Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout
Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout
Chapter 12 Setting Alarm Severity Levels 260 Sniffer Portable Professional You can assign a severity level to both Monitor and Expert alarms (symptoms and diagnoses). Severities for Monitor Alarms on page 260 Logging and Severities for Expert Alarms on page 262 IMPORTANT: Alarms (both Monitor and Expert) are only logged in the Monitor > Alarm Log if the Enable Alarm option is checked in the Tools > Options > Alarm tab. This option is enabled by default. See Setting Up Logging for the Local Alarm Log on page 259 for details. Severities for Monitor Alarms By default, Sniffer Portable Professional defines the alarm event types listed in the table below and assigns each one a severity level. You can change the default severity level assigned to each event to suit your specific network operating environment. Table 12-1 lists the default severity levels. Table 12-1. Default Severity Levels Alarm Event Severity Level Threshold: Over upper limit Critical Address: Duplicate IP address Critical Address: Duplicate data in address book Inform To change an alarm severity level, select Options from the Tools menu, then click the Alarm tab. Click the Define Severity button to open the Define Severity dialog box (Figure 12-3). Click the Severity cell for an alarm to display a list of severity-level options. Select the one you want to use and click OK.
Figure 12-3. Setting Severity Levels for Alarms Managing Alarms Select the severity level from the drop-down list User’s Guide 261
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Figure 12-3. Setting Severity Levels for Alarms<br />
Managing Alarms<br />
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