Suppressed Alarms

GigaVUE- FM allows you to suppress alarms that are raised during maintenance operation of a specific resource, cluster or node.

This section explains about the following:

■   Suppress Alarm
■   Manage Suppression Rules
■   View Suppressed Alarms

Suppress Alarm

You can suppress an alarm or alarms for a specific period or indefinitely by:

■   Suppressing from Alarms page
■   Suppressing from Physical Nodes page

You can also configure auto-suppression of alarms for certain GigaVUE-FM triggered operations on device such as Configuration Restore, Device Reboot, Image Upgrade on a cluster or node and Cluster Creation Operations.

For more information, refer to Auto-Suppression of Alarms

Stop Suppression

Stop Suppression deactivates the corresponding suppression rule of the alarm. When you select Stop Suppression for a suppressed alarm, GigaVUE-FM displays an appropriate message indicating if the rule is deactivated or if the rule does not exist.

To stop suppression of alarm from the Alarms page, do the following on GigaVUE-FM:

1.   On the left navigation pane, click on
2. Go to System > Alarms.
3. Select an alarm and click the ellipsis.
4. Click Stop Suppress.

You can also suppress using the Action button. For more details, refer to Buttons

Stop suppression cannot be configured for the following:
  • Alarms that are suppressed during implicit operations.
  • Correlated alarms.

To suppress alarm from the Alarms page, do the following on GigaVUE-FM:

1.   On the left navigation pane, click on
2. Go to System > Alarms.
3. Select an alarm and click the ellipsis.
4. Click Suppress. The Add Suppression Rule page appears.

You can also suppress using the Action button. For more details, refer to Buttons

5. Enter the following details to suppress the alarm:
■   Reason – You can select from the available reasons in the drop-down list or click New to specify a new reason to suppress an alarm.
■   Rule Expiration – Enter the period after which the rule expires.
■   Activate Rule – Enable the button to activate the rule. The default is On.
6. Click Suppress to suppress the Alarm. A confirmation message appears.

You can view the rule created in the Suppression Rules page.

Refer to Manage Suppression Rules to learn on how to manage the suppression rules that are created.

  • To suppress alarm from the Physical Nodes page, do the following on GigaVUE-FM:

    1.   On the left navigation pane, click on and selectPhysical .
    2. Select the cluster for which the alarms are to be suppressed.
    3. Click Actions and select Suppress from the drop-down list. The Add Suppression Rule page appears.
    4. Perform steps 5 and 6 described in the Suppressing from Alarms page.

    • Auto-Suppression of Alarms

    GigaVUE-FM allows auto-suppression of alarms for certain GigaVUE-FM triggered operations on device such as Configuration Restore, Device Reboot, Image, Upgrade or Cluster Creation Operations on a cluster or node.

    When auto-suppression is activated, GigaVUE-FM automatically creates or deletes the suppression rule for the cluster or node for the GigaVUE-FM operations.

    To auto-suppress alarms, do the following:

    1.   On the left navigation pane, click on .
    2. Go to System > Alarms.
    3. Click Settings on the top navigation bar.
    4. In the Exclusion and Suppression Rules section, you can enable the check box for Automatically Suppress Resources and for the following operations, which require auto-suppression of alarms:
    •   GigaVUE-FM Device Image Upgrade
    •   GigaVUE-FM Device Configuration Restore
    •   GigaVUE-FM Cluster Creation
    •   GigaVUE-FM Device Reboot.
    5. Click Save to save the settings.

    Manage Suppression Rules

    GigaVUE-FM allows you to activate, deactivate, view, edit or delete a suppression rule.

    Note:  All GigaVUE-FM users, irrespective of the role and user group they are associated to, can view the suppression rules. However, only users with read-write access to the Infrastructure Management resource category can manage the suppression rules.

    To manage a suppression rule, do the following:

    1.   On the left navigation pane, click on .
    2. Go to System > Alarms.
    3. Click Suppression Rules on the top navigation bar. You can view the details of the suppression rules created for a cluster or a node.
    4. Click Actions drop-down list. You can select and perform the required actions.

    The following table explains the actions displayed in the drop-down list:

    Action

    Description
    Edit Suppression Rule Modify or Update the existing rule.
    Activate Activate the rule.
    Deactivate Deactivate the suppression rule.
    Delete Delete the rule.

    Filter Suppression Rule

    You can filter the suppression rules based on the suppressed alarm type and the reasons for suppressing it. For more information on filtering alarms, refer to Filter Alarms

    Export Suppression Rule

    GigaVUE-FM allows you to export the rules in suppression rules page in CSV and XLSX formats.

    To export the suppression rules, do the following:

    1.   On the left navigation pane, click on .
    2. Go to System > Alarms.
    3. Click Suppression Rules on the top navigation bar. You can view the details of the suppression rules created for a cluster or a node.
    4. Click Export drop-down list. You can view the following options:
    •   Export All – Export all the available suppression rules in CSV or XLSX format.
    •   Export Selected – Export only the selected suppression rules CSV or XLSX format.

    View Suppressed Alarms

    GigaVUE-FM allows you to view the alarms that are suppressed. To view the suppressed alarms:

    1.   On the left navigation pane, click on .
    2. Go to System > Alarms > All Alarms.
    3. Click the widget Suppressed Alarms. You can view the suppressed alarms created for a cluster or a node.