Table Of Contents

Alarms View

Viewing Alarms

Viewing Events

Filtering Traps

Alarms View

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This section provides a description of the Alarms view of the Network Manager. Topics in this section include:

•Viewing Alarms

•Viewing Events

Viewing Alarms

The Alarms tab enables you to view and sort the alarms generated by the elements in the network according to alarm status, alarm message, date and time or element.

The Alarms view displays the following information:

•Alarm status. For example, Warning or Major/Minor .

•Text message describing the alarm.

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Note To access the relevant element manager, click the link in the Element column of each table row.

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Viewing Events

The Events tab enables you to sort the events reported by the system according to event severity, event time, event message and element. In addition, events can be filtered according to time period and severity level.

The Events tab displays the following information:

•Event severity level (Minor, Cleared, Intermediate, Warning, Minor, Major, Critical).

•Date and time of the event.

•Text message describing the event.

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Note To access the relevant element manager, click the link in the Element column of each table row.

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Filtering Traps

Select Filter traps from the View menu to display the Filter Traps window, which enables you to define the time period and minimum severity levels of the events to display. Enter filter criteria and click OK. The events that correspond to your selection are displayed in the table.

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Note You can also change the Filter Traps window by clicking the link above the table.

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