Enabling RMON Alarms by Port

To configure an RMON alarm for one or more ports using Device Manager, follow these steps:

  1. Choose Admin > Events > Threshold Manager and click the FC Interfaces tab.
    1. Choose the Selected radio button to select individual ports for this threshold alarm.Click the ... button to the right of the Selected field to display all ports.
    2. Select the ports you want to monitor.
    3. Click OK to accept the selection.

Alternatively, click the appropriate radio button to choose ports by type: All ports, xE ports, or Fx ports.

  1. Check the check box for each variable to be monitored.
  2. Enter the threshold value in the Value column.
  3. Enter the sampling period in seconds. This is the time between each snapshot of the variable.
  4. Choose one of the following severity levels to assign to the alarm: Fatal, Warning, Critical, Error, Information.
  5. Click Create.
  6. 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.
  7. Click More then click the Alarms tab from the Threshold Manager dialog box to verify the alarm you created.
  8. Close both dialog pop-ups.


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