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Hierarchical The System Alarming Settings

This function enables you to set hierarchical The System alarming on a certain level (except the top level) of The System. With these settings, the important alarms or alarms raised by important devices managed by this The System are reported to the maintenance personnel of its upper-level The System.

Operation Procedure

1. Follow any of these steps to enter the Hierarchical The System Alarming page:
   • Click the Alarm tab, and then select Hierarchical The System Alarming in the navigation tree.
   • Click the System tab, and then select Hierarchical The System Alarming.
2. The adding/modifying hierarchical The System alarming page provides the following operations:
   • Enable/Disable alarming.
   • Type the IP address of the upper-level The System.
   • Type the receiving port of the upper-level The System.
   • Select Yes or No for the Public IP field.
   • Type the IP address of the lower-level The System.
   • Select your interested devices.
   • Select your interested alarms.
   • Select your interested alarm levels.
   • Select Yes or No for the "Auto Forwarding Recovered Alarm".
3. Click OK.

Parameters

• Public IP: If you select No, enter the IP address of the server on which the current System alarm module is located in the Lower-Level IP field. If you select Yes, enter the public IP address of the server on which the current System alarm module is located in the Lower-Level IP field.
• Interested Devices: If you select All Devices, alarms of all the devices are reported. If you select Selected Devices, only the alarms of the selected devices are reported.
• Interested Alarms: If you select All Alarms, all alarms are reported. If you select Selected Alarms, only the selected alarms are reported.

Precautions

• The Hierarchical The System Alarming function is available to administrators only.
• You need to select the important devices and alarms to which operators at the upper-level The System need to pay attention.
• Upper-Level IP cannot be the IP address of the current The System or any of its lower-level The System.
• If you set mutual alarm reporting between The System servers, the cyclic reporting might cause unnecessary load.
• When the alarm reporting feature is enabled in the hierarchical System alarm management settings, add a lower-level System to the upper-level System for the upper-level System to receive alarms from the lower-level System.