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Monitoring Alarms

After you have enabled a behavior model, you can monitor its alarms and obtain information about the nodes it manages.

Both the NerveCenter Client and the NerveCenter Web Client provide information about current alarm instances. Though you will not use the Web Client now, you can learn more about it in the section The Web Client.

Sections Included in this Chapter:

Section	Description
Viewing Alarm Instances	Describes the Alarm Summary window that displays alarm instances.
Analyzing Historical Detail for an Alarm Instance	Explains how you can obtain more information about the events leading up to an alarm instance.
Reading Logged Data	Explains how to view the log file created by the IfData_LogToFile alarm and describes the information contained in the file.
Resetting and Disabling Alarms	Describes how to reset and turn alarms off.
Suggestions for Customizing the Behavior Models	Suggest ways in which you may want to modify the IfData_LogToFile and ifLoad behavior models to suit your network management strategy.

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