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BCM50 Administration Guide
Each alarm severity counter has a graph, which represents a data sample of the last 20 polling
intervals. The graph has a color to indicate a data change. The colors are as follows:
The system polls for new alarms every 30 seconds by default.
If you clear the alarm log from the BCM Element Manager, the alarms displayed on the Alarm
Banner are also cleared and reset to 0.
To include or omit acknowledged alarms in the Alarm Banner
Select or clear the Include ACKed Alarms check box in the Alarm Banner.
Using the alarm set
You can view core telephony alarms on a telephone set on the BCM system. This allows a system
administrator to monitor alarm activity without having a BCM Element Manager and a personal
computer.
You can specify the telephone to serve as the alarm set in the BCM Element Manager. The
telephone set used for alarms must have a 2-line display and three soft keys.
The alarm set displays an alarm as follows:
XXXXX-YYYY
Where XXXXX is the alarm ID and YYYY is additional alarm information.
The following options are available when an alarm is generated to the alarm set:
• Time — indicates the date and time when the alarm occurred
• Clear — use this soft key to remove the alarm from the alarm set.
Table 50 Alarm graph colors
Color Indicates
Green There are no alarms of this severity, or there are
alarms of this severity but the count has decreased
since the last polling interval.
Yellow There are alarms of this severity, but they are older
than at least 1 polling interval.
Red A new alarm has occurred since the last polling
interval.
Note: Clearing an alarm from the alarm set does not change the status of alarms
on the BCM Element Manager or reset the LEDs on the front panel of the unit.
Note: When an alarm is dislayed on the alarm set, it remains visible until you
clear the alarm using a softkey on the alarm set. More recent alarms will not be
displayed until the current alarm is cleared on the alarm set.