24 Installation Guide (AA-RTDWC-TE, July 2004)

Installing and Configuring the Edge Switch 2/24

81Edge Switch 2/24 Installation Guide

Note: The enable function must also be activated for each switch through the Element

Manager application. Call-home event notification can be active for some switches

and inactive for others.

4. Click Send Test. A call-home test message is sent.

5. Click OK to close the dialog box.

6. Maximize the Hardware View page.

7. At the Hardware View, select Enable Call Home Notification from the

Maintenance menu. A check mark appears in the check box to indicate

call-home event notification for the switch is enabled, and the menu closes.

Configure Threshold Alerts

A threshold alert notifies users when the transmit (Tx) or receive (Rx) throughput

reaches specified values for specific switch ports or port types, (E_Ports or

F_Ports).

You are notified of a threshold alert in four ways:

■ A yellow triangle that displays on the port in the Port Card View.

■ A yellow triangle that displays on the port in the Hardware View.

■ A yellow triangle that displays in the Alert column of the Port List View.

■ A yellow triangle that displays by the Threshold Alerts field in the Port

Properties dialog box.

■ Detailed threshold alert data recorded in the Threshold Alert Log.

Use the Threshold Alerts option on the Configure menu to configure the

following:

■ Name for the alert.

■ Type of threshold for the alert (Rx, Tx, or either).

■ Active or inactive state of the alert.