Description: This SNMP MIB-module constitutes the Ericsson Alarm Integration Reference Point (IRP) solution set for SNMP, version 1:2. The purpose of this IRP is to define an interface though which a 'system' (typically a network element manager or a network element) can communicate alarm information for its managed objects to one or several 'actors' (typically network management systems). An alarm is a kind of object that represents an abnormal condition for a managed object. An alarm is active as long as the corresponding abnormal condition remains. The system maintains an 'Alarm Table' containing all currently active alarms for its managed objects. When an alarm is cleared, it is removed from the list and no longer accessible. Alarms can be forwarded to the actors either synchronously (requested through get, get-next or get- bulk PDUs) or asynchrously (through inform or trap PDUs) whenever an entry in the Alarm Table is created, modified or cleared.