NCE Alarm Management1

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 Objectives
⚫ After completing this course, you are supposed to:

 View and monitor alarms independently

 Understand the procedure for handling alarms

 Understand how to configure basic alarm rules

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 Contents
1. Alarm Management Functions

2. Introduction to the Alarm Interface

3. Monitoring and Viewing Alarms

4. Handling Alarms and Analyzing Historical Alarms

5. Configuring Alarm Rules

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 Alarm Management Functions (1)
Alarm Management enables network maintenance personnel to monitor and
manage alarms or events reported by the system or managed objects (MOs).
Alarm Management provides various monitoring and handling rules and
notifies O&M personnel of faults. In this way, network faults can be efficiently
monitored, quickly located, and handled, ensuring proper service running.

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 Alarm Management Functions (2)
⚫ Alarm management includes setting alarm rules, monitoring alarms, and handling
alarms. 1. Setting alarm rules: Based on experience in alarm handling,
configure alarms to aggregate alarms to improve O&M
efficiency.
For example: During the commissioning, a large number of
repeated alarms may be generated to interfere with O&M.
These alarms can be masked during the commissioning.
2. Monitoring and viewing alarms: Administrators can
perform routine monitoring on the managed objects such as
devices and NEs to detect faults and view alarms in time.
3. Handling alarms: O&M personnel can locate and handle
alarms to restore the device or service.
4. Performance optimization and auditing: Based on the
analysis of information about handling historical alarms, you
can formulate optimization solutions and audit the alarms to
determine whether they are correctly masked.

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 Contents
1. Alarm Management Functions

2. Introduction to the Alarm Interface

3. Monitoring and Viewing Alarms

4. Handling Alarms and Analyzing Historical Alarms

5. Configuring Alarm Rules

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 Introduction to the Alarm Interface (1)
⚫ Area 1: Alarm filtering panel. You can expand the panel and set filter criteria to
view alarms.

⚫ Area 2: Alarm operation bar. You can perform operations on alarms in batches.

⚫ Area 3: Quick filter template. You can save common filter criteria as templates for
quick use.

⚫ Area 4: Alarm panel. You can view alarms of each severity.

⚫ Area 5: Alarm list. You can expand an alarm to view details.

⚫ Area 6: Intelligent panel. You can obtain help information about the current page,
such as tasks, documents, and FAQs.

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 Introduction to the Alarm Interface (1)
3 Save common filter
criteria as templates
for quick use.

View the number of alarms of each

Expand the panel and set severity. Click an alarm severity indicator
filter criteria to view alarms. to view the alarms of this severity.
1 2

Perform operations on 4
alarms in batches.
5

Expand alarms to view

alarm details.
6

Obtain help information about

GUI functions, such as tasks,
documents, and FAQs.
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 Introduction to the Alarm Interface (2)
⚫ Key Areas on the Alarm Page - Common Operations

1 Alarm filtering panel 6 Intelligent panel

Specify parameters
for filtering

5 Viewing alarm details

Set parameters
in the alarm list

Set parameters
View the help page displayed on the
for alarm handling alarm details page

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 Contents
1. Alarm Management Functions

2. Introduction to the Alarm Interface

3. Monitoring and Viewing Alarms

4. Handling Alarms and Analyzing Historical Alarms

5. Configuring Alarm Rules

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 Monitoring and Viewing Alarms (1)
O&M personnel can monitor alarms and view alarms/events to understand
alarm/event details to response in time.
⚫ Procedure
 Open the Network Management app and choose Monitor > Alarm > Current Alarms
from the main menu. Alternatively, open the Alarm Management app and choose Current
Alarms from the main menu.
 Monitoring alarms
▪ You can view the number of alarms of four severities through the alarm indicator. You
can click an indicator to quickly filter out the alarms of this severity.
▪ You can view alarms in the alarm list.
 Querying alarms
▪ You can expand the filter criteria area to query alarms.
▪ Set filter criteria and click Filter to search for alarms.
▪ Export current alarms to the local host for query.
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 Set filter criteria and click View the number of alarms of four
Filter to search for alarms. severities through the alarm indicators.

Export current
alarms to the local
host for query.

View alarms in the alarm

list and alarm details.

