Path; Performance Monitoring; Managing System Alarms - 3Com 3C63100-AC-C - PathBuilder S600 Bridge/router Reference Manual

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Managing System
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This chapter tells you how to access and manage the alarms supported by the
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PathBuilder S600 WAN Access Switch (PathBuilder S600), how to set loopbacks,
and how to view performance statistics. The chapter also lists the supported
alarms, loopbacks, and statistics that are available for specific modules. It contains
the following sections:

Managing System Alarms

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Using Loopbacks
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Viewing Statistics
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The PathBuilder S600 detects certain events and reports corresponding alarms to
the NMS station(s). These events are categorized as major alarms, minor alarms,
and information. When an alarm occurs, an alarm indicator is displayed on the
current menu or display, as described under "Alarm Indicator" in Chapter 3.
The PathBuilder S600 also utilizes an alarm task to relay the alarm from other tasks
to the MCPU. This task is designed particularly for off-loading the data transport
task. When the data transport task detects an error which has to be reported, it
sends a message to the Alarm task. In this way, the data transport task can
continue the system-critical task of processing traffic.
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