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Alarm History

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Filter records in Alarms History table

About Alarm History

PA maintains the history of alarms for components, if the alarms are already configured and enabled on
them.
Initially, the message No records found matching the given filter criteria is displayed if there are no
component records posted in the Alarm History table.
To view the Alarms History table, navigate to the PA main menu, and then click Alarm History.
Understanding alarms history
For PA to start monitoring the performance of a component and generate an alarm, you must configure
the required threshold and dispatch settings on the Alerts screen, and also enable an alarm for that
component. For more information on configuring alarms, see About Alerts. After an alarm is configured,
PA monitors the performance of a component from the next data collection cycle. A new record is
displayed on the Alarm History screen with the time of posting appearing under Time Posted.
IMPORTANT:
PA posts the record only if data collection is in progress for the XP/XP7 disk array to which the
component belongs.
While configuring an alarm, if you set threshold and dispatch settings but do not enable the alarm for a
component, PA does not monitor that component and generate an alarm when required.
In every data collection cycle, PA retrieves and compares the current performance value of a component
with the set threshold value. The time when this value was retrieved and compared is shown under Time
Updated. If the current performance value exceeds the set threshold value, PA does the following:
1. Posts a new record and displays the time of posting under Time Posted
2. Dispatches an alarm notification of type, XP7 Alarm to the intended recipient
3. Displays the time of dispatch under Time Dispatched
4. Monitors the component till its performance value drops below the set threshold value
5. Updates the time of monitoring under Time Updated
IMPORTANT:
The time shown under Time Updated is in sync with the data collection cycle frequency.
If the performance value of a component drops below the set threshold value, PA does the following:
1. Posts a new record and displays the time of posting under Time Posted
2. Dispatches an alarm notification of type, XP7 Alarm – Good Information alarm to the intended recipient
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