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Alarms and Traps
Setting Alarms
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Example 3 The following example configures an alarm on CRC/alignment error
packets. The alarm triggers when the data source detects a high level of
these error packets on the network, and rearms when the level drops
back to a more normal level.
Historical Statistics graphs indicate that the typical rate of CRC error
packets on this particular network segment is below 1 per second. Rarely
does the rate exceed 4 per second.
Lately, however, you’ve been seeing evidence of brief spikes of CRC
errors. To narrow down the problem, you configure an alarm on a Lan-
Probe to start a packet capture when the error rate reaches 4 per second,
then stop capture when the rate drops back to 1 per second.
In addition, you’ll configure a trap to notify you when the alarm triggers
and rearms. You’ve already defined a trap destination group, called
“admin,” that includes your OpenView NNM management station.
You’ve also created a script, TrapEmail.sh, that sends you electronic
mail with the particulars of the alarm event.
To configure this alarm with packet capture, follow these steps:
1 Use Protocol Analyzer to configure a packet capture instance called
“CRC errors/alarm” on the LanProbe. Define a filter that captures
CRC/alignment error packets (status(crc) in the filter expression
window).
2 To make the packet capture instance available to the Alarms applica-
tion (without actually starting the instance), arm the instance in the
Protocol Analyzer by choosing InstanceArm.
3 Open the Alarms application for the LanProbe, and configure the
basics of a new alarm: description, monitored object of CRC/Alignment
Errors, and threshold of 4 units per second for 5 seconds. Set the trap
destination group to admin, which was defined earlier.
4 Push the Options… button to display the advanced alarm parameters.
Set the rising and falling thresholds at 4 and 1, respectively.
5 Configure the other advanced options as appropriate.
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