Administering alarm management

When you activate alarm origination, the system sends notification of alarms that occur on the Message Networking system to a remote location that you specify, such as the remote service center. Message Networking supports alarm notification via SNMP or modem. For Message Networking systems running on the S3400-H server, notification via modem can only occur if the maintenance modem for the RMB is installed and active.

If you are administering alarm management via SNMP, use the Alarm Management page to set up your primary network management station (NMS) for alarm notification. If you want to set up additional NMSs to receive alarm notification, see Administering network management stations for alarms.

To set up alarm management:

1. Clear all alarms. See Overview of Message Networking alarms for more information.
2. Start at the Administration menu, and select Basic System Administration > Alarming Administration.
   The system displays the Alarm Management page.
3. Type the Product ID for the system. See the completed Message Networking planning forms for this number.

   Caution! The product ID is always a 9-digit number beginning with the number 2. Do not continue without the correct product ID number.

4. Verify that Alarm Suppression is set to INACTIVE.

   Note: You can use the default settings for Alarm Level and Clear Alarm Notification.

5. Specify the type of alarm notification to use on this system:
• For INADS alarming, set Alarm Origination to INADS. Continue with Step 6.
• For SNMP alarming, set Alarm Origination to SNMP Continue with Step 7.

Note: If you select SNMP in the Alarm Origination field, make sure that you administer SNMP on the system.

6. If you selected INADS in Step 5, type the Alarm Destination telephone number. Click the field name or Help to see a complete field description.
7. If you selected SNMP in Step 5, complete the Network Management Station, SNMP Community (Context), and Acknowledgement Type fields. Click the field names or Help to see complete field descriptions.

   Note: If you are sending Message Networking alarm notifications via SNMP to an Avaya Fault and Performance Manager (FPM), you must select ping surround in the Acknowledge Type field.

8. Click Save.
9. Click Return to Main to return to the Administration menu.
10. Run the Alarm Origination Test to verify that alarm origination is functioning properly.

Notes: If you are setting up alarm notification via the modem:

• Alarm origination via modem can be set only up on COM2, so the COM2 port must be activated before you perform alarm management.
• If you purchase the Avaya Communication Manager Fault and Performance Manager, you must configure the Install Modem/Terminal Software page to comply with the MFPM modem as follows:
  • Select Other in the Modem Type field.
  • Select 9600 in the Speed field
  • In the Modem Init String field, type the following (entry is case-sensitive and all 0s are zeros) : AT&F&M0Q2&C1&D2&R1&H0&U2&N2&K0S0=0S13=1Y0&W0
    

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