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The Cleared Alarms status displays all the alarms which are cleared window lists alarms across all managed objects which have been cleared.

To View Cleared Alarms

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 main screen, go to Monitoring > Dashboard > Alarms > Cleared Alarms. or 
Troubleshooting > Troubleshooting Tools > Alarms > Cleared Alarms

The Cleared Alarms window is displayed.

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The Cleared Alarm Status screen window displays the following fields:

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Parameter

Description

Severity

Status

Specifies the status of the alarm. This field displays only the Cleared alarms in the

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On this window, only Cleared alarms appear.

Comments

Specifies comments on the alarm. Comment can be specific any comments that were added to the alarm instance.

Time

The timestamp of when the alarm was cleared.

Description

A short, system-generated description of the event message. This is system generated message.

By default, the Cleared Alarms screen displays only five cleared alarms status. You can select the number of alarms you want to view in the Show entries drop-down list.

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Filters

You can now filter the alarms to view only a subset of the required cleared alarms. All the filter options are right Filter options appear above their respective columns. Here are the filter options: 

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  • Severity Filter: Severity filter displays Displays only the alarms with the selected severity. The severity options, Select All, Urgent, Major, Minor, and Info are provided in a or Info in the drop-down boxlist. By default, the filter option is set to All.
  • Status Filter: Status filter displays Displays only the alarms with the selected status type of Status. The Status options, All, and Cleared are provided in a drop-down box. In the Cleared Alarm ListAll and Cleared are equivalent. By default, the filter option is set to All.
  • Comments Filter: Comments filter displays alarms with any specific comment (if any). You should be aware of the alarm comment for which you are performing the filter.
  • Time/Date Range Filter: Time/Date Range filter displays Displays all the alarms within the a specified time or date duration. A calender with time is provided as an option for you to select the duration and time for which you want to perform the filter functionalityClick the calendar icon and select the date/time range for the alarms.

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  • Alarm Description Filter: Alarms Description filter displays Enter a text string above the Description column to list only those specific alarms which matches the description text entered in the filter. You should be aware of the text that would exist as a part of the alarm description to fetch the correct results. This is system generated message.

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To Edit Cleared Alarm

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  • alarms with descriptions that include the text string. The Description column includes system-generated messages.

After specifying a filter, you can refresh the list using the refresh icon below the filter options.

To Add a Comment to a Cleared Alarm

To add a comment to a cleared alarm so that it appears in the alarm summary:

  1. Click the radio button next to the

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  1. alarm entry. The Edit Alarm window

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  1. opens. 

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The following fields are displayed:

  • Additional Info: This field displays any additional information about the alarm if available.
  • Reported: Specifies the node from which the alarm is triggered.
  • Type: This field specifies the type of alarm (Urgent, Major, Minor, and Info).
  • Comments: If there are any additional comments for this alarm, you can add them here. This is the only field which is editable.

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  1. Edit Alarm

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  2. Enter your comment in Comments and click Save.

Enable Live Feed

Enabling Live Feed will update cause the alarms list to periodically update automatically. The Alarms table gets updated periodically. If there are any new alarms when Live Feed is enabled, the alarm gets is listed in the table. If it is disabled, you have to refresh the table manually.

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