Chapter 22 system events, Configuration, Chapter 22 – Cabletron Systems 1800 User Manual

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Chapter 22

System Events

SmartSwitch 1800 alarm, or event, messages can be displayed locally (see “

Dis-

playing Events

” on page 22-3), as well as sent to an async terminal, a serial or parallel

printer, another node, or any other device capable of interpreting event messages.

Events parameters are set in Node Defaults (

[A], [A], [C]

from the Main Menu). The

message file ERRMSG.TXT contains the format of events for message construction.

Configuration

To configure a SmartSwitch 1800 to collect events from other Cabletron frame relay
access devices (SmartSwitch 1800, FRM, FRX4000, FRX6000), do the following in

Node Defaults

(described in Chapter 4):

1. Set

Collecting Node

to

Y

. (The default setting is

N

, so the parameter may have to

be reconfigured.)

2. Configure

Max Congestion

and

Line Idle Timer

according to the guidelines in

Chapter 4.

3. Specify a

Collecting Node ID

and

Collecting Node Pwd

(Password)

. (Keeping the

default password is recommended.) These will be used by other nodes to place a
call.

4. If you want this node to route all events (including its own) to another device

(such as a printer), specify a

Primary Alarm Output ID

and

Primary Alarm Output

Pwd

(Password)

. (Keeping the default password is recommended.) Note that the

password serves no function if a printer is specified.

5. If you want this node to route all events to a second device as well as that defined

in step 3, specify a

Secondary Alarm Output ID

and

Secondary Alarm Output Pwd

(Password)

. (Keeping the default password is recommended.)

At each node that will send its events to the collecting node:

1. Set

Collecting Node

to

N

(the factory default setting).

2. Specify the

Primary Alarm Output ID

and

Primary Alarm Output Pwd

(Password)

to

match the

Collecting Node ID

and

Collecting Node Pwd

(Password)

of the col-

lecting node.

3. In the Port record for the physical or logical X.25 port that will be used for inter-

node connections, configure

Maximum LAPB Window Size

to match the same

parameter in the collecting node.

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