Alarm Configuration Settings

The following table describes all alarm configuration settings, even though the service may not support the settings.

Alarm Configuration Settings
Name Description

Server

From the drop-down list, choose the server (node) for which you want to configure the alarm; then, click Go.

Service Group

Cisco Unity Connection supports only the following service groups: Database and Admin Services, Performance and Monitoring Services, Backup and Restore Services, System Services, and Platform Services.

From the drop-down list, choose the category of services, for example, Database and Admin Services, for which you want to configure the alarm; then, click Go.

Service

From the Service drop-down list, choose the service for which you want to configure the alarm; then, click Go.

Only services that support the service group and your configuration display.

Tip   

The drop-down list displays both active and inactive services.

Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service only:

Apply to All Nodes

To apply the alarm settings for the service to all nodes in a cluster, check the check box.

Enable Alarm for Local Syslogs

The SysLog viewer serves as the alarm destination. The program logs errors in the Application Logs within SysLog Viewer and provides a description of the alarm and a recommended action. You can access the SysLog Viewer from the Cisco Unified Real-Time Monitoring Tool.

For information on viewing logs with the SysLog Viewer, refer to the Cisco Unified Real-Time Monitoring Tool Administration Guide.

Enable Alarm for Remote Syslogs

The Syslog file serves as the alarm destination. Check this check box to enable the Syslog messages to be stored on a Syslog server and to specify the Syslog server name. If this destination is enabled and no server name is specified, Cisco Unified Serviceability does not send the Syslog messages.

The configured AMC primary and failover collectors use the remote syslog settings. The remote syslog settings used by the collectors are those configured on the respective individual nodes.

If the remote syslog is only configured on AMC primary collector without configuring remote syslog on AMC failover collector and failover occurs in AMC primary collector, then no remote syslogs will be generated.

You must configure exactly the same settings on all nodes, to send the remote syslog alarms to the same remote syslog server.

When failover occurs in AMC controller or when the collector configuration changes to a different node, the remote syslog settings on a backup or newly configured node is used.

To prevent too many alarms flooding the system, you can check the Exclude End Point Alarms check box. This ensures that the endpoint phone-related events get logged into a separate file.

Exclude End Point Alarms check box is displayed only for the CallManager services, and is not checked by default. You need to check the Apply to All Nodes also, when you check this check box. The configuration options for endpoint alarms are listed in Alarm configuration settings.

Tip   

Do not specify a Cisco Cisco Unified Communications Manager or a Cisco Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service node as the destination because the node does not accept syslog messages from another node.

Remote Syslog Servers

In each of the Server Name 1, Server Name 2, Server Name 3, Server Name 4, and Server Name 5 fields, enter the name or IP address of the remote syslog server that you want to use to accept syslog messages. For example, if you want to send the alarms to Cisco Unified Operations Manager, specify the Cisco Unified Operations Manager as the server name.

Tip   

Do not specify a Cisco Cisco Unified Communications Manager or a Cisco Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service node as the destination because the node does not accept syslog messages from another node.

Enable Alarm for SDI Trace

The SDI trace library serves as the alarm destination.

To log alarms, check this check box and check the Trace On check box in the Trace Configuration window for the chosen service. For information on configuring settings in the Trace Configuration window in Cisco Unified Serviceability, see Set up trace parameters.

Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Unified Communications Manager BE only:

Enable Alarm for SDL Trace

The SDL trace library serves as the alarm destination. This destination applies only to the Cisco CallManager service and the CTIManager service. Configure this alarm destination by using Trace SDL configuration. To log alarms in the SDL trace log file, check this check box and check the Trace On check box in the Trace Configuration window for the chosen service. For information on configuring settings in the Trace Configuration window in Cisco Unified Serviceability, see the Set up trace parameters.

Alarm Event Level

From the drop-down list, choose one of the following options:
Emergency

This level designates system as unusable.

Alert

This level indicates that immediate action is needed.

Critical

The system detects a critical condition.

Error

This level signifies that error condition exists.

Warning

This level indicates that a warning condition is detected.

Notice

This level designates a normal but significant condition.

Informational

This level designates information messages only.

Debug

This level designates detailed event information that Cisco Technical Assistance Center engineers use for debugging.

The following tables describe the default alarm configuration settings.

 

Local Syslogs

Remote Syslogs

SDI Trace

SDL Trace

Enable Alarm

Checked

Unchecked

Checked

Checked

Alarm Event Level

Error

Disabled

Error

Error

Exclude End Point Alarms

Local Syslog

Alternate Syslog

Remote Syslog

Syslog Severity and Strangulate Alert

Syslog Traps

Checked

No

Yes

No

No

No

Unchecked

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes