- About this Guide
- Chapter 1, Install the Shelf and Backplane Cable
- Chapter 2, Install Cards and Fiber-Optic Cable
- Chapter 3, Connect the PC and Log into the GUI
- Chapter 4, Turn Up Node
- Chapter 5, Turn Up a DWDM Node
- Chapter 6, Turn Up Network
- Chapter 7, Turn Up DWDM Network
- Chapter 8, Create Circuits and VT Tunnels
- Chapter 9, Manage Alarms
- Chapter 10, Monitor Performance
- Chapter 11, Manage Circuits
- Chapter 12, Change Node Settings
- Chapter 13, Change Card Settings
- Chapter 14, Upgrade Cards and Spans
- Chapter 15, Convert Network Configurations
- Chapter 16, Add and Remove BLSR and Path Protection Nodes
- Chapter 17, Maintain the Node
- Chapter 18, Power Down the Node
- Appendix A, CTC Information and Shortcuts
- Appendix B, Shelf Assembly Specifications
- Glossary
- Before You Begin
- NTP-A195 Document Existing Provisioning
- NTP-A196 View Alarms, History, Events, and Conditions
- NTP-A68 Delete Cleared Alarms from Display
- NTP-A69 View Alarm-Affected Circuits
- NTP-A70 View Alarm Counts on the LCD for a Node, Slot, or Port
- NTP-A71 Create, Download, and Assign Alarm Severity Profiles
- NTP-A168 Enable, Modify, or Disable Alarm Severity Filtering
- NTP-A72 Suppress Alarms and Discontinue Alarm Suppression
- NTP-A32 Provision External Alarms and Controls on the Alarm Interface Controller
- NTP-A248 Provision External Alarms and Controls on the Alarm Interface Controller-International
Manage Alarms
This chapter explains how to view and manage the alarms and conditions on a Cisco ONS 15454.
Cisco Transport Controller (CTC) detects and reports alarms generated by the Cisco ONS 15454 and the ONS network. You can use CTC to monitor and manage alarms at a card, node, or network level. You can also view alarm counts on the LCD front panel.
Note 
Except where noted, the procedures and tasks in this chapter apply to both DWDM (Software Release 4.5) and non-DWDM (Software R4.1 and earlier) nodes.
Before You Begin
This section lists the chapter procedures (NTPs). Turn to a procedure for applicable tasks (DLPs).
1. A195 Document Existing Provisioning—Complete this procedure as needed to print or export node data.
2. A196 View Alarms, History, Events, and Conditions—Complete this procedure as needed to see alarms and conditions occurring on the node and a complete history of alarm and condition messages.
3. A68 Delete Cleared Alarms from Display—Complete this procedure as needed to delete cleared alarm information.
4. A69 View Alarm-Affected Circuits—Complete this procedure as needed to find circuits that are affected by a particular alarm or condition.
5. A70 View Alarm Counts on the LCD for a Node, Slot, or Port—Complete this procedure as needed to see a statistical count of alarms that have occurred for a slot or port.
6. A71 Create, Download, and Assign Alarm Severity Profiles—Complete this procedure as needed to change the default severity for certain alarms, assign the new severities to a port, card, or node, and delete alarm profiles.
7. A168 Enable, Modify, or Disable Alarm Severity Filtering—Complete this procedure as needed to enable, disable, or modify alarm severity filtering in the Conditions, Alarms, or History screens; you can enable, modify, and disable alarm severity filtering at the node or network level.
8. A72 Suppress Alarms and Discontinue Alarm Suppression—As needed, use these tasks to suppress reported alarms at the port, card, or node level and disable the suppress command to resume normal alarm reporting.
NTP-A195 Document Existing Provisioning
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-A60 Log into CTC" task on page 3-26 at the node where you want to record or save data. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 As needed, complete the "DLP-A138 Print CTC Data" task.
Step 3 As needed, complete the "DLP-A139 Export CTC Data" task.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
DLP-A138 Print CTC Data
Step 1 Click the tab (and subtab, if present) containing the information you want to print. For example, click the Alarms tab to print Alarms window data.
The print operation is available for all network, node, and card view windows.
Step 2 Click File > Print.
Step 3 In the Print dialog box, click a a printing option (Figure 9-1).
•Entire Frame—Prints the entire CTC window including the graphical view of the card, node, or network. This option is available for all windows.
