Enterasys Networks 6000, Matrix E7 Creating and Editing an Event

Alarm Configuration

13. Click the Apply button to set your changes. If you have made any errors in

configuring alarm parameters (using an invalid value in any field, leaving a

field blank, or selecting an alarm variable which is not residen t on the device),

an error window with the appropriate message will appear. Correct the noted

problem(s), and click the Apply button again.

Note that the window remains open so that you may configure additional new alarms or

modify existing ones; remember, you can double-click on any alarm in the Alarms Watch

list in the main Alarm/Event window to display its parameters in the Create/Edit Alarms

window. When you have finished configuring your alarms, click on the Cancel button to

close the window.

Creating and Editing an Event

The Create/Edit Events window (Figure4-5, on page 4-22) — like the Create/Edit Alarms

window — allows you to both create new events and edit existing ones. When you click

on the Create/Edit button in the Events Watch list, the Create/Edit Events window will

display the parameters of the event which is currently highlighted in the list. (If no events

have yet been configured, a set of default parameters will be displayed.) All of these

parameters are editable: to change an existing event, edit any parameter except the Index

value; to create an entirely new event, simply assign a new Index number. The ability to

assign index numbers allows you to quickly and easily create a number of similar events

without having to close, then re-open the window or re-assign every parameter.

Note, too, that the main Alarm/Event window remains active while the Create/Edit Events

window is open; to edit a different event (or use its settings as the basis of a new event),

simply double-click on the event you want to use in the main Events Watch list, and the

Create/Edit Events window will update accordingly.

To configure an event:

1. If you wish to modify an existing event or create a new event based on the

parameters of an existing one, be sure the event of interest is highlighted in

the Events Watch list, then click on the Create/Edit button at the top of the

Events Watch portion of the RMON Advanced Alarm/Event window. The

Create/Edit Events window, Figure 4-5, will appear.

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

event (if any) is highlighted when you open the Create/Edit Events window;

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

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

as desired.

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If the Create/Edit Actions window is also open, it too will update to display the actions

associated with the event currently selected in the main Alarm/Event window. See Adding

Actions to an Event, on page4-24, for more information on the actions feature.