Creating an Alarm using EDM

Use the following procedure to create an alarm to receive statistics and history using default values.

Prerequisites

Procedure steps


Step Action

1

From the navigation tree, double-click Serviceability.

2

In the Serviceability tree, double-click RMON.

3

In the RMON tree, double-click Alarms.

4

In the work area, click the Alarms tab.

5

In the toolbar, click Insert.

The Insert Alarm dialog box appears.

6

Configure the parameters as required for the alarm.

7

Click Insert.


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Variable definitions

The following table describes the fields of Insert Alarm dialog box.

Field Description
Variable

Indicates the name and type of alarm.

alarmname.x Here x=0 indicates a chassis alarm.

alarmname. where the user must specify the index. This index is a card number for module-related alarms, an STG ID for spanning tree group alarms (the default STG is 1, other STG IDs are user-configured), or the Ether Statistics Control Index for RMON Stats alarms

alarmname with no dot or index is a port-related alarm and results in display of the port selection tool.

Sample Type

Indicates the sample type. Available options are:

  • absoluteValue
  • deltaValue
Interval Indicates the time period (in seconds) over which the data is sampled and compared with the rising and falling thresholds.
Index Uniquely identifies an entry in the alarm table. Each such entry defines a diagnostic sample at a particular interval for an object on the device.
RisingThreshold Generates a single events if the current sampled value is greater than or equal to this threshold, and the value at the last sampling interval was less than this threshold.
RisingEventIndex Indicates the index of the event entry that is used after a rising threshold is crossed. The event entry identified by a particular value of this index is the same as identified by the same value of the event index object. (Generally, accept the default that is already filled in.)
RisingThreshold Generates a single event if the current sampled value is less than or equal to this threshold, and the value at the last sampling interval was greater than this threshold.
FallingEventIndex Indicates the index of the event entry that is used after a falling threshold is crossed. The event entry identified by a particular value of this index is the same as identified by the same value of the event index object. (Generally, accept the default that is already filled in.)
Owner Indicates the network management system that created this entry.