Configuring The Rmon Alarm Function - HP 5500 EI Series Configuration Manual

Configuring the RMON alarm function

Follow these guidelines when you configure the RMON alarm function:
To send traps to the NMS when an alarm is triggered, configure the SNMP agent as described in
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"Configuring
If the alarm variable is a MIB variable defined in the history group or the Ethernet statistics group,
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make sure the RMON Ethernet statistics function or the RMON history statistics function is
configured on the monitored Ethernet interface. Otherwise, even if you can create the alarm entry,
no alarm event can be triggered.
You cannot create a new event, alarm, or private alarm entry that has the same set of parameters
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as an existing entry. For parameters to be compared for duplication, see
After the maximum number of entries is reached, no new entry can be created. For the table entry
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limits, see
To configure the RMON alarm function:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Create an event entry in
the event table.
3. Create an entry in the
alarm table or private
alarm table.
Table 7 RMON configuration restrictions
Entry
Event
Alarm
SNMP" before configuring the RMON alarm function.
Table 7.
Command
system-view
rmon event entry-number [ description string ] { log |
log-trap log-trapcommunity | none | trap
trap-community } [ owner text ]
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Create an entry in the alarm table:
rmon alarm entry-number alarm-variable
sampling-interval { absolute | delta }
rising-threshold threshold-value1 event-entry1
falling-threshold threshold-value2 event-entry2
[ owner text ]
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Create an entry in the private alarm table:
rmon prialarm entry-number prialarm-formula
prialarm-des sampling-interval { absolute |
changeratio | delta } rising-threshold
threshold-value1 event-entry1 falling-threshold
threshold-value2 event-entry2 entrytype { forever |
cycle cycle-period } [ owner text ]
Parameters to be compared
Event description (description string), event type (log, trap,
logtrap or none) and community name (trap-community or
log-trapcommunity)
Alarm variable (alarm-variable), sampling interval
(sampling-interval), sampling type (absolute or delta), rising
threshold (threshold-value1) and falling threshold
(threshold-value2)
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Table 7.
Remarks
N/A
N/A
Use at least one
command.
Maximum number of
entries
60
60