How do I view current alarms?

Current alarm lists

The current alarm list displays all active alarms in the network, or for specific NEs. The global current alarm list is kept updated in real-time.

What can I do in the alarm lists?

Perform the following operations to manage the order and content of your alarm list:

• Filter by severity. Click on an alarm severity level icon in the Severity filter selector to display only alarms of that particular severity level. Click on the Clear Filter button to clear filters.

• Filter the Current Alarm List to show or exclude root cause alarms. Click on the Filter button and select Root Causes. A chip filter appears at the top of the list. Choose an option from the drop-down list to configure the filter. Select True to show only root cause alarms, False to exclude root cause alarms, or Unknown to show alarms where the root cause status is being determined. Click on the close button to clear the Root Causes filter.

• Configure an advanced filter for the Current Alarm List. Click on the Filter button and select Advanced Filter. In the Advanced Filter form, specify a name and configure one or more filter criteria. Enable the Public option to make the filter available to other users, and accessible for alarm e-mail policies. Save the filter and click on the Apply button to apply it immediately. A chip filter appears at the top of the list. Click on the Close button to remove the filter.

• Filter the alarm list under a specific column using a quick filter. Click on the Filter button in a column header. Choose an operator and enter a value in the search field and press Enter, or use the date picker or drop-down list (where available) and press Enter. Click on the Filter button and click Reset to clear the filter.

• Pause real-time updates. Click on the Live Data toggle in the lower left of the Current Alarms view to pause the real-time updating of alarms. While updates are paused, the time elapsed since the last update is displayed in the banner next to the Pause toggle.

• Refresh the alarm list manually. Click the Refresh button.

Selecting multiple alarms

You can select up to 100 alarms from the alarm list, from among currently displayed alarms. You can select alarms in batches, but cannot make a selection that includes alarms that have not been loaded into the NSP alarm list (for example, by starting a selection, then scrolling past the currently loaded alarms). Selecting large numbers of alarms from a long list is not recommended; see How do I create an advanced alarms filter? for information about filtering alarms.

Note: If a selected alarm is deleted during the selection process, the deleted alarm is not included in the action performed on the other selected alarms.

What can I do with the Watched Filters list?

The Watched Filters list is a part of Current Alarms, and shows a summary of up to ten saved filters. You can add or remove saved filters from the list, and click on a filter in the list to display that filter in the Alarm List panel. Perform the following operations to manage filters displayed in the list:

• Display the Watched Filters list. Click the Watched Filters button in the details panel to open the Watched Filters list.

• Add a saved filter to the list. Click Add and select one or more filters from the displayed list, then click Add.

• Remove a saved filter from the list. Hover over a filter in the list, and click on the Delete button.

• Edit a saved filter. Select a filter in the list, and click on the Edit button. The Advanced Filter window appears, with the selected filter displayed.

• Move a saved filter in the list. Click and drag a filter row, and move it to a new location in the list.

• Apply a saved filter to the alarm list. Click on a filter in the list. The selected filter is applied to the alarm list.

• Stop applying a saved filter to the alarm list. Click on the Clear Selection button. The alarm list is returned to an unfiltered state.

• Choose which columns appear in the list. Click More > Columns and select the columns to display in the Watched Filters list.

What can I do with the alarm squelch page?

The squelch settings page shows you the squelch status of all ports or NEs monitored by NSP. You can squelch an object or a to discard all new alarms on the squelched object, and service endpoints associated with a squelched port.

Alarms that are squelched in the NSP are not squelched at their originating data source (for example NFM-P or WS-NOC) and continue to appear in their respective clients. Squelched alarms are dropped when received by the NSP, and do not appear in current alarm lists or as historical events.

Note: Squelching is not supported in WS-NOC standalone deployments. Squelching resource groups is not supported in NFM-P standalone deployments. Squelched alarms received from the NFM-P are not displayed in the Current alarm list, but are displayed in the Merged and Historical alarm lists.

Note: You can individually squelch up to 1000 NEs and 1000 ports. You can use resource groups to squelch up to 250,000 objects (both ports and NEs combined).

Manage squelched objects using the following tasks:

• View squelch status of ports. In the Network Map and Health, Current Alarms view, click on the More, Settings button and select Alarm Squelch in the left panel.

• View squelch status of NEs. In the Alarm Squelch page, click on the NE tab.

• View squelch status of a resource group. In the Alarm Squelch page, click on the Resource Group tab.

• Filter objects in the list. Use the filters at the top of each column to filter the list of displayed objects.

• Squelch alarms. Select an object in the list and click on the Squelch button. To squelch multiple objects, select up to 80 objects in the list and click on Squelch Selected in the banner that appears.

• Unsquelch alarms. Select an entry in the list and click on the Unsquelch button. To unsquelch multiple objects, select up to 80 objects in the list and click on Unsquelch Selected in the banner that appears.

Alarm squelching behavior

NSP discards alarms on squelched objects based on the Affected Object and Site ID parameters of the alarm. Squelching an NE discards alarms with a Site ID that matches the squelched NE. Squelching a port discards alarms with an Affected Object parameter that matches the squelched port. Squelching a port also discards alarms for service endpoints associated with the port.

Resource groups

The Resource Group panel on the Alarm Squelch page displays existing network supervision, network element, and equipment resource groups. For more information about using group directories and resource groups, see the NSP System Administrator Guide.