Management:  Alarms

This tab shows the alarms.

• Filter: Filters are used to limit the number of rows displayed in the grid by providing specific query criteria. The query results are limited to 200 rows. The actual number of rows is displayed on the pager bar when grid is paged. To refine results and narrow search select the appropriate filter. Below is a list of system filters, in addition there may be user defined filters.

• : This button allows user defined criteria to be added/edited. System criteria are locked and may not be edited.

• : Lists all criteria see Filters.

• Alarm Status (in order of increasing severity)

Normal  Indicates the alarm has cleared

Warning

Minor

Major

Critical

Indeterminate
 

• Alarm Type: See Fault Management Alarms

• Source: The MAC address of BSDU.

• Alarm Information: For alarm messages see Fault Management  Alarms

• Ack: This box is ticked when alarm has been acknowledged

• User: Name of user.

• Last Received: Time when alarm was last raised

• Alarm Count: The number of times an alarm has gone from clear to raised

Edit

This gives additional alarm details including a history of that particular alarm. See Alarm Details

Acknowledge

Alarms can be acknowledged by any user. Alarms can be de-acknowledged by administrator or user who acknowledged alarm. To acknowledge one or more alarms, select the alarms in the list and click the Acknowledge Button. Acknowledgement of an alarm indicates that a particular user is investigating the alarm.

Release

Alarms can be released by administrator or user who acknowledged alarm. To release one or more acknowledged alarms, select the alarms in the list and click the Release Button. Release of an alarm indicates that the user is no longer investigating the alarm.

Delete

Alarms are NOT deleted automatically. They have to be explicitly deleted by administrator or user, which acknowledged alarm. Unacknowledged alarm cannot be deleted by non administrator at all.

Other Actions

See Action Buttons