DPS Telecom NetGuardian 216T User Manual page 7

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SNMP v2c Support and Robust Message Delivery
NetGuardian 216T supports SNMP v2c, and the SNMP INFORM command, which permits robust delivery of
alarm notification to your SNMP manager.
Alarm Point Grouping
Each NetGuardian Alarm point can be assigned to one of eight groups, which are identified with a user-defined
label. Some of the ways you can use Alarm Point Grouping include:
Alarm Severity Levels:
Two Sets of Alarm Severity Levels:
Custom Virtual Alarms:
Flexible Custom Derived Controls:
Granular Pager and Email Notification:
Global Support for Dual SNMP Managers
NetGuardian 216T supports sending all SNMP TRAP and INFORM notifications to two global SNMP
managers. This makes it easier to configure a secondary SNMP manager and frees up your NetGuardian
configuration for additional notification devices and more flexible alarm reporting. You can easily send an alarm
to your primary SNMP manager at the NOC; to a secondary backup SNMP manager at another location; to the
pager of the on-call technician; and the email in-box of the technician's supervisor.
Filter or Reset the NetGuardian Event Log
The NetGuardian Event Log supports the following NetGuardian 216T features:
• You can filter Event Log entries by Alarm Point Group, to see only the alarms you want.
• You can reset the Event Log, to clear old alarms from the display.
• You can reset the Event Log by Alarm Point Group; for example, clear power alarms while retaining intruder
alarms.
Alarm Sync Makes Turnup and Testing Easy
NetGuardian 216T also provides a new command to re-synchronize all alarms. This command clears all alarms,
so that a new notification is sent for all standing alarms. You can easily test alarm connections during turnup
without rebooting the NetGuardian unit.
Configure the NetGuardian to indicate assigned alarm security
levels like Critical, Major, Minor and Status in a variable
binding within the SNMP TRAP or INFORM message — so
alarms can be sorted by severity even if your SNMP manager
doesn't support severity levels.
With 8 alarm groups to work with, you can easily create two
different sets of severity levels. For example, you could separate
power alarms (rated from Critical to Status) from environmental
alarms (also rated Critical to Status).
Create virtual alarms based on easy formulas like All security
alarms or Critical power alarms.
NetGuardian 216T lets you create Derived Controls formulas
based on Alarm Point Groups.
Selectively assign alarm points to specific pager and email
notification recipients. The NetGuardian can be configured to
send pager notifications only for Critical or Major alarms — or
you can send power alarms to repair technicians and intrusion
alarms to a security guard.
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