Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches5-14Alarm LimitsAlarm LimitsUsing the Alarm Limits windows, you can configure alarm limits for the EthernetMicroLAN Switch at the repeater, board, and port levels; these alarms will notifyyou – via traps sent to SPECTRUM Element Manager’s alarm logging facility –that your system has experienced a certain percentage of collisions or errors, or acertain number of specific packet types, within a user-defined time interval. Youcan also use the board- and port-level Alarms windows to disable a board or portin response to an alarm condition.Accessing the Alarm Limits WindowsTo open the repeater-level Alarm Limits window from the Chassis View:1. Click on Repeater on the Chassis View menu bar; a menu listing the availablerepeater channels will appear.2. Select the appropriate repeater channel (A - H) to reveal the Repeater menu.3. Click on Alarm Limits. The Repeater Alarm Limits window, Figure 5-6, willappear.NOTEIn order for your device to issue any traps – and in order for your managementworkstation to receive those traps – your Ethernet MicroLAN Switch’s trap table musthave been properly configured via Local Management; see the Ethernet MicroLAN Switchhardware manual for more information.TIPAlthough you can access the Alarm Limits window at both the repeater and board levels,note that setting alarms at those two levels will have the same effect, as each EthernetMicroLAN Switch “board” is equivalent to a repeater channel.
