User`s guide

Configuration
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July 1999
5. Select a value in the following three fields for each alert:
Alert Priority: Describes the severity level of the alert. Select either Critical,
Major, or Minor.
Duration Filter (secs): Select a number between 0 and 300 seconds to
define the amount of time NMS waits to report the alert. Refer to
Range Field
in Appendix A, NMS Windows Conventions, for details on using this field.
Exclude Alert: Select either:
— No to include the alert type in the list of alerts reported by NMS, or
— Yes to ignore the alert.
Refer to the Glossary for specific alert definitions.
6. Choose Save or one of the other commands from the Action menu (see
Table 4-3).
Table 4-3. Action Commands (Alerts)
Action Commands
Functions Procedures
Save Stores the alert controls to the
network database.
1. Complete the input form.
2. Choose Save.
Reset Restores the display of alert
controls to the values currently
stored in the database for that
model.
1. Select a device or device
model on the input form.
2. Choose Reset.
Default Restores the display of alert
controls to the original values
of the device model without
affecting the database.
1. Select a device or device
model on the input form.
2. Choose Default.
Print Prints the alert controls
information currently stored in
the database.
1. Select a device or device
model on the input form.
2. Choose Print.