Alarm management overview

Overview

The NFM-P converts SNMP traps from NEs and NFM-P events to alarms that are associated with the managed equipment, configured services and policies. The NSP alarm management system provides the following:

• conversion of SNMP traps from NEs to alarms using the X.733 standard

• correlation of alarms with equipment- and service-affecting faults

• updates to the managed-object operational status in near-real-time

• the ability to log the actions performed to resolve a related fault by adding notes to the alarm

• alarm history for performing trend analysis

Viewing and managing alarms is performed using the NSP alarm management. Using the NSP alarm management, you can display and filter alarms, explore root causes, and manage, dismiss, or escalate alarms, among other functions. For more information about using the NSP alarm management, see the NSP Network and Service Assurance Guide.