This section of the document provides information to help
you understand why an alarm occurred and to provide a recovery procedure to
help correct the condition that caused the alarm.
The information provided about each alarm includes:
- Alarm Type: the type of alarm that has occurred. For a
list of alarm types, see
Alarm and Event Types.
- Description: describes the reason for the alarm
- Severity: the severity of the alarm
- Instance: the instance of a managed object for which an
alarm or event is generated.
Note:
The value in the Instance field can vary, depending
on the process generating the alarm.
- HA Score: high availability score; determines if
switchover is necessary
- Auto Clear Seconds: the number of seconds that have to
pass before the alarm will clear itself.
Note:
Some alarms and events have an Auto Clear Seconds
of 0 (zero), indicating that these alarms and events do not auto-clear
- OID: alarm identifier that appears in SNMP traps
- Recovery: provides any necessary steps for correcting
or preventing the alarm
