Defining Rmon Device Alarms; Rmon Alarms - Dell PowerConnect 5324 User Manual

Defining RMON Device Alarms

The RMON Alarms page contains fields for setting network alarms. Network alarms occur when a
network problem, or event, is detected. Rising and falling thresholds generate events. To open the
RMON Alarms page, click Statistics/RMON RMON Alarms in the tree view.
Figure 8-126. RMON Alarms
Alarm Entry — Indicates a specific alarm.
Interface — The interface for which RMON statistics are displayed.
Counter Name — The selected MIB variable.
Counter Value — The value of the selected MIB variable.
Sample Type — Specifies the sampling method for the selected variable and comparing the value
against the thresholds. The possible field values are:
Delta — Subtracts the last sampled value from the current value. The difference in the values
is compared to the threshold.
Absolute — Compares the values directly with the thresholds at the end of the sampling
interval.
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