4.7 Historical Alarms and Event Fields

The following table describes the fields on the View History Alarms and Events page:

Table 4-3 Historical Alarms Fields

Historical Alarms Field Description
Sequence # A system-wide unique number assigned to each alarm/event.
Event ID A unique number assigned to each alarm/event in the system.
Event Text Description of the alarm/event. The description is truncated to 140 characters. If the description is truncated, a link to the alarm report is appended.
Timestamp Date and time the alarm/event occurred (fractional seconds resolution).
Severity Alarm/event severity - Critical, Major, Minor, and Info.
Additional Info

Any additional information about the alarm or event that might help fix the root cause of the alarm or event. Additional Information is truncated to 140 characters.

Note: Additional Info field is not truncated in exports or reports.

Product Name of the product or application that generated the alarm/event.
Process Name of the process that generated the alarm/event.
NE Name of the Network Field where the alarm/event occurred.
Server Name of the server where the alarm/event occurred.
Type Alarm or Event Type, for example, Process, Disk, Platform. See Alarm and Event Types for more information.
Instance Instance of the alarm/event, for example, Link01 or Disk02. The Instance provides additional information to help differentiate two or more alarms/events with the same number. This field may be blank if differentiation is not necessary.