Configuring alarm processing
Configure
the Adapter
to specify mapping of Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS alarms to
Global Manager
notifications.
These alarms are received over the JMS interface. Mapping is done
in the ASA-Alarm.conf
file, which contains default behavior
specifications and examples of how to change default behavior for
specific alarms.At a minimum, specify
values for SEVERITY, DEDUP, EXPIRATION, and NOTARGET times. In addition,
if you wish to override the default values for specific alarms, discard
an alarm, or have additional text added to the notification, specify
those preferences in this file.
Many customers
use this mapping to filter out
JMS alarms that report conditions that are also detected by
VMware Smart Assurance
software.
To facilitate this, the default configuration file has some annotated
suggestions for filtering out such alarms.Reloading
alarm configuration files on page 49 describes how to reload
modified alarm files without restarting the Adapter.
Alarm processing parameters describes the configurable
parameters for this file.
Parameter | Description | Context specifier | Allowed values |
|---|---|---|---|
SEVERITY | If the Alcatel-Lucent
5620 SAM EMS does not provide a value for SEVERITY for an alarm, the
Adapter assigns this default value. | [DEFAULT | alarm-xx-xx-xx] | Integer from 1-8.
Default is 7. |
MOMENTARY | Alarms are DURABLE by default; the conf
file defines certain alarms as MOMENTARY. To change an alarm from
DURABLE to MOMENTARY, you can add the alarm to the list. | [DEFAULT | alarm-xx-xx-xx] | The describes these values in more detail. |
EXPIRATION | Value in seconds
before an alarm expires. By default, alarms do not expire. To enable
alarm expiration, you can add an alarm to the list and include a value
other than zero. | [DEFAULT | alarm-xx-xx-xx] | Default
is 0 |
DEDUP | If the value is
set to ON, the Adapter suppresses repeated notifications. | [DEFAULT | alarm-xx-xx-xx] | ON OFF |
NOTARGET | For notifications
not modeled by the Adapter, the expiration time is set to this value. | Not applicable | Integer seconds
until expiration. Default is 0 |
INACTIVE | The specified alarm is
discarded so it is not passed
to the Adapter Platform. Most alarms are ACTIVE; the conf file
lists the exceptions, which are INACTIVE. | [alarm-xx-xx-xx] | |
COMMENT | Text
string to be added to the notification. | [alarm-xx-xx-xx] | Text of comment |