Reporting

The Reporting screen defaults to the Alarms Report. There are five pre-defined reports for analysis: Alarms, System Events, On-Demand History, Baseline History, Monitoring History. The icons at the top of the page provide the different types of available reports.

Reporting Default View: Alarms

Alarms Report

This report shows the full alarms history with the following items:

  • Alarm ID: Number that uniquely identifies the alarm event.

  • Active at/Resolved at: Date/Time the alarm was triggered and resolved. If not yet resolved, no date/time will appear.S

  • Port: Switch and port that the alarm occurred on.

  • Level: Level of alarm triggered (minor, major, or critical).

  • Type: Type of alarm triggered (loss, attenuation, reflectance, or fiber break).

  • Distance: Fiber location of event that triggered the alarm.

  • Status: Alarm status (active or resolved).

To filter items to a specific port, select Enter port search bar and choose the switch and port to see events for it only.

The Group History switch, turned on by default, groups events that occur at the same location, as shown below.

Click the Save icon to save the .SOR file for the alarm. The file will include the baseline trace. Click the arrow link to view the trace associated with the alarm. See Alarms List.

Alarms Report: Full History

System Events Report

The System Events Report shows all system-wide changes and the users who performed the changes, as well as who the changes affected.

This report shows the full alarms history with the following items:

  • At: Date/Time of the event.

  • Level: Type of action (Info, Critical, Major, Minor)

  • Source: User who performed the action.

  • Event: Action taken place. If applicable, the switch and port that is associated with the action is listed and the monitoring schedule assigned.

For on-demand tests, click the arrow link to view the trace associated with the on-demand test.

 

Event Log Report

On-Demand History Report

This report tracks who performed an On-Demand Test, since no monitoring occurs while an On-Demand Test is running.

To filter items to a specific port, select Enter port search bar and choose the switch and port to see events for it only.

Click the arrow link to view the trace associated with the alarm.

 

On-Demand History Report

Baseline History Report

The Baseline History Report shows all reference baselines performed on ports and the users who ran the baselines.

To filter items to a specific port, select Enter port search bar and choose the switch and port to see events for it only.

Click the Save icon to save the .SOR file for the alarm. The file will include the baseline trace. Click the arrow link to view the trace associated with the alarm. For more information on viewing baselines, see Reference Baselines.

Reference Baseline Report

Monitoring History

This report checks the data log to view past events on a given switch and port and determine it's health.

Click the At arrow to sort the log entries in ascending or descending order by date/time. To filter items to a specific port, select Enter port search bar and choose the switch and port to see events for it only.

Click the Download .SORs icon to download both the baseline and the trace that generated or resolved the alarms .

Click the arrow icon to check alarm details and view the history for comparison. For more information on viewing traces, see Trace Analysis.

Monitoring History Report