Alarm. An alarm can be customized to appear for specific criteria for any given system collection. The alarm alerts you that a particular criterion has been met by one or more systems in that collection. Because the Status panel is continually updated, the alarm appears until the event is cleared, the system is removed from the collection, or the alarm customization is changed so that it no longer applies. If the System Status panel is collapsed, and an alarm occurs, it opens automatically so that the alarm is visible. You can collapse the panel, but it continues to open as long as the alarm is relevant. To have the panel remain collapsed, you must clear the offending event or system status or reconfigure the status display to no longer display alarms.