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 Contents
1. Alarm Management Functions

2. Introduction to the Alarm Interface

3. Monitoring and Viewing Alarms

4. Handling Alarms and Analyzing Historical Alarms

5. Configuring Alarm Rules

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 Handling Alarms (1)
O&M personnel can handle alarms to facilitate troubleshooting. For example,
perform operations of acknowledging and clearing alarms.

⚫ Procedure
 Open the Network Management app and choose Monitor > Alarm > Current Alarms from the main menu.
Alternatively, open the Alarm Management app and choose Current Alarms from the main menu.
 View the alarm details.
 Obtain key alarm information, including alarm names, handling suggestions, and location information, to
facilitate fault diagnosis and troubleshooting for network maintenance personnel.

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 Handling Alarms (2)

Obtain key alarm information, including

alarm names, handling suggestions, and
location information, to facilitate fault
diagnosis and troubleshooting for network
maintenance personnel.

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 Handling Alarms (3)

⚫ Procedure
 Manually acknowledge alarms.
◼ Select one or more alarms and click Acknowledge above the alarm list. The acknowledged alarm indicates that the
alarm has been handled by someone, and others do not need to pay attention to it.

 Manually clear alarms

◼ If certain alarms cannot be automatically cleared after rectifying the fault, manually clear the alarms.

 Record maintenance experience.

◼ Record the experience of handling alarms in time for future reference.

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 Contents
1. Alarm Management Functions

2. Introduction to the Alarm Interface

3. Monitoring and Viewing Alarms

4. Handling Alarms and Analyzing Historical Alarms

5. Configuring Alarm Rules

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 4.2 Analyzing Historical Alarms (1)
By analyzing historical alarms, you can identify potential system problems and
handle these problems in time to prevent faults and ensure the normal running of
the system.
⚫ Procedure

 Open the Network Management app and choose Monitor > Alarm > History Alarms from the main menu.
Alternatively, open the Alarm Management app and choose History Alarms from the main menu.
 Query historical alarms
◼ For example, for the history alarms of the past week, set Occurred to the Past 7 days in the alarm filtering area. Click Filter.

 Export query results.

◼ Click Export > All, and select a local folder for saving the result.

 Collect and analyze alarms.

◼ Open the saved file, collect statistics on top alarms based on the information, such as alarm occurrences and alarm source, to
identify potential faults.

 Arrange for maintenance engineers to troubleshoot potential faults.

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 4.2 Analyzing Historical Alarms (2)
The alarm filtering bar on the historical alarm page is as follows:

Setting time range to filter

out historical alarms

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 Contents
1. Alarm Management Functions

2. Introduction to the Alarm Interface

3. Monitoring and Viewing Alarms

4. Handling Alarms and Analyzing Historical Alarms

5. Configuring Alarm Rules

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 Comparison of Alarm Rules Between NCE
and U2000 (1)
The following table lists the alarm rules supported by NCE and U2000.
Supported by
Rule Name Supported by U2000 Difference
NCE
• U2000 allows users to download remote
notification logs and collect statistics on
Setting Remote Notification Rules Yes Yes remote notification logs.
• NCE supports the import and export of
remote notification rules.
Configuring Aggregation Rules No Yes • None
• The rule name on U2000 is Transient
Alarm/Repeat Event Analysis Rule and
Configuring Rules for Handling
Yes Yes Alarm/Event Frequency Analysis Rule.
Intermittent/Toggling Alarms
• NCE does not support repeat
event/frequency analysis rules.
Synchronizing Alarms Yes Yes None
Setting Auto Acknowledgement Rules Yes Yes None
Alarm maintenance experience Yes Yes None
Configuring Severity and Type
Yes Yes NCE does not support event redefinition rules.
Redefinition Rules

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 Comparison of Alarm Rules Between NCE
and U2000 (2)
The following table lists the alarm rules supported by NCE and U2000.
Supported by
Rule Name Supported by NCE Difference
U2000
Configuring Correlation Rules Yes Yes None
Setting Events as ADMC Alarms Yes Yes None
NCE does not support the setting of
Configuring Northbound Filtering Rules Yes Yes
event northbound filtering rules.

Configuring Alarm/Event Suppression Rules Yes No NCE does not support this function.

Configuring Alarm/Event Postprocessing Rules Yes No NCE does not support this function.

Configuring Time Analysis Rules for

Yes No NCE does not support this function.
Acknowledged and Uncleared Alarms
Setting the Rules for Automatically Reporting
Yes No NCE does not support this function.
Alarms/Events

Setting the Life Cycle for Current Alarms Yes No NCE does not support this function.

