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

• Alarm Description—Enter a string to describe this alarm definition. This must match some
or all of the content in the Syslog event description field for this definition to generate an
alarm in BIMS.
• Syslog Descriptor—Enter a Syslog descriptor to define this alarm. This is a key word to
identify a Syslog message.
• Syslog Description—Enter a Syslog description to define this alarm. This is the details of
a Syslog message.
• Alarm Cause—Enter the cause of an alarm.
• Remediation Suggestion—Enter the method that can be used to fix the alarm.
• Maintenance Experience—Enter the maintenance experience to facilitate troubleshooting.
6. Click OK to confirm the configuration and save the alarm definition.
Deleting alarm definitions
System predefined alarm definition cannot be deleted. However, an alarm definition defined by
an operator can be deleted.
To delete an alarm definition:
1. Click Alarm > CPE Alarm > Alarm Definition.
2. On the Alarm Definition page, click the Delete icon in the alarm definition entry that you
want to delete.
3. Click OK.
NOTE: The Delete icon appears after at least one vendor-defined alarm definition has been
added.
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