Cabletron Systems 7C04-R User Manual

Basic Alarm Configuration

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Viewing Alarm Status

The available alarm variables are:

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 (ifInOctets) — tracks the number of octets of data received by the 

selected interface. Note that this value has been converted for you from octets 
(or bytes) to kilobytes (or units of 1000 bytes); be sure to enter your thresholds 
accordingly. For example, to set a rising threshold of 5000 octets, enter a 
threshold value of 5; to set a falling threshold of 1000 octets, enter a threshold 
value of 1.

•

 (ifInErrors) — tracks the number of error packets received by the 

selected interface.

•

(ifInNUcast) — tracks the number of non-unicast — that 

is, broadcast or multicast — packets received by the selected interface.

Provides a sequential indexing of the interfaces installed in your 7C0x 
SmartSwitch chassis. Available interfaces are indexed from left to right in the hub, 
and follow physical port indexing on each individual module. (Note that some 
Ethernet modules index ports from bottom to top, rather than top to bottom; the 
Port # displayed here will reflect that indexing scheme.)

Displays the interface number assigned to each available interface. Interface 
indexing follows an XXXXYY scheme, where X = slot index times 10,000, and 
Y = port index. For example, an interface index of 30017 would be assigned to 
port 17 on the module installed in slot 3 of the chassis.

Displays each interface’s type: FDDI, Ethernet, or ATM. Note that there is no type 
distinction between standard Ethernet and Fast Ethernet.

Displays the current status of the selected alarm type for each interface: Enabled 
or Disabled. Remember, this status refers only to the alarm type which is selected 
at the top of the window; each of the other two alarm types can have different 
states.

Indicates whether or not each alarm has been configured to create a silent log of 
event occurrences and the alarms that triggered them: Yes if it has, No if it hasn’t.