Specifications

Book Title
Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide
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● You can specify only one Ridgeline server (database) in a command. If you want to display alarms
from multiple Ridgeline databases, you must use a separate command for each server.
● The options for specifying the relevant time period (-h, -d, and -y) are mutually exclusive and
cannot be combined.
● You can specify filter options such as an alarm name or device (IP address) only once per command.
If you want to display information for a several values of a filter option, such as several alarm
names, devices, severity levels, etc., you must execute an AlarmMgr command for each value of the
filter option. For example, to display alarms for two different devices, you must execute two
AlarmMgr commands.
● If you specify multiple filter options, they are combined in the manner of a logical AND. This means
that an alarm entry must meet all the specified criteria to be included in the command results.
● The options for specifying the relevant time period are mutually exclusive and cannot be combined.
● You should not combine the -a and -u options (for acknowledged and unacknowledged alarms).
This combination indicates you want to display alarms that are both acknowledged and
unacknowledged. However, there are no alarms that meet this criteria since an alarm cannot be both.
To display both alarms that are acknowledged and alarms that are unacknowledged, do not specify
either option.
AlarmMgr Output
The output from the AlarmMgr command is displayed as tab-delimited ascii text, one line per alarm.
Each line contains the following information:
AlarmMgr Examples
The following examples illustrate the usage of these commands.
● To display the last 300 alarm log entries in the Ridgeline database running on the local server, as
user admin with the default password, enter the following command:
AlarmMgr -user admin
● To display the last 300 alarm log entries in the Ridgeline database running on server snoopy on port
81, with Ridgeline login “master” and password “king,” enter the following command:
AlarmMgr -host snoopy -port 81 -user master -password king
-help Displays syntax for this command None
ID Event ID of the alarm (assigned by the Ridgeline server when the alarm is received)
Name Name of the alarm
Category Category that the alarm is classified under
Severity Severity level of the alarm
Source IP address of the device that generated the alarm
Time Time the alarm occurred, reported as Greenwich Mean Time
Message Message associated with the alarm
Acked Whether the alarm has been acknowledged (true or false)
Table 15: AlarmMgr command options (continued)
Option Value Default