Basic Alarm Conﬁguration | Cabletron Systems 7C04-R, 7C03 specification

Chapter 3

Basic Alarm Conﬁguration

Creating alarms; assigning events and actions; viewing an alarm log

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CAUTION

Through the RMON Alarm and Event functionality supported by your 7C0x SmartSwitch, you can conﬁgure some basic alarm thresholds for each available bridge port interface; you can also deﬁne a response to each alarm condition.

The current version of the Basic Alarm application can only be used on devices which are conﬁgured to operate as traditional bridges, as it has some dependencies on bridge-speciﬁc table information; if you try to launch the application against a device which is conﬁgured for SecureFast switching, the window will paint, but the interface list box will remain blank.

About Basic Alarms

Using the Basic Alarm Conﬁguration application, you can deﬁne both rising and falling alarm thresholds for three selected MIB-II objects: ifInOctets, ifInNUcast, and ifInErrors. Because these pre-selected objects are not RMON-speciﬁc, you can conﬁgure alarms for all available bridge interfaces in your SmartSwitch chassis — including those, like FDDI, for which no speciﬁc RMON statistics currently exist.

In addition to conﬁguring separate rising and falling thresholds, you can also conﬁgure your device’s response to an alarm condition: when a threshold is crossed, the SmartSwitch can create a log of alarm events, send a trap notifying your management workstation that an alarm condition has occurred, or both; you can even conﬁgure an alarm to enable or disable bridging on the offending port in response to a rising or falling alarm condition.

Current versions of the Basic Alarm Conﬁguration application do not provide a means for

TIP viewing any alarm logs you choose to create; if you wish to use the Log option, you can view the associated log via the MIBTree or any similar SNMP-based tool. See Viewing an Alarm Log, page 3-10, for details.

