Alarm and Event Configuration Tasks

The following sections describe the Alarms table and Events table, with their accompanying features. The Events table shows a one to one correspondence with all device traps and generated server events. The Events table maintains the precise history of all events created and recorded. The Alarms table summarizes the Events table by showing the most recent update for the specific categories, failed resources, state and devices in each row.

Manage How Alarms are Displayed

1. Expand the Fault Manager slider and select Alarms.
2. In the alarms pane, select an alarm that you want to view and click View.

   Note:

   Alternatively, you can double-click the alarm.
3. In the Alarm detail dialog box, view the following fields:

   Note:

   The following fields in the Alarm detail dialog box also describe the columns displayed in the alarm table in the alarms pane. The hidden fields described in this table are associated with the alarm table only.

   Annotation	The user-defined note pertaining to this alarm.
   Acknowledged by	The user that acknowledged the alarm.
   Time	The date and time this alarm was generated in hours, minutes, and seconds.
   Modified time	The date and time the alarm was last modified.
   Description	A short description of the alarm.
   Source	The exact descriptive source of the alarm.
   Source IP	The IP address from which this alarm was generated.
   Failed resource	The resource responsible for this alarm.
   Type	The type of trap associated with this alarm as defined in the MIB. For example, TrapRelayMonitor.
   System up time	Length of time the system has been operational in hours, minutes, and seconds.
   Severity	One of the following user-defined severity levels can display for a system alarm: Note: The number indicates the numerical severity level. (0) EMERGENCY—The system is unusable. (1) CRITICAL—The alert indicates that action must be taken immediately. If no actions are taken, there may be physical, permanent, and irreparable damage to your system. The default color code is red. (2) MAJOR—Critical conditions exist. The functionality has been seriously compromised and a loss of functionality, hanging applications, and dropped packets may occur. If no actions are taken, your system suffers no physical harm, but ceases to function. The default color code is salmon. (3) MINOR—Error conditions exist. The functionality has been impaired to a certain degree and you might experience compromised functionality. There is no physical harm to your system, but you need to take actions to keep your system operating properly. The default color code is orange. (4) WARNING—Warning conditions exist. Some irregularities in performance. These conditions are noteworthy and you should take actions to keep your system operating properly. The default color code is light yellow. (5) NOTICE—Normal, but a significant condition exists. The default color is lime green. (6) INFO—Informational messages are appearing. The default color code is yellow-green. (7) TRACE—Trace messages appear. The default color is lime green. (8) DEBUG—Debugging messages appear. The default color is lime green. (9) DETAIL—Detailed messages appear. The default color is lime green.
   Trap Name	(Hidden) The exact name of the trap associated with this alarm. For example, apNNCTrapRelayAliveNotification.
   Source Group ID	(Hidden) The identity of the source group associated with this alarm.
   Network function	(Hidden)The network function associated with this alarm.
   Object ID	(Hidden) The object identifier (OID) associated with this alarm.

Manage How Events are Displayed

1. Expand the Fault Manager slider and select Events.
2. Glide your mouse over a column and click the drop-down list that appears next to any column heading.
3. In the events pane, select an event that you want to view and click View.

   Note:

   Alternatively, you can double-click the event.
4. In the Event detail dialog box, view the following fields:

   Note:

   The following fields in the Event detail dialog box also describe the columns displayed in the events table in the events pane. The hidden fields described in this table are associated with the events table only.

   Time (created)	The date and time this event was generated in hours, minutes, and seconds.
   Source	The exact descriptive source of the event.
   Source IP	The IP address from which this event was generated.
   Severity	One of the following user-defined severity levels can display for a system event: Note: The number indicates the numerical severity level. (0) EMERGENCY—The system is unusable. (1) CRITICAL—The alert indicates that action must be taken immediately. If no actions are taken, there may be physical, permanent, and irreparable damage to your system. The default color code is red. (2) MAJOR—Critical conditions exist. The functionality has been seriously compromised and a loss of functionality, hanging applications, and dropped packets may occur. If no actions are taken, your system suffers no physical harm, but ceases to function. The default color code is salmon. (3) MINOR—Error conditions exist. The functionality has been impaired to a certain degree and you might experience compromised functionality. There is no physical harm to your system, but you need to take actions to keep your system operating properly. The default color code is orange. (4) WARNING—Warning conditions exist. Some irregularities in performance. These conditions are noteworthy and you should take actions to keep your system operating properly. The default color code is light yellow. (5) NOTICE—Normal, but a significant condition exists. The default color is lime green. (6) INFO—Informational messages are appearing. The default color code is yellow-green. (7) TRACE—Trace messages appear. The default color is lime green. (8) DEBUG—Debugging messages appear. The default color is lime green. (9) DETAIL—Detailed messages appear. The default color is lime green.
   Type	The type of trap associated with this event. For example, TrapRelayMonitor.
   Failed resource	The resource responsible for this event.
   Description	A short description of the event.
   Default Severity	The system-defined severity level for this event.
   Trap Category	The category to which the event belongs. For example, NNC.
   System up time	Length of time the system has been operational in hours, minutes, and seconds.
   Trap Name	(Hidden) The exact name of the trap associated with this event. For example, apNNCTrapRelayAliveNotification.
   Source Group ID	(Hidden) The identity of the source group associated with this event.
   Network function	(Hidden)The network function associated with this event.
   Object ID	(Hidden) The object identifier (OID) associated with this event.

