3.1 Exporting Alarms

Perform the following steps on Primary NOAM VIP to export alarms at the Primary Active NOAM.
  1. Launch an HTML5 compliant browser and connect to the XMI Virtual IP address (VIP) assigned to Primary Active NOAM site.

    If a Certificate Error is received, click on Continue to this website (not recommended) link.

    Figure 3-1 Certificate Error


    Certificate Error

    The login screen appears.

  2. Log in to the GUI using a User account with Administrator privileges.

    Figure 3-2 Login Screen


    Login Screen

    The Product Main Menu appears.

  3. Verify that the message shown at the bottom of the panel indicates that the browser is using the “VIP” to connect to the ACTIVE NETWORK OAM&P.

    Figure 3-3 Main Menu


    Main Menu

  4. Navigate to Main Menu, then Alarm & Events, and then to View Active.
    Active Menu

  5. Select the Export dialogue button from the bottom left corner of the screen.
    Export

  6. Click Ok displayed at the bottom of the screen.
    Export

    The name of the exported Alarms CSV file appears in the banner under Tasks at the top of the right panel.


    View Active

    Note:

    Depending on the product version, the user may have to click Tasks in the banner in order to see the output dialogue box.
  7. Record the filename of Alarms CSV file generated in the space provided on the right.

    Example: Alarms_<yyyymmdd> - <hhmmss> - <TimeZone>_<Task_ID>.csv.gz

    Note:

    Depending on the product version, the file suffix may vary (csv, csv.gz, so on).
  8. Click Report at the bottom of the screen.
    Report

    An Alarms & Events Report is generated in the right panel displaying all the Active alarms.


    View Active Report

  9. Click Save.
    Save

    Depending on the web browser, a Save.


    Saving Report

  10. If the pop-up box appears, click Save or Save File.
    Saving Report

  11. Select a directory on the local disk drive to store the Active Alarms & Events Report file and click Save.

Note:

This procedure has been completed. Return to Figure 2-1.