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 clears 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.