About Alarms

You can view any alarm associated with the devices Skylight orchestrator manages.

Alarms are collected by the following:

• Permanent CLI sessions established with each managed device
• When this connection is established, Skylight orchestrator queries the managed device for its list of active alarms, and updates its internal alarm list. The same query is reissued whenever the device is resynchronized via the resynchronization process.
• SNMP messages
Skylight orchestrator can:
• Collect events for alarms raised and cleared from managed device via SNMP.

  The alarm list for each device is kept up-to-date at all times.

• Be configured to send notifications to northbound destinations such as OSS.
• Messages are set up by accessing Administration ▶ SNMP.
• Managed devices must be set up to send SNMP messages for alarms raised and cleared.

For detailed information about how to configure Skylight orchestrator for SNMP, see "Configuring Alarm Handling via SNMP".

Alarm Categories

Alarms are categorized by severity and color, as follows:

Severity	Color	Details
Warning		Provides status information. Note: Warning alarms related to loss of connectivity with devices are displayed as LOC alarms that can be filtered in the GUI. LOC: Skylight orchestrator has lost contact with a managed device.
Minor		An error condition has occurred that does not seriously affect system functionality.
Major		A serious degradation of service or hardware malfunction has occurred and requires immediate attention to restore system functionality.
Critical		A service-affecting condition has occurred and requires immediate corrective action.

The severity of each alarm is displayed in the Severity column on the alarm page. In addition, the alarm banner at the bottom of the page displays the number of alarms per severity.

Alarm Dashboard

The alarm dashboard gives you a high-level statistical view of alarm events. The alarm dashboard is displayed on the bottom of the alarm page, and provides you with the following statistics:

Type	Text Summary	Details
Severity		Displays the breakdown of alarm events by Severity, in percentages
Probable cause		Displays the breakdown of alarm events by Probable cause, in percentages.
Alarm type		Displays the breakdown of alarm events by Alarm type, in percentages.
Condition type		Displays the breakdown of alarm events by Condition type, in percentages.