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Alarm Configuration
Note that both the Text Interface and the Web Browser Interface include menu options
that allow you to either View previously defined Ping No Answer IP Addresses, add new
Ping No Answer Addresses, Modify previously defined Ping No Answer IP Addresses or
delete previously defined Ping No Anser IP addresses.
After one or more Ping No Answer IP Addresses have been defined as described in this
section, the Ping No Answer Alarm function can then be enabled and configured as
described in Section 7.4.1.2. Up to 54 Ping No Answer IP Addresses can be defined.
The Add Ping No Answer menu is used to define the following parameters for each new
Ping No Answer IP Address:
• IPAddressorDomainName: The IP address or Domain Name for the target
device. When the device at this address fails to respond to the Ping command, the
Ping No Answer Alarm can provide user notification. (Default = undefined)
Notes:
• InordertouseDomainNames,youmustfirstdefineDNSparametersas
describedinSection5.9.5.
• ThetargetIPAddresscanbeenteredineitherIPv4formatorIPv6format.In
thetextinterface,asubmenuisusedtoselecteitherIPv4orIPv6protocol.In
theWebBrowserInterface,adropdownmenuisusedtoselectthedesired
protocol.
• PingInterval: Determines how often the Ping command will be sent to the
selected IP Address. The Ping Interval can be any whole number, from 1 to 3,600
seconds. (Default = 60 Seconds)
Note:IfthePingIntervalissetlowerthan20seconds,itisrecommendedto
definethe"IPAddressorDomainName"parameterusinganIPAddressrather
thanaDomainName.Thisensuresmorereliableresultsintheeventthatthe
DomainNameServerisunavailable.
• IntervalAfterFailedPing: Determines how often the Ping command will be sent
after a previous Ping command receives no response. (Default = 10 Seconds)
• PingDelayAfterPNAAction: Determines how long the TSM/RSM will wait
to send additional ping commands, after the Ping No Answer Alarm has been
triggered. (Default = 15 Minutes)
• ConsecutiveFailures: Determines how many consecutive failures of the Ping
command must be detected in order to trigger the Ping No Answer Alarm. For
example, if this value is set to "3", then after three consecutive Ping failures, the Ping
No Answer Alarm will be triggered. (Default = 5)
• PNAAction: Determines how the Ping No Answer Alarm will react when this IP
address fails to respond to a ping. If "Continuous Alarm" is selected, the TSM/RSM
will continue to generate new alarms until the Ping No Answer Alarm is cleared. If
"Single Alarm" is generated, the TSM/RSM will generate a single alarm and will not
generate additional alarms until a successful ping operation is completed and then
another Ping No Answer condition is detected. (Default = Continuous Alarm)