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Contents

Complete Networking Solution Page Virus Disclaimer Applicable to licenses to the United States Government only Restricted Rights Notice Contents Chapter Fddi Management Chapter Basic Alarm Conﬁguration Appendix a 7C0x SmartSwitch MIB Structure Chapter Using the 7C0x SmartSwitch Bridge ViewChapter ATM Conﬁguration Index Contents Introduction to Spma For the 7C0x SmartSwitch Introduction to Spma for the 7C0x SmartSwitch Using the 7C0x SmartSwitch User’s Guide What’s not in the 7C0x SmartSwitch User’s Guide Screen Displays Conventions History Window Using the Mouse Getting Help 7C0x SmartSwitch Firmware Using the Hub View Using the 7C0x SmartSwitch Hub View Navigating Through the Hub View Using the 7C0x SmartSwitch Hub View Uptime Hub View Front PanelDevice Name Device Location Using the Mouse in a Hub View Module Port Index Monitoring Hub Performance Selecting the Application Display Mode For switch- conﬁgured For bridge- devices conﬁgured Devices Admin COM Port and Fddi Front Panel DisplaysFddi Port Display Forms LER Estimate Port Type Switch Application Display SMT IndexFddi Color Codes Switch Port Display Forms Admin StateOper State Type Switch Port Color Codes Bridge Port Display Forms Bridge Application Display Tp Frames Filtered Tp Frames ForwardedSr Frames Forwarded Bridge Port Number Interface Application Display Bridge Port Color Codes Interface Port Display Forms Duplex ModeOper Status Link Status Speed CapabilityInterface Number MIB II Statistics Ethernet Statistics 65-127 128-255 256-511 Interface Port Color Codes Viewing Device Conﬁguration Firmware Version Boot VersionSoftware Version Top Level Serial Number Viewing the Interface List Sfs Admin Status Viewing Switch Status Sfs Operating Status Viewing the Source Address ListMax Connections Num Connections Launching Spma Tools from the Hub View Managing the Hub Find MAC Address Module Utilities Port Conﬁguration Alarm Conﬁguration Accessing Fddi Management Accessing Bridge Management Accessing ATM ManagementSetting the Polling Intervals SMT/MAC Conﬁguration SMT Connection Policy Station List Device General Status Contact Status Device Conﬁguration Port ConﬁgurationPort Operational State Statistics Full Duplex Standard Mode 17. Fast Ethernet Conﬁguration Conﬁguring Fast Ethernet Ports Current Operational Mode Desired Operational ModeLink State Remote Capabilities Advertised Abilities Setting the Desired Operational Mode Conﬁguring COM Ports For 100Base-FX ports, options are COM Port Function COM Port Admin Speed Selection Enabling and Disabling Bridge Ports Using the 7C0x SmartSwitch Hub View Using the 7C0x SmartSwitch Hub View Managing the Hub About Basic Alarms Basic Alarm Conﬁguration Launching the Basic Alarm Application From the command line stand-alone modeFrom the Hub View Octets Kb Total Errors Broadcast/Multicast Viewing Alarm Status If Number Port NumberIf Type Status Polling Interval TrapRising Threshold Rising Action Sample Rising and Falling Threshold Pairs How Rising and Falling Thresholds Work Conﬁguring an Alarm Basic Alarm Conﬁguration Disabling an Alarm Viewing an Alarm Log LogIndexLogEventIndex LogDescription LogTime Basic Alarm Conﬁguration Viewing an Alarm Log Fddi Management Fddi Management Port Conﬁguration Port Index State ConnectionMedia Type Enabling or Disabling Fddi Ports Charts, Graphs, and Meters Viewing the Fddi Port Chart LEM CountLEM Reject Count Viewing Fddi Port Meters Changing the Measurement of Data LEM Rate LEM Reject RateViewing Fddi Port Graphs Spmarun fddialrm IP Address community name Alarm Conﬁguration Port Alarm Status Port LER Alarm LER Cutoff Spmarun fddicnfg IP Address community name SMT/MAC Conﬁguration Version Optical Bypass Switch MAC CtsCF State RMT State MAC Address TReq Requested Target Token Rotation Time TNegCurrent Path Viewing the Fddi MAC Chart Error CountFrame Count Viewing Fddi MAC Meters Lost Count Frame Error Ratio Frame Error RateFrame Rate Lost Frame Rate Spmarun fddicpol IP Address community name Conﬁguring the SMT Connection Policy 10. SMT Connection Policy Window Fddi Connection Rules Special Ring Conﬁgurations Deﬁning Your Connection PolicyDual Homing Twisted Ring Spmarun fddislst IP Address community name Viewing the Station List Entry Vendor Upstream MACNode Class Topology Fddi Management Fddi Management Viewing the Station List ATM Conﬁguration Accessing the AToM MIB Window Conﬁgured Max AAL Type Interface Encaps Conﬁguring Connections ATM Conﬁguration ATM Conﬁguration Conﬁguring Connections Bridging Basics Using the 7C0x SmartSwitch Bridge View Transparent Bridging Accessing the Bridge Trafﬁc View Window Front Panel shows device-level summary information Navigating Through the Bridge Trafﬁc View Time and Date Bridge Trafﬁc View Front Panel Bridge ﬁrmware revision Spma Bridge View version Port # Bridge Port Display Enabled Learning Using the Detail View Window Detail View Showing Four Ports Port Boxes in the Detail View Changing Ports in the Detail View Bridge Statistics Window Bridge Status Window Bridging Type DelayExceedDiscardTotal Ports IfIndex MtuExceedDiscard Filtering Database Window Ageing Time secs Viewing the Filtering Database Learned Entry Discards Source AddressReceive Port Destination Port Changing the Filtering Database Ageing Time Changing the Filtering Database Dynamic Ageing Time Static Table Window Changing Forwarding and Static Database Entries Static Address Forward To PortsDeleting a Static Table Entry Finding a Filtering Database MAC Address Spanning Tree Protocol Window Spanning Tree Version Designated Root Forward DelayNum. Topology Chgs Max Age Priority Hello TimeRoot Port Root Cost Changing Spanning Tree Parameters Root Forward DelayRoot Max Age Root Hello Time Spanning Tree Port Parameters Window Priority PortPath Cost Designated Bridge Designated Cost Drag down to select Pie Chart or Graphs/Meters-Transparent Creating Bridge Trafﬁc Charts, Graphs, and MetersChanging a Port’s STA Parameters Designated Port Bridge Port Forwarding Statistics Window Port Forwarding Statistics Window Fields Frms FwdTotal Total Frames Forwarded Conﬁguring Forwarding ThresholdsTotal Frames Received Total Frames Transmitted 15. Port Forwarding Thresholds Window Using the 7C0x SmartSwitch Bridge View Viewing the Forwarding Log To clear all logs or just the current log 17. The Polling Intervals Window Changing Polling Intervals Enabling and Disabling a Transparent Bridge Port Enabling and Disabling PortsDevice Info Bridge Port Display Info Using the 7C0x SmartSwitch Bridge View Page Ietf MIB Support 7C0x SmartSwitch MIB Structure IP Services Chassis MGRTransparent Bridge Host Services Rmon DefaultSwitch Services Brief Word About MIB Components and Community Names 7C0x SmartSwitch MIB Structure Numerics Index Index-2 Index-3 Index-4 Index-5 Index Index-6