4.2 Alarms Formatting Information
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 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