•Tabbed View—Prints the lower half of the CTC window containing tabs and data. The printout includes the selected tab (on top) and the data shown in the tab window. For example, if you print the History window Tabbed View, you print only history items appearing in the window. This option is available for all windows.
•Table Contents—Prints CTC data in table format without graphical representations of shelves, cards, or tabs. This option is available only for CTC table data, so it does not apply to:
–Provisioning > General, Protection, SNMP, or Timing windows
–Provisioning > Network > General window
–Provisioning > UCP > Node window
–Provisioning > WDM-ANS > Provisioning window (Release 4.5)
–Maintenance > Database, Protection, Diagnostic, or Timing windows
–Maintenance > Cross-Connect > Cards window
The Table Contents option prints all the data contained in a table and the table column headings. For example, if you print the History window Table Contents view, you print all data included in the table whether or not items appear in the window.
Tip When you print using the Tabbed View option, it can be difficult to distinguish whether the printout applies to the network, node, or card view. To determine the view, compare the tabs on the printout. The network, node, and card views are identical except that network view does not contain an Inventory tab or Performance tab.
Figure 9-1 Selecting CTC Data For Print
Step 4 Click OK.
Step 5 In the Windows Print dialog box, click a printer and click OK.
Step 6 Repeat this task for each window that you want to print.
Step 7 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
DLP-A139 Export CTC Data
Step 1 Click the tab containing the information you want to export (for example, the Alarms tab or the Circuits tab).
Step 2 Choose Export from the File menu.
Step 3 In the Export dialog box (Figure 9-2), click a data format:
•As HTML—Saves data as a simple HTML table file without graphics. The file must be viewed or edited with applications such as Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, or other applications capable of opening HTML files.
•As CSV—Saves the CTC table as comma-separated values (CSV).
•As TSV—Saves the CTC table as tab-separated values (TSV).
Figure 9-2 Selecting CTC Data For Export
Step 4 If you want to open a file in a text editor or word processor application, procedures may vary; but typically you can use the File > Open command to display the CTC data, or you can double-click the file name and choose an application such as Notepad.
Text editor and word processor applications display the data exactly as it is exported, including comma or tab separators. All applications that open the data files allow you to format the data.
Step 5 If you want to open the file in spreadsheet and database management applications, procedures may vary; but typically you need to open the application and choose File > Import, then choose a delimited file to display the data in cells.
Spreadsheet and database management programs also allow you to manage the exported data.
Note An exported file cannot be opened in CTC.
The export operation only applies to tabular data, so it is not available for the following CTC tabs and subtabs:
•Provisioning > General, Protection, SNMP, or Timing windows
•Provisioning > Network > General window
•Provisioning > UCP > Node window
•Provisioning > WDM-ANS > Provisioning window (Release 4.5)
•Maintenance > Database, Protection, Diagnostic, or Timing windows
•Maintenance > Cross-Connect > Cards window
Step 6 Click OK.
Step 7 In the Save dialog box, enter a name in the File name field using one of the following formats:
•[filename].html—for HTML files
•[filename].csv—for CSV files
•[filename].tsv—for TSV files
Step 8 Navigate to a directory where you want to store the file.
Step 9 Click OK.
Step 10 Repeat the task for each window that you want to export.
Step 11 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
NTP-A196 View Alarms, History, Events, and Conditions
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-A60 Log into CTC" task on page 3-26 at the node that contains the alarms you want to view. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 In the card, node, or network view, click the Alarms tab to display the alarms for that card, node, or network (Figure 9-3).
Figure 9-3 CTC Node View
Table 9-1 lists the columns in the Alarms window and their descriptions.
Table 9-2 lists the color codes for alarm and condition severities.
Releases 4.0 and later have specifically numbered STS and VT alarm object identifiers based upon the object TL1 access identifiers (AIDs).
Step 3 If alarms are present, refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Troubleshooting Guide for information and troubleshooting procedures.
Step 4 Complete the "DLP-A110 View Alarm History" task, the "DLP-A113 Synchronize Alarms" task, or the "DLP-A114 View Conditions" task as needed.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
DLP-A110 View Alarm History
Step 1 Decide whether you want to view the alarm message history at the node, network, or card level.
