Classifying And Organizing Alarms - Nortel 2350 Reference Manual

350 Managing Alarms
• System
See "Classifying and Organizing Alarms" (page 350)
Enter the appropriate email address in the Email Address field at the bottom of the screen.
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Click the Database Maintenance tab. The Database Maintenance tab allows you to specify how many
faults to store in the database and the number of days to keep uncleared faults. In addition, use this tab to
specify the number of days to keep active Critical, Major, Minor, and Informational alarms in the
database. Enter the desired values in the following fields:
• Number of events per alarm—The number of recent events that should be retained in the
database for each alarm.
Note.
specified. When a fifth extra event enters the log, WLAN Management Software
then prunes the 5 oldest events. For example, if the maximum number of events
per alarm is 25, WLAN Management Software does not prune any until the
number of events reaches 30. WLAN Management Software then prunes away the
5 oldest events to leave 25 events.
• Number of days—The number of days after which any cleared alarms will be deleted from the
database.
• Critical—The number of days after which any active critical alarms will be removed.
• Major—The number of days after which any active major will be aged.
• Minor—The number of days after which any active minor will be aged.
• Informational—The number of days after which any active informational will be aged.
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Click Save.

Classifying and Organizing Alarms

When a fault occurs in WLAN Management Software, the Fault Management System offers a means to categorize the
fault by functional area and severity.
WLAN Management Software categorizes the fault according to the functional area. Depending on the functional area in
which a fault occurs, you can assign the fault to one of the following categories:
• System
• Performance
• Security
• Client
WLAN Management Software also organizes faults according to severity:
• Critical (Red)
• Major (Orange)
• Minor (Yellow)
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WLAN Management Software allows up to four more events than
for more information about the categories.