Cabletron Systems CBU-NM User Manual page 23

CBU-NM
User Manual
3.3.1 Alert Processing
When an alert message arrives, it is processed and converted into an
alarm as shown in
Incoming
message
Valid alert
format?
Y e s
Legal alert
string?
Y e s
Poll number
in Database?
N o
Create Alarm:
'Unknown Device'
ii 3–2
Figure 3.1.
Discard as
N o
unreadable
Discard as
N o
unreadable
Legal alert
Y e s
for device?
N o
Create Alarm:
'Unrecognised Alert'
Create appropriate SNMP Trap
Modify the Network Database
Add alarm to Alarm Database
Figure 3.1 - Alert processing
Y e s
Create Alarm from
the Alert message
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