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User Guide for the Cisco Network Analysis Module (NAM) Traffic Analyzer, 5.0
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Chapter 2 Setting Up The NAM Traffic Analyzer
Alarms
To configure e-mail alarm actions:
Step 1 Choose Setup > Alarms > Actions.
The Alarm Action page displays any configured actions. If none of the four actions (e-mail, trap, capture,
or syslog) are configured, you will see “No data available.”
Step 2 Click the Create button.
Step 3 Enter a Name for the action (up to 63 characters).
Step 4 Choose the type of alarm action:
• Email: The NAM will use the e-mail address configured in Administration > System > E-Mail
Setting. NAM alarm mail is sent as a result of NAM alarms, not router or switch alarms.
The NAM sends up to five e-mails per hour per function (traffic and NDE, voice signaling, RTP, and
application response time). Also, in each e-mail, there could be up to five alarm messages. These
limits are in place to avoid e-mail overload.
If you have configured e-mail alarms and do not receive e-mail, then your NAM does not have any
alarms.
If the NAM is planning to send you many alarm messages, the e-mail may state, for example, “5 of
2,345 alarm messages.”
• Trap: Choose the SNMP community where you would like traps to be sent. The NAM will use the
community configured in Administration > System > SNMP Trap Setting. After the
“Community” field appears, choose the community string from the drop-down list.
• Trigg er C aptu re: From the Session drop-down, select the session (the list will be empty if there is
no capture session configured in Capture > Packet Capture/Decode > Sessions. Click the “Start”
or “Stop” radio button.
• Syslog: This will log syslog messages. The default setting is to log syslog messages locally to the
NAM. If you want to log syslog messages to remote servers, set up the destination information at
Administration > System > Syslog Setting.
Step 5 Click Submit.
The Alarm Action table displays the newly configured action in its list.
Editing Alarm Actions
To edit an alarm action:
Step 1 Choose Setup > Alarms > Actions.
The Alarm Action table displays any configured Alarms.
Step 2 Choose the alarm event you want to modify, and click the Edit button.
Deleting Alarm Actions
To delete an alarm: