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Chapter 9 - Using Ethernet And RMON Statistics 
Alarm Generation And Hysteresis 
The ability to configure upper and lower thresholds on the value of a measured 
statistic provide for the ability to add hysteresis to the alarm generation process. 
If the value of the measured statistic over time is compared to a single threshold, 
alarms will be generated each time the statistic crosses the threshold.  If the 
statistic’s value fluctuates around the threshold, an alarm can generated every 
measurement period.  Programming different upper and lower thresholds eliminate 
spurious alarms.  The statistic value must “travel” between the thresholds before 
alarms can be generated. 
The following figure illustrates the very different patterns of alarm generation 
resulting from a statistic sample and the same sample with hysteresis applied. 
Statistic Value
Time
Upper Threshold
Upper = Lower
Threshold
Lower Threshold
Alarms
Rising
Rising
Falling
Rising
Rising
Falling
Rising
 Falling
Falling
 
 
Figure 58: Applying Hysteresis to Alarm Generation 
Delta vs. Absolute Values 
There are two methods to evaluate a statistic in order to determine when to 
generate an event; these are the delta and absolute methods. 
For most statistics (such as line errors) it is appropriate to alarm when a rate is 
exceeded.  The alarm record defaults to the “delta” measurement method, which 
examines changes in a statistic at the end of each measurement period.  
It may be desirable to alarm when the total, or absolute, number of events crosses a 
threshold.  In this case, set the measurement period type to “absolute”.
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