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Catalyst 2950 and Catalyst 2955 Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 3 Configuring Catalyst 2955 Switch Alarms
Configuring Catalyst 2955 Switch Alarms
Use the no alarm facility fcs-hysteresis command to set the FCS error hysteresis threshold to its default
value.
Note The show running config command displays any FCS error hysteresis that is not the default value.
This example shows how to set the FCS error hysteresis at 5 percent.
Switch(config) # alarm facility fcs-hysteresis 5
Configuring Alarm Profiles
This section describes how to configure alarm profiles on your switch. It contains this configuration
information:
Creating or Modifying an Alarm Profile, page 3-9
Attaching an Alarm Profile to a Specific Port, page 3-10

Creating or Modifying an Alarm Profile

You can use the alarm profile global configuration command to create an alarm profile or to modify an
existing profile. When you create a new alarm profile, none of the alarms are enabled.
Note The only alarm enabled in the defaultPort profile is the Port is not Operating alarm.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to create an alarm profile:
To delete an alarm profile, use the no alarm profile name global configuration command.
Command Purpose
Step 1 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2 alarm profile name Create the new profile or identify an existing profile, and then enter alarm
profile configuration mode.
Step 3 alarm alarm-id Add or modify alarm parameters for a specific alarm (see Table 3-4). The
values are 1 to 4. You an enter more than one alarm ID separated by a space.
Step 4 notifies alarm-id (Optional) Configure the alarm to send an SNMP trap to an SNMP server.
Step 5 relay-major alarm-id
relay-minor alarm-id
(Optional) Configure the alarm to send an alarm trap to the major relay.
(Optional) Configure the alarm to send an alarm trap to the minor relay.
Step 6 syslog alarm-id (Optional) Configure the alarm to send an alarm trap to a syslog server.
Step 7 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 8 show alarm profile name Verify the configuration.
Step 9 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.