To configure the alarm mapping:

  1. At ASAM_BASEDIR/smarts/bin, enter the following command:

    sm_edit conf/alcatel-sam/ASA-Alarm.conf

  2. Find the section, # Configurations for ASA.

  3. Type the new value, as required for your configuration. The following sample shows the section of code. 

    #
# Configurations for ASA
#
#   Event Active/Inactive - used to disable events, default is ACTIVE
#        INACTIVE alarm-xx-xx-xx
#
#   Event Durable/Momentary - used to make events momentary, default is DURABLE
#        MOMENTARY alarm-xx-xx-xx
#
#   Event De-duplication - used to block repeat events
#        DEDUP DEFAULT represents default response
#        DEDUP alarm-xx-xx-xx represents individual DEDUP value
#
#   Event Comments - appears at the end of event text
#       COMMENT alarm-xx-xx-xx "This is a sample comment"
#
#   Event Severity - used if actual severity is not included in event
#       SEVERITY DEFAULT 7  (MAJOR)
#        SEVERITY alarm-xx-xx-xx 8 (CRITICAL) 
#
#     Event Expiration - time in seconds to clear notification after becoming inactive
#        EXPIRATION DEFAULT 0 (live forever)
#        EXPIRATION alarm-xx-xx-xx 60 (live 60 seconds)
#
#   Expiration for Alarms without a corresponding InCharge target 
#       NOTARGET  28800  (expire after 8 hours)
#
#   EventName Aliases are defined with lines that have the original alarm-1-2-3 
#   followed by the new alias that should be used for the EventName
#       alarm-8-3-6  EquipmentRemoved
#
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEDUP        DEFAULT            ON
SEVERITY     DEFAULT            7
EXPIRATION   DEFAULT            0
NOTARGET                        0
# An example
#DEDUP       alarm-305-11-90     ON
INACTIVE    alarm-305-11-90
MOMENTARY   alarm-305-11-90
COMMENT     alarm-305-11-90     "This is a test event"
SEVERITY    alarm-305-11-90     8
EXPIRATION  alarm-305-11-90     14400
# Inactive list
#
# Examples of 5620Sam alarms that correspond to VMware diagnoses
#
# IP/AMPM
INACTIVE    alarm-10-3-8        # PhysicalPort EquipmmentDown = Interface Down
INACTIVE    alarm-20-3-17       # LagDown = NetworkAdapterRedundancyGroup AllComponentsDown
INACTIVE    alarm-36-13-32      # InterfaceDown = Interface Down
INACTIVE    alarm-243-4-176     # SNMPReachabilityProblem = SNMPAgent Unreachable
INACTIVE    alarm-249-32-32     # AccessInterfaceDown = Interface Down
# MPLS
INACTIVE    alarm-25-12-19      # LspDown = LSP Down
INACTIVE    alarm-97-16-83      # ServiceSiteDown = Forwarder Down
INACTIVE    alarm-221-30-166    # SdpBindingDown = ForwarderEndpoint Down
# BGP
INACTIVE    alarm-2-1-2         # PeerConnectionDown = BGPSession Disconnected
                                # or BGPProtocolEndpoint RemoteSpeakerNotConfigured
# Momentary list
MOMENTARY alarm-31-4-24 # PollerProblem
MOMENTARY   alarm-32-3-25       # NodeRebooted

    The Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS severities are translated to VMware Smart Assurance severities as shown in Mapping of Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS and VMware Smart Assurance Alarm severities.

Table 1. Mapping of Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS and VMware Smart Assurance Alarm severities

Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS

VMware Smart Assurance

Description

8

1

Critical

7

2

Major

6

3

Minor

5,4,3,2

4

Unknown

1

5

Normal