Adding Policies
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FS6300 NMS Administrator’s Reference Guide
10 • Managing Database Policies
Action Types
There are several types of actions that can be configured when the severity of alarm has been in the same state
for a certain amount of time:
•
“Suppress Action”
on page 141
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“Send Trap Action”
on page 142
•
“Send E-mail Action”
on page 143
•
“Custom Filter”
on page 144
•
“Run Command Action”
on page 145
•
“Set Severity”
on page 146
Suppress Action.
This action suppresses alarms matching a particular criteria– either all together, or multiple
alarms of the same type within a given interval. When an alarm occurs, you can suppress all the alarms that
match a particular filter.
To suppress alarms:
1.
In the Escalation Policy window, select
Suppress Action
(under
Action Type
).
Figure 112. Suppress Action
2.
In the Action details section, enter a unique name in the
Suppress Action Name
field.
3.
To suppress all the events and alarms, select
Yes
in the
Suppress All
field. To suppress multiple alarms for a
given interval, select
No
. Specify the interval in seconds in the
Suppress Interval
field.
4.
Click the
Update Action
button to add the action to the Configured Actions list.
5.
If you are finished adding actions, click the
Apply
button.