Navigate Multiple Fault Manager Pages

1. Expand the Fault Manager slider and choose from the following options:
   • Events
   • Alarms
2. At the top right area of the Events or Alarms pane, click the navigation icons to display the desired first page, previous page, next page, and the last page, and the number of rows to display on each page.
   

Manage the Page View for Events and Alarms

1. Expand the Fault Manager slider and select from the following options:
   • Events
   • Alarms
2. In the alarms or events pane, you can select from the following actions:

   Refresh button	Click to refresh the data in the table.
   Show all button	Click to show all current alarms or events.

Search for Alarms or Events by Specifying a Criteria

You can search for events and alarms by specifying one, some, or all of the search selection criteria. For example, you can select alarms for a specific IP address during a specified date-time range.

1. Expand the Fault Manager slider and select from the following options:
   • Events
   • Alarms
2. In the alarms or events pane, click Search.
3. In the Filter search dialog box, complete the following fields:

   Date from field	Click the calendar icon and select the month, year, and day and click Today. Note: The chosen date to filter event data begins at 12:00 AM (midnight) on the specified date.
   Date to field	Click the calendar icon and select the month, year, and day and click Today. Note: The date you select ends at 11:59:59 PM.
   Source field	The source name for this device.
   Source IP field	The IP address for this source device.
   Trap name drop-down list	Select the trap name (applies to events only).
   Type drop-down list	Select the alarm type.
   Severity drop-down list	Select the severity level for this alarm.

Change the Number of Alarms or Events in a Table

1. Expand the Fault Manager slider and select from the following options:
   • Events
   • Alarms
2. At the top of the events or alarms pane, click the Size drop-down list.

   Note:

   By default, 50 table items are displayed.
3. Click the appropriate value.

Save Alarms or Event Data to a File

You can save event or alarm data in the content area to a comma-separated values (CSV) file that stores table data (numbers and text) in plain-text form.

1. Expand the Fault Manager slider and select from the following options:
   • Events
   • Alarms
2. In the events or alarms pane, click Save to file.
3. In the save dialog box, select either to open the file or save the file.

   Note:

   If you save the file, the file is saved to your browser's default download location.
4. Click OK.

Delete Alarms or Events

The appropriate administrator privileges must be assigned to delete alarms or events.

Note:

Deleting an alarm in Oracle Communications Session Delivery Manager has no affect on the node because the node is unaware that Oracle Communications Session Delivery Manager displayed the alarm or deleted it from the alarms table.

1. Expand the Fault Manager slider and select from the following options:
   • Events
   • Alarms
2. In the alarms or events table, click the alarm or event that you want to remove and click Delete.
3. In the Delete dialog box, click Yes to confirm the deletion of the alarm or event.

Specify a Criteria to Delete Alarms and Events

The appropriate administrator privileges must be assigned to delete alarms or events.

Use this task to specify one or more criterion for deleting alarms or events from Oracle Communications Session Delivery Manager.

1. Expand the Fault Manager slider and select from the following options:
   • Events
   • Alarms
2. In the events or alarms pane, click Delete by criteria.
3. In the Delete event dialog box, complete the following fields:

   Note:

   When there is a high number of faults that are being sent from devices, a purge interval of 2 days for events and 7 days for alarms is suggested.

   Please specify the delete choice field	Click to select either Delete all or Delete by criteria.
   Date from field	Click the calendar icon and select the month, year, and day and click Today. Note: The chosen date to filter event data begins at 12:00 AM (midnight) on the specified date.
   Date to field	Click the calendar icon and select the month, year, and day and click Today. Note: The date you select ends at 11:59:59 PM.
   Device field	The source name for this device.
   Source IP field	The IP address for this source device.
   Trap name drop-down list	Select the trap name.
   Type drop-down list	Select the alarm type.
   Severity drop-down list	Select the severity level for this alarm or event.

4. Click OK.

Configure When Event and Alarm Data is Deleted

1. On the main menu, click Settings, Faults, Fault configuration.
2. In the Fault configuration dialog box, complete the following fields:

   *Clear events older than (days) field	The number of days events are retained in the database before the events are cleared. The default value is seven days. Zero indicates no event data is cleared
   *Clear alarms older than (days) field	The number of days alarms are retained in the database before the alarms are cleared. The default value is 14 days. Zero indicates no alarm data is cleared.
   *Duplicate trap filter interval (minutes) field	The number of minutes for when duplicate traps are rejected for events and alarms.

3. Click OK.
4. In the success dialog box, click OK.