Provisioning Environmental Alarm Input

The node is configured for customized environmental conditions such as power or air conditioning failure, equipment room door open. The string entered in the Environmental Alarm field defines the alarm. The alarm is reported when the defined environmental condition is detected.

NOTE: By default, the environmental alarm displays "External Alarm Occurred" when no string is configured.

Alarm out is a functionality that can be used by the customer to have an extended audio/visual indicators for alarms occurring on the node. An extended alarm panel can be used by the customer to identify any alarm (critical/major/minor alarm) occurring on the node. The external alarm panel shall use the alarm out pins on the connector.

Perform the steps given below to provision environmental alarms.

1. Click Configuration > Environmental alarm input in the navigation pane. The Configure environmental alarms preview pane is displayed.

   

2. Enter the string with which the alarms have to be identified in the Environmental Alarm fields.
3. Click Submit. A confirmation message is displayed.
4. Click Accept Valid Modifications. A "Successfully Modified" message is displayed under the Warnings filed. The environmental alarm is configured.

NOTE: The Environmental Alarm can be a set of alphanumeric characters. The maximum number of characters allowed is 32.