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Alarm Status

The current status of an alarm determines the color of any on-screen object associated with that alarm: the LED-like icon to the left of a device or service label, an enclosing folder, etc. Each possible alarm status is represented by a color. Alarm statuses are dynamically updated.
iControl Solo implements an industry standard1 color code definition for all alarms. The following table describes the color scheme used by iControl Solo to display alarm statuses, and how they map to the ITU‑TX.733 Recommendation:
 
 
 
Color
Status
ITU-T X.733
Description
White
Pending
—
Alarm exists but has not yet been reported. iControl Solo is waiting for the hardware or driver to update the alarm. White is the default status for a new alarm, before its current status is known. This status should be replaced very quickly, though it might persist as the result of a slow network connection. If a service is stopped, then all alarms originating from this service will revert to pending status.
Green
Normal
Cleared
The device, service, or signal is operating within allowable parameters.
Yellow
Minor
Minor/Warning
Warning that an error of low importance has occurred.
Orange
Major
Major
Warning that an error of intermediate importance has occurred.
Red
Critical
Critical
Warning that an error of critical importance has occurred.
Gray
Unknown
Indeterminate
Failure to get the status of an alarm provider, even though the source device has been detected. This could happen, for example, as the result of (1) a lost network connection, or (2) a loss of signal that would trigger a critical alarm for signal presence but leave all other related alarms in an unknown status (e.g. the freeze or black status is unknown if a signal is not present).
Blue
Non-existent
—
A pseudo-status representing an alarm that has been removed (or was never added). If an alarm provider is removed—for example, if a card is removed from a frame—the virtual alarm will be unable to detect an alarm status, and will therefore report the “non-existent” status as blue.
Black
Disabled
Not supported
Alarm exists but has been disabled at the source. Some devices can have certain alarms disabled on the hardware itself, resulting in these alarms appearing black.
1 Default alarm severities in iControl Solo are compliant with the intent of ITU-T Recommendation X.733, Information Technology – Open Systems Interconnection – Systems Management – Part 4: Alarm Reporting Function