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5-14 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide
The EPICenter Alarm System
Figure 5-6: The New Alarm Definition window, Scope definition
Inthis window you define thescope of the alarm—the set of devices that can trigger the
alarm. You can define the scope as a set of individual devices, one or more device groups,
as a set of individual ports, or as one or more port groups.
To define the alarm scope, you select a Source Type (and Device Group, if appropriate),
select individualdevices, ports, device groups, or port groups, and add them to the
Selections list.
The fields and buttons in this window are defined as follows:
• Source Type: The source of the scoping definition (Device, Device Group, Port, or Port
Group). Select the type you want from the pull-down list.
Selecting Device Group or Port Group will scope the alarm on all members of the
selected group.Toscopethealarm on individualdevicesor ports, select Deviceor Port.
For events that originate from a device port (such as link down) the scope will
determinewhetherthealarm willbegenerated basedon an eventfrom a singleport,or
on eventsfrom any port on a device, or from any port on any device in a device group.
For example, if you want to define an alarm that is fired for any port on device A, you
canscope the alarm as “Device,” select the appropriatedevice group, and selectDevice
A. If you want to define the alarm only to be fired on selected ports on Device A, then
you would scope the alarm as “Port,” select Device A, and then select the individual