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7.2 Alarms and Events

7.2.1 Alarm Notications

The sending of alarm notications can be disabled on the following levels:

NE, preventing alarms from leaving the NE. This will send an event
notication to the EEM (or MINI-LINK Manager) informing that no
notications will be sent. If the alarm notications are enabled later on a
new notication will be sent informing about the change. New alarms on
NE level will always be added to the Alarm List.

Plug-in unit, also suppressing notications from all the interfaces on the unit.
Disabling alarm notications on a plug-in unit means that for all its existing
alarms a clear alarm is sent removing the alarms from the Alarm List.

Interface, also suppressing notications from higher layer interfaces.

Disabling alarm notications on an interface means that for all its existing
alarms a clear alarm is sent removing the alarms from the Alarm List.

Enabling of alarm notications on any level means that new alarms are added
to the Alarm List.

Alarm notications on all levels are enabled by default. However, to prevent too
many alarms from not trafc routed E1s, notications are default disabled on
these interfaces.

7.2.2 Viewing Alarm and Events

The alarms and status information of the NE, a plug-in unit or an interface is
displayed on a specic Alarms and Status page, see for example Section
11.74 on page 232.

To access an Alarm and Status page:

1. In the Navigation Tree, click the entity for which you want to view the
alarms and status.

2. On the Fault menu, click Alarm and Status.

Note: The alarms and status for DCN and Ethernet Bridge are accessed on
the Fault menu by selecting the NE in the Navigation Tree.

An Alarm List page displaying all active alarms is available on NE and unit
level, see Section 11.114 on page 289. The Alarm List is cleared after a restart
(cold or warm) of the NPU or NE.

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To display the Alarm List:

1. In the Navigation Tree, click the entity for which you want to wiew display
the Alarm List.

2. On the Fault menu, click Alarm List.

7.2.3 Viewing Logged Alarms and Events

The NE keeps a log of the 400 latest alarms and events, which can be accessed
from the Event Log page, see Section 11.115 on page 290. The Event Log is
cleared after a restart of the NPU or NE.

To display the Event Log:

1. In the Navigation Tree, click the NE.

2. On the Fault menu, click Event Log.

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7.2.4 Severity

Table 19 on page 113 explains the signication of the alarm and event severities.

Table 19 Explanations of alarm and event severities

Color Severity Description
Green Cleared Indicates the clearing of one or more previously reported
alarms.
Bluish-green Indeterminate Indicates that the severity level cannot be determined. This
severity is not used on NE level.
Blue Warning Indicates the detection of a potential or impending service
affecting fault, before any signicant effects are known. An
action should be taken to further diagnose (if necessary)
and correct the problem in order to prevent it from becoming
more serious service affecting. Can also be used for events.
Yellow Minor Indicates the existence of a non-service affecting fault
condition and that a corrective action should be taken
in order to prevent a more serious (for example, service
affecting) fault. Such a severity can be reported, for example
when the detected alarm condition is not currently degrading
the capacity of the managed object. This severity is used for
example in case of high temperature on a unit.
Orange Major Indicates that a service affecting condition has developed
and an urgent corrective action is required. Such a severity
can be reported, for example when there is a severe
degradation in the capability of a unit or interface and its
full capability must be restored, like in case of SES or high
temperature on a unit.
Red Critical Indicates that a service affecting condition has occurred and
an immediate corrective action is required. Such a severity
can be reported, for example when a unit or interface is
totally Out of Service and its capability must be restored,
like in case of a LOS.

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7.2.5 Lists of Alarms and Events

This section gives a summary of:

Alarms, see Table 20 on page 114.

Events, see Table 21 on page 120.

Table 20 List of alarms

Entity Specic Problem Description Severity
NE Power Failure A malfunction in the redundant Major
PFU.
Node Installation The NE is in Node Installation Minor
Mode. Enter the URL

http://10.0.0.1 to reach the

installation wizard.
NPU Installation The NE is in NPU Installation Major
Mode. Enter the URL

http://10.0.0.1 to reach the

installation wizard.
Trafc System A malfunction related to trafc. At Major: One bus
Failure least one bus in the backplane fails.
fails. Critical: Two
or three TDM
busses fail.
Control System A malfunction related to Major
Failure management. The NPU or
the control bus fails. Load the
error log. A software upgrade is
probably required.
Node Fault Mode The self-repair mechanism has Critical
failed and the NE is in a fault
mode. A replacement of the NPU
is probably required.

