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4 • Alarms
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There are 83 alarms that can be independently configured to generate alarm messages. Each alarm item can be
set for one of the following severity levels:
• Ignore(0)—Do not generate an alarm.
• Minor(1)—Generate a minor alarm that will not reset until the administrator manually clears it.
• Major(2)—Generate a major alarm that will not reset until the administrator manually clears it.
• MinorSelfClearing(3)—Generate a minor alarm that automatically clears after a fixed period of time. If the
alarm condition has not ceased, the alarm will be automatically cleared, but another alarm will be immedi-
ately generated. If the alarm condition has ceased, the alarm will be automatically cleared after the same
fixed period of time.
• MajorSelfClearing(4)—Same as MinorSelfClearing(3) except that it is a Major alarm instead of Minor.
Note
For maximum application flexibility, the administrator shall choose
which constitute major or minor alarm. Some examples of typical
major and minor alarms include:
- Box: Over Temperature—Major Alarm
- iDSL 18: Bit Error—Minor Alarm
- WAN 1: Red Alarm—MajorSelfClearing
- WAN 1: Yellow Alarm—MinorSelfClearing
To set an alarm, click on the drop-down menu for the desired alarm item, choose the new setting followed by
clicking on
.