Dec.

31 2006 Internal Use (Only)

ENE040613040009 HUAWEI BSC6000

Fault Management
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ISSUE 1.0

GSM BSS Training Team

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  The article describes concepts related to
alarms of HUAWEI BSC6000 and
mechanism of reporting alarms, and
introduces common operation functions of
alarm management with respect to alarm
operation & maintenance and alarm box
operation & maintenance.

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Reference

 BSC6000 Base Station Controller LMT User

Guide

 BSC6000 Base Station Controller Routine

Maintenance Guide

 Online Help

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Goal

This lecture helps you:

 get familiar with basic concepts of BSC6000 alarms.
 understand the mechanism of implementing BSC6000
alarms.
 get familiar with common operations of BSC6000
alarm management.

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 Chapter 1 Basic Concepts

Chapter 2 Alarm Operation

Chapter 3 Alarm Transfer Tool

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Alarm Classification
 According to the generation time, alarms are classified into:
 Active alarm: An active alarm is a fault alarm not recovered in the
BSC6000 system.
 History alarm: A history alarm is an alarm generated in the BSC6000
system
History alarms consist of the following:
• Fault alarms recovered
• Fault alarms not recovered
• Event alarms
 According to the alarm nature, alarms are classified into:
 Fault alarm: A fault alarm is an alarm that is reported to the network
management equipment when equipment has faults or exceptions. After
the faults or exceptions are processed and cleared, the alarm is cleared.

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Alarm Classification
 Event alarm: An event alarm is a alarm generated to indicate a transient
state during equipment operation. Some event alarms are generated
periodically. Event alarms are only to notify that the system is in alarm state
and thus do not require handling.

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Basic Concepts of Alarms
 Alarm serial number: The
alarm serial number is
arranged on the basis of alarm
raised time. The alarm serial
number is the only index in the
alarm logs. The alarm
generated and the alarm
cleared use the same alarm
serial number.
 Alarm name: The alarm name
has a one-to-one mapping with
the alarm ID.

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Basic Concepts of Alarms

 Alarm raised time

 Recovery time
 Alarm ID: An alarm ID defines a type of alarms and represents a specific
type of faults or events. Alarm ID is the only index of alarm item, and is
the main keyword of the alarm configuration table in the network
management system.

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Basic Concepts
 Alarm severity: Critical Alarm, Major Alarm, Minor Alarm, Warning Alarm
Alarm Definition Handling method
severity
Critical Alarms that affect the services provided by the system Handle the alarms
immediately.
Critical alarms must be handled immediately even if they are Otherwise, the system
generated outside working hours. If the equipment or resources may be unavailable.
are totally unavailable, the equipment or resources have to be
recovered.
Major Alarms that affect the quality of service Handle the alarms in
time.
Major alarms must be handled during working hours. If the Otherwise, some major
quality of services provided by certain equipment or resources functions may be
affected.
decreases, the equipment or resources need to be recovered.
Minor Alarms that do not affect the quality of services but may lead to Check the alarm causes
and eliminate them.
more serious faults
Minor alarms need handling in proper time or further check.

Warning Alarms indicating that there may be Learn the running status
faults affecting the quality of services of the system

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Basic Concepts
 Classification of network management: The network management is
divided into power system, environment system, signaling system, trunk
system, hardware system, software system, operating system, communication
system, quality of services, processing faults, and so on.
 Location information: Location information is the information used to locate
alarms. The location information in the alarm recovery report is the same as
that in the corresponding fault alarm report.
 Alarm type: Fault alarm or event alarm
 Alarm Clear Flag: The sign indicates whether an alarm is cleared. The Flag is
either “not cleared” or “cleared”.
 Shield Flag: The Shield Flag shields the alarm information not required. .

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Basic Concepts
 To Alarm Box Flag: To Alarm Box Flag controls the alarm reporting to the
alarm box.
 Synchronization Serial Number: The synchronization serial number is
arranged on the basis of the sending time of the alarm report. The
synchronization serial number ranges from one to 0x7ffffffe (hexadecimal) in a
cyclical order.

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Connection of Alarm Box

 Connection scheme: Through the serial port, the alarm box is connected to
the LMT client.
 When an alarm is reported, LMT uses the Convert program to drive the
alarm box to generate an audible and visual alarm.
 The operator uses the LMT alarm console to control the alarm box, for
example, stopping the alarm sound and the alarm indictor.

Alarm management Alarm

Convert Box
module

Alarm
GBAM Box LMT client

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Channel to Report Alarms of Local Subrack
 Process of reporting alarms of the local subrack:
 SMU generates alarms.
 After being screened and filtered on SMU, alarms are switched through GE
and reported to GBAM.
 GBAM reports alarms to LMT/EMS and records the alarm log.
 The Convert module of LMT drives and output the alarm box.

GMPS
LMT Alarm
Service GBAM
GSCU Convert box
board

GEPS
Service
GSCU
board

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 Channel to Report Alarms of Remote Subrack
 Process of reporting alarms of remote subrack:
 The remote subrack SMU generates alarms.
 Alarms are screened and filtered on SMU.
 Alarms are switched through GE to the GEIUT of the local subrack, and then sent
through SS7 link of the Ater interface to the GEIUT board of the central subrack.
 The GEIUT board of the local subrack switches alarms through GE and reports to
GBAM.
 GBAM finishes corresponding output (send the output to LMT/EMS and records
the alarm log).
 The Covert module of LMT finishes driving and output of the alarm box.

