Cabletron Systems 9H42X-XX

Advanced Alarm Conﬁguration 3-15

Alarm Conﬁguration

If you wish to create an entirely new alarm, it doesn’t matter which existing

alarm (if any) is highlighted when you open the Create/Edit Alarms window;

although the window will, by default, display the parameters of whichever

alarm is currently selected, all parameters are editable and can be conﬁgured

as desired.

2. In the Owner text box, enter some appropriate text designation for this alarm,

if desired; you may want to use the network manager’s name or phone

number, or the IP or MAC address of the management workstation, to identify

the creator of the alarm. Since any workstation can access and change the

alarms you are setting in your 9H42x-xx, some owner identiﬁcation can

prevent alarms from being altered or deleted accidentally. The default value

provided is SPEL — <IP address> <(hostname)> <date> <time>, where

<IP address> and <(hostname)> refer to the workstation that created the

alarm and <date> and <time> reﬂect the date and time of the alarm’s creation.

3. If you are creating a new alarm, use the Index ﬁeld to assign a unique,

currently unused index number to identify the alarm. Clicking on the

button will automatically assign the lowest available number; you can also

click directly in the text box and assign any value you want between 1 and

1,999 and 4,000 and 9,999 (indices 2000 to 3999 are reserved and

unavailable).

If you wish to modify an existing alarm, enter the appropriate index value,

or double-click on the alarm of interest in the Alarms Watch list (in the main

Alarm/Event window).

NOTE

Whether you are modifying an existing alarm or creating a new one is determined solely

by the assignment of the Index number: if you assign a previously unused index number,

a new alarm instance will be created; if you use an existing index number, its associated

alarm will be modiﬁed.

NOTE

Clicking on to select the next available index number will replace the current

Owner string with the default value described above; if the default value is already in

place, the date and time will be updated.

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Remember, the only thing that determines whether you are modifying an existing alarm or

creating a new one is the assignment of the index number; be sure to assign this value

appropriately.