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Model 3120 RAS Administrators’ Reference Guide 4 • Alarms
Alarm Severity (alarmSeverity)
Shows the alarm severity selected by the system administrator.
Time Since Alarm (alarmTicks)
The
Alarm Time column displays the number of seconds the alarm has been activated.
Alarm Count (alarmCount)
The
Alarm Count column indicates how many times the alarm has occurred since the last time alarms were
cleared. It is a useful tool for monitoring self-clearing alarms.
Generate Alarm
For testing purposes, clicking the Generate Alarm button next to each alarm name will cause that alarm con-
dition to be activated, as if the actual alarm trigger had occurred.
Clear Alarm
Clicking the Clear Alarm button resets the alarm to a non-alarm condition. Clear Alarm resets Alarm Time
to 0.0 seconds, and resets the Alarm Count to 0.
Modify Response—Configuring the alarm response system
The alarm response outputs only effect external notification via SYSLOG/SNMP as the front panel ALARM
LED and the web administration pages will always indicate an alarm condition. The following user configura-
tion items can be set to permit external notification of access server alarm conditions:
Figure 11. Alarm Response System window
Alarm Syslog Priority (syslogAlarmPriority)
The SYSLOG priority of the alarm SYSLOG message. If the minimum priority for SYSLOG daemon (set
under the System Log link) is less than this value, the SYSLOG daemon will receive the major or critical alarm
SYSLOG message (prioritySystem has the highest priority; priorityVerbose the lowest).
• priorityVerbose(5)
• priorityDebug(10)
• priorityInfo(20)
• priorityOddity(40)