Enabling RMON Alarms by Port
To enable alarm notifications by port from the Device Manager, choose Threshold Manager from the Events menu and click the
Ports tab.
To configure an RMON alarm for one or more ports, follow these steps:
- Click the Selected radio button.
- Click the button to the right of the Selected field to display all ports.
- Select the ports you want to monitor.
- Click OK to accept the selection.
Alternatively, click the appropriate radio button to select ports by type - All ports, xE ports, or Fx ports
- Click the check box for each variable that you want to monitor.
- Enter the threshold value in the Value column.
- Enter the sampling period in seconds.
- Select one of the following severity levels to assign to the alarm - Fatal, Warning, Critical, Error, Information.
- Click Create.
- Confirm the operation to define an alarm and a log event when the system prompts you to define a severity event.
If you do not confirm the operation, the system only defines a log event.