Step 2 To view node alarm history:
a. Click the History > Session tabs to view the alarms and conditions (events) raised during the current session.
b. Click the History > Node tabs to retrieve all available alarm messages for the node.
Tip Double-click an alarm in the alarm table or an event (condition) message in the history table to display the view that corresponds to the alarm message. For example, double-clicking a card alarm takes you to card view. In network view, double-clicking a node alarm takes you to node view.
Step 3 To view network alarm history, from node view:
a. Click View > Go to Network View.
b. Click the History tab.
Alarms and conditions (events) raised during the current session appear.
Step 4 To view card alarm history, from network view click View > Go to Previous View to return to the node view.
Step 5 From node view, double-click a card on the shelf graphic to display the card-level view for the card.
Note TCC+/TCC2 and cross-connect cards do not have a card view.
a. Click the History > Session tabs to view the alarm messages raised during the current session.
b. Click the History > Card tabs to retrieve all available alarm messages for the card.
Note The ONS 15454 can store up to 640 critical alarm messages, 640 major alarm messages, 640 minor alarm messages, and 640 condition messages. When any of these limits is reached, the ONS 15454 discards the oldest events in that category.
Step 6 To display Not-Alarmed (NA) and transient event (condition) history from the node or card view:
a. Check the Events check box in the History > Node window or History > Card window.
b. Click Retrieve.
The window displays raised and cleared alarm messages (and events, if selected).
Tip Double-click an alarm in the alarm table or a condition in the history table to display the view that corresponds to the alarm message. For example, double-clicking a card alarm takes you to card view. In network view, double-clicking a node alarm takes you to node view.
Step 7 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
DLP-A111 Changing the Maximum Number of Session Entries for Alarm History
Step 1 From the Edit menu, choose Preferences.
The CTC Preferences Dialog box appears (Figure 9-4).
Figure 9-4 CTC Preferences Dialog Box
Step 2 Click the up or down arrow buttons next to the Maximum History Entries field to change the entry.
Step 3 Click Apply and OK.
Note Setting the Maximum History Entries value to the high end of the range uses more CTC memory and could impair CTC performance.
Note This task changes the maximum history entries recorded for CTC sessions. It does not affect the maximum number of history entries viewable for a network, node, or card.
Step 4 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
DLP-A112 Display Alarms and Conditions Using Time Zone
Step 1 From the Edit menu, choose Preferences.
The CTC Preferences Dialog box appears (Figure 9-4).
Step 2 Check the Display Events Using Each Node's Timezone check box. The Apply button is enabled.
Step 3 Click Apply and OK.
Step 4 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
DLP-A113 Synchronize Alarms
Step 1 At the card, node, or network view, click the Alarms tab.
Step 2 Click Synchronize.
This button causes CTC to retrieve a current alarm summary for the card, node, or network. This step is optional because CTC updates the Alarms window automatically as raise/clear messages arrive from the node.
Note Alarms that have been raised during the session will have a check mark in the Alarms window New column. When you click Synchronize, the check mark disappears.
Step 3 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
DLP-A114 View Conditions
Step 1 From the card, node, or network view, click the Conditions tab.
Step 2 Click Retrieve (Figure 9-5).
The Retrieve button requests the current set of fault conditions from the node, card, or network. The window is not updated when events change on the node. You must click Retrieve to see any changes.
Figure 9-5 Node View Conditions Window
Conditions include all fault conditions raised on the node, whether or not they are reported.
Note Alarms can be unreported when they are filtered out of the display. See the "DLP-A225 Enable Alarm Filtering" task, for information.
Events that are reported as Major (MJ), Minor (MN), or Critical (CR) severities are alarms. Events that are reported as Not-Alarmed (NA) are conditions. Conditions that are not reported at all are marked Not-Reported (NR) in the Conditions window severity column.
Conditions that have a default severity of Critical (CR), Major (MJ), Minor (MN), or Not-Alarmed (NA) but are not reported due to exclusion or suppression are shown as NR in the Conditions window.
Note For more information about alarm suppression, see the "DLP-A119 Suppress Alarm Reporting" task.
Current conditions are shown with the severity chosen in the alarm profile, if used. For more information about alarm profiles, see the "A71 Create, Download, and Assign Alarm Severity Profiles" procedure.
Note When ports are placed out of service for maintenance (OOS-MT), they raise an Alarms Suppressed for Maintenance (AS-MT) condition. For information about alarm and condition troubleshooting, refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Troubleshooting Guide.
