View Current Alarms screen

Use the View Current Alarms screen to view a list of outstanding alarms against the Avaya Call Processing (ACP) and server software. This screen shows either:

• a summary of alarms (if present), followed by detailed table of explanation, or
• a message stating that no alarms are present.

ACP must be running for you to view alarms using this screen. If it is not, you will see a message stating that the system was unable to connect to ACP.

This topic covers:

• Viewing current alarms
• Clearing alarms from the active alarm list

Viewing current alarms

To view current alarms against the server or call-processing software:

1. On the main menu under Alarms and Notification, click View Current Alarms.  
2. Check if any alarms are present. If yes, continue.
3. If no alarms appear, continue with your web-administration activities.
4. If alarms are present, the top part of the screen shows an alarm summary similar to the following:

Where

Product ID is a number that uniquely identifies the server.

ACP shows outstanding alarms related to the call-processing application.

Server shows the outstanding alarms related to the operating system and its support software.

MIN indicates if this is a minor alarm.

MAJ indicates if this is a major alarm.

The bottom part of the screen shows a detailed list of outstanding alarms.

Where

ID is the unique identification number assigned to the alarm.

Source is the abbreviated name of the software module that generated the alarm, as follows:

ABR for arbiter

DAJ for server duplication card

DUP for duplication

ENV for environment

FSY for file synchronization

GAM for global alarm manager

GMM for global maintenance manager

KRN for kernel

LIC for license server

login for login attempts

NIC for Ethernet network interface

SME for server maintenance engine

TLG for trace log

UPS for uninterruptible power supply

USB for universal serial bus

VFM for virtual fabric manager

• _LX for Linux

• _TM for translation manager

• _WD for watchdog

EvtID is the event identification number for each alarm, which is used to identify a particular event from a given source that generated the alarm.

Lvl indicates the level of the alarm (minor, major, or warning).

Ack displays a Y (yes) or N (no) to indicate whether or not the alarm has been acknowledged by the Initialization and Administration System (INADS).

Date is the time stamp assigned to the alarm when it occurred.

Description is a brief explanation of this alarm.

To clear one or more alarm entries from this list, see the next section.

Clearing alarms from the active alarm list

The View Current Alarms screen allows you to clear (remove) some or all of the displayed alarms.

Caution:
Clearing alarms from this screen only removes the alarm notifications from the active alarm list. It does not remove the conditions that caused the alarms.

To clear alarms from the active alarm list:

1. On the main menu under Alarms and Notification, click View Current Alarms.
2. In the View Current Alarms screen, remove single or multiple alarm entries from the active alarm list as follows:
3. To remove one or more entries from the list:

• Select one or more alarm entries by clicking the check box to the left of the alarm ID.
• Click Clear. All checked items disappear from the active alarm list.

If you don't select an entry before clicking Clear, nothing will happen.

Remove all alarms: To remove all alarm entries from the list:  Click Clear All.  The entire active alarm list is cleared.

Caution:
When you click Clear or Clear All, you only remove alarm entries from the displayed active alarm list. Clearing alarms from the list does not remove the conditions that caused the alarms.