Managing alarms
You can configure the switch module to generate and log alarms. To display the Alarm Log, click the Alarm Log tab in the Faceplate window. For information about the alarm log, see “Alarm Log Data window.” You can also export the alarm log to a file in XML format.
Configuring alarms
Configuring an alarm involves choosing an event type, rising and falling thresholds, a sampling interval, and then enabling or disabling the alarm.
Complete the following steps to configure an alarm:
1.In the Faceplate window, click Switch / Configure Alarm Thresholds.
2.The Alarm Threshold Configuration window shown in Figure 14 prompts you to select an event, set thresholds, set a sampling interval, and enable or disable the alarm.
Figure 14. Alarm Threshold Configuration window
3.Select an event type from the Alarm Threshold
•CRC error monitoring
•Decode error monitoring
•ISL monitoring
•Login monitoring
•Logout monitoring
•Loss of signal monitoring
4.Enter a value in the Falling Threshold field. The falling threshold is the event count above which an event becomes eligible for logging in the alarm log.
5.Enter a value in the Rising Threshold field. The rising threshold is the event count above which an event is logged. After the count exceeds the rising threshold, one alarm is logged. The switch module will not generate another alarm for that event until the count falls below the falling threshold and rises again above the rising threshold.
6.Enter a sample interval, in milliseconds. The sample interval defines the period of time in which to count events.
7.Select the Enable check box to make the alarm eligible for use.
8.Repeat step 3 through step 7 for each alarm you want to configure or enable.
9.Select the Enable Alarm Threshold Generation check box to activate all alarms enabled in step 7.
10.Click OK to save all changes.
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