HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x Fabric Watch Administrator Guide (AA-RVJ0B-TE, September 2005)

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Step 3: Configure alarms
Alarms act as a signal or alert that notifies you when a threshold has been crossed. You can configure the
following types of notification settings for Fabric Watch:
• Triggered
A triggered behavior type signals you once, after a threshold has been crossed. Triggered is the default
behavior type signal for all class areas.
• Continuous
A continuous behavior type signals you continuously after a threshold has been crossed.
To set an alarm, choose the type of event about which you want to receive notifications:
• Changed
Triggers an alarm every time the value of what you are monitoring is changed.
• Below
Triggers an alarm every time the value of what you are monitoring goes below the low boundary.
• Above
Triggers an alarm every time the value of what you are monitoring goes above the high boundary.
• In-Between
Triggers an alarm every time the value of what you are monitoring goes in between your low and high
threshold boundary.
How to calculate values for alarms
The following sections show how to change the above alarm for the RXPerformance class. Here, a value of
19 is specified. The value is the sum of the alarm matrix values: in this case EmailAlert-16, SnmpTrap-2,
and Errlog-1 (16+2+1=19).
To calculate the values to specify in your alarms:
1. Add the numbers beside each state (for the states you want to include). The values for the states are:
•Errlog - 1
•SnmpTrap - 2
• PortLogLock - 4
•RapiTrap - 8
• EmailAlert -16