HP Intelligent Management Center v5.2 Branch Intelligent Management System Administrator Guide

Basic query
To query for alarms using Basic Query:
1. On the All Alarms page, change to Basic Query mode by clicking the link on the upper right
corner of the Alarm Query pane.
2. Select the query criteria:
• Level—Query for a specific alarm or severity level. The default alarm level is All Levels.
Select this option from the list.
• CPE Name—Enter a CPE name or IP address in the text box to view alarms that refer to
the specified CPE.
• Recovery Status—Select alarms that have or have not been recovered by an operator or
system. The default Recovery Status is All Status. Options include: All Status, Recovered
and Unrecovered.
• Ack Status—Select alarms that have or have not been acknowledged by an operator.
The default Ack Status is All Status. Options include: All Status, Acknowledged and
Unacknowledged.
• Alarm Time From...To—Query for alarms by time range. Click the Calendar icon to
the right of the From text box to select the start time. Click the Calendar icon to the
right of the To text box to select the end time.
3. Click Query.
Alarms meeting the query criteria appear in the All Alarms list
4. Click Reset to restore the default query criteria and display the alarms meeting the default
query criteria.
Advanced query
To query for alarms using Advanced Query:
1. On the All Alarms page, change to Advanced Query mode by clicking the link on the upper
right corner of the Alarm Query pane.
2. Select the query criteria:
• CPE—Select one or more CPEs for searching all alarms referring to them. You can directly
enter the CPE name or IP address in the text box and then click Add. Or click Select CPE
to open the Query CPE page, and select specific CPEs by searching.
• Level—Select the check boxes of alarm or severity levels.
• Alarm at—Query for alarms by time range. Click the Calendar icon to the right of
Start Time text box to select the start time. Click the Calendar icon to the right of End
Time text box to select the end time.
• Ack Status—From the list, select alarms that have or have not been acknowledged by an
operator. The default Ack Status is All Status. Options include: All Status, Acknowledged
and Unacknowledged.
• Recovery Status—From the list, select alarms that have or have not been recovered by
an operator or system. The default Recovery Status is All Status. Options include: All
Status, Recovered and Unrecovered.
• Description—Enter the description of alarms.
3. Click Query.
Alarms meeting the query criteria appear in the All Alarms list.
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