Specifications

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System Management Software Configuration Guide for Cisco IE 2000U and Connected Grid Switches
Chapter 5 Configuring the Switch Alarms
Configuring Switch Alarms
Note The only alarm enabled in the defaultPort profile is the Port not operating alarm.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Before you use the notifies command to send alarm traps to an SNMP server, you must first set up the
SNMP server by using the snmp-server enable traps alarms global configuration command. See the
“Enabling SNMP Traps” section on page 5-12.
DETAILED STEPS
To delete an alarm profile, use the no alarm profile name global configuration command.
Table 5-3 lists the alarmList IDs and their corresponding alarm definitions. For a description of these
alarms, see the “Port Status Monitoring Alarms” section on page 5-2.
Command Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
alarm profile name Create the new profile or identify an existing profile, and enter
alarm profile configuration mode.
Step 3
alarm alarm-id Add or modify alarm parameters for a specific alarm (see
Table 5-3). The values are 1 to 4. You can enter more than one
alarm ID separated by a space.
Step 4
notifies alarm-id (Optional) Configure the alarm to send an SNMP trap to an SNMP
server.
Step 5
relay-major alarm-id (Optional) Configure the alarm to send an alarm trap to the relay.
Step 6
syslog alarm-id (Optional) Configure the alarm to send an alarm trap to a syslog
server.
Step 7
end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 8
show alarm profile name Verify the configuration.
Step 9
copy running-config
startup-config
(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
Table 5-3 AlarmList ID Number Alarm Descriptions
AlarmList ID Alarm Description
1 Link fault
2 Port not forwarding
3 Port not operating
4 FCS bit error rate exceeds
threshold