Enabling 32-Bit and 64-Bit Alarms

Detailed Steps

To configure an RMON alarm for one or more ports, follow these steps:

  1. Choose Admin > Events > Threshold Manager and click the FC Interfaces > Create tab.

    2. You see the create 32-bit and 64-bit alarm dialog box.

  2. Click the Select radio button to select individual ports for this threshold alarm.
    1. Click the ... button to the right of the Selected field to display all ports.
    2. Select the ports you want to monitor.
    3. Click OK to accept the selection.

    Alternatively, click the appropriate radio button to choose ports by type: All ports, xE ports, or Fx ports.

  3. Check the check box for each variable to be monitored.
  4. Enter the threshold value in the Value column.
  5. Enter the sampling period in seconds. This is the time between each snapshot of the variable.
  6. Choose one of the following severity levels to assign to the alarm: Fatal, Warning, Critical, Error, Information.
  7. Click Create.
  8. Confirm the operation to define an alarm and a log event when the system prompts you to define a severity event. If you do not confirm the operation, the system only defines a log event.
  9. Click More and then click the Alarms tab from the Threshold Manager dialog box to verify the alarm you created. The 32-bit and 64-bit alarm Interval columns show second as the unit.
  10. Close both dialog box pop-up windows.

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