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 Contents
5. Configuring Alarm Rules
5.7 Recording Alarm Handling Experience
5.1 Remote Notification
5.8 Configuring Severity and Type Redefinition
5.2 Configuring Aggregation Rules
Rules
5.3 Configuring Masking Rules
5.9 Configuring Name Redefinition Rules
5.4 Configuring Rules for Handling
5.10 Configuring Correlation Rules
Intermittent/Toggling Alarms
5.11 Setting Events as ADMC Alarms
5.5 Synchronizing Alarms
5.12 Configuring Northbound Filtering Rules
5.6 Setting Auto Acknowledgement Rules

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 Contents
5. Configuring Alarm Rules

5.1 Remote Notification

5.1.1 Configuring Notification Templates

5.1.2 Configuring Notification Rules

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 5.1 Remote Notification
⚫ O&M personnel cannot browse alarms on the
Current Alarms page when they are out of office,
for example, during off-work hours or business
trips. Remote notification enables O&M personnel
to receive SMS or email notifications about alarms
so that they can handle alarms in real time.
⚫ Procedure
 Before using the remote notification function, O&M personnel
need to set communication parameters for the SMS gateway,
SMN, or email server to enable the system to support remote
notification. The commissioning is complete, and the O&M
personnel test the interconnection.
 Set notification parameters.
 Send a notification: Automatic sending and manual sending.

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5. Configuring Alarm Rules

5.1 Remote Notification

5.1.1 Configuring Notification Templates

5.1.2 Configuring Notification Rules

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 5.1.1 Configuring Notification Templates
⚫ Remote notification requires standardized templates of emails and SMS.

Set the title and content

of notification templates
based on fixed fields.

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5. Configuring Alarm Rules

5.1 Remote Notification

5.1.1 Configuring Notification Templates

5.1.2 Configuring Notification Rules

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 5.1.2 Setting Remote Notification Rules (1)
⚫ O&M personnel cannot browse alarms on the Current Alarms page when they are
out of office, for example, during off-work hours or business trips. Remote
notification enables O&M personnel to receive SMS or email notifications about
alarms so that they can handle alarms in real time.
⚫ Procedure
 Open the Network Management app and choose Monitor > Alarm > Alarm Settings from the main
menu. Alternatively, open the Alarm Monitor app and choose Alarm Settings from the main menu.
 In the navigation pane, choose Notification Rules.
 On the Aggregation Rules page, click Create, and set the parameters. When alarms meeting the rule
are reported, the system sends notifications to O&M personnel by email or SMS message.
▪ Filter: Filters the target alarms according to the filter criteria.
▪ Time Filter: Specifies the time range during which (for example, non-working time) remote notifications are
sent.
▪ Notification Type: The options are Email and SMS. You can set the time zone to meet the requirements of
remote scenarios.
▪ Recipient Groups: Sets the user who needs to receive the notification.
 Click OK.

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 5.1.2 Setting Remote Notification Rules (2)

The options are Email and

Specifies alarms by severity. SMS. You can set the time
zone to meet the requirements
Specifies alarms by alarm of remote scenarios.
source, that is, by NE where
the alarm is generated.

Specifies alarms based on the

alarm ID, type, and status.
Sets the user who needs to
Specifies the time range (for
receive the notification.
example, non-working time)
during which remote
notifications are sent.

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 Contents
5. Configuring Alarm Rules

5.1 Remote Notification 5.7 Recording Alarm Handling Experience

5.2 Configuring Aggregation Rules 5.8 Configuring Severity and Type Redefinition
Rules
5.3 Configuring Masking Rules

5.4 Configuring Rules for Handling

5.9 Configuring Name Redefinition Rules

Intermittent/Toggling Alarms 5.10 Configuring Correlation Rules

5.5 Synchronizing Alarms 5.11 Setting Events as ADMC Alarms

5.6 Setting Auto Acknowledgement Rules 5.12 Configuring Northbound Filtering Rules

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 5.2 Configuring Aggregation Rules (1)
⚫ After an aggregation rule is set, the system automatically aggregates the repeated
alarms reported within the specified period into one alarm.
 Procedure
▪ Open the Network Management app and choose Monitor > Alarm > Alarm Settings from the main
menu. Alternatively, open the Alarm Monitor app and choose Alarm Settings from the main menu.
▪ In the navigation tree, choose Aggregation Rules.
▪ On the Aggregation Rules page, click Create, and set the parameters. After the aggregation rule is
set, the repeated alarms reported within the specified period will be aggregated into one alarm.
▪ Click OK.
─ When monitoring or viewing alarms, you can filter out original alarms that are aggregated by selecting
Root/Aggregation alarms only and focus only on the alarms you need to handle.

