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Alarm Configuration
To configure the Ping-No-Answer Alarm, you must access the VMR/NPS command
mode using a password that permits Administrator Level commands. The Ping-No-
Answer alarm configuration menu offers the following parameters:
•
Trigger Enable:
Enables/Disables the trigger for this alarm. When disabled, this
alarm will be suppressed. (Default = On.)
Note:
• In order for this alarm to function, at least one target IP Address for the Ping
No Answer Alarm must be defined as described in Section 7.1.1.
• To cancel an alarm without correcting the condition that caused the alarm,
simply toggle the Trigger Enable parameter Off and then back On again.
• The Trigger Enable, Notify on Clear, Email Message and Address 1, 2 and 3
Parameters all include "Copy to All Triggers" options that allow you to enable/
disable the corresponding parameter for all VMR/NPS alarms. For example,
if the Ping-No-Answer Alarm's Trigger Enable parameter is set to "On (Copy to
All Triggers), then all other VMR/NPS alarms will also be enabled.
•
Resend Delay:
Determines how long the VMR/NPS will wait to resend an email
message generated by this alarm, when the initial attempt to send the notification
was unsuccessful. (Default = 60 Minutes.)
•
Notify Upon Clear:
When this item is enabled, the VMR/NPS will send additional
notification when the situation that caused the alarm has been corrected. For
example, when Notify Upon Clear is enabled, the VMR/NPS will send initial
notification when it detects that a Ping command has failed, and then send a
second notification when it determines that the IP address is again responding to
the Ping command. (Default = On.)
•
Email Message:
Enables/Disables email notification for this alarm. (Default = On.)
•
Address 1, 2, and 3:
These parameters are used to select which of the three email
addresses defined via the "Email Messages" menu (see Section 6.8.10) will receive
the email alarm notification messages generated by this alarm. The Address
parameters can be used to select one, or any combination of the addresses defined
via the Email Messages menu. (Default = All On.)
Note:
If Email addresses have been previously specified, then the text under
the parameters will list the current, user defined email addresses.
•
Subject:
This parameter is used to define the text that will appear in the "Subject"
field for all email notification messages that are generated by this alarm.
(Default = "Alarm: Ping-No-Answer")