Medical Archive Solutions User Guide

HPMA User Guide
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HP Medical Archive
System Status Overview
The Network Management System provides useful day-to-day infor-
mation on the status of your grid. When a component of your grid is
not performing within expectations however, the NMS becomes a
critical assessment tool. Alarm indicators draw immediate attention to
grid issues.
The NMS uses color-coding and icons for easy identification of alarm
locations and levels. When you first view the NMS interface, the
System Status icon (in the upper right corner of the page) indicates the
highest alarm level on the system. You can then use the NMS tree or
maps to locate the specific grid problem, assess the cause, and take
quick action toward a resolution.
System Monitoring
A primary role of the NMS is to monitor grid activity and issue alarms
if any attributes reach or exceed user-defined thresholds. When a
tested alarm level evaluates true, that level is set.
There are six levels of alarm for each attribute; each uniquely identi-
fied (by an ID number) and individually configured. As new services
are added to the grid, new alarm attribute IDs are created for it,
ensuring that each alarm is uniquely associated with a specific service
or component attribute and alarm level.
Each monitored attribute of each service and component is tested
against the configured thresholds using the algorithm shown in
Figure 15.
The attribute value is tested against each enabled setting starting from
the most critical and working toward normal. The “Unknown” setting
is the last one tested.