Creating A Port History Alarm - Nortel Passport 8600 Configuring

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Table 5 Alarm Manager dialog box fields
Field Description
Variable Name and type of alarm—indicated by the format:
• alarmname.x, where x=0 indicates a chassis alarm, x=1 or 2 indicates a power supply or fan
alarm with 1 being the primary unit and 2 the secondary unit.
• alarmname, where the user must specify the index. This value is a card number for
module-related alarms, an STG ID for spanning tree group alarms (the default STG is 1; other
STG IDs are user configured), an IP address for RIP or OSPF alarms (RIP/OSPF must be
enabled on the VLAN or router port and enabled globally), or the Ether Statistics Control Index
for RMON Stats alarms.
• alarmname with no dot or index is a port-related alarm and results in display of the port picker
tool.
Sample Type Can be either absolute or delta.
Sample Interval Time period (in seconds) over which the data is sampled and compared with the rising
and falling thresholds.
Index Uniquely identifies an entry in the alarm table. Each such entry defines a diagnostic
sample at a particular interval for an object on the device.
Threshold Type Rising Value
Value When the current sampled value is greater
than or equal to this threshold, and the
value at the last sampling interval was less
than this threshold, generates a single
event.
Event Index Index of the event entry that is used when a
rising threshold is crossed. The event entry
identified by a particular value of this index
is the same as identified by the same value
of the event index object. (Generally, accept
the default that is already filled in.)

Creating a port history alarm

To create a port history alarm:
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Creating a port history alarm
Select the port on which you have created an alarm.
Right-click the mouse.
The Port shortcut menu opens
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Falling Value
When the current sampled value is less
than or equal to this threshold, and the
value at the last sampling interval was
greater than this threshold, generates a
single event.
Index of the event entry that is used when a
falling threshold is crossed. The event entry
identified by a particular value of this index
is the same as identified by the same value
of the event index object. (Generally, accept
the default that is already filled in.)
(Figure 10 on page 48).
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