This BITS value selects which channels receive resource-depletion alarms, choosing among syslog, SNMP notification, and NETCONF event delivery. An admin configures it to route resource alarms to whichever management systems are actually being monitored, such as enabling SNMP notifications for a central NMS. For example, enabling both the syslog and SNMP-notification bits sends a CPU-shortage alarm to the local log and to the trap receiver simultaneously.