Step 3 If you want to apply exclusion rules, check the Exclude Same Root Cause check box at the node or network view, but do not check the Exclude Same Root Cause check box in card view.
An exclusion rule eliminates all lower-level alarms or conditions that originate from the same cause. For example, a fiber break may cause an LOS alarm, an AIS condition, and an SF condition. If you check the Exclude Same Root Cause checkbox, only the LOS alarm will appear. According to Telcordia, exclusion rules apply to a query of "all conditions from a node."
Step 4 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
NTP-A68 Delete Cleared Alarms from Display
Step 1 Log into a node where you want to delete alarms. See the "DLP-A60 Log into CTC" task on page 3-26 for instructions. If you are already logged in, go to Step 2.
Step 2 To delete cleared node-level alarms:
a. In the node view, click the Alarms tab.
b. Click the Delete Cleared Alarms button, referring to the rules in Step 5.
This action removes any cleared ONS 15454 alarms from the Alarms display. The rows of cleared alarms turn white and have a C in their status (ST) column (Figure 9-5).
Step 3 To delete cleared card-level alarms:
a. In the node view, double-click the card graphic for the card you want to open.
b. Click the Alarms tab and then click the Delete Cleared Alarms button, referring to the rules in
Step 5.
Step 4 To delete cleared network-level alarms:
a. In the node view click View > Go to Network View.
b. Click the Alarms tab and then click the Delete Cleared Alarms button, referring to the rules in
Step 5.
Step 5 Consult the following rules when deleting cleared alarms from the display:
•If the Autodelete Cleared Alarms check box is checked, an alarm disappears from the window when it is cleared.
•If the Autodelete Cleared Alarms check box is not checked, an alarm remains in the window when it is cleared. The alarm appears white in the window and has a Clear (CL) severity. The alarm can be removed by clicking the Delete Cleared Alarms button.
Step 6 Transient messages are single messages and not raise-and-clear pairs (that is, they do not have companion messages stating they are cleared). Click the Delete Cleared Alarms button to remove the transients from the History window.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-A69 View Alarm-Affected Circuits
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-A60 Log into CTC" task on page 3-26. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 In the network, node, or card view, click the Alarms tab or Conditions tab and then right-click anywhere in the row of an active alarm or condition.
Note The node view is the default, but you can also navigate to the Alarms tab in the network view or card view to perform Step 2.
Note The card view is not available for the TCC+/TCC2 or cross-connect cards.
The Select Affected Circuit option appears on the shortcut menu (Figure 9-6).
Figure 9-6 Select Affected Circuits Option
Step 3 Left-click or right-click Select Affected Circuits.
The Circuits window appears with the affected circuits highlighted (Figure 9-7).
Figure 9-7 Viewing Alarm-Affected Circuits
Step 4 If you want to search for particular circuits, see the "DLP-A131 Search for Circuits" task on page 11-7.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-A70 View Alarm Counts on the LCD for a Node, Slot, or Port
Step 1 If you want to view the alarm count for the node, press the Slot button on the LCD panel until Node appears on the LCD.
Step 2 To view the node alarm summary, press the Status button.
Step 3 To view the node-level alarm summary:
a. Press the Port button to toggle to Port 0.
b. Press the Status button.
Step 4 To view the card-level alarm count, press the Slot button.
Step 5 To view the slot alarm summary, wait 8 seconds after pressing Slot and the LCD is automatically updated with the summary of all alarms for the slot. To toggle to summaries for different slots, press the Slot button again.
Step 6 To view port-level alarm counts:
a. Press the Port button to toggle to Port 0.
b. Press Status to get slot card-level alarm counts.
c. To toggle to a the alarm count for a different port, press the Port button again.
d. Press Slot to toggle back to the node summary.
Figure 9-8 shows the LCD panel.
Figure 9-8 The LCD Panel
Note A blank LCD results when the fuse on the AIP board is blown. If this occurs, log into http://www.cisco.com/tac for more information or log into http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/687/Directory/DirTAC.shtml to obtain a directory of Cisco TAC toll-free numbers for your country.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-A71 Create, Download, and Assign Alarm Severity Profiles
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-A60 Log into CTC" task on page 3-26 at the node where you want to create an alarm profile. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2 to clone or modify an alarm profile, or go to Step 3 to download an alarm profile.