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Table 20 List of alarms

Entity Specic Problem Description Severity
Plug-in Unit Unit Removed The unit is removed. Critical

High Temperature The unit has reached an Minor

abnormal temperature.
Excessive The unit has reached an Critical
Temperature excessive temperature.
Wrong Software A wrong load module release is Critical
running on the unit.
Hardware Error A malfunction related to Minor: Control
hardware. system failure.
Critical: Trafc
or power system
failure.
Unsupported Unit This is a unit type that is not Critical
Type supported by the current system
release.
Wrong Position The unit is in the wrong position Critical
in the AMM.
FAU Hardware Error A malfunction related to Critical
hardware.
E1 LOS Loss Of Signal is detected on the Critical
incoming trafc.
AIS An Alarm Indication Signal is Critical
detected on the incoming trafc.
Equipment OoS Equipment Out of Service Critical
Unavailable State Unavailable State is activated Critical
after 10 consecutive SES. 10
consecutive non-SES will cease
the alarm.
1+1 E1 SNCP Unable To Protect The protection has failed. Minor: The
redundant
interface fails.
Major: Both
interfaces fail
or the trafc is
locked to a failing
interface.

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Table 20 List of alarms

Entity Specic Problem Description Severity
E2/E3 LOS Loss Of Signal is detected on the Critical
incoming trafc.
AIS An Alarm Indication Signal is Critical
detected on the incoming trafc.
Equipment OoS Equipment Out of Service. Critical
STM-1 port Clock Loss of Loss of clock reference. Minor
Reference
MS/RS LOS Loss Of Signal. Critical
LOF Loss Of Frame Alignment. Critical
TIM Trace Identier Mismatch Critical
AIS Alarm Indication Signal Critical
RDI Remote Defect Indication Critical
DEG Degraded Signal Critical
ES 15 Minutes (min) The ES counter has reached or Minor
exceeded the threshold value for
the 15 minute interval.
SES 15 Minutes The SES counter has reached or Major
(min) exceeded the threshold value for
the 15 minute interval.
BBE 15 Minutes The BBE counter has reached or Minor
(min) exceeded the threshold value for
the 15 minute interval.
Unavailable State Unavailable State is activated Critical
after 10 consecutive SES. 10
consecutive non-SES will cease
the alarm.
ES 24 Hours (h) The ES counter has reached or Minor
exceeded the threshold value for
the 24 hour interval.
SES 24 Hours (h) The SES counter has reached or Major
exceeded the threshold value for
the 24 hour interval.
BBE 24 Hours (h) The BBE counter has reached or Minor
exceeded the threshold value for
the 24 hour interval.

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Table 20 List of alarms

Entity Specic Problem Description Severity
MSP Unable To Protect The protection has failed. Minor: The
redundant
interface fails.
Major: Both
interfaces fail
or the trafc is
locked to a failing
interface.
Mode Mismatch MSP mode mismatch. Far End Minor
congured as MSP 1:n
ES 15 Minutes (min) The ES counter has reached or Minor
exceeded the threshold value for
the 15 minute interval.
SES 15 Minutes The SES counter has reached or Major
(min) exceeded the threshold value for
the 15 minute interval.
BBE 15 Minutes The BBE counter has reached or Minor
(min) exceeded the threshold value for
the 15 minute interval.
Unavailable State Unavailable State is activated Critical
after 10 consecutive SES. 10
consecutive non-SES will cease
the alarm.
ES 24 Hours (h) The ES counter has reached or Minor
exceeded the threshold value for
the 24 hour interval.
SES 24 Hours (h) The SES counter has reached or Major
exceeded the threshold value for
the 24 hour interval.
BBE 24 Hours (h) The BBE counter has reached or Minor
exceeded the threshold value for
the 24 hour interval.

