Chapter 11: Monitoring Alarms And Events; In This Chapter; Selecting The Elements To View; Viewing Alarms And Events - Imagine communications Selenio BNP 2xr User Manual

CHAPTER 11
Monitoring Alarms and Events
This chapter describes information about the system that you can monitor to ensure that the system is
always healthy. The Alarms & Events tab provides system information and health status.
Applicable Platforms: The information in this chapter can be used with any BNP device.

In This Chapter:

"Selecting the Elements to View," next.
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"Viewing Alarms and Events" on page 252.
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"The Status Bar" on page 254.
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Selecting the Elements to View

The upper portion of the Alarms & Events tab lets you define the information you want to see on the
screen. You can select as many options as you choose. The information is cumulative. To sort alarms
and events, click the table header. The BNP Element Manager re-sorts the information according to
your selection.
Once you have selected the events to display, click Apply Filter to accept the changes and refresh the
window.
Types of alarms and events that can be displayed include:
All shows all alarms and events, regardless of severity
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Raised shows all alarms that have been raised, but not cleared
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Cleared shows all alarms that have been raised and cleared
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Critical shows only critical severity alarms; these are alarms that must be dealt with immediately
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Major shows major alarms; these are alarms that may not require immediate intervention but
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cannot be allowed to continue indefinitely
Minor shows minor alarms that will not disrupt the system
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Viewing Alarms and Events

After you have set the types of alarms to display, you can tab to Alarms & Events at any time to see the
current state of the system.
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Figure 193 shows a typical alarms window.
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