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Checking Active Alarms on the Switch with the J-Web Interface

Checking Active Alarms on the Switch with the J-Web Interface

The alarm information includes alarm type, alarm severity, and a brief description for each active alarm on the switch. To view the active alarms, click Alarms in the taskbar of the J-Web interface or enter the following CLI show commands:

show chassis alarms
show system alarms

Note: If a switch has active alarms and you have not displayed the View Alarms page, Alarms appears in red in the taskbar . After you display the page, Alarms returns to white. If new alarms become active, Alarms is red until you again display the View Alarms page.

shows the View Alarms summary page. Click an alarm in the list of active alarms to display a detailed alarm message.

Table 1 summarizes the output fields on the alarms page.

Table 1: Summary of Key Alarm Output Fields

Field	Values	Additional Information
Alarm Summary
New?	Viewed status of the alarm—either Yes (a new alarm) or No (a previously viewed alarm).	After you have displayed the View Alarms page, any new alarms that appear on the page during the same J-Web session are identified as previously viewed.
Received at	Date and time when the alarm condition was detected.
Severity	Alarm severity—either major (red) or minor (yellow).	A major (red) alarm severity level requires immediate action. A minor (yellow) severity level requires monitoring or maintenance.
Subject	Brief synopsis of the alarm.	Clicking the alarm subject displays a detailed alarm message.
Detailed Alarm Message
Received at	Date and time when the failure was detected.
Severity	Alarm severity—either major (red) or minor (yellow).	A major (red) alarm severity level requires immediate action. A minor (yellow) severity level requires monitoring or maintenance.
Alarm Type	Category of the alarm: Chassis—Indicates an alarm condition on the chassis (typically an environmental alarm such as temperature). Configuration—Indicates that no rescue configuration is set. ETHER—Indicates an alarm condition on an Ethernet interface. DS3—Indicates an alarm condition on a DS3 interface. License—Indicates a software license infringement. Serial—Indicates an alarm condition on a serial interface. Services—Indicates an alarm condition on the services module.