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Notification configuration 8 Notification configuration You can be notified of an alarm condition through a notification. There are a number of methods through which you can be notified and they are discussed in this section. Alarm notification configuration Alarms act as a signal or alert that notifies you when a threshold has been crossed. NOTE The allowed alarm types are displayed on a per-class basis. Although Port Fencing is displayed for other areas, such as RX Performance for which Port Fencing is not supported, you will not be able to set or apply changes on such areas. When you use alarm notifications, error messages are sent to designated locations such as an error log, SNMP trap view, or e-mail. With an error log, you can log in to a particular switch to view the error messages that have been captured for that particular switch. You can parse the log file to make error message searches quicker and easier. NOTE You can enable Port Fencing only if the alarms are enabled using the fsAlarmsFilterSet command. Configuring alarm notifications 1. To ensure that notifications appear in the error log, use the following command. switch:admin> fwAlarmsFilterSet 1 The 1 option turns on the alarm notification. 2. If you decide not to have notifications sent, use the following command: switch:admin> fwAlarmsFilterSet 0 The 0 option turns the alarm notification off. All alarms are suppressed when alarm notifications are turned off, except for the Environment class and Resource class. 3. To verify or view your current alarm notifications, use the fwAlarmsFilterShow command. switch:admin> fwalarmsfiltershow FW: Alarms are enabled Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 71 53-1001188-01

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Notification configuration
8
Notification configuration
You can be notified of an alarm condition through a notification. There are a number of methods
through which you can be notified and they are discussed in this section.
Alarm notification configuration
Alarms act as a signal or alert that notifies you when a threshold has been crossed.
NOTE
The allowed alarm types are displayed on a per-class basis. Although Port Fencing is displayed for
other areas, such as RX Performance for which Port Fencing is not supported, you will not be able
to set or apply changes on such areas.
When you use alarm notifications, error messages are sent to designated locations such as an
error log, SNMP trap view, or e-mail. With an error log, you can log in to a particular switch to view
the error messages that have been captured for that particular switch. You can parse the log file to
make error message searches quicker and easier.
NOTE
You can enable Port Fencing only if the alarms are enabled using the
fsAlarmsFilterSet
command.
Configuring alarm notifications
1.
To ensure that notifications appear in the error log, use the following command.
switch:admin>
fwAlarmsFilterSet
1
The
1
option turns on the alarm notification.
2.
If you decide not to have notifications sent, use the following command:
switch:admin>
fwAlarmsFilterSet
0
The
0
option turns the alarm notification off.
All alarms are suppressed when alarm notifications are turned off, except for the Environment
class and Resource class.
3.
To verify or view your current alarm notifications, use the
fwAlarmsFilterShow
command.
switch:admin>
fwalarmsfiltershow
FW: Alarms are enabled