User`s guide

Monitoring Devices
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7800-A2-GB26-80
May 1999
Obtaining Device Status through Color
Within the OpenView submaps, the color used for DCE Manager device icons is
derived from the standard OpenView colors, which indicate the alarm state of a
device. The following table lists the colors used and defines the associated alarm
state. You can change these colors as described in the OpenView user
documentation.
Table 5-1. DCE Manager Device Icon Status Colors
Color
State
Salmon In test.
Red Critical Alarm: The device is not operating or performance is severely
degraded.
Orange Major Alarm: A serious problem exists, and performance is likely to be
degraded.
Yellow Minor Alarm: A problem exists; however, performance should not be
degraded.
Cyan Warning/Informational Alarm: A problem exists that could cause a problem
in the future.
Green Normal: The device, its cards, and interfaces are functioning properly.
Blue Unknown. The status of the device is not known currently.
The color of a device icon within the OpenView maps reflects its last known state
(for example, the highest severity alarm). To ensure that you are viewing the
highest severity alarm state for the within an OpenView map, use the following
procedure.
" Procedure
To propagate the alarm state, perform these steps from within the OpenView
application:
1. Click on the Map menu and select Maps. The Maps submenu appears.
2. Select Describe/Modify from the submenu. The Map Description dialog
appears.
3. Select Propagate Most Critical from the Compound Status list.
4. Select
IP Map from the Configurable Applications list.
5. Press the Configure for this Map... button. The IP Map Configuration dialog
appears.
6. Set Should status of nodes be IP/IPX only? to False.
7. Click OK to apply the changes and close the dialogs for Map Description and
IP Map Configuration.
To complete alarm synchronization, reset the device as described in
Resetting
Devices and Cards in Chapter 3, Administering Devices .