Chapter 21System EventsFRM alarm, or event, messages can be displayed locally (see “Displaying Events” onpage 21-3), as well as sent to an async terminal, a serial or parallel printer, anothernode, or any other device capable of interpreting event messages.Events parameters are set in Node Defaults ([A], [A], [C] from the Main Menu). Themessage file ERRMSG.TXT contains the format of events for message construction.ConfigurationTo configure an FRM to collect events from other Cabletron frame relay accessdevices (FRM, SmartSwitch 1800, FRX4000, FRX6000), do the following in NodeDefaults:1. Set Collecting Node to Y. (The default setting is N, so the parameter may have tobe reconfigured.)2. Configure Max Congestion and Line Idle Timer according to the guidelines inChapter 4.3. Specify a Collecting Node ID and Collecting Node Pwd (Password). (Keeping thedefault password is recommended.) These will be used by other nodes to place acall.4. If you want this node to route all events (including its own) to another device(such as a printer), specify a Primary Alarm Output ID and Primary Alarm OutputPwd (Password). (Keeping the default password is recommended.) Note that thepassword serves no function if a printer is specified.5. If you want this node to route all events to a second device as well as that definedin step 3, specify a Secondary Alarm Output ID and Secondary Alarm Output Pwd(Password). (Keeping the default password is recommended.)At each node that will send its events to the collecting node:1. Set Collecting Node to N.2. Specify the Primary Alarm Output ID and Primary Alarm Output Pwd (Password) tomatch the Collecting Node ID and Collecting Node Pwd (Password) of the col-lecting node.3. In the Port record for the physical or logical X.25 port that will be used for inter-node connections, configure Maximum LAPB Window Size to match the sameparameter in the collecting node.
