The alarm information includes alarm type, alarm severity, and
a brief description for each active alarm on the device.
To view the active alarms, select Alarms in the J-Web interface,
or enter the following CLI show commands:
show chassis alarms
show system alarms
Note:
If a device has
active alarms and you have not displayed the View Alarms page, Alarms in the taskbar appears in red. After you view the
alarms, Alarms returns to white. If new alarms
become active, Alarms is red until you again
display the View Alarms page.
Figure 17 shows the View
Alarms summary page. Click an alarm in the list of active alarms to
display a detailed alarm message.
Figure 17: J-Web View Alarms Summary
Page
Table 173 summarizes the output
fields on the alarms page.
Table 173: 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 once 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 condition requires immediate action. A minor
(yellow) condition 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 condition requires immediate action. A minor (yellow)
condition 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
