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Chapter 7 Fault Management User’s Manual
7-12 Monitoring Object Status Vmux-210 Ver. 1.0
Table 7-5. Alarm Attributes Parameters
Parameter Possible Values / Remarks
Level
All System, port, and IP Bundle level alarms
System Only System level alarms only
Port Port level alarms only
Bundles IP Bundle level alarms only
Port All, Link E1, Link T1, Serial Link
Specific Port to display in the Alarm Attributes List
Enabled only when Level is set to Port.
Bundle All, 1…31 (E1), 1…24 (T1)
Specific Bundle to display in the Alarm Attributes List
Enabled only when Level is set to Bundle.
Attributes
All All alarms are displayed according to the level selection
Mask Only entries that are masked (Yes) are displayed according to the level selection
Alarm Alarm code and description of the alarm
Port Port to which the alarm applies (if relevant)
Bundle Bundle to which the alarm applies
Mask Masking status of the alarm
A masked alarm is not logged in the alarm buffer, no traps are set for it, no LED is lit for
it, and it does not affect the Mux status in any way. A masked alarm does appear in the
Active Alarm list, with a sign indicating that the alarm is masked. A masked alarm cannot
be cleared.
[Add] Click <Add> to add a new alarm entry to the Alarm Attributes List
[Change Mask] Click <Change Mask> to set the mask of a selected alarm entry to Yes.
[Remove] Click <Remove> to effectively remove a selected alarm entry from the Alarm Attributes
List by setting the mask to No.
Note: If the selected alarm is still active, it will still be displayed in the Alarm Attributes
List.
[Close] Click <Close> to close the Alarm Attributes dialog box
 To add an alarm entry to the Alarm Attributes List:
1. In Agent mode only, select the device.
2. From the Fault menu, select Alarms > Configuration > Attributes.
The Alarm Attributes dialog box appears (
Figure 7-6 ).
3. Click <Add>.
The Add Alarm Attributes dialog box (
Figure 7-7 ) appears. The fields in
the Add Alarm Attributes dialog box are described in
Table 7-5 .