Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches

Alarm Limits

Using the Alarm Limits windows, you can conÞgure alarm limits for the Ethernet MicroLAN Switch at the repeater, board, and port levels; these alarms will notify you Ð via traps sent to SPECTRUM Element ManagerÕs alarm logging facility Ð that your system has experienced a certain percentage of collisions or errors, or a certain number of speciÞc packet types, within a user-deÞned time interval. You can also use the board- and port-level Alarms windows to disable a board or port in response to an alarm condition.

NOTE

In order for your device to issue any traps Ð and in order for your management workstation to receive those traps Ð your Ethernet MicroLAN SwitchÕs trap table must have been properly conÞgured via Local Management; see the Ethernet MicroLAN Switch hardware manual for more information.

Although you can access the Alarm Limits window at both the repeater and board levels,

TIP note that setting alarms at those two levels will have the same effect, as each Ethernet MicroLAN Switch ÒboardÓ is equivalent to a repeater channel.

Accessing the Alarm Limits Windows

To open the repeater-level Alarm Limits window from the Chassis View:

1.Click on Repeater on the Chassis View menu bar; a menu listing the available repeater channels will appear.

2.Select the appropriate repeater channel (A - H) to reveal the Repeater menu.

3.Click on Alarm Limits. The Repeater Alarm Limits window, Figure 5-6, will appear.

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Alarm Limits

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Cabletron Systems 2000 manual Accessing the Alarm Limits Windows

2000 specifications

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