Zhone IMACS 8000, User Manual

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System Cards 7-17
CPU Card CPU Card User Screens and Settings
1. The end of the last Minor alarm cycle (if no alarms occur).
2. When parameters are saved via the Save command from the Menu of Actions.
3. Forty (40) seconds after the last alarm message is reported.
When the specified interval cycle for major or minor alarms is reached, the system will send
a list of the accumulated alarms sorted by the elements below. To avoid congestion, alarm
reporting is limited at the remote device or Network Management System to the first 40 lines
of non-reported alarms. The system will then wait 40 seconds and send the next 40 lines, and
continue sending in that fashion (i.e., send 40 lines, wait 40 seconds) until it finishes the entire
list of non-reported alarms. The next interval cycle starts 40 seconds after the last alarm
message is reported.
ELEMENT 1-6
The Element 1 through Element 6 fields show the six alarm configuration elements (alarm,
model, address, time, severity, number, and empty). These elements can be arranged in any
user-defined order. For instance, one user may want the order of the alarm configuration to be
severity, time, model, address, alarm, and number, while another user might prefer the
sequence to be model, time, alarm, address severity, and number. Use the six Element fields
to order these variables as desired.
Figure 7-6 shows a typical remote printout of alarms reported by an Integrated Access System.
In this example, the Node Name (NO) is "Node_1," the Acknowledgment Number (AK) is 7,
the Alarm Number (NU) is 38. This is an Out of Service alarm (AL = OOS); it was reported
by a Model (ML) 8840 Card in chassis slot P2 (UN = P2). The alarm began on 3/20/96 at
14:44:12 (2:44 p.m.) and ended on 3/20/96 at 16:12:16 (4:12 p.m.). The Severity level of this
alarm is Critical (SV = C).
Figure 7-6.Typical Alarm Printout
NO=Node_1, AK=7,
NU=00038,AL=OOS,ML=8840,UN=P2,ON=03-20-96
14:44:12,
OF=03-20-96 16:12:16, SV=C
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