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Viewing Related Alarms

The NerveCenter Client can provide you with lists of:

• The alarms that can be instantiated for a node.
• The alarms that have been instantiated for a node. For each alarm instance, NerveCenter lists an alarm name, the enabled status of the alarm, the alarm's state, the subobject the alarm is monitoring, and the time at which the alarm instance was created. This information enables you to monitor the status of a node from the Node Definition window instead of the Alarm or Aggregate Alarm Summary window.

 
  To view the alarms related to a node:

1. From the Client's Admin menu, choose Node List.

   The Node List window is displayed.

   Node List Window

   

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2. Double-click the name or IP address of the node in which you're interested.

   The Node Definition window is displayed and presents the definition of the node you selected.

   Node Definition Window

   

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3. Select the Alarms tab.

   The Alarms page is displayed.

   Alarms Page in Node Definition Window

   

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   In this example, the only alarm that has been instantiated is IfLoad. This alarm instance is monitoring interface 2 and is in the state medium, indicating that there is a moderate level of traffic on this interface.

   The other alarms in the list are alarms that will be instantiated if:

   • All the necessary NerveCenter objects are enabled
   • The conditions that the alarms are designed to monitor actually occur

     To see the documentation for an alarm, double-click the entry for an alarm to bring up the Alarm History window; then, click the Notes button.