Active Alarms

The Active Alarms page displays all alarms for managed customers. Management includes performing actions such as deleting, acknowledging, and saving alarms to file, as well as monitoring active alarms in the network to determine network health.

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To view Active alarms:

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In the Menu bar, choose Alarms and then select the Active tab.

Select an alarm to display the Active Details for the alarm.

The Active Alarms Details pane displays detailed SNMP information for the alarm.

Use the following table as a reference.

Parameter	Description
Severity	This value is displayed from the variablebinding tgTrapGlobalsSeverity. One of the following values: ■ Critical ■ Major ■ Minor ■ Warning ■ Indeterminate ■ Clear
Received Date and Time	The date and time when the alarm was raised.
Source	The source management object upon which the alarm was raised. This value is displayed from the variable-binding tgTrapGlobalsSource.
Name	The alarm category: alarm name. The bell is used to distinguish an alarm to an event.
Unique ID	The unique REST ID of the alarm.
Alarm category	Alarm type according to ITU X.733 definition. This value is displayed from the variable-binding tgTrapGlobalsType.
Probable Cause	Alarm probable cause according to ITU X.733 definition. This value is displayed from the variable-binding tgTrapGlobalsProbableCause.
Description	Hard-coded short description of the alarm.
Additional information	Additional information fields provided by management entity, depending on the specific scenario. These values are displayed from tgTrapGlobalsAdditionalInfo1, tgTrapGlobalsAdditionalInfo2 and tgTrapGlobalsAdditionalInfo3 fields.
Entity Info
Entity Name	Short Customer Name.
IP Address	IP address of the managed entity.
Source	Source of the managed entity in the following format: OVOC Category of the managed entity/Link.
SNMP Info
Trap OID	NOTIFICATION-TYPE OID as it appears in the MIB.
Trap Remote Port	SNMP trap listening port on the OVOC server.
Trap Community	SNMPV2 Trap Community string. Default-public
Trap SNMP Version	SNMP Trap Version: SNMPv2

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Active Alarms can be saved to a CSV file. A CSV file is generated which you can save to your PC.

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From the Actions drop-down, select Stop Auto Refresh to stop the automatic refreshing of the Active Alarms page.

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From the Actions drop-down, select Enable Alarms Sound to hear a tone each time an alarm is reported.