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 5.2 Configuring Aggregation Rules (2)
Aggregated alarm

Specifies alarms based on the

alarm ID, type, and status.
Specifies the trigger conditions
and termination conditions to
trigger or terminate an
aggregation when the number
of alarms generated meets
these conditions.

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 Contents
5. Configuring Alarm Rules

5.1 Remote Notification 5.7 Recording Alarm Handling Experience

5.2 Configuring Aggregation Rules 5.8 Configuring Severity and Type Redefinition
Rules
5.3 Configuring Masking Rules

5.4 Configuring Rules for Handling Intermittent/Toggling Alarms

5.9 Configuring Name Redefinition Rules

5.5 Synchronizing Alarms 5.10 Configuring Correlation Rules

5.6 Setting Auto Acknowledgement Rules 5.11 Setting Events as ADMC Alarms

5.12 Configuring Northbound Filtering Rules

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 5.3 Configuring Masking Rules (1)
⚫ You can set a masking rule to mask alarms or events that you are not concerned
about. The masked alarms or events will not be displayed in the alarm list or event
logs. Marking rules are classified into alarm masking rules and event masking rules.
⚫ Procedure
 Open the Network Management app and choose Monitor > Alarm > Alarm Settings from the main menu.
Alternatively, open the Alarm Monitor app and choose Alarm Settings from the main menu.
 In the navigation pane, choose Masking Rules.
 On the Masking Rules page, click Create and select Alarm Masking Rules. The parameters are described
as follows:
1. Severity: Filters alarms by severity.
2. Alarm sources: Filters alarms by NE.
3. Advanced Conditions: Filters alarms based on the alarm ID, type, and status.
4. Time Filter: Specifies the time range to mask the reported alarms in the commissioning phase.
5. Masked alarms: Determines whether to display the masked alarms on the Masked Alarm page or discard them.
6. Priority: Defines the priorities for alarm masking rules.

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 5.3 Configuring Masking Rules (2)
Filters alarms by severity.

Filters alarms by NE.

Filters alarms based on

alarm ID, type, and status.

Specifies the time range to mask the

reported alarms in the commissioning phase.

Determines whether to display the masked alarms on

the Masked Alarm page or discard them.

Defines the priorities for

alarm masking rules.

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 Contents
5. Configuring Alarm Rules

5.1 Remote Notification 5.7 Recording Alarm Handling Experience

5.2 Configuring Aggregation Rules 5.8 Configuring Severity and Type Redefinition
Rules
5.3 Configuring Masking Rules

5.4 Configuring Rules for Handling Intermittent/Toggling Alarms

5.9 Configuring Name Redefinition Rules

5.5 Synchronizing Alarms 5.10 Configuring Correlation Rules

5.6 Setting Auto Acknowledgement Rules 5.11 Setting Events as ADMC Alarms

5.12 Configuring Northbound Filtering Rules

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 5.4 Concepts of Intermittent and Toggling
Alarms (1)
 Intermittent alarm: When the interval between alarm generation and alarm clearance is
less than a specific period, the alarm is considered as an intermittent alarm. The period is
called intermittent period. See Figure 1.

 Toggling alarm: When the number of times that the same alarm (with the same alarm
source and same alarm ID) is alternatively generated and cleared exceeds a specified
value, the alarm is considered as a toggling alarm. See Figure 2.
Figure 1: Intermittent alarm Figure 2: Toggling alarm

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 5.4 Configuring Rules for Handling
Intermittent/Toggling Alarms (2)
⚫ or discard intermittent or toggling alarms to reduce O&M interference caused by
massive repeated alarms.

