An jnxSoamPmThresholdCrossingAlarm notification is sent if the following conditions are met for a particular type. For an aboveAlarm five conditions need to be met: a) measurement of the parameter is enabled via jnxSoamLmCfgMeasurementEnable for a LM crossing or jnxSoamDmCfgMeasurementEnable for a DM crossing; and b) the parameter threshold is configured in the jnxSoamLmThresholdCfgTable or jnxSoamDmThresholdCfgTable; and c) the threshold crossing type of bPmThresholdAboveAlarm is enabled; and d) the measured value of the parameter exceeds the value configured in the jnxSoamLmThresholdCfgTable for a LM crossing entry or jnxSoamDmThresholdCfgTable for a DM crossing entry for a type of bPmThresholdAboveAlarm; and e) no previous jnxSoamPmThresholdCrossingAlarm notifications with type aboveAlarm have been sent relating to the same threshold in the jnxSoamLmThresholdCfgTable or jnxSoamDmThresholdCfgTable and the same parameter, during this Measurement Interval. For a setAlarm five conditions need to be met: a) measurement of the parameter is enabled via jnxSoamLmCfgMeasurementEnable for a LM crossing or jnxSoamDmCfgMeasurementEnable for a DM crossing; and b) the parameter threshold is configured in the jnxSoamLmThresholdCfgTable or jnxSoamDmThresholdCfgTable; and c) the threshold crossing type of bPmThresholdSetClearAlarm is enabled; and d) the measured value of the parameter exceeds the value configured in the jnxSoamLmThresholdCfgTable for a LM crossing entry or jnxSoamDmThresholdCfgTable for a DM crossing entry for a type of bPmThresholdSetClearAlarm for the Measurement Interval; and e) the previous measured value did not exceed the value configured in the jnxSoamLmThresholdCfgTable for a LM crossing entry or jnxSoamDmThresholdCfgTable for a DM crossing entry for a type of bPmThresholdSetClearAlarm. For a clearAlarm five conditions need to be met: a) measurement of the parameter is enabled via jnxSoamLmCfgMeasurementEnable for a LM crossing or jnxSoamDmCfgMeasurementEnable for a DM crossing; and b) the parameter threshold is configured in the jnxSoamLmThresholdCfgTable or jnxSoamDmThresholdCfgTable; and c) the threshold crossing type of bPmThresholdSetClearAlarm is enabled; and d) the measured value of the parameter did not exceed the value configured in the jnxSoamLmThresholdCfgTable for a LM crossing entry or jnxSoamDmThresholdCfgTable for a DM crossing entry for a type of bPmThresholdSetClearAlarm for the Measurement Interval; and e) the previous measured value did exceed the value configured in the jnxSoamLmThresholdCfgTable for a LM crossing entry or jnxSoamDmThresholdCfgTable for a DM crossing entry for a type of bPmThresholdSetClearAlarm. In the case of thresholds applied to a maximum or average measurement counter, the previous measured value is the value of the counter at the end of the preceding Measurement Interval. In the case of thresholds applied to the last measured value, it is the previous measured value. The management entity that receives the notification can identify the system from the network source address of the notification, and can identify the LM or DM session reporting the threshold crossing by the indices in the jnxSoamPmNotificationCfgThresholdId object, including dot1agCfmMdIndex, dot1agCfmMaIndex, dot1agCfmMepIdentifier, and the jnxSoamLmCfgIndex or jnxSoamDmCfgIndex. An agent is not to generate more than one jnxSoamLmThresholdCrossingAlarm 'notification-event' of a given type per LM or DM session as specified by jnxSoamPmNotificationCfgAlarmInterval. A 'notification-event' is the transmission of a single notification to a list of notification destinations. If additional threshold crossing events occur within the jnxSoamPmNotificationCfgAlarmInterval period, then notification generation for these changes are suppressed by the agent until the current alarm interval expires. At the end of an alarm interval period, one notification-event is generated if any threshold crossing events occurred since the start of the alarm interval period. In such a case, another alarm interval period is started right away.