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5-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide
The EPICenter Alarm System
Alarm Actions: Initially the predefinedalarmshave no actionsdefined for them. An alarm
action is a specified function that the alarm system can execute when an alarm occurs, in
additionto logging the occurrence ofthe alarm.Alarm actionscan include sendinge-mail,
sounding an audible alert, running a program or executing a script. For the predefined
alarms, an alarm event will create an entry in the Alarm Log, but no other actions will
occur. You can define additional actions for any of these alarms.
Alarm Scope: The predefined alarms are all initially scoped to the Default device group.
Alarm scope defines which devices cantrigger an alarm. Thus, a trap occurring on any
device in the Default device group will trigger the corresponding alarm. You can modify
the scope of any of these alarms.
Creating New Alarm Definitions
To create a new alarm, click the Add button at the top of the page.
The New Alarm Definition window appears, as shown in Figure 5-5, and displays the
Basic page of the three-page alarm definition.
Figure 5-5: The New Alarm Definition window, Basic definition
There are three parts to an alarm definition: the Basic definition, the Scope definition, and
the Action definition. Each is represented on its own page in the New Alarm Definition
window.