Monitoring and maintaining alarms status of switches

Updated: June 16, 2026

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Provides the necessary commands to retrieve alarm information and manage switch alarms effectively. This information helps administrators identify and address potential issues within the network infrastructure.

Use specific commands to retrieve alarm information and manage switch alarms effectively to maintain network health.

Table 1. Commands for displaying global and port alarm status
No.	Command	Purpose
1	show alarm profile [ name ]	Displays all alarm profiles in the system or a specified profile.
2	show alarm settings	Displays all global alarm settings on the switch.
3	show env { alarm-contact \| all \| power \| temperature }	Displays the status of environmental facilities on the switch.
4	show facility-alarm status [ critical \| info \| major \| minor ]	Displays generated alarms on the switch.

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