# Using Fault Management

## Obtaining an Alarm Summary for the Group

To display a summary of the alarms for the MNM Administrative Group elements:

1. Admin Group Management form

- Enable fault management for the group.

2. Admin Group Alarm Summary form

- Check the alarm status for the member elements.

## Obtaining the Alarm Details

To obtain the alarm details:

- Admin Group Alarm Summary form

- Select the element in the Name column to obtain its alarm details. This will show you any/all alarms on that element.

NOTE: A "nameless" element (one that has had its name deleted in the Network Elements form) can still be selected by clicking on the blank space where the name would otherwise appear.

To go back to the local system after viewing alarm details on a remote element, do any of the following:

- click the local navigation tree on the left side of the page

- select the local system from the Show form on list in the top-right corner of the page.

- click the Alarm Status area at the top of the page. Depending on the alarm status, you are taken back to the local Admin Group Alarm Summary form (or Alarm Details form if the system is not in an MNM Admin Group), License Distribution Management form, or SDS Distribution Errors - All form.

NOTE: Navigating via the Alarm Status display only works when reaching from an MCD 5.0 system to another MCD 5.0 system.

Related Topics

- Fault Management - Description

- Fault Management - Conditions

- Alarm Status Levels

- Alarm Categories

- Alarm Thresholds