Users Guide

Alarms | Alarms, Events, and Automation
OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide 289
create a filter for the group of alarms that you want to clear. When this menu item is selected,
a panel will appear that contains all previously saved alarm filters. When you select a filter
from the list and push Execute, it will clear all open alarms that meet the criteria of this filter.
CAUTION:
The Clear Group of Alarms action is irreversible.
Direct Access —Open an SNMP Mib Browser to the alarmed device, a CLI Terminal (Telnet
window) to the alarmed device, or ICMP Ping the device alarmed. Only those available
appear in the subsequent menu.
Email Alarm —Opens the Email Alarm window to email the selected alarm. Enter a subject an e-
mail address to which you want to mail the alarm’s content, and click add (+) to the list of
addresses (the minus deletes them). Then click
Send Email. Click Cancel to end this
operation without sending e-mail.
SMTP setup is required to e-mail an alarm. See
SMTP Configuration on page 54 for
instructions about setting up e-mail from OpenManage Network Manager. See
Alarm Email
on page 291 for an example of what the content looks like.
Show Performance— If the equipment is monitored, this displays a performance dashboard for the
alarmed equipment. See
Dashboard Views on page 425 for more about these.
Edit Custom Attributes— Opens the Custom Attribute Editor where you define field
characteristics, such as whether it is enabled, the label name, and the tooltip.
Aging Policy— This lets you select a policy that determines how long this alarm remains in the
database. See
Implementing DAP on page 73 for information about configuring such
policies.
View as PDF— Create an Acrobat PDF document containing this alarm’s contents as displayed in
the summary portlet basic columns.
Share with User— Opens the Share with User window where you select the colleague you want to
share the selected rules with and then type your message.
NOTE:
To resync alarms—that is, query the device for its alarm state—resync the device.