User guide

Overview Retrieval of Alarms during (Re)Discovery (Telesis MAP Devices Only)
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AlliedView NMS Administration Guide (Setting Up Fault Management)
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 perma-
nent.
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 form 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.
Brings up the Save <type of information> to File form. Save the trap parsers as a file. The default path is to the conf directory. This
allows the configured trap parser to be used again and as a backup.
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.
9.10 Retrieval of Alarms during (Re)Discovery (Telesis MAP
Devices Only)
9.10.1 Overview
Prior to release 6.0, the (re)discovery process included establishing communication and transferring configuration informa-
tion, but did not include alarm processing.
In release 6.0, a feature,
Alarm Retrieval During (Re)Discovery, allows the administrator to have alarm retrieval included during
(re)discovery. When activated, at the end of (re)discovery, the following occurs:
• Alarms are retrieved using CLI (currently)
• The alarms are parsed and converted to events
• These events are processed by Alarm Management and therefore can be parsed, filtered, customized, and have other
actions associated with them.
• After processing, they are added to the AlliedView NMS database so that they can be included in the Events and Alarms
displays.
If an alarm existed on the device prior to the (re)discovery and the retrieval of the alarms shows the alarm no longer exists,
the AlliedView NMS will show the alarm as cleared.