Setting System Monitor alarms

You can set alarms in the System Monitor to alert you when the system goes above or below certain thresholds for selected resources.

1. Select View Alarms.

2. Select the option for which you want to set the alarm:

   
   Beep

   issue a beep if the level of the selected resource goes above or below the entered value.

   
   Flash Header

   the selected option flashes on the main window if the level of the selected resource goes above or below the entered value.

3. Enter a value in either the ``Alarm Above'' or ``Alarm Below'' boxes.

4. If the resource goes above or below the specified value (the list of options in ``System Monitor'' gives the value range for each option), the selected alarm is set off and an alarm icon appears next to the options list on the main window. For example, the ``CPU Usage - User Time'' option has a scale up to ``100''. You can set the ``Alarm Above'' to be ``80'' and the ``Alarm Below'' to be ``10''; the alarm will go off if the option extends beyond the specified alarm settings.

5. Click on Set Alarm.

6. Once the alarm has been set, the Delete Alarm button becomes sensitized so that you can delete the settings if desired.

7. Click on OK to save the settings and close the window.