⚫ Procedure
 Open the Network Management app and choose Monitor > Alarm > Alarm Settings from the main
menu. Alternatively, open the Alarm Monitor app and choose Alarm Settings from the main menu.
 In the navigation tree, choose Intermittent/Toggling Alarm Handling Rules.
 On the Intermittent/Toggling Alarm Handling Rules page, click Create, and set the alarm rules.
▪ Conditions: Filters the target alarms according to the filter criteria.
▪ Time Filter: Specifies the time when a rule takes effect.
▪ Analysis Type: The options are Intermittent Analysis and Toggling Analysis.
▪ Intermittent Policy: Sets the period and number of times for defining an intermittent alarm. You can
determine whether to move alarms that meet the filter criteria to the Masked Alarms page,

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 5.4 Configuring Rules for Handling
Intermittent/Toggling Alarms (3)
Filters the target alarms
according to the filter criteria.

Specifies alarms based on the

alarm ID, type, and status.

Sets the time when the

rule takes effect.

Intermittent analysis
and toggling analysis

Sets the period and number of times for defining a toggling

alarm. Sets whether to move alarms that meet the conditions to
the Masked Alarms page or discard the alarms.

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 Contents
5. Configuring Alarm Rules

5.1 Remote Notification 5.7 Recording Alarm Handling Experience

5.2 Configuring Aggregation Rules 5.8 Configuring Severity and Type Redefinition
Rules
5.3 Configuring Masking Rules

5.4 Configuring Rules for Handling

5.9 Configuring Name Redefinition Rules

Intermittent/Toggling Alarms 5.10 Configuring Correlation Rules

5.5 Synchronizing Alarms 5.11 Setting Events as ADMC Alarms

5.6 Setting Auto Acknowledgement Rules 5.12 Configuring Northbound Filtering Rules

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 5.4 Configuring Rules for Handling
Intermittent/Toggling Alarms (3)
⚫ After a peer system is disconnected from the current system, alarms of the peer
system cannot be reported to the current system. After the connection is restored,
the alarms need to be synchronized to the current system to facilitate monitoring.
⚫ Procedure
 Open the Network Management app and choose Monitor
> Alarm > Alarm Settings from the main menu.
Alternatively, open the Alarm Monitor app and choose
Alarm Settings from the main menu.
 In the navigation pane, choose Alarm Synchronization.
 Click Custom alarm sources.
 Select the NE where the alarm is generated and click OK.
 Click the information you want to synchronize from the
list, and click Synchronize.
 After the synchronization is complete, check whether the
alarm is reported on the alarm monitoring page.

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 Contents
5. Configuring Alarm Rules

5.1 Remote Notification 5.7 Recording Alarm Handling Experience

5.2 Configuring Aggregation Rules 5.8 Configuring Severity and Type Redefinition
Rules
5.3 Configuring Masking Rules

5.4 Configuring Rules for Handling

5.9 Configuring Name Redefinition Rules

Intermittent/Toggling Alarms 5.10 Configuring Correlation Rules

5.5 Synchronizing Alarms 5.11 Setting Events as ADMC Alarms

5.6 Setting Auto Acknowledgement Rules 5.12 Configuring Northbound Filtering Rules

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 5.6 Setting Auto Acknowledgement Rules
⚫ When an auto acknowledgment rule is set, Alarm Management automatically
acknowledges the current alarms in the cleared status based on a specified rule and
converts them to historical alarms.
⚫ Procedure
 Open the Network Management app and choose Monitor
> Alarm > Alarm Settings from the main menu.
Alternatively, open the Alarm Monitor app and choose
Alarm Settings from the main menu.
 In the navigation pane, choose Auto Acknowledgement
Rules.
 Select the auto acknowledgment rule required based on
the severity and click Enable or Delay settings.
▪ Enable: The system immediately acknowledges the alarms
that meet the rules.
▪ Delay settings: The system automatically acknowledges
the alarms whose clearance time exceeds the specified
days at daily basis. As shown in the figure on the right, at
01:00 every day, the system automatically acknowledges
alarms that are in the cleared state for more than six days.
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 Contents
5. Configuring Alarm Rules

