# Fault Management - Description

This Multi-Node Management application provides you with the following alarm information:

- the highest alarm status among all the elements in the MNM Administrative Group, and

- a summary of the alarm severity for each member element in the MNM Administrative Group.

## Overall Alarm Status

If you log into a System Administration Tool session on any element that belongs to a MNM Administrative Group, the alarm status for the group is displayed in the top-left corner of the screen (see graphic below for an example). See Alarm Status Levels for details on the alarm indications.

## Alarm Status Summary

To display a summary of the alarms for the MNM Administrative Group elements, enable Admin Group Management and access the Admin Group Alarm Summary form. An example of the screen is show below.

The alarm summary form presents the following information:

- administrative group name is displayed in the top left corner

- overall highest alarm status for the administrative group

- name of each element is listed in the left column

- the Alarm Level for each element is listed in the right column.

Related Topics

- Fault Management - Conditions

- Using Fault Management

- Alarm Status Levels

- Alarm Categories

- Alarm Thresholds