Figure 9 Alarm Manager Dialog Box - Nortel Passport 8600 Configuring

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Figure 9 Alarm Manager dialog box

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In the Variable field, select a variable for the alarm and a port (or other ID) on
which you want to set an alarm.
Alarm variables are in three formats, depending on the type:
• A chassis, power supply, or fan-related alarm ends in x where the x index
is hard-coded. No further information is required.
• A card, spanning tree group (STG), RIP or OSPF, or EtherStat alarm
ends with a dot (.). You must enter a card number, STG ID, IP address, or
EtherStat information.
• A port alarm ends with no dot or index and requires using the port
shortcut menu. An example of a port alarm would be ifInOctets (interface
incoming octet count).
In the example displayed in
selected from the variable list under RIP. (A list of variable definitions is
located in Appendix A, "RMON alarm variables," on page
For this example, select a rising value of 4 and a falling value of 0.
Leave the remaining fields at their default values, including a sample type of
Delta, and click Insert.
(If you want to make field changes, refer to the field descriptions in
page 47.)
describes the RMON Insert Alarm fields.
Figure 9, "rip2GlobalRouteChanges.0" has been
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