Command Manual – System Management 
Quidway S8500 Series Routing Switches  Chapter 6  RMON Configuration Commands
 
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The system takes these actions on the defined alarm entries:  
z  Sampling the defined alarm variables at a specified time interval.  
z  Comparing the sample values against the predefined threshold and take further 
actions (see 
Table 6-6). 
Table 6-6 Handling alarm entries 
Item  Handling 
The sample value is greater than the 
upper limit threshold-value1. 
Triggers the defined event event-entry1
The sample value is less than the lower 
limit threshold-value2.  
Triggers the defined event event-entry2
 
Example 
# Create alarm group 
z  Configure an event before configuring “alarm” and “prialarm”. 
[Quidway]rmon event 1 log  owner huawei-rmon 
z  View configuration information. 
[Quidway]display rmon event 1 
Event table 1 owned by huawei-rmon is VALID. 
  Description: null. 
  Will cause log when triggered, last triggered at 1days 01h:42m:09s. 
z  Configure alarm group. 
# Add the first line in the alarm table. Sample the nodes 1.3.6.1.2.1.16.1.1.1.4.1 every 
10 seconds. Trigger event 1 when the sampling value exceeds the upper threshold 50, 
and trigger event 2 when the sampling value gets below the lower threshold 5. The 
owner is user1. 
<Quidway> system-view 
[Quidway]rmon alarm 1 1.3.6.1.2.1.16.1.1.1.4.1 10 absolute rising_threshold 
50 1 falling_threshold 5 2 owner user1 
# Delete the information of entry 15 from the alarm table. 
<Quidway> system-view 
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z. 
[Quidway] undo rmon alarm 15 
6.1.8  rmon event 
Syntax 
rmon event event-entry [ description string ] { log | trap trap-community | log-trap 
log-trapcommunity | none } [ owner text ]