GTCS GMPS
LMT Alarm
Service GBAM
board GEIUT GEIUT GSCU Convert box

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Channel to Report BTS Alarms
 Process of reporting BTS alarms:
 Alarms generated at BTS are screened and filtered inside the BTS.
 Alarms are sent through OML links and sent to EIUB of the local subrack. Alarms are
processed through LAPD protocol on the EIUB, switched through GE, and sent to GBAM.
 GBAM finishes the alarm output (reports alarms to LMT/EMS and records the alarm log).
 The Convert module of LMT finishes driving and output of the alarm box.

GMPS
LMT Alarm
BTS GEIUB GSCU GBAM Convert box

GEPS
BTS GEIUB GSCU

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 Chapter 1 Basic Concepts

Chapter 2 Alarm Operation

Chapter 3 Alarm Transfer Tool

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Operations About Alarms
 Management operations of alarms are as follows:
 Browsing Alarms
 Querying History Alarms
 Querying Alarm Box Information
 Controlling the Alarm Box
 Maintaining the Shield Severity of the Alarm Box
 Querying Alarm Configuration
 Setting Alarm Display Color

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Browsing Alarms
 Browsing Alarms: Query active alarms and receive real-time alarm reports to
keep the displayed active alarms corresponding with GBAM. In addition,
alarms can be manually cleared. (Demonstrate)

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Querying History Alarms
 Query history alarms. There are two tab pages of setting conditions for
history alarms:
 General Option
 Detailed Option

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Querying History Alarms
 After setting the conditions for querying history alarms, click OK to
display the query interface.

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Querying History Alarms
 Right click the selected alarm, and in the short-cut menu, make the
following operations:
 Choose Query History Alarm to query history alarms again.
 Choose Save All Alarms to save query results of all history alarms.
 Choose Save Selected Alarms to save query results of selected
history alarms.

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Querying History Alarms
 Choose Alarm Details to display the interface of detailed information of
selected alarms.
 Choose Set Show Columns to set the alarm information to be displayed. .
 Choose Filter Alarms to set alarm filtering conditions so that selected
alarms can be displayed.

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Querying Alarm Box Information
 Querying Alarm Box Information: Query the detailed information of alarms in
the local host or GBAM.
 Choose Alarm > Query Alarm Box Information. The Alarm Box Alarm
dialog box is displayed. (Demonstrate)

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Querying Alarm Box Information
 The following operations can be made according to demands:
 Choose Save All Alarms to save all the queried alarm box information.
 Choose Save Selected Alarms to save the selected alarm box
information.
 Choose Set Show Columns to set the alarm information to be displayed.

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Querying Alarm Box Information
 The following operations can be made according to demands:
 Choose Alarm Details to display detailed content of selected alarm box
information.
 Choose Filter Alarms to display the Filter Alarm Condition dialog box.
Set the alarm filtering conditions, and the alarm information is displayed
according to the filtering conditions.

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Controlling Alarm Box
 Controlling Alarm Box: The function is used to reset the alarm box, turn off
the alarm indicator, and stop the alarm sound.
 Choose Alarm > Control Alarm Box to display the Alarm Box Control
dialog box.

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Maintaining the Shield Severity of the Alarm Box

 Maintaining the Shield Severity of the Alarm Box: The function is used to
query and set the shield severity of the alarm box.
 Choose Alarm > Maintain Alarm Box Shield Severity to display the
Maintain Alarm Box Shield Severity dialog box.

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Querying Alarm Configuration
 Querying alarm configuration: The function is used to query Alarm ID,
Alarm Name, Alarm Type, Alarm Severity, Shield Flag, To Alarm Box Flag,
and Modification Flag. (Only super user can query Modification Flag.)
 Choose Alarm > Query Alarm Configuration to display the Query Alarm
Configuration Settings dialog box.

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Querying Alarm Configuration
 Right-click the alarm to be queried.
 In the short-cut menu, make the
following operations:
 Choose Query Alarm
Configuration to query alarm
configuration again.
 Choose Set To Alarm Box Flag to
set To Alarm Box Flag, including
Report and Not report.
 Choose Restore Alarm
Configuration to restore the
default settings of the selected
alarm.

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Setting Alarm Display Color
 Setting alarm display color: The function is used to set the display
colors of different kinds of alarms. Without settings, the system default
colors are used.
 Choose Alarm > Set Alarm Display Color to display the Set Alarm
Display Color dialog box.

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 Chapter 1 Basic Concepts

Chapter 2 Alarm Operation

Chapter 3 Alarm Transfer Tool

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Alarm Forwarding Tool
 Environment required for the usage:
 The serial interface cable of the alarm box is connected to the serial
interface of PC.
 Menu path
 Start > All Programs > Huawei Local Maintenance Terminal > LMT
Version > Alarm Forward Tool.
 Icon in the task bar
 Normal

 Disconnected

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Configuring Connection of Alarm Forwarding Tool

 Double click the icon in the task bar

 The configuration dialog box is displayed to
show the current situation of message
forwarding.
 Menu path to the configuration
 Operate > Configure
 Configure parameters
 IP of the host port= GBAM IP
 Serial port= the number of the serial port
through which PC is connected to the alarm
box

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 Summary
 The lecture introduces the following
information about HUAWEI BSC6000.
 Basic concepts of alarms
 Process of reporting alarms
 Common operations of managing
alarms

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