Cabletron Systems EMM-E6 - Manual (Page 51)

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Chapter 3
Alarm Configuration
Using Alarm Configuration; setting repeater alarm configuration; setting port and module alarm
configuration
Alarms work in conjunction with your network management system to let you
know when defined thresholds have been reached. You define the conditions that
will trigger an alarm using the Alarm Configuration application. The EMM-E6
monitors activity and reports to your network management station, in the form of
a trap, when a defined threshold is reached. You can set alarms at three levels:
• Repeater alarms monitor the combined activity of all ports within a single hub
network.
• Module alarms monitor the combined activity of all ports within a single
module.
• Port alarms monitor the activity of a single port.
The effect of an alarm depends on the parameters you have set via your
management station.
NOTE
SPMA does not accept trap messages; that task is left to your network management
system. (See the appropriate network management system documentation for details
about viewing trap messages.) When this application is used in stand-alone mode, traps
will either be ignored when they return to the workstation from which you are running
SPMA for the EMM-E6, or they will turn up at another management workstation which
has been configured to accept traps. Note also that, regardless of the configuration
performed using this application, NO traps will be sent by the device unless its trap table
has been properly configured; see the EMM-E6 hardware manual and/or the Trap Table
chapter in the SPMA Tools Guide for more information.