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Chapter 22
System Events
SmartSwitch 1800 alarm, or event, messages can be displayed locally (see “Dis-
playing Events” on page 22-3), as well as sent to an async terminal, a serial or parallel
printer, another node, or any other device capable of interpreting event messages.
Events parameters are set in Node Defaults (
[A], [A], [C]
from the Main Menu). The
message file ERRMSG.TXT contains the format of events for message construction.
Configuration
To configure a SmartSwitch 1800 to collect events from other Cabletron frame relay
access devices (SmartSwitch 1800, FRM, FRX4000, FRX6000), do the following in
Node Defaults (described in Chapter 4):
1. Set
Collecting Node
to
Y
. (The default setting is
N
, so the parameter may have to
be reconfigured.)
2. Configure
Max Congestion
and
Line Idle Timer
according to the guidelines in
Chapter 4.
3. Specify a
Collecting Node ID
and
Collecting Node Pwd
(Password). (Keeping the
default password is recommended.) These will be used by other nodes to place a
call.
4. If you want this node to route all events (including its own) to another device
(such as a printer), specify a
Primary Alarm Output ID
and
Primary Alarm Output
Pwd
(Password). (Keeping the default password is recommended.) Note that the
password serves no function if a printer is specified.
5. If you want this node to route all events to a second device as well as that defined
in step 3, specify a
Secondary Alarm Output ID
and
Secondary Alarm Output Pwd
(Password). (Keeping the default password is recommended.)
At each node that will send its events to the collecting node:
1. Set
Collecting Node
to
N
(the factory default setting).
2. Specify the
Primary Alarm Output ID
and
Primary Alarm Output Pwd
(Password)
to
match the
Collecting Node ID
and
Collecting Node Pwd
(Password) of the col-
lecting node.
3. In the Port record for the physical or logical X.25 port that will be used for inter-
node connections, configure
Maximum LAPB Window Size
to match the same
parameter in the collecting node.