5.1 Remote Notification 5.7 Recording Alarm Handling Experience

5.2 Configuring Aggregation Rules 5.8 Configuring Severity and Type Redefinition
Rules
5.3 Configuring Masking Rules

5.4 Configuring Rules for Handling

5.9 Configuring Name Redefinition Rules

Intermittent/Toggling Alarms 5.10 Configuring Correlation Rules

5.5 Synchronizing Alarms 5.11 Setting Events as ADMC Alarms

5.6 Setting Auto Acknowledgement Rules 5.12 Configuring Northbound Filtering Rules

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 5.7 Recording Alarm Handling Experience
⚫ After handling an alarm, record the handling experience to the handling experience
database for future reference or guidance.
⚫ Procedure
Enter the alarm
 Open the Network Management app and handling experience.
choose Monitor > Alarm > Alarm Settings
from the main menu. Alternatively, open the
Alarm Monitor app and choose Alarm
Settings from the main menu.
 In the navigation pane, choose Experience.
 On the Experience page, click Create, and
specify an alarm.
◼ Alarm name: Select the target alarm. View or edit the alarm
handling experience in
◼ Experience: Enter the alarm handling the alarm list.
experience information.
 On the Current Alarms page, view or edit the
handling experience in the alarm list.

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 Contents
5. Configuring Alarm Rules

5.1 Remote Notification 5.7 Recording Alarm Handling Experience

5.2 Configuring Aggregation Rules 5.8 Configuring Severity and Type Redefinition
Rules
5.3 Configuring Masking Rules

5.4 Configuring Rules for Handling

5.9 Configuring Name Redefinition Rules

Intermittent/Toggling Alarms 5.10 Configuring Correlation Rules

5.5 Synchronizing Alarms 5.11 Setting Events as ADMC Alarms

5.6 Setting Auto Acknowledgement Rules 5.12 Configuring Northbound Filtering Rules

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 5.8 Configuring Severity and Type
Redefinition Rules (1)
⚫ You can redefine severities and types of alarms. For example, if an alarm is
considered important, it can be set as a high-level alarm so that O&M personnel will
give priority to it.
⚫ Procedure
 Open the Network Management app and choose Monitor > Alarm > Alarm Settings from the main
menu. Alternatively, open the Alarm Monitor app and choose Alarm Settings from the main menu.
 In the navigation pane, choose Redefinition Rules > Severity and Type Redefinition.
 On the Severity and Type Redefinition page, click Create, and specify the target alarm.
▪ Alarms and Alarm sources: After the redefinition rule is set, the system redefines the alarms
reported from the alarm sources.
▪ Action: Sets the redefined alarm severity and type.
▪ Filter: Filters alarms based on the alarm parameters.
▪ Time Filter: Sets the time when the rule takes effect.
 Click OK.

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 5.8 Configuring Severity and Type
Redefinition Rules (2)
After the redefinition rule is set, the system
redefines the alarms reported from the
alarm sources.

Sets the redefined alarm severity and type.

Filters alarm based on the alarm

parameters.

Sets the time when the rule takes effect.

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 Contents
5. Configuring Alarm Rules

5.1 Remote Notification 5.7 Recording Alarm Handling Experience

5.2 Configuring Aggregation Rules 5.8 Configuring Severity and Type Redefinition
Rules
5.3 Configuring Masking Rules

5.4 Configuring Rules for Handling

5.9 Configuring Name Redefinition Rules

Intermittent/Toggling Alarms 5.10 Configuring Correlation Rules

5.5 Synchronizing Alarms 5.11 Setting Events as ADMC Alarms

5.6 Setting Auto Acknowledgement Rules 5.12 Configuring Northbound Filtering Rules

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 5.9 Configuring Name Redefinition Rules
⚫ If some alarm names are technical and difficult to understand, you can redefine
alarm names as required by setting name redefinition rules.

⚫ Procedure
 Open the Network Management app and choose
Monitor > Alarm > Alarm Settings from the main
menu. Alternatively, open the Alarm Monitor app and
choose Alarm Settings from the main menu.
 In the navigation pane, choose Redefinition Rules >
Specifies the name
Name Redefinition. whose name will be
 On the Name Redefinition page, click Create, and redefined.
specify the target alarm.
▪ Alarm: Specifies the name of an alarm whose name
will be redefined.
▪ New alarm: New name of the alarm.
 Click OK. Sets the new name of
the alarm.

