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Media Server Alarms

A Linux-based Media Server (internal or external) is configured so that it serves as the trap collector and provides external alarm notification.

A process called the Global Maintenance Manager (GMM) runs on the Media Server and collects events that are logged to the Linux syslog_d process. These events consist primarily of failure notification events logged by Communication Manager and INTUITY maintenance subsystems. For events that require external notification, the most basic choice is to call the Avaya technical service center's INADS (Initialization and Administration System). However, other possible methods are sending an e-mail and/or page to specified destinations and sending an SNMP trap to a specified network management station.

The Media Server also has an SNMP trap manager that collects traps from:


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