Creating Global Custom alarms (legacy system)

You might have used Global Custom alarms for the legacy system to address specific monitoring requirements. Global Custom alarms might have alarm levels that override Default alarms, or they might monitor attributes that do not have a Default alarm.

1. Select Support. Then, in the Alarms (legacy) section of the menu, select Global Alarms.
2. Add a new row to the Global Custom alarms table:
   • To add a new alarm, click Edit (if this is the first entry) or Insert .
     
     
   • To modify a Default alarm, search for the Default alarm.
     1. Under Filter by, select either Attribute Code or Attribute Name.
     2. Type a search string.

        Specify four characters or use wildcards (for example, A??? or AB*). Asterisks (*) represent multiple characters, and question marks (?) represent a single character.

     3. Click the arrow , or press Enter.
     4. In the list of results, click Copy next to the alarm you want to modify.

        The Default alarm is copied to the Global Custom alarms table.

3. Make any necessary changes to the Global Custom alarms settings:

   Heading	Description
   Enabled	Select or unselect the check box to enable or disable the alarm.
   Attribute	Select the name and code of the attribute being monitored from the list of all attributes applicable to the selected service or component. To display information about the attribute, click Info next to the attribute’s name.
   Severity	The icon and text indicating the level of the alarm.
   Message	The reason for the alarm (connection lost, storage space below 10%, and so on).
   Operator	Operators for testing the current attribute value against the Value threshold: = equals > greater than < less than >= greater than or equal to <= less than or equal to ≠ not equal to
   Value	The alarm’s threshold value used to test against the attribute’s actual value using the operator. The entry can be a single number, a range of numbers specified with a colon (1:3), or a comma-delineated list of numbers and ranges.
   Additional Recipients	A supplementary list of email addresses to be notified when the alarm is triggered. This is in addition to the mailing list configured on the Alarms > Email Setup page. Lists are comma delineated. Note: Mailing lists require SMTP server setup in order to operate. Before adding mailing lists, confirm that SMTP is configured. Notifications for Custom alarms can override notifications from Global Custom or Default alarms.
   Actions	Control buttons to: Edit a row Insert a row Delete a row Drag-and-drop a row up or down Copy a row

4. Click Apply Changes.