User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Guide
- Introduction
- Installation
- Start-Up
- Configuration
- Displays
- Statistics
- Device Management
- Dial Function
- Firmware Download
- Reports
- Session
- Platform/Network Performance Monitor
- Hard Disk and System Recommendations
- NMS Windows Conventions
- Record and Device Locks
- Cabling Requirements
- Data Input Sheets
- Glossary
- Index
Configuration
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Procedure
1. Select Config from the Main Menu.
2. Choose System from the Config menu.
3. Choose System Options from the System menu. The System Options input
form appears.
4. Select the check box to the left of one or more of the following fields, then
make your selection in the number range fields:
Collect Alert History: Select the check box if you want NMS to record all
alerts in an alert history file. The alert history can then be displayed or printed
via the Alert History Report. (See
Alert History
in Chapter 10,
Reports
.)
Use the number range field to select the number of days to keep active
history records (Default = 30 days).
Alert Acknowledgement Required: Select the check box if you want NMS
to require you to acknowledge alerts. Otherwise, all alerts are automatically
acknowledged by NMS.
Active Sound Alarm: Select the check box if you want NMS to beep when
an alert comes in. Use the Lowest Priority list box to select the lowest alert
priority level for the alert to sound (Critical, Major, or Minor). The default is
minor. NMS uses the sound assigned to the asterisk in the Windows Sound
application.