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Adding an Action to a Specific Alarm
 
REQUIREMENT:  
Before beginning this procedure, make sure you have opened the GSM Alarm Browser for the appropriate GSM (click HERE).
1. In the GSM Alarm Browser, right-click the alarm to which you would like to associate an action, and then click Properties.

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System Response: The Alarm properties window appears.
2. In the Actions area, click Add.
System Response: The New action window appears.
3. Select an appropriate action from the list (e.g. if you wish to have an e‑mail sent to someone when the specified alarm is triggered, choose the Send e‑mail action).
4. Click New.
System Response: A window appears allowing you to configure the global action.
 

NOTE: The content of this window varies according to the type of action you have chosen.

 

IMPORTANT: System behavior  

Even though the SNMP agent plug-in appears in this list, it is, by definition, a global action, and cannot be attached to a specific alarm. For more information please click HERE.

5. Once you have finished typing configuration details, click OK.
System Response: The new action appears in the Actions section of the Alarm properties window.