Enterasys Networks 700 User Manual

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Basic Alarm Configuration

4-5

Alarm Configuration

IF Type

Displays each interface’s type: FDDI, Ethernet, Token Ring, or ATM. Note that
there is no type distinction between standard Ethernet and Fast Ethernet.

Status

Displays the current status of the selected alarm type for each interface: Enabled
or Disabled. Remember, this status refers only to the alarm type which is selected
at the top of the window; each of the other two alarm types can have different
states.

Log/Trap

Indicates whether or not each alarm has been configured to create a silent log of
event occurrences and the alarms that triggered them, and whether or not each
alarm has been configured to issue a trap in response to a rising or falling alarm
condition. Possible values are log, trap, log&trap, or none.

Polling Interval

Displays the amount of time, in seconds, over which the selected alarm variable
will be sampled. At the end of the interval, the sample value will be compared to
both the

Rising Threshold

and

Falling Threshold

(described below). You can set

any interval from 1 to 65,535 seconds.

Rising Threshold

Displays the high threshold value set for the selected alarm variable. Values used
to compare to the thresholds are relative, or delta values (the difference between
the value counted at the end of the current interval and the value counted at the
end of the previous interval); be sure to set your thresholds accordingly.

Rising Action

These option buttons indicate whether or not a rising alarm occurrence will
initiate any actions in response to the alarm condition: Enable Port if bridging
will be enabled at the selected interface in response to a rising alarm, Disable Port
if bridging will be disabled at the selected interface in response to a rising alarm,
or None if no actions have been configured for the selected alarm. The Action
fields will be unavailable for devices that do not support the new Actions MIB.

Falling Threshold

Displays the low threshold value set for the selected alarm variable. Values used
to compare to the thresholds are relative, or delta values (the difference between
the value counted at the end of the current interval and the value counted at the
end of the previous interval); be sure to set your thresholds accordingly.

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