3.6 Managing Condition/Severity Colors

Filtering features in the Operations Center console can hide some elements and their information from a view. You can use the filtering feature in the Summary, Network, Alarms, and Layout views. The condition/severity filter buttons (located on the toolbar) select events using color codes that represent degrees of criticality. The colored buttons display from left to right in order of most critical to least critical. In general, condition refers to elements and severity refers to alarms:

Figure 3-4 Condition/Severity Filter Buttons

Table 3-2 describes the standard condition/severity color codes and their default definitions from most critical to least critical.

Table 3-2 Default Color Codes

Color

Description

Red

CRITICAL

Orange

MAJOR

Yellow

MINOR

Blue

INFORMATIONAL

Green

OK

Gray

UNKNOWN

Brown

UNMANAGED

The color codes help prioritize alarms and events to sort or filter based on condition or severity. For example, sort elements from most critical to least critical, or filter out elements having an OK or INFORMATIONAL condition, to focus on problem areas.

The following sections explain how to modify color themes:

3.6.1 Selecting a New Color Theme

To select a color from the six default color themes:

  1. From the Format menu, select Condition/Severity Colors to open the Condition/Severity Color Settings dialog box.

  2. Click the Choose a Supplied Color Theme drop-down list, then select a color theme.

  3. Select the Change System Settings check box to set the theme as the default for all users.

  4. Click OK.

    The condition/severity codes display using the selected color theme:

3.6.2 Modifying Colors in a Scheme

To modify one or more colors in a color scheme:

  1. From the Format menu, select Condition/Severity Colors to open the Condition/Severity Color Settings dialog box.

  2. In the Condition/Severity section, select a condition color to change. The Background and Foreground Color drop-down lists activate.

  3. Click the Background and Foreground Color drop-down lists, then select new colors.

  4. Select the Change System Settings check box to change the theme for all users.

  5. Click OK.

    The selected condition/severity code displays using the new color.

3.6.3 Creating a Custom Color Scheme

It is possible to customize the colors that represent condition/severity levels. There are six default color themes.

To create an additional color theme using the color selector:

  1. From the Format menu, select Condition/Severity Colors to open the Condition/Severity Color Settings dialog box.

  2. Click the Choose a Supplied Color Theme drop-down list, then select (Customized).

  3. Select a color condition to change.

    This activates the Background and Foreground Color drop-down lists.

  4. Click the Background and Foreground Color drop-down lists, then select new colors.

  5. Continue selecting condition/severity codes and changing their background and foreground colors.

  6. Select the Change System Settings check box to add the theme for all users.

  7. Click OK to apply the new color theme.