- Send alarms using: Use this drop-down menu to select whether you want to send alarms using:
- None Selecting this causes no alarms to be sent at all.
If you select this option, no alarm notifications are sent out. You can still, however, view alarm logs on the MAS.
- SNMP Selecting this option allows you to have alarm traps sent to a network management station using SNMP.
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If you select this option, it is your responsibility to provide and provision your SNMP network management station and configure it to receive the traps from the MAS.
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- INADS Selecting this option allows you to use the INADS tool to send alarm notifications to an alarm collection server for analysis and corrective action. If you select this option, you must also configure the individual MASs for INADS (see Configuring MAS serviceability).
- Suppress alarm notifications This option should be selected primarily when you are engaged in maintenance and/or repair activities that will likely result in the generation of additional alarms and errors. In this case, you do not want more notifications being sent out, so you would use this option to temporarily suppress alarm notifications.
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Be sure, when using this option in a maintenance or repair situation, that you remember to clear this check box when you are done, or alarm notifications will not resume.
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The default is for this check box is to be cleared.
- Send notification when all alarms are cleared Use this option if you want to be notified when all alarms on the system are corrected and cleared. The default is for this option to be selected.
- Send alarm at this level or higher: Use this drop-down box to determine at what level alarm notifications will be sent out. If Minor is selected, both Minor and Major alarm notifications will be sent out. If Major is selected, only Major alarm notifications will be sent out. The default setting is Minor.
- Product identifier: This is a unique 10-digit number used to identify your particular Modular Messaging system. It is assigned at system installation.
This may also be NULL.
- When stopping the MAS service: This section determines how the system will behave when the MAS service is being stopped:
- Wait for ports to become idle Selecting this option allows ports that are in use to become idle before being taken offline. As ports become idle, then they are taken offline. This allows for a more graceful shutdown of the system and should be used whenever possible. If this option is selected, you have two further options:
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When this option is selected, if the system tries to stop MAS service, it waits until all ports are idle. As a result, some length of time may pass before service is actually stopped. During this period, while ports are becoming idle, your Windows operating system may display a timeout error 1053. Ignore this error. The stopping process is unaffected by this message and MAS service will stop according to the parameters you have set.
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- Wait indefinitely When this option is selected, the system will wait until all ports are idle before shutting down the MAS service. If possible, this is the most desirable option, as it allows all ports to be taken offline naturally, with no interruption of service for the user.
- Wait for (minutes) This option allows you to set a number of minutes that the system will wait before breaking port connections and shutting down, whether ports are in use or not. In this case, ports that become idle within the time limit are taken offline, but ports that are still busy at the end of the time limit are forcibly taken offline. The default is 10 minutes.
- Stop straight away This option causes all ports that are in use when the MAS service is being stopped to immediately be taken offline. This should only be used as a last resort, as it interrupts any calls that may be in progress. This is the default setting for stopping the MAS service.