Step 2 Complete the "DLP-A115 Create Alarm Severity Profiles" task. This task clones a current alarm profile, renames the profile, and customizes the new profile. Go to Step 4.
Step 3 Complete the "DLP-A223 Download an Alarm Severity Profile" task. This task downloads an alarm severity profile from a CD or a node.
Step 4 As necessary, complete the "DLP-A429 Apply Alarm Profiles to Ports" task or the "DLP-A117 Apply Alarm Profiles to Cards and Nodes" task.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
DLP-A115 Create Alarm Severity Profiles
Step 1 From the View menu choose Go to Network View.
Step 2 Click the Provisioning > Alarm Profiles tabs (Figure 9-3).
Step 3 Click Load.
Step 4 In the Select Profile(s) from Node or Filename to Load dialog box, click the From Node radio button.
Step 5 Click the node name you are logged into in the Node Names list.
Step 6 Click Default in the Profile Names list.
Step 7 Click OK.
The default alarm severity profile appears in the Alarm Profiles window (Figure 9-9).
Note The alarm profile list contains a master list of alarms that is used for a mixed node network. Some of these alarms may not be used in all ONS nodes.
Figure 9-9 Network View Alarm Profiles Window
Step 8 Right-click anywhere in the Default profile column to display the profile editing shortcut menu.
Step 9 Click Clone in the shortcut menu.
Tip To find out which profiles are available for loading or cloning, click the Available button. You cannot clone Inherited profiles.
Step 10 In the Clone Profile dialog box, enter a name for the copied profile in the New Profile Name field.
Profile names must be unique. If you try to import or name a profile that has the same name as another profile, CTC adds a suffix to create a new name. Long file names are supported.
Step 11 Click OK.
A new alarm profile (named in Step 10) is created. This profile duplicates the default profile severities and appears to the right of the default profile in the Alarm Profiles window. You can highlight it and drag it to a different position.
Step 12 Modify (customize) the new alarm profile:
a. In the new alarm profile column, double-click the alarm severity you want to change.
b. Click the desired severity in the drop-down menu.
c. Repeat Steps a and b for each severity you want to customize.
Step 13 After you have customized the new alarm profile, right-click the profile column to highlight it.
Step 14 Click Store in the profile editing shortcut menu.
Step 15 Click the To Node(s) radio button and go to Step a or click the To File radio button and go to Step b (Figure 9-10).
Figure 9-10 Store Profiles Dialog Box
a. Choose the node(s) where you want to save the profile:
•If you want to save the profile to only one node, click the node in the Node Names list.
•If you want to save the profile to all nodes, click Select All.
•If you do not want to save the profile to any nodes, click Select None.
•If you want to update alarm profile information, click (Synchronize).
b. Navigate to the profile save location by clicking Browse.
•Enter a name in the File name field.
•Click Select to choose this name and location.
Note Long file names are supported. CTC supplies a suffix of *.pfl to stored files.
c. Click the OK button to store the profile.
Note Click the Hide Identical Rows check box to configure the Alarm Profiles window to display rows with dissimilar severities.
Note Click the Hide Reference Values check box to configure the Alarm Profiles window to display severities that do not match the Default profile.
Step 16 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
DLP-A223 Download an Alarm Severity Profile
Step 1 From the View menu choose Go to Network View.
Step 2 Click the Provisioning > Alarm Profiles tabs.
Step 3 Click Load.
Step 4 If you want to download a file from the local PC hard drive, floppy disk, CD-ROM, or a network drive (if connected), click the From File radio button in the Select Profile(s) from Node or Filename to Load dialog box.
a. Click Browse.
The Open dialog box appears.
b. In the Look in pull-down menu, click to navigate to the folder where the profile file is located.
c. Click the name in the window to highlight it.
Note The file must have the *.pfl extension.
d. Click Open.
Go to Step 6.
Step 5 If you want to download a file from the login node or another connected node, click the From Node radio button in the Select Profile(s) from Node or Filename to Load dialog box.
a. Click the node where the profile is located under the Node Names list.
b. Click the profile under the Profile Names list.
Step 6 Click OK in the Select Profile(s) from Node or Filename to Load dialog box.
The downloaded profile appears at the right side of the Alarm Profiles window.
