OWN000204 BSC6800 Alarm

Management
ISSUE3.0

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Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be

able to:

Master the management methods of alarm

Master the operation methods of alarm box

Master the operation methods of fault

testing function

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References

RNC LMT User Guide

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Chapter 1 Basic Concepts

Chapter 2 Management Methods of Alarm
Chapter 3 Operation Methods of Alarm Box
Chapter 4 Operation Methods of Fault
Testing Function

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Alarm Types

The alarms in the BSC6800 system can be divided into fault alarms
and event alarms:

Fault alarms triggered by hardware fault or abnormity of major

functions

Fault alarms can be divided into active or recovery alarms

Event alarms indicate some occasional events generated

during the running of the equipments

Event alarms represent an instantaneous state of the

system that may not be a fault
Event alarms cannot be divided into active or recovery
alarms

Fault alarms have higher severity than event alarms

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Alarm Severity

The BSC6800 has 4 alarm severity levels (listed in a descending order):

Critical alarm
Reporting faults that affect the services, and need treatment
immediately

Major alarm
Reporting faults that affect the QoS, and need treatment in time

Minor alarm
Reporting faults that are not serious enough to affect the QoS,
but need treatment at proper time

Warning alarm
Reporting faults that potentially threaten the system services,
and need treatment according to specific situations

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Event Types
According to specific faults,
alarm events can
also be divided into 10 types:
Event Types

Correlative Alarms

Power system

Alarms related to the power system

Environment system

Alarms related to the equipment room environment,

such as temperature, humidity, and access control

Signaling system

Alarms related to the signaling system

Trunk system

Alarms related to the trunk system, including trunk

circuits and trunk boards

Hardware system

Alarms related to a board, such as clock and CPU

Software system

Alarms related to software

Running system

Alarms generated during the running of the system

Communication system

Alarm related to the communication system, such as the

one between hosts and BAM servers

QoS

Alarm related to QoS

Processing error

Alarm due to any other abnormity

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Chapter 1 Basic Concepts

Chapter 2 Management Methods of Alarm
Chapter 3 Operation Methods of Alarm Box
Chapter 4 Operation Methods of Fault
Testing Function

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Alarm Management Contents

Browsing Alarms

Managing Alarm Log

Recovering Alarms

Filtering Alarms

Masking Alarms

Saving Alarms

Printing Alarms

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Browsing Alarms

From the alarm browse window in LMT, operator can monitor the
alarm information in real time

In LMT, choose Alarm > Browse Alarm or click

Alarm Browse window

to display the

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Browsing Alarms

Browsing alarm detailed information

Double clicking alarm to browse the details of an alarm

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Browsing Alarms
Browsing alarm treatment
suggestions

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Managing Alarm Log

Alarm log is used to record details of alarms and can help operator to
learn the history operating situation of the system
Querying alarm log:
MML mode LST ALMLOG
GUI mode In LMT, choose Alarm > Query Alarm Log or click

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Managing Alarm Log

Querying
alarm log:

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Managing Alarm Log

Setting alarm log

Alarm log is collected by and saved in BAM. Thus,

operator need to set the capacity and time limit of
alarm logs in the BAM database in case the logs
may occupy too much storage of the hard disk

Setting log capacity and time limit SET

ALMCAPACITY
Querying log capacity and time limit LST
ALMCAPACITY

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Recovering Alarms

When the fault is cleared or can be neglected, operator

can manually set the alarm to be recovery

Either MML or GUI mode can be used to recover alarm:

MML mode

RMV ALMFLT

GUI mode

In the fault alarm browse window, press Ctrl +

Delete, or right click the alarm and choose
Manually Clear Alarm

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Filtering Alarms

The alarm filter is used to filter specified alarms, for

example, alarms of a WFMRb DSP, or an E1/T1 port

The filtered alarms will not be sent to LMT or M2000

Creating an alarm filter CRE ALMFILTER

Activating an alarm filter RSM ALMFILTER

Suspending an alarm filter SPD ALMFILTER

Querying an alarm filter LST ALMFILTED

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Masking Alarms

The BSC6800 can mask derived alarms and has 4 mask

levels: NOMASK, LOW, MEDIUM and HIGH

HIGH: mask most of the derived alarms

MEDIUM: mask alarms not as many as HIGH, but

more than LOW

LOW: mask only high-correlation derived alarms

NOMASK: the mask function is not in use

Setting alarm mask level SET ALMML

Querying alarm mask level LST ALMML

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Saving Alarms

Operator can save part or all alarm information in the Alarm Browse
window or Query Alarm Log window

To save all alarms: right click and choose Save All Alarms

To save part of the alarms: choosing the alarms by <Ctrl> or

<Shift> keystroke, right click and choose Save Selected Alarms

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Printing Alarms

Setting Real time Print of Alarms:

After the setting, only the alarms that meet the

requirements can be printed

In LMT, choose Alarm > Alarm Realtime Print Set

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Printing Alarms

Setting Manual Print of Alarms:

To print all alarms: right click and choose Print All Alarms
To print part of the alarms: choosing the alarms by <Ctrl> or <Shift>
keystroke, right click and choose Print Selected Alarms

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Chapter 1 Basic Concepts

Chapter 2 Management Methods of Alarm
Chapter 3 Operation Methods of Alarm Box
Chapter 4 Operation Methods of Fault
Testing Function

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Alarm Box Function

Fault alarms sent from BAM to LMT enable the alarm box
to give audible and visual indications

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Connecting Alarm Box

1. Connect LMT with alarm box by a serial port cable

2. Choose Start > All Programs > HUAWEI Local Maintenance
Terminal > Convert Management System
3. Choose Operate > Configuration

4. Enter the external virtual IP address of the BAM, and choose the
COM port for the connection of LMT with alarm box
5. Click OK

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Managing Alarm Box

Setting Sound of Alarm Box

In LMT, choose Alarm > Fault Alarm Sound

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Managing Alarm Box

Querying Alarm Box Version LST BOXVER

Stopping Alarm Sound STP BOXSND
Resetting Alarm Indicator: CLR BOXLGT
Querying Alarm Indicator Status: LST BOXLGT
Resetting Alarm Box: RST ALMBOX
Setting Report to Alarm Box Flag SET BOXRPT
Setting Mask Level of Alarm Box SET ALMSCRN
Querying Mask Level of Alarm Box LST ALMSCRN

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Chapter 1 Basic Concepts

Chapter 2 Management Methods of Alarm
Chapter 3 Operation Methods of Alarm Box
Chapter 4 Operation Methods of Fault
Testing Function

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Fault Testing Function

The function of system fault testing is to collect

correlative fault information for locating and
clearing alarms

The BSC6800 provides the following fault tests:

Load Control Test

E1 Test

AAL2 PATH Test

SAAL Test

Other Tests

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Creating Fault Testing Task

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Querying Fault Testing Result

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