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Alarms

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Alarms

The Alarms widget has three different visualizations: Table, Summary, and Graph that can be swapped in the widget settings. FortiNAC can display alarm information from up to 60 days, available in Summary and Graph visualizations. The user has the ability to Acknowledge an alarm, thus marking for their own memory that they have seen this alarm. Control this function under Alarms settings.

Table

The Table visualization shows information about recent alarms, including when they occured, what type of alarm, and the element affected. When you select an alarm from the list, you can perform the following actions:

  • Details: View more details about the alarm, including the cause

  • Acknowledge: Mark the alarm as acknowledged and sets the Time Acknowledged

  • Delete: Deletes the alarm from the list

You can filter the list of alarms using the Filter button, displayed at the right side of each column header when you hover with your mouse.

Summary

Customize the time frame of this visualization under Alarm Settings > Previous Graph/Summary Days. The max archive age is 60 days. "For more information on the Archive Age Time setting, see Database archive.

Graph

Customize the time frame of this visualization under Alarm Settings > Previous Graph/Summary Days. The max archive age is 60 days.

Alarms

The Alarms widget has three different visualizations: Table, Summary, and Graph that can be swapped in the widget settings. FortiNAC can display alarm information from up to 60 days, available in Summary and Graph visualizations. The user has the ability to Acknowledge an alarm, thus marking for their own memory that they have seen this alarm. Control this function under Alarms settings.

Table

The Table visualization shows information about recent alarms, including when they occured, what type of alarm, and the element affected. When you select an alarm from the list, you can perform the following actions:

  • Details: View more details about the alarm, including the cause

  • Acknowledge: Mark the alarm as acknowledged and sets the Time Acknowledged

  • Delete: Deletes the alarm from the list

You can filter the list of alarms using the Filter button, displayed at the right side of each column header when you hover with your mouse.

Summary

Customize the time frame of this visualization under Alarm Settings > Previous Graph/Summary Days. The max archive age is 60 days. "For more information on the Archive Age Time setting, see Database archive.

Graph

Customize the time frame of this visualization under Alarm Settings > Previous Graph/Summary Days. The max archive age is 60 days.