Creating an Alarm Map

There are several ways in which you can create an alarm map. The differences lie in the way in which you navigate to the Create Alarm Map window.


REQUIREMENTS:
Make sure you meet the following conditions before beginning this procedure:
• You have opened SNMP Driver Creator (click HERE).
• you have loaded a MIB module into SNMP Driver Creator (click HERE).
• [RECOMMENDED]: You are performing this procedure as a task within the context of an approved workflow (click HERE).

1. Open the Create Alarm Map window by doing only ONE of the following:

• In SNMP Driver Creator, on the Alarms tab, click New alarm map.

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OR,

• In either the Add Alarm window or the Edit Alarm window, click New alarm map.

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System Response: The Create Alarm Map window appears.

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2. On the Design tab, type a name into the Alarm map name field.

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3. Click on one of the options in the Mapping type area.

4. For each mapping rule you would like to add, perform the following substeps:

a) Click Add to generate an instance of the mapping rule template.

System Response: An unconfigured mapping rule appears in the Mapping rules list.

b) In the row corresponding to the new mapping rule, click and configure each cell.

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NOTES:
• In the case of the Operator and GSM status columns, you must click once. In the case of the MIB value and GSM text columns, you must double-click.
• Depending on which cell you click, either select from one of the listed options or type the desired value to configure the parameter.

5. Click OK.

System Response: The new map appears in the Alarm maps area of the Alarms tab in SNMP Driver Creator.

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See also:
For more information about editing an existing alarm map any time after it has been created, click HERE.