Alarm Filtering-Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

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Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

Finding Feature Information

Contents

Prerequisites for Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

Restrictions for Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

Information About Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

CISCO-ENTITY-ALARM-MIB

ceAlarmGroup

ceAlarmFilterProfileTable

ceAlarmFilterProfile

How to Configure Alarm Filtering for Syslog Messages and SNMP Notifications

Configuring Alarm Filtering for Syslog Messages

Configuring Alarm Filtering for SNMP Notifications

Configuration Examples for Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

Configuring Alarm Filtering for Syslog Messages: Example

Configuring Alarm Filtering for SNMP Notifications: Example

Additional References

Related Documents

Standards

MIBs

RFCs

Technical Assistance

Feature Information for Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

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First Published: November 14, 2008

Last Updated: March 12, 2008

The Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB feature implements the alarm filter profile capability defined in CISCO-ENTITY-ALARM-MIB. Also implemented are configuration commands to control the severity of syslog messages and SNMP notifications triggered by the alarms.

Finding Feature Information

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Contents

•Prerequisites for Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

•Restrictions for Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

•Information About Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

•How to Configure Alarm Filtering for Syslog Messages and SNMP Notifications

•Configuration Examples for Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

•Additional References

•Feature Information for Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

•Feature Information for Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

Prerequisites for Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

•SNMP is configured on your routing devices.

•Familiarity with the ENTITY-MIB and the CISCO-ENTITY-ALARM-MIB.

Restrictions for Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

•The CISCO-ENTITY-ALARM-MIB supports reporting of alarms for physical entities only. For line cards, alarms are reported at the physical interface or port level.

Information About Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

To configure alarm filtering in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB, you should understand the following concepts:

•CISCO-ENTITY-ALARM-MIB

•ceAlarmGroup

•ceAlarmFilterProfileTable

•ceAlarmFilterProfile

CISCO-ENTITY-ALARM-MIB

The CISCO-ENTITY-ALARM-MIB provides a management client with the capability to monitor alarms generated by physical entities in a network that are identified in the entPhysicalTable of the Entity-MIB (RFC 2737). Examples of these physical entities are chassis, fans, modules, ports, slots, and power supplies. The management client interfaces with an SNMP agent to request access to objects defined in the CISCO-ENTITY-ALARM-MIB.

ceAlarmGroup

The ceAlarmGroup is a group in the CISCO-ENTITY-ALARM-MIB that defines objects that provide current statuses of alarms and the capability to instruct an agent to stop (cut off) signaling for any or all external audible alarms.

Following are the objects in ceAlarmGroup:

•ceAlarmCriticalCount

•ceAlarmMajorCount

•ceAlarmMinorCount

•ceAlarmCutoff

•ceAlarmFilterProfile

•ceAlarmSeverity

•ceAlarmList

ceAlarmFilterProfileTable

The ceAlarmFilterProfileTable filters alarms according to configured alarm lists. The filtered alarms are then sent out as SNMP notifications or syslog messages, based on the alarm list enabled for each alarm type. This table is defined in the CISCO-ENTITY-ALARM-MIB and implemented in the group ceAlarmGroup.

ceAlarmFilterProfile

An alarm filter profile controls the alarm types that an agent monitors and signals for a corresponding physical entity. The ceAlarmFilterProfile object holds an integer value that uniquely identifies an alarm filter profile associated with a corresponding physical entity. When the value is zero, the agent monitors and signals all alarms associated with the corresponding physical entity.

How to Configure Alarm Filtering for Syslog Messages and SNMP Notifications

This section contains the following tasks:

•Configuring Alarm Filtering for Syslog Messages (optional)

•Configuring Alarm Filtering for SNMP Notifications (optional)

Configuring Alarm Filtering for Syslog Messages

Perform this task to configure the alarm severity threshold for generating syslog messages. When you perform this task, the alarm severity threshold is included in the running configuration and automatically applied when the configuration is reloaded.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable

2. configure terminal

3. logging alarm [severity]

4. show facility-alarm status

DETAILED STEPS

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1	enable Example: Router> enable	Enables privileged EXEC mode. •Enter your password if prompted.
Step 2	configure terminal Example: Router# configure terminal	Enters global configuration mode.
Step 3	logging alarm [severity] Example: Router(config)# logging alarm 2	Configures the alarm severity threshold for generating syslog messages. All alarms at and above this threshold are sent as syslog messages.
Step 4	show facility-alarm status Example: Router(config)# show facility-alarm status	Generates output that shows information about each alarm depending on the severity level that is set.

