Event tab
Items in the Events tab specify whether a trap, a log, or a trap and a log is generated to view alarm activity.
To view a table of events:
- From the Device Manager menu bar, choose Rmon > Alarms.
| The RmonAlarms dialog box opens with the Alarm tab displayed. |
- Click the Event tab.
The table below describes the items in the Event tab.
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Index
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An index that uniquely identifies an entry in the event table. Each entry defines one event set for generation when the appropriate conditions occur.
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Description
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Specifies whether the event is a rising or falling event.
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Type
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The type of notification that the Device Manager provides about this event. In the case of log, an entry is made in the log table for each event. In the case of trap, an SNMP trap is sent to one or more management stations. Possible notifications follow:
- none
- log
- trap
- log-and-trap
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Community
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The SNMP community string acts as a password. Only those management applications with this community string can view the alarms.
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LastTimeSent
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The value of sysUpTime at the time this event entry last generated an event. If this entry has not generated any events, this value is zero.
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Owner
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If traps are specified to be sent to the owner, then this item is the name of the machine that receives alarm traps.
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