Feature # 8: Alarms

EtherPeek NX™

> ## Feature # 8: Alarms

> #### Monitoring for multiple possible problems simultaneously

> Alarms query a specified Monitor statistics function approximately once per second, testing for user-defined alarm and alarm resolution conditions. On matching any of these tests, the alarm function sends a notification of a user-specified severity.

> You can create an alarm for any individual statistics item in the Node, Protocol, or Summary Statistics windows. You can also create an alarm from any open statistics Graph window that is based on Monitor statistics. To create a new alarm, highlight the statistics item and click the Make Alarm button, or right-click and choose Make Alarm... from the context menu. In the Make Alarm dialog, you can set the parameters defining two levels of alarm (Suspect Condition and Problem Condition) and define the Resolve Condition that signals a return to normal.

> To review the installed Alarms:

> 1. Choose Alarms from the View menu to open the Alarms window.
> 2. Notice that any enabled alarm has a checkmark in the Enabled column.
> 3. Notice that any alarm which has been tripped is shown in red.
> 4. To edit any alarm, highlight it and click the Edit button at the left of the Alarms window to open the Edit Alarm dialog for that alarm.

> ### Predefined alarms

> EtherPeek NX includes two sets of ready-made alarms for your convenience, located in the Alarms directory where you installed EtherPeek NX. The set of alarms loaded on installation is stored in a file called Default Alarms.alm. A second, larger set of alarms is included in a file called Additional Alarms.alm. The default set of alarms covers the most frequently encountered network problem conditions. The additional alarms generally include normal network conditions which you may want to monitor for particular purposes. You can load these or any other saved set of alarms using the Import button in the Alarms window.

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