Configuring Alarm Filtering for SNMP Notifications

Perform this task to configure the alarm severity threshold for generating SNMP notifications. When you perform this task , the alarm severity threshold is included in the running configuration and automatically applied when the configuration is reloaded.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable

2. configure terminal

3. snmp-server enable traps alarms [severity]

4. show facility-alarm status

DETAILED STEPS

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1	enable Example: Router> enable	Enables privileged EXEC mode. •Enter your password if prompted.
Step 2	configure terminal Example: Router# configure terminal	Enters global configuration mode.
Step 3	snmp-server enable traps alarms [severity] Example: Router(config)# snmp-server enable traps alarms 2	Configures the alarm severity threshold for generating SNMP notifications. All alarms at and above this threshold are sent as SNMP notifications.
Step 4	show facility-alarm status Example: Router(config)# show facility-alarm status	Generates output that shows information about each alarm depending on the severity level that is set.

Configuration Examples for Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

This section provides the following configuration examples:

•Configuring Alarm Filtering for Syslog Messages: Example

•Configuring Alarm Filtering for SNMP Notifications: Example

Configuring Alarm Filtering for Syslog Messages: Example

The following example shows how to configure an alarm filter for syslog messages:

Router# enable 
Router# configure terminal 
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. 
Router(config)# logging alarm 2 
Router(config)# exit 
Router#

Router# show facility-alarm status 

System Totals Critical: 1 Major: 0 Minor: 0 

Source Severity Description [Index] 
------ -------- ------------------- 
Fa0/0 CRITICAL Physical Port Link Down [0] 
Fa0/1 INFO Physical Port Administrative State Down [1] 
AT6/0 INFO Physical Port Administrative State Down [8]

Configuring Alarm Filtering for SNMP Notifications: Example

The following example shows how to configure an alarm filter for SNMP notifications:

Router# 
Router# enable 
Router# configure terminal 
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. 

Router(config)# snmp-server enable traps alarms 2 
Router(config)# 
Router(config)# exit 

Router#

Router# show facility-alarm status 

System Totals Critical: 1 Major: 0 Minor: 0 

Source Severity Description [Index] 
------ -------- ------------------- 
Fa0/0 CRITICAL Physical Port Link Down [0] 
Fa0/1 INFO Physical Port Administrative State Down [1] 
AT6/0 INFO Physical Port Administrative State Down [8]

Additional References

The following sections provide references related to the Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB feature.

Related Documents

Related Topic	Document Title
Network management configuration tasks	Cisco IOS Network Management Configuration Guide
Network management commands	Cisco IOS Network Management Command Reference

Standards

Standard	Title
No new or modified standards are supported by this feature, and support for existing standards has not been modified by this feature."	—

MIBs

MIB	MIBs Link
•ENTITY-MIB •CISCO-ENTITY-ALARM-MIB	To locate and download MIBs for selected platforms, Cisco IOS releases, and feature sets, use Cisco MIB Locator found at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/go/mibs

RFCs

RFC	Title
RFC 2737	Entity MIB (Version 2)

Technical Assistance

Description

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Feature Information for Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB

Table 1 lists the release history for this feature.

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Note Table 1 lists only the Cisco IOS software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given Cisco IOS software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that Cisco IOS software release train also support that feature.

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Table 1 Feature Information for Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB 

Feature Name	Releases	Feature Information
Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB	12.4(4)T 12.2(33)SRB 12.2(33)SB 12.2(33)SXI	The Alarm Filtering Support in the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB feature implements the alarm filter profile capability defined in CISCO-ENTITY-ALARM-MIB. Also implemented are configuration commands to control the severity of syslog messages and SNMP notifications triggered by the alarms. This feature was introduced in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(4)T. This feature was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SRB. This feature was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SB. This feature was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SXI.

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