Step 7 Right-click anywhere in the downloaded profile column to display the profile editing shortcut menu.
Step 8 Click Store in the shortcut menu.
Step 9 In the Store Profile(s) dialog box, click To Node(s).
a. Choose the node(s) where you want to save the profile:
–If you want to save the profile to only one node, click the node in the Node Names list.
–If you want to save the profile to all nodes, click Select All.
–If you do not want to save the profile to any nodes, click Select None.
–If you want to update alarm profile information, click Synchronize.
b. Click OK.
Step 10 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
DLP-A429 Apply Alarm Profiles to Ports
Purpose |
Use this task to apply a custom or default alarm severity profile to a port or ports. |
Tools/Equipment |
None |
Prerequisite Procedures |
A115 Create Alarm Severity Profiles |
Required/As Needed |
As needed |
Onsite/Remote |
Onsite or remote |
Security Level |
Provisioning or higher |
Step 1 In the node view, double-click a card to display the card view.
Note You can also apply alarm profiles to cards using the "DLP-A117 Apply Alarm Profiles to Cards and Nodes" task.
Note The card view is not available for the TCC+/TCC2 or cross-connect cards.
Step 2 Depending on which card you want to apply the profile to, click the following tabs:
•If the card is an E-Series Ethernet, G-Series Ethernet, MXP, TXP, OC-N, or electrical traffic (DS-1 or DS-3) card, click the Provisioning > Alarm Behavior tabs.
•If the card is an ML-Series Ethernet (traffic) card, click the Provisioning > Ether Alarming tabs or the Provisioning > POS Alarming tabs, depending on whether you want to apply the profile to the front physical ports ("Ether alarming") or packet over SONET ("POS alarming"). For more information about ML-Series card ports and service, see the Cisco ONS 15454 SONET/SDH ML-Series Multilayer Ethernet Card Software Feature and Configuration Guide.
•If the card is an OSCM or OSC-CSM DWDM card, click the Provisioning > OC3 Line tab or Provisioning > Optical Line tab and the Alarm Behavior subtab.
•If the card is a 32MUX-O or 32DMX-O DWDM card, click the Provisioning > Optical Chn or Provisioning > Line tab and the Alarm Behavior subtab.
•If the card is an OPT-PRE or OPT-BST DWDM card, click the Provisioning > Optical Line or Provisioning > Optical Ampli. Line and the Alarm Behavior subtab.
•If the card is a channel add/drop DWDM card (AD-1C-xx.x, AD-2C-xx.x, AD-4C-xx.x) click the Provisioning > Optical Line or Provisioning > Optical Chn tab and the Alarm Behavior subtab.
•If the card is a band add/drop (AD-1B-xx.x, AD-2B-xx.x, AD-4B-xx.x) DWDM card, click the Provisioning > Optical Line or Provisioning > Optical Band tab and the Alarm Behavior subtab.
Figure 9-11 shows the alarm profile of Ethernet card ports. CTC shows Parent Card Profile: Inherited.
Figure 9-11 Card View Port Alarm Profile
Go to Step 3 to apply profiles to a port. Go to Step 4 to apply profiles to all ports on a card.
Step 3 To apply profiles on a port basis:
a. Click the port row under the Profile column.
b. Choose the new profile from the drop-down menu.
c. Click Apply.
Step 4 To apply profiles to all ports on a card:
a. Click the Force all ports to profile menu arrow at the bottom of the window.
b. Choose the new profile from the drop-down menu.
c. Click Force (still need to "Apply").
d. Click Apply.
Tip Click Reset to return to the previous profile setting unless you have already clicked Apply. To return to the previous profile if you have already applied it, select the previous profile and click Apply again.
Step 5 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
DLP-A117 Apply Alarm Profiles to Cards and Nodes
Purpose |
This task applies a custom or default alarm profile to cards or nodes. |
Tools/Equipment |
None |
Prerequisite Procedures |
A115 Create Alarm Severity Profiles |
Required/As Needed |
As needed |
Onsite/Remote |
Onsite or remote |
Security Level |
Provision |
Step 1 In node view, click the Provisioning > Alarm Behavior tabs (Figure 9-12).
Figure 9-12 Node View Alarm Profile
Step 2 To apply profiles to a card:
a. Click the Profile row for the card.
b. Choose the new profile from the drop-down menu.
c. Click Apply.
Step 3 To apply the profile to an entire node:
a. Click the Node Profile menu arrow at the bottom of the window (Figure 9-12).
b. Click the new alarm profile in the drop-down menu.
c. Click Apply.
Tip Click Reset to return to the previous profile setting unless you have already clicked Apply. To return to the previous profile if you have already applied it, select the previous profile and click Apply again.
Step 4 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
DLP-A118 Delete Alarm Severity Profiles
Purpose |
This task deletes a custom or default alarm severity profile. |
Tools/Equipment |
None |
Prerequisite Procedures |
|
Required/As Needed |
As needed |
Onsite/Remote |
Onsite or remote |
Security Level |
Provision |
Step 1 From the View menu choose Go to Network View.
Step 2 Click the Provisioning > Alarm Profiles tabs.
Step 3 Click the column heading for the profile column you want to delete.
The selected alarm profile name is displayed in the Description field.
Step 4 Click Delete.
The Select Node/Profile Combination for Delete dialog box appears (Figure 9-13).
Figure 9-13 Select Node/Profile Combination For Delete Dialog Box
Step 5 Click the node name(s) in the Node Names list to highlight the profile location.
Tip If you hold the Shift key down, you can select consecutive node names. If you hold the Ctrl key down, you can select any combination of nodes.
Step 6 Click the profile name(s) you want to delete in the Profile Names list.
Step 7 Click OK.
The Delete Alarm Profile confirmation dialog box appears.
Step 8 Click Yes for each Delete Alarm Profile confirmation dialog box.
Note If you delete a profile from a node, it is still displayed in the network view
Provisioning > Alarm Profiles window unless you remove it by choosing Remove.
Step 9 To remove the alarm profile from the Provisioning > Alarm Profiles window, right-click the column of the profile you deleted and choose Remove from the shortcut menu.
Note If a node and profile combination is selected but does not exist, a warning appears: "One or more of the profile(s) selected do not exist on one or more of the node(s) selected." For example, if node A has only profile 1 and the user tries to delete both profile 1 and profile 2 from node A, this warning appears. However, the operation still removes profile 1 from node A.
Note The Default and Inherited special profiles cannot be deleted and do not appear in the Select Node/Profile Combination for Delete Window.
Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
NTP-A168 Enable, Modify, or Disable Alarm Severity Filtering
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-A60 Log into CTC" task on page 3-26 at the node where you want to enable alarm severity filtering. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 As necessary, complete the "DLP-A225 Enable Alarm Filtering" task. This task enables alarm filtering at the card, node, and network views for all nodes in the network. Alarm filtering can be enabled for alarms, conditions, or events.
Step 3 As necessary, complete the "DLP-A226 Modify Alarm and Condition Filtering Parameters" task to modify the alarm filtering for network nodes to show or hide particular alarms or conditions.
Step 4 As necessary, complete the "DLP-A227 Disable Alarm Filtering" task to disable alarm profile filtering for all network nodes.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
DLP-A225 Enable Alarm Filtering
Step 1 At the node, network, or card view, click the Alarms tab.
Step 2 Click the Filter tool at the lower-right side of the bottom toolbar.
Alarm filtering is enabled if the tool is selected and disabled if the tool is raised (not selected).
Alarm filtering will be enabled in the card, node, and network views of the Alarms tab at the node and for all other nodes in the network. If, for example, the Alarm Filter tool is enabled in the Alarms tab of the node view at one node, the Alarms tab in the network view and card view of that node will also show the tool enabled. All other nodes in the network will also have the tool enabled.
If you filter an alarm in card view, the alarm will still be displayed in node view. In this view, the card will display the color of the highest-level alarm. The alarm is also shown for the node in the network view.
Step 3 If you want alarm filtering enabled when you view conditions, repeat Steps 1 and 2 using the Conditions window.
Step 4 If you want alarm filtering enabled when you view alarm history, repeat Steps 1 and 2 using the History window.
Step 5 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
DLP-A226 Modify Alarm and Condition Filtering Parameters
Step 1 At the node, network, or card view, click the Alarms tab.
Step 2 Click the Filter button at the lower-left of the bottom toolbar.
The Alarm Filter Dialog box appears, showing the General tab (Figure 9-14).
