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Setting Up Fault Management Configuring Alarm Filters
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AlliedView NMS Administration Guide
9.9.2 Example to Configure Alarm Filter and Actions
9.9.2.1 Summary Procedure
Adding an alarm filter and an action is done as follows.
Note: An alarm filter must have at least one action.
1. Click in the Alert Filter panel.
2. Modify the alert filter name as needed and the match (Source and Severity) criteria fields. If needed, expressions can be
used:
wildcard (*), negation (!), and separators (,). Use the More option if needed.
3. Click in the Alert Filter Action panel to activate the Action Type panel.
4. Click one of the buttons for each action type and select New or Edit.
5. Fill in the Action Details panel, and then click Update Action. The Update Action button changes to Update Filter.
6. To add more actions, click Add in the Alert Action panel and add more action types and details.
7. Cancel any filters or actions by clicking Cancel as they appear in context.
8. If desired, reorder the resulting alert filters and actions by dragging and dropping.
To modify an alert filter, select a filter from the list and make any changes, and then click Apply to make the changes
permanent.
To delete an alert filter, select a filter and click the Delete icon from the Alert Filter panel. Any associated action will also be
deleted. To delete a filter action, select an action from the Configured Filter List, and then click the Delete icon from the
Alert Filter action panel.
To load a set of alert filters from a file, click Load/Save. A dialog box prompts for the file path to read the filters from. Click
Load to load the filters.
To save a set of alert filters (for later use or as a backup), click Save. A dialog box prompts for the file path to write the filters
to. Click Save to save the filters.
Note: When saving these files, the AlliedView NMS sets as the default directory the
<NMS Home>/state directory, so for example
the file path:
../conf/alert.filters
is being saved in the
conf directory by going up one level from the state directory (..) and then down to the conf
directory. If the user enters in the form only a file name, that file is being saved in the default
state directory.
If any changes are made and the window is closed without clicking Apply, a prompt will appear asking whether to make the
changes.
9.9.2.2 Detailed Procedure
A step-by-step procedure procedure shows how to take alarms from iMGs with an IP address fo 10.10.50.*, and eliminate
alarms that comes in with the text “Unable to login to this device..” .
1. Select Edit --> Configure -> Alarm Filters to access the Alert Filters window, as shown in Figure 9-21.