The Circuit Breaker Alarm is intended to provide notification in the event that one of the Outlet Managed PDU’s circuit breakers is opened. When a circuit breaker is open, the Outlet Managed PDU can provide prompt notification via Email, Syslog Message or SNMP Trap.

Notes:

The Circuit Breaker Open Alarm is not applicable to some Outlet Managed PDU models.

In order for the Outlet Managed PDU to provide alarm notification via Email, communication parameters must first be defined as described in Section 5.9.11.

In order for the Outlet Managed PDU to provide alarm notification via Syslog Message, Syslog parameters must first be defined and Syslog Messages must be enabled as described in Section 5.9.2 and Section 11.

In order for the Outlet Managed PDU to provide alarm notification via SNMP Trap, SNMP parameters must first be defined, and SNMP Traps must be enabled as described in Section 5.9.7 and Section 12.

To configure the Circuit Breaker Alarm, you must access the Outlet Managed PDU command mode using a password that permits Administrator Level commands. The Circuit Breaker Open Alarm Configuration Menu offers the following parameters:

Trigger Enable: Enables/Disables the trigger for this alarm. When Disabled, this alarm will be suppressed. (Default = On.)

Note:

To cancel an alarm without correcting the condition that caused the alarm, simply toggle the Trigger Enable parameter Off and then back On again.

Resend Delay: Determines how long the Outlet Managed PDU will wait to resend an email message generated by this alarm, when the initial attempt to send the notification was unsuccessful. (Default = 60 Minutes.)

Notify Upon Clear: When this item is enabled, the Outlet Managed PDU will send additional notification when the situation that caused the alarm has been corrected. For example, when Notify Upon Clear is enabled, the Outlet Managed PDU can send initial notification when it detects an open circuit breaker, and then send a second notification when it determines that the circuit breaker has been closed. (Default = On.)

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