Verilink Access Manager 2000 (896-502037-001) Product Manual - Manual (Page 97)

Configuring the site
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Note: Refer to Appendix C, "Alarm Report Record Format", for a
description of the alarm printout format.
If your Access Manager includes Accumaster protocol compatibilit , the
Edit Alarm Destination screen includes a third option,
Accumaster Protocol . If Accumaster Protocol is selected,
the alarms are sent to the Accumaster system. This protocol uses flow
control to hold off sending data to Accumaster when requested by
Accumaster. If the connection to Accumaster is disconnected, alarms are
stored in the Access Manager 2000 database until the Accumaster
connection is re-established, at which time all uncleared alarms are sent
to Accumaster.
Note: The Accumaster Protocol option is available only in the Access
Manager-1000 package.
Except when the Accumaster Protocol is chosen, the port sending alarm
messages does not use communication flow control or handshaking.
Alarm acknowledgement: Manual or automatic?
The Acknowledge Alarm Automatically? data entry field
appears in the Editing the Alarm Destination screen. This option specifies
the default setting for the alarm status shown at the top of the screen when
a user logs onto Access Manager. To select the automatic mode, type
Y .
Once you are logged on, press to toggle between the manual and
automatic modes. In the automatic mode, when an alarm occurs, you
briefly see the alarm processing message.
Access Manager collects DS1 performance data every 12 hours and
discards duplicate data collected during any 24-hour period. It polls all
equipped nodes at the same hour in alphanumeric order. If the connection
to a node fails, polling for that node is rescheduled up to three times after
all other nodes are polled, for a total of four polling attempts.
Access Manager collects data only from CSUs that meet certain
conditions:
a. The CSUs must be configured as Installed and
Operational .
F4
Setting the
performance data
polling hour