Locating a Specific Alarm

The search feature helps administrators quickly and easily locate specific alarms thereby facilitating effective management which in turn leads to improved performance of the IP telephony network.

To search for a specific alarm:
1. Enter a search string in the search field shown in the following figure. To perform an advanced search, click the Advanced Search icon; the figure shown after the next is displayed.

Search

2. Enter any information about the alarm you know. You must enter information in at least one field.
The 'Name' field is identical to the simple search string field.
From the 'Severity' drop-down menu, select Clear, Indeterminate, Warning, Minor, Major or Critical. All alarms whose severity level match your selection will be displayed.
From the 'Acknowledged' drop-down menu, select True (the default is False). All acknowledged alarms will be displayed.
For the alarm 'Source', enter the node name or the Peer Connection name, if you know it. All alarms originating from that source will be displayed.
In the 'Description' field, enter a key word used to describe the alarm.
Select either Between Times, Last 24 hours, Last week or Last 30 days. All alarms whose timestamp matches your selection will be displayed.
3. Click OK.