Enterasys Networks 700 Creating and Editing a Basic Alarm

Alarm Configuration

Falling Action

These option buttons indicate whether or not a falling alarm occurrence will

initiate any actions in response to the alarm condition: Enable Port if bridging

will be enabled at the selected interface in response to a falling alarm, Disable

Port if bridging will be disabled in response to a falling alarm, or None if no

actions have been configured for the selected alarm. The Action fields will be

unavailable for devices that do not support the new Actions MIB.

The remainder of the window fields provide the means for configuring alarms for

each available interface. The information provided in this screen is static once it is

displayed; for updated information, click on the Refresh button. Adding or

modifying an alarm automatically updates the list.

Creating and Editing a Basic Alarm

The editable fields at the bottom of the Basic Alarm Configuration window allow

you to configure alarm parameters for each available interface. These fields will

display the parameters used for the most recently configured alarm (no matter

which interfaces are selected in the list box); this allows you to set the same

parameters on multiple interfaces with a single set. Hold down the Shift key

while clicking to select a contiguous group of interfaces; use the Ctrl key to select

any interfaces. To display the alarm parameters for a specific interface,

double-click on that interface.

There is no specific “Enable” function; simply configuring thresholds and/or

actions for an alarm and applying those changes enables the alarm. For more

information on disabling an alarm, see Disabling a Basic Alarm, page 4-9.

To configure an alarm:

1. At the top of the window, click to select the variable to be used for your alarm:

Kilobits, Total Errors, or Broadcast/Multicast. The display in the list box will

reflect the current status at each interface of the alarm type you have

selected.

2. In the list box, click to highlight the interface (or use shift-click or ctrl-click to

select multiple interfaces) for which you would like to configure an alarm for

the selected variable. Note that the editable fields will display the parameters

assigned to the most recently set alarm; however, any changes you make in

these fields will be set to

selected interfaces.

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Before you decide whether or not to assign an action to a rising or falling alarm, it is

important to understand something about the hysteresis function built in to the RMON

alarm functionality. See How Rising and Falling Thresholds Work, on page 4-27, for

more information.