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Up to 32 trap targets can be configured on the SBC.
The SBC, like other Ribbon devices, uses SNMP traps to notify management applications of events. SNMP traps are the messages that notify a management client that an event has occurred on the SBC node. These traps are not displayed in EMA and can be viewed from Insight EMS or other SNMP manager configured as a trap target. In case of error scenario, a trap is initiated at the device and forwarded to the EMS or to the other SNMP manager for processing.
Traps are faults/events that SNMP devices report. All SNMP traps are not alarms, but, all alarms are SNMP traps. However, SIP call failure is a trap and not an alarm.
SNMP Traps tagged as alarms are displayed through CLI. However, it is generated only when the parameter trapTarget
is configured.
To view the the related alarms, execute the command:
show table alarms currentStatus
To view trap configuration details, refer
A trap is considered an alarm when there is a condition that needs attention by the operator. Some alarms are cleared by themselves, such as a port up/down alarm. Other alarms require manual intervention to clear.
Alarms provide alerts/warnings of abnormal activity such as a software failures, system faults, exceptions, hardware issues, and so on. Alarms are primarily viewed using the CLI and EMA interfaces. But some major and critical alarms also have LED indicators on the SBC.
SBC displays alarms according to the following categories:
The Current Alarms screen displays the alarms that are not cleared. Current alarms are viewed using EMA and CLI.
To display the Current alarms using CLI, execute the following command:
% show table alarms currentStatus
The results display similar to the figure Current alarms (displayed in CLI mode):
To display the Current alarms using EMA,
On the SBC Main Screen, navigate to Monitoring > Dashboard > Alarms > Current Alarms
History Alarms provides historical information about the alarms which occurred on the system, such as the time when the alarms were added/updated/modified/cleared. Historical alarm details are displayed using CLI or from the EMA Dashboard.
For example, to display the list of alarms which occurred on the SBC, execute the following command from CLI:
> show table alarms historyStatus
The output is displayed similar to the figure below:
To view the Cleared Alarms in Sonus EMA, from the EMA menu navigate to Monitoring > Dashboard > Alarms > Cleared Alarms.
For additional details with viewing alarms and configuring SBC for alarms, refer: