Chapter 8 - Diagnostics; Introduction; Using The Alarm System; Alarm Concepts And Issues - RuggedCom RuggedSwitch RS1600 User Manual

Chapter 8 – Diagnostics

Introduction

This chapter familiarizes the user with:
• Using The Alarm System to view and clear Alarms
• Viewing and clearing the System Log
• Viewing CPU Diagnostics
• Loading the Factory Default Configuration
• Viewing the Product Identification
• Resetting the switch

Using The Alarm System

Alarm Concepts And Issues

Alarms are the occurrence of events of interest that are logged by the switch. If
alarms have occurred the switch will indicate the number of alarms in the top right
corner of all menu screens.
My Switch
<CTRL> Z-Help S-Shell

Figure 47: Diagnostics Menu Showing Alarm Commands

Types Of Alarms
There are two broad types of alarms, active and passive alarms.
Active Alarms
Active alarms are ongoing. They signify states of operation that are not in
accordance with normal operation. Examples of active alarms include links that
should be active but are not or error rates that are continuously exceeding a certain
threshold.
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Diagnostics
View Alarms
Clear Alarms
View System Log
Clear System Log
View CPU Diagnostics
View Product Identification
Load Factory Default Configuration
Reset Unit
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