Chapter 13
Alarms and Alarm Management
Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager Alarms
The Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager generates three types of alarms:
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SNMP Trap Alarms
The following table lists the SNMP traps supported by a Catalyst switch and the corresponding
Cisco EMF alarm.
Table 13-2 Cisco EMF Alarms Generated by SNMP Traps
Trap/Varbind
coldStart
warmStart
authenticationFailure
linkUp
linkDown
risingAlarm
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SNMP Trap Alarms—Cisco EMF alarms based on SNMP traps emitted by the Catalyst switch
running IOS.
Object State Alarms—Cisco EMF alarms based on the state of the Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager
objects.
Attribute Value Alarms—Cisco EMF alarms based on values of Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager
object attributes.
Message
C6576M:0132_0 Cold
Start:
Agent reinitializing;
configuration may have
changed.
C6576M:0132_0 Warm
Start:
Agent reinitializing:
configuration may have
changed.
C6576M:0133_0
Authentication
Failure: Unauthorized
SNMP access.
C6576M:0136_0 link
<ifDescr> up.
C6576M:0136_0 link
<ifDescr> down.
RMON rising alarm-
index: <alarmIndex>,
variable:
<alarmVariable>,
threshold:
<alarmRisingThreshold
>, value: <alarmValue>,
type of sampling:
<alarmSampleType>
Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager Alarms
Alarm
Severity Object
Alarms Cleared
Major
Network
coldStart
Element
ciscoEnvMonShutdownNotificat
ion
whyReload
Major
Network
warmStart
Element
Minor
Network
None
Element
Normal
Interface linkUp
linkDown
Major
Interface linkUp
linkDown
Informa
Network
risingAlarm
tional
Element
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