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The alarms list shows all sensors that are in a Down, Down (Partial), Down (Acknowledged), Warning, or Unusual status. Sensors in other states (for example, Up, Paused, or Unknown) do not appear here. This is useful for keeping track of all irregularities in your network.

In the table list, you can sort the items via the column's header items.

Alarms List

There are two ways to display the alarms list: Either click the Alarms tab of a probe, group, or device (not available for sensors), or click Alarms in the main menu bar.

By default, table lists with alarms are ordered by priority.

Alarms (Object Tab)

Probe, group, device, and sensor pages have tabs that you can use to navigate between the different options. For example, you can view your network's status, view monitoring results, or change settings.

Tabs Bar for Groups and Probes

Click the Alarms tab of an object to show a table list of all sensors on this object that show a Down, Down (Partial), Warning, or Unusual status. You see a subset of sensors in an alarm status for the selected object only. This is a subset of the entries available via the Alarms | All option in the main menu bar. The tab is not available for sensors.

Alarms (Main Menu)

Click Alarms in the main menu bar to show a table list of all sensors in your configuration that show a Down, Down (Partial), Down (Acknowledged), Warning, or Unusual status. You can also show these sensors as gauges or only show a subset of sensors in certain states.

Alarms
All	Open a list of all sensors that are in Down, Down (Partial), Down (Acknowledged), Warning, or Unusual status.
Show as Gauges	Open a page with the gauges of all sensors that are in Down, Down (Partial), Down (Acknowledged), Warning, or Unusual status. The size of the gauges corresponds to the sensor's priority.
Errors Only	Open a list of all sensors that are in Down, Down (Partial), or Down (Acknowledged) status.
Warnings Only	Open a list of all sensors that are in Warning status.
Unusuals Only	Open a list of all sensors that are in Unusual status.

Acknowledge Alarm

An acknowledged alarm shows up in the alarms list as acknowledged (see Sensor States) and does not trigger any more notifications.

If the alarm condition clears, the sensor usually returns to an Up status immediately with the next sensor scan.

To acknowledge an alarm, right-click a sensor entry and select Acknowledge Alarm from the context menu, enter a message, and click the OK button. The message appears in the last message value of the sensor. You can choose from: Acknowledge Indefinitely, acknowledge For 5 Minutes, For 15 Minutes, For 1 Hour, For 3 Hours, For 1 Day, or Until.

If you choose Until a dialog box appears:

Acknowledge Alarm until
Selected Objects	Show the sensors that you want to acknowledge the alarm for. You can acknowledge alarms for more than one sensor using multi-edit.
Message	Enter a text, for example, the reason why you acknowledge the alarm. Enter a string or leave the field empty.
Until	Select the date when the acknowledge status ends. Use the date time picker to enter the date and time. If the alarm condition still persists after the specified date, the sensor shows a Down status again. To return the sensor to a Down status before the specified date, you can Pause and then Resume the sensor via the context menu.

Acknowledge Alarm until

Selected Objects

Show the sensors that you want to acknowledge the alarm for. You can acknowledge alarms for more than one sensor using multi-edit.

Message

Enter a text, for example, the reason why you acknowledge the alarm. Enter a string or leave the field empty.

Until

Select the date when the acknowledge status ends. Use the date time picker to enter the date and time.

If the alarm condition still persists after the specified date, the sensor shows a Down status again.

To return the sensor to a Down status before the specified date, you can Pause and then Resume the sensor via the context menu.

Only users with write access may acknowledge alarms. You can give read-only users the right to acknowledge alarms, too. See User Accounts Settings, section Account Control.

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