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Subject: Re: [wsdm] Severity values


This is from the ITU-ALARM-TC-MIB published in RFC 3877.  Note the references to ITU M.3100 and &.733...

ItuPerceivedSeverity ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS current
    DESCRIPTION
            "ITU perceived severity values"
    REFERENCE
           "ITU Recommendation M.3100, 'Generic Network Information
            Model', 1995
            ITU Recommendation X.733, 'Information Technology - Open
            Systems Interconnection - System Management: Alarm
            Reporting Function', 1992"
    SYNTAX         INTEGER
           {
           cleared (1),
           indeterminate (2),
           critical (3),
           major (4),
           minor (5),
           warning (6)
           }

Thomas Studwell wrote:

From our experience I would recommend UNKNOWN starting at 0 (zero) with the other levels incrementing by values of 10 so range is 0 to 70.

Thomas W. Studwell
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Re: [wsdm] Severity values

I don't think the colors are standardized.  I suggest 0-7, in descending
order.

H.
--

Vambenepe, William N wrote:

>Severity is defined as a "short" in the pseudo schema but the
>description of the value contains strings (and colors, how cute), not
>numbers:
>
>o FATAL  - Condition is unrecoverable and the service is no longer
>available.
>o CRITICAL (Red) - Condition that affects service has occurred.
>Immediate corrective action is required.
>o MAJOR (Orange) - Problem with a relatively high severity level
>has occurred. It is likely that normal use of the object will be
>impeded.
>o MINOR (Yellow) - Problem with a relatively low severity level
>has occurred. It is unlikely that normal use of the object will be
>impeded.
>o WARNING (Cyan) - Problem that affects service will or could
>occur. Diagnostic and corrective action is recommended.
>o INFORMATION (Green) - Message output is normal (that is, what
>was expected). For example, a process begins, a process finishes, or
>status information is displayed.
>o UNKNOWN (Blue) - Severity level cannot be determined.
>
>Am I supposed to change the type to a restriction of xs:string? OR to
>provide a mapping from numbers to these values? If so, what's the range?
>0-100 (if yes how do I map?), 0-70, 0-6, 1-7...
>
>What is the value of these colors? Do I get to color ResourceId in
>purple?
>
>William
>
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