Chapter 12 Managing Alarms

Viewing and Editing Alarms in Your Inbox

Note ACS cannot be used as a remote syslog server. But, you can use an external server as a syslog server. If you use an external server as a syslog server, no alarms can be generated in the ACS view as the syslog messages are sent to the external syslog server. If you want to generate the alarms in ACS view, set the logging option as localhost using CLI.

To edit an alarm:

Step 1 Select Monitoring and Reports > Alarms > Inbox.

The Inbox page appears with a list of alarms that ACS triggered.

Step 2 Check the check box next to the alarm that you want to edit and click Edit.

The Inbox - Edit page appears with the following tabs:

Alarm—This tab provides more information on the event that triggered the alarm. Table 12-4describes the fields in the Alarm tab. You cannot edit any of the fields in the Alarm tab.

Table 12-4

Inbox - Alarm Tab

 

 

 

Option

 

Description

 

 

 

Occurred At

 

Date and time when the alarm was triggered.

 

 

 

Cause

 

The event that triggered the alarm.

 

 

 

Detail

 

Additional details about the event that triggered the alarm. ACS usually lists the

 

 

counts of items that exceeded the specified threshold.

 

 

 

Report Links

 

Wherever applicable, one or more hyperlinks are provided to the relevant reports

 

 

that allow you to further investigate the event.

 

 

 

Threshold

 

Information on the threshold configuration.

 

 

 

Status—This tab allows you to edit the status of the alarm and add a description to track the event.

Step 3 Modify the fields in the Status tab as required. Table 12-5describes the fields.

Table 12-5

Inbox - Status Tab

 

 

Option

Description

 

 

Status

Status of the alarm. When an alarm is generated, its status is New. After you view the

 

alarm, change the status of the alarm to Acknowledged or Closed to indicate the

 

current status of the alarm.

 

 

Assigned To

(Optional) Specify the name of the user to whom this alarm is assigned.

 

 

Notes

(Optional) Enter any additional information about the alarm that you want to record.

 

 

Step 4 Click Submit to save the changes.

The Alarms page appears with the changes you made.

Related Topics

Creating, Editing, and Duplicating Alarm Thresholds, page 12-11

 

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