Chapter 7 Using the BCM Fault Management System 151
BCM50 Administration Guide

To view an alarm

When you view an alarm on the alarms panel, you can change the order of the columns in the table
and you can sort alarms. For example, you may want to sort alarms by Component ID and Alarm
ID.
1Click the Administration tab.
2Open the General folder, and then click the Alarms task.
The Alarms page opens.
3In the Alarms Panel table, select an alarm.
The Alarm Details panel displays below the Alarms table.
4To change the order of columns in the Alarm table, select a column and drag it left or right to
the desired location, and release it.
5To view a column by ascending or descending order, click the column heading.
6To sort columns, right-click a column heading.
The Sort dialog box opens.
7Sort columns as required, and then click the OK button.
The columns in the Alarm table are sorted according to your specifications.

To acknowledge an alarm

1Click the Administration tab.
2Open the General folder, and then click the Alarms task.
The Alarms panel opens.
3In the Alarms table, select the alarm you want to acknowledge.
The Alarm Details panel is displayed below the Alarms table.
4On the Alarms Details panel, click the Acknowledge Alarm button.
A check box appears in the Alarm ACKed column in the Alarms table for this alarm.
Acknowledging the alarm does not clear the alarm; it indicates only that the alarm has been noted.

Clearing the alarm log

To clear the alarm log

1Click the Administration tab.
2Open the General folder, and then click the Alarms task.
The Alarms panel opens.
Caution: Clearing the alarm log clears the alarms in the Alarms Panel, as well as
from BCM memory. Therefore, alarms will no longer be available for viewing by
any other BCM Element Manager clients connected to the BCM. To view alarms,
access the Alarm log.