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Table 20 List of alarms

Entity Specic Problem Description Severity
VC-4 LOP Loss Of Pointer Critical
AIS Alarm Indication Signal Critical
RDI Remote Defect Indication Critical
Unequipped The interface has no content Critical
since the unit is not congured
PLM Payload Mismatch Critical
TIM Trace Identier Mismatch Critical
DEG Degraded Signal Major
LOM/TULOM Loss Of Multiframe/Tributary Unit Critical
Loss Of Multiframe
ES 15 Minutes (min) The ES counter has reached or Minor
exceeded the threshold value for
the 15 minute interval
SES 15 Minutes The SES counter has reached or Major
(min) exceeded the threshold value for
the 15 minute interval
BBE 15 Minutes The BBE counter has reached or Minor
(min) exceeded the threshold value for
the 15 minute interval
Unavailable State Unavailable State is activated Critical
after 10 consecutive SES. 10
consecutive non-SES will cease
the alarm.
ES 24 Hours (h) The ES counter has reached or Minor
exceeded the threshold value for
the 24 hour interval
SES 24 Hours (h) The SES counter has reached or Major
exceeded the threshold value for
the 24 hour interval
BBE 24 Hours (h) The BBE counter has reached or Minor
exceeded the threshold value for
the 24 hour interval

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Table 20 List of alarms

Entity Specic Problem Description Severity
VC-12 LOP Loss Of Pointer Critical
AIS Alarm Indication Signal Critical
RDI Remote Defect Indication Critical
Unequipped The interface has no content Critical
since the unit is not congured
PLM Payload Mismatch Critical
TIM Trace Identier Mismatch Critical
DEG Degraded Signal Major
ES 15 Minutes (min) The ES counter has reached or Minor
exceeded the threshold value for
the 15 minute interval
SES 15 Minutes The SES counter has reached or Major
(min) exceeded the threshold value for
the 15 minute interval
BBE 15 min The BBE counter has reached or Minor
exceeded the threshold value for
the 15 minute interval
Unavailable State Unavailable State is activated Critical
after 10 consecutive SES. 10
consecutive non-SES will cease
the alarm.
ES 24 Hours (h) The ES counter has reached or Minor
exceeded the threshold value for
the 24 hour interval
SES 24 Hours (h) The SES counter has reached or Major
exceeded the threshold value for
the 24 hour interval
BBE 24 Hours (h) The BBE counter has reached or Minor
exceeded the threshold value for
the 24 hour interval
User Input User Dened The Specic Problem and User Dened
Severity is dened on the User
Input Conguration page.
PPP PPP Down Failure in the DCN Minor
communication.
OSPF OSPF LSA database The OSPF routing database is Major
overload full.

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Table 20 List of alarms

Entity Specic Problem Description Severity
HDLC Down No throughput on the interface. Critical
All IM interfaces are Down.
Degraded Service One or several (but not all) IM Major
interfaces are Down, leading to
decreased speed on the bridge
connection.

Note: In addition to the alarms listed above, the Alarm List will also present
a few alarms related to Radio Terminal units and interfaces. These
alarms are presented, described and handled in MSM.

Table 21 List of events

Entity Specic Problem Description Severity
NE Cold Restart A restart of the control and Warning
management system as well as
the trafc system. This type of
restart will disturb all trafc.
Warm Restart A restart of the control and Warning
management system. Trafc
is not disturbed by this type of
restart.
Notication Enable Sent to all subscribers indicating Warning
that notications are enabled.
Notication Disable Sent to all subscribers indicating Warning
that notications are disabled.
FTP Connection An error in the communication Minor
Error with the FTP server has occurred.
Load Module Error Load module is corrupt or program Minor
error during software upgrade.
Software Upgrade A software upgrade procedure is Warning
Started started.
Software Upgrade A software upgrade procedure is Warning
Finished nished.
Software Running The new system release is Warning
accepted and running.
Management NPU emergency fallback to the Warning
Software Fallback previous NPU software release.
Plug-in Unit Unit Inserted A unit is inserted. Warning
Unit Removed A unit is removed. Warning
1+1 E1 SNCP Protection Switch A protection switch has occurred. Warning

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Table 21 List of events

Entity Specic Problem Description Severity
MSP Protection Switch A requested protection switch has Warning
Reject been rejected.
Protection Switch A protection switch has occurred. Warning
Event

7.3 Viewing the DCN Status

There are several pages displaying the status of the DCN, in terms of
parameters for interfaces and IP routing.

To view the DCN status:

1. In the Navigation Tree, click the NE.

2. On the Fault menu, click DCN.

3. The DCN parameters are grouped in different categories. Click a link to

display a specic category.

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