Form Template - Nortel CC MIS Getting Started Manual

Release 5.2

Form template

The form template consists of the fields in the top half of the screen which
are used for entering and modifying the fields which make up an alarm def-
inition. The definitions list in the bottom half of the screen displays a scrol-
lable list of currently defined alarm definitions. Any or all of the fields in the
definition may be displayed as a column in the definitions list. The only re-
striction is that the ID column must always appear in the first column. As
columns are added or removed, the columns will automatically resize them-
selves to provide a best fit for the current width of the window.
The fields in this template are described below:
The operation of the Alarm Definition window depends on the current mode
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Alarm ID A unique alarm ID number in the range 1 to 100.
Alarm Name The name assigned to the alarm definition. This name can consist of from
1 to 30 characters excluding the vertical bar character (|).
Formula The standard or custom formula used to compute the statistic value upon
which the alarm condition is based.
Threshold Level This field determines whether the computed value for the statistic should
cause an alarm condition if its value rises above or falls below the
threshold value defined for the alarm. The two possible values for this
field are Above or Below.
Threshold Type The type of threshold to apply to the statistic value. This can be any of the
available ACD group thresholds (as defined via Threshold Definition) or
the following special threshold type:
(Zero) - The threshold value is defined solely by the constant value entered
Plus This field defines a numeric value to be added to the value of the ACD
group threshold selected in the "Threshold Type" field to arrive at the
threshold value used for determining when the statistic value indicates an
alarm state. This constant component of the alarm threshold can be any
signed 32-bit number (-2,147,483,647 through 2,147,483,647).
Alarm Type This field determines the type of alarm (SNMP trap) to be generated by
this alarm definition. The four possibilities are: Poll, Minor, Major, and
Critical.
Alarm Delay This field sets a delay period in seconds from the time that an alarm
condition is first detected until the time that an SNMP trap is sent. If the
alarm condition clears within this delay period, no trap will be sent. This
delay value also applies to the clearing of an alarm condition. The
maximum delay value is 999 seconds.
Alarm Groups This field determines which ACD groups should cause traps to be
generated. The field will contain the names of all currently defined ACD
group lists (as defined in List Definition mode) and the special "(All)"
selection. If a list is selected, only the groups in the specified list definition
will cause traps to be generated. If "(All)" is selected, all ACD groups will
cause traps to be generated.
Delay This field allows you to enter a value to be used as the delay.
in the "Plus" field.
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