Avaya 3.7 User Manual

You can select to either ignore the alarm or take action on the alarm. If “Take Action on Alarm” is 
checked, the User Defined Action Upon Alarm is executed.

User Defined Action Upon Alarm. - Enter the name of the application to be launched when 
any alarm is generated. The action can be any executable file (for example, an application that 
pages the system administrator).

The Report wizard is used to generate summaries of configuration details and a variety of 
reports about the VPN, its components, and how they are performing. This is especially useful 
in the configuration debugging process, and as an audit trail to document the overall VPN 
configuration. (For accounting, see SYSLOG).

SKIP Algorithm 
Mismatch

Indicates that a packet for which one of the 
three algorithms (compression, encryption, or 
authentication) used to secure it did not match 
the VPN configuration within the security 
gateway where it was received. This alarm 
could result from a cryptographic attack. 

Invalid Packet 
Signature

Indicates a packet that failed authentication was 
received. May indicate that the packet’s source 
is using invalid encryption keys. This alarm 
could result from a cryptographic attack. 

Packet Parse 
Error

Indicates the receipt of a packet that could not 
be properly decrypted. Usually due to an 
incorrect IP packer header.

Improper 
Encryption 
Encapsulation

Indicates a packet that could not be properly 
decrypted was received. This alarm could result 
from a cryptographic attack. 

Unable to 
Reach device

Indicates no response was received from a 
security gateway to a VPNmanager polling 
request for management data.