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 Contents
5. Configuring Alarm Rules

5.1 Remote Notification 5.7 Recording Alarm Handling Experience

5.2 Configuring Aggregation Rules 5.8 Configuring Severity and Type Redefinition
Rules
5.3 Configuring Masking Rules

5.4 Configuring Rules for Handling

5.9 Configuring Name Redefinition Rules

Intermittent/Toggling Alarms 5.10 Configuring Correlation Rules

5.5 Synchronizing Alarms 5.11 Setting Events as ADMC Alarms

5.6 Setting Auto Acknowledgement Rules 5.12 Configuring Northbound Filtering Rules

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 5.10 Configuring Correlation Rules (1)
⚫ A correlation rule determines the root alarms and correlative alarms. When O&M
personnel monitor or view alarms, they can set a correlation rule to filter out
correlative alarms and focus only on root alarms.
⚫ Procedure
 Open the Network Management app and choose Monitor > Alarm > Alarm Settings from the
main menu. Alternatively, open the Alarm Monitor app and choose Alarm Settings from the
main menu.
 In the navigation pane, choose Correlation Rules.
 On the Correlation Rules page, click the Custom tab and then click Create.
 Set the parameters for correlation rule.
 Click OK.

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Alarm that causes multiple correlative alarms.

Alarm that is generated due to the root alarm.

Defines the rule for associating root alarms

with correlative alarms based on alarm
attributes.

A correlation relationship is set up only when

the generation interval between the root
alarm and the correlative alarm is shorter
than or equal to the specified period.

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 Contents
5. Configuring Alarm Rules

5.1 Remote Notification 5.7 Recording Alarm Handling Experience

5.2 Configuring Aggregation Rules 5.8 Configuring Severity and Type Redefinition
Rules
5.3 Configuring Masking Rules

5.4 Configuring Rules for Handling

5.9 Configuring Name Redefinition Rules

Intermittent/Toggling Alarms 5.10 Configuring Correlation Rules

5.5 Synchronizing Alarms 5.11 Setting Events as ADMC Alarms

5.6 Setting Auto Acknowledgement Rules 5.12 Configuring Northbound Filtering Rules

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⚫ A Set Events as ADMC Alarms rule converts events that meet rule conditions to
alarms. This enables you to monitor and view events that concern you on the
Current Alarms page. This type of alarms cannot be automatically cleared.
Available events
⚫ Procedure
 Open the Network Management app and
choose Monitor > Alarm > Alarm Settings
from the main menu. Alternatively, open the
Alarm Monitor app and choose Alarm
Settings from the main menu.
 In the navigation pane, choose Set Events
as ADMC Alarms.
 On the Set Events as ADMC Alarms page,
click Add. In the dialog box that is displayed,
select desired events.
 Click OK.
Selected events

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 Contents
5. Configuring Alarm Rules

5.1 Remote Notification 5.7 Recording Alarm Handling Experience

5.2 Configuring Aggregation Rules 5.8 Configuring Severity and Type Redefinition
Rules
5.3 Configuring Masking Rules

5.4 Configuring Rules for Handling

5.9 Configuring Name Redefinition Rules

Intermittent/Toggling Alarms 5.10 Configuring Correlation Rules

5.5 Synchronizing Alarms 5.11 Setting Events as ADMC Alarms

5.6 Setting Auto Acknowledgement Rules 5.12 Configuring Northbound Filtering Rules

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Rules
⚫ On the live network, the upper-layer NMS often receives a large number of alarms.
Network congestion and breakdown may occur due to overload, and users cannot
quickly locate their concerned alarms. To solve this problem, users can set
northbound filtering rules in Alarm Management to determine whether to report the
alarms that meet conditions to the upper-layer NMS.
⚫ Procedure
 Open the Network Management app and choose Monitor > Alarm > Alarm Settings from
the main menu. Alternatively, open the Alarm Monitor app and choose Alarm Settings from
the main menu.
 In the navigation pane, choose Northbound Filtering Rules.
 On the Northbound Filtering Rules page, click Create. Then, configure a filtering rule.
▪ Severity: Filters alarms by alarm severity.
▪ Alarms: Specifies the target alarms.
▪ Alarm sources: Filters alarms based on the NEs where the alarms are generated.
▪ Advanced conditions: Sets more alarm parameters to filter alarms.
▪ Action: Determines whether to report alarms meeting this rule to the upper-layer NMS.
 Click OK.
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Rules

Filters alarms by alarm severity.

Specifies the target alarms.

Filters alarms based on the NEs where

the alarms are generated.

Sets more alarm parameters to filter

alarms.

Determines whether to report the

alarms that meet the rule to the upper-
layer NMS.

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