Basic Alarm Configuration 4-9
Alarm Configuration
To disable an alarm:
1. In the top of the window, click to select the variable for which you wish to
disable an alarm: Kilobits, Total Errors, or Broadcast/Multicast.
2. In the list box display, click to highlight the interface(s) for which you wish to
disable the selected alarm type. (Remember, you can use shift-click to select
a sequential group of interfaces, or ctrl-click to select any group of
interfaces.)
3. Click on . The selected alarm type on the selected interface(s) will be
disabled, and the list box display will refresh to reflect those changes.
Viewing the Basic Alarm Log
If you have selected the ÒlogÓ response for an alarm, and that alarmÕs rising
and/or falling threshold has been crossed, the Basic Alarms application will
create a log of alarm occurrences. If a threshold has been crossed, it will be
proceeded in the interface list box display by a double greater-than sign (>>).
Clicking to select an interface which is so marked will activate the
button; selecting the button will launch the appropriate Basic Alarm
Log, Figure 4-2. (Note that selecting more than one interface Ñ even if all selected
interfaces have experienced alarm conditions Ñ will inactivate the
button; you can only view a single alarm log at a time.)
Figure 4-2. Basic Alarm Log
The top portion of the Basic Alarm Log window contains the device information
boxes, as well as the Port Number assigned to the interface that experienced the
alarm condition and the type of alarm that was triggered; the remainder of the
window contains the following information about each alarm occurrence:
