User`s guide

Configuration
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Configuring Alert Controls for a Device
Alert Controls – Device commands allow you to change or print configuration
data used to specify alert reporting parameters. Any device that does not have a
specific alert control configuration uses the alert controls for the device model.
 Procedure
1. Select Config from the Main Menu.
2. Choose Alerts and Events from the Config menu.
3. Choose Alert Controls – Device from the Alerts and Events menu. A window
displays with a Device Name button.
4. Choose Device Name.
5. Select a device from a displayed device selection list or by using the
Selection Browser. Refer to
Device Selection in Appendix A, NMS Windows
Conventions , for additional information on using the Selection Browser.
The Alert Controls – Device Configuration input form appears.
6. 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 an alert exists before NMS reports it. Refer to
Range Field of 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.
7. Choose Save or one of the other commands from the Action menu (see
Table 4-3).