To create a GNE alarm catalog

Purpose

Perform this procedure to create an alarm catalog for use with a GNE profile.

Steps
 
1 

Choose Administration→Generic NE Manager from the NFM-P main menu. The Generic NE Manager form opens.

2 

Click Create and choose Generic NE Alarm Catalogue. The Generic NE Alarm Catalogue (Create) form opens.

3 

Configure the required parameters.

4 

If required, perform Step 3 to Step 12 of To create a transform function for a GNE alarm catalog to create a transform function for the catalog.

5 

Click on the Mappings tab and click Create. The Generic NE Alarm Mapping (Create) form opens.

6 

Configure the required parameters.

7 

Perform one of the following:

  1. Configure the Alarm Name parameter to specify a static alarm name.

  2. Specify a dynamic alarm name:

    1. Enable the Specify Transform Function parameter.

    2. Select a transform function beside the Transform Varbind Function parameter.

    3. Configure the Varbind Position parameter.

8 

Perform one of the following:

  1. Select a probable cause beside the Probable Cause parameter to specify a static probable cause.

  2. Specify a dynamic probable cause:

    1. Enable the Specify Transform Function parameter.

    2. Select a transform function beside the Varbind Transform Function parameter.

    3. Configure the Varbind Position parameter.

9 

Perform one of the following:

  1. Specify a static severity by configuring the Severity parameter.

  2. Specify a dynamic severity:

    Note: When you specify the use of a transform function for the alarm severity, the Mapping Type changes to Raising/Clearing. You cannot create a clearing mapping for this type of mapping; you must use a transform function to clear an alarm when the alarm severity is defined using a transform function.

    1. Enable the Specify Transform Function parameter.

    2. Select a transform function beside the Varbind Transform Function parameter.

    3. Configure the Varbind Position parameter.

10 

Configure the varbind positions for specific objects on a GNE in the Alarmed Object panel:

  • System Address Varbind Position

  • Interface Index Varbind Position

Note: In order to configure the System Address Varbind Position and Interface Index Varbind Position parameters, you must set the Alarm Name parameter to GNE MTIE Alarm.

11 

Click OK and confirm your actions. The form closes.

12 

Repeat Step 5 to Step 11 to create an additional raising alarm mapping, if required.

13 

Perform one of the following:

  1. If you need to create a clearing alarm, continue to Step 14 .

  2. If you do not need to create a clearing alarm, go to Step 20 .

14 

Select a raising alarm mapping and click Create Clearing. The Generic NE Alarm Mapping form opens.

Note: A raising alarm mapping is indicated by the word Raising in the Mapping Type list column.

You can create a clearing alarm mapping only when the corresponding raising alarm is in the same alarm catalog.

You can associate a clearing alarm mapping with only one raising alarm mapping.

You cannot create a clearing mapping for a mapping that uses a transform function to define the alarm severity; you must use a transform function to clear an alarm when the alarm severity is defined using a transform function.

15 

Configure the required parameters:

Note: A static clearing alarm mapping inherits the following values from the associated raising alarm:

  • Alarm Name—must match raising alarm Alarm Name

  • Probable Cause—must match raising alarm Probable Cause

  • FDN Extension—resulting text string must match text string generated by raising alarm mapping

  • Additional Text—resulting text string must match text string generated by raising alarm mapping

See To create a GNE alarm catalog for information about modifying the Alarm Name or Probable Cause value.

The explicit FDN Extension and Additional Text values can differ from the values in the raising mapping, but the generated text strings must match. For example, if the object name is in varbind 2 of the raising trap and in varbind 3 of the clearing trap, the parameter values name different varbinds but the script output is identical.

The alarm severity in a clearing alarm mapping is set to Cleared and cannot be changed.

16 

If required, specify a dynamic alarm name:

  1. Enable the Specify Transform Function parameter.

  2. Select a transform function beside the Varbind Transform Function parameter.

  3. Configure the Varbind Position parameter.

17 

If required, specify a dynamic probable cause:

  1. Enable the Specify Transform Function parameter.

  2. Select a transform function beside the Varbind Transform Function parameter.

  3. Configure the Varbind Position parameter.

18 

Click OK and confirm your actions. The form closes.

19 

Repeat Step 14 to Step 18 to create additional clearing alarm mappings, if required.

20 

Save your changes and close the forms.

End of steps