Cabletron Systems 7C03 MMAC SmartSWITCH, User Manual

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Alarm Configuration 4-9
FDDI Management
Alarm Configuration
The Alarm Configuration application allows you to set the LER Alarm and LER
Cutoff thresholds for each FDDI interface installed in the SmartSwitch chassis.
Once alarms have been configured, a port will enter an alarm state if its LER
Estimate exceeds the LER Alarm threshold; if the LER Estimate exceeds the LER
Cutoff threshold, the port will be disabled.
To open the Alarm Configuration window ( Figure 4-5 ):
from the Hub View:
1. Click either mouse button on any Module Index or Module Type text box to
display the Module Menu (remember, this menu is the same for all application
display modes).
2. Drag down to FDDI Utilities, then across to select Alarm Configuration.
from the command line (stand-alone mode):
1. From the appropriate directory type:
spmarun fddialrm <IP Address> <community name>
NOTES
The spmarun script invoked first in the above command temporarily sets the environment
variables SPMA needs to operate; be sure to use this command any time you launch an
application from the command line. This script is automatically invoked when you launch
an application from within the Hub View.
If you wish to configure any alarm thresholds, be sure to use a community name with at
least Read/Write access. If you only wish to view alarms, a community name with Read
access will be sufficient.
If there is a hostname mapped to your 7C0x’s IP address, you can use <hostname> in
place of <IP address> to launch this application. Please note, however, that the hostname
is not the same as the device name which can be assigned via Local Management and/or
SPMA; you cannot use the device name in place of the IP address.