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Chapter 2 Setting Up The NAM Traffic Analyzer

Alarms

Table 2-18	Response Time Thresholds (continued)
Field		Description
Actions		From the lists, choose a Rising action and a Falling action
		(optional). See Alarm Actions, page 2-36for information on setting
		up alarm actions.
Response Time Metrics		Choose a metric from the list, and then enter a Rising threshold and
		a Falling threshold. For the Packets and Bytes-related metrics, the
		entry is per second. For the time-related metrics, the unit is ms.
Add Metrics (button)		Click the Add Metrics button to add another row.
Delete (button)		Click the Delete button to remove that Metrics row.

Note If you leave a selection blank, it means that that parameter will not be considered. If you select “Any”, it will use any of the selections for that parameter, if encountered.

Step 4 Click Submit to set the thresholds, click Reset to reset the thresholds to their default value, or click Cancel to remove any changes you might have made.

Step 5 When finished, click Submit.

Setting DSCP Thresholds

Step 1 Choose Setup > Alarms > Thresholds.

Step 2 Click the Create button and choose the DSCP tab.

Step 3 The DSCP Alarm Threshold Configuration window displays. Fill in the fields as appropriate. Table 2-19, DSCP Alarm Thresholds describes the fields available on this screen.

Table 2-19 DSCP Alarm Thresholds

		Field	Description
		Name	Give the DSCP Alarm Threshold a name.
		Site	Choose a site from the list. See Sites, page 2-58for information on
			setting up a site.
		DSCP	Chose a DSCP value from the list.
		Severity	Choose High or Low. These will display on the Alarm Summary
			dashboard (Monitor > Overview >Alarm Summary), where you
			can choose to view High, Low, or High and Low alarms.
		Actions	From the drop-down lists, choose a Rising action and a Falling
			action (optional).
		DSCP Metrics (per second)	Choose one of the metric types from the list, and then enter a Rising
			threshold and a Falling threshold.
		Add Metrics (button)	Click the Add Metrics button to add another row.
		Delete (button)	Click the Delete button to remove that Metrics row.
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