Figure 9-14 Alarm Filter Dialog Box General Tab
In the General tab Show Severity box, you can choose which alarm severities will show through the alarm filter and provision a time period during which filtered alarms show through the filter. To change the alarm severities shown in the filter, go to Step 3 To change the time period filter for the alarms go to Step 4
Step 3 In the Show Severity area, click the check boxes for the severities [Critical (CR), Major (MJ), Minor (MN), or Not-Alarmed (NA)] you want to be reported at the network level. Leave severity check boxes deselected (unchecked) to keep them from appearing.
When alarm filtering is disabled, all alarms show.
Step 4 In the Time area, click the Show alarms between time limits check box to enable it. Then click the up and down arrows in the From Date, To Date, and Time fields to modify what period of alarms are shown.
To modify filter parameters for conditions, continue with Step 5. If you do not need to modify them, continue with Step 6.
Step 5 Click the Conditions tab (Figure 9-15).
Figure 9-15 Alarm Filter Dialog Box Conditions Tab
When alarm filtering is enabled, conditions in the Show list are visible and conditions in the Hide list are invisible.
•To move conditions individually from the Show list to the Hide list, click the > button.
•To move conditions individually from the Hide list to the Show list, click the < button.
•To move conditions collectively from the Show list to the Hide list, click the >> button.
•To move conditions collectively from the Hide list to the Show list, click the << button.
Note Conditions include alarms.
Step 6 Click Apply and OK.
Alarm and condition filtering parameters are enforced when alarm filtering is enabled (see the "DLP-A225 Enable Alarm Filtering" task), and are not enforced when alarm filtering is disabled (see the "DLP-A227 Disable Alarm Filtering" task).
Step 7 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
DLP-A227 Disable Alarm Filtering
Step 1 At the node, network, or card view, click the Alarms tab.
Step 2 Click the Filter tool at the lower-right side of the bottom toolbar.
Alarm filtering is enabled if the tool is indented and disabled if the tool is raised (not selected).
Step 3 If you want alarm filtering disabled when you view conditions, click the Conditions tab and repeat
Step 2.
Step 4 If you want alarm filtering disabled when you view alarm history, click the History tab and repeat
Step 2.
Step 5 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
NTP-A72 Suppress Alarms and Discontinue Alarm Suppression
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-A60 Log into CTC" task on page 3-26 for instructions. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 Complete the "DLP-A119 Suppress Alarm Reporting" task to make the node send out autonomous messages that clear particular raised alarms and cause the suppressed alarms to appear in the Conditions window.
Note Suppressing one or more alarms prevents them from appearing in Alarm or History windows or in any other clients. The suppress command causes CTC to display them in the Conditions window, where Not-Reported (NR) events are shown. The suppressed alarms appear there with their severity, their severity color code, and service-affecting status.
Step 3 Complete the "DLP-A120 Discontinue Alarm Suppression" task to remove the suppress command and resume normal alarm reporting.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
DLP-A119 Suppress Alarm Reporting
If multiple CTC/TL1 sessions are open, suppressing alarms in one session suppresses the alarms in all other open sessions.
Step 1 At either the node or card view, click the Provisioning > Alarm Behavior tabs.
Step 2 At the node level, you can suppress alarms on a card basis or for the entire node. At the card level, you can suppress alarms on a port basis.
a. To suppress alarms at the node level for the entire node, check the Suppress Alarms column check box located at the bottom-left of the window.
b. To suppress alarms at the node level for individual cards, check the Suppress Alarms column check box for the slot row where you want to suppress alarms (Figure 9-12).
Note In node view, row numbers correspond to slot numbers.
c. Click Apply (whether or not you complete the next step).
The node sends out autonomous messages to clear any raised alarms.
Step 3 To suppress alarms at the card level for ports:
a. Double-click the card.
b. Click the Provisioning > Alarm Behavior tabs.
c. Check the Suppress Alarms column check box for the port row where you want to suppress alarms (Figure 9-11).
d. Click Apply.
If multiple CTC sessions are open, suppressing alarms in one session suppresses the alarms in all other open sessions.
Step 4 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
DLP-A120 Discontinue Alarm Suppression
Step 1 To discontinue alarm suppression for the entire node, uncheck the Suppress Alarms check box at the lower-left of the Alarm Behavior window.
Step 2 To discontinue alarm suppression for individual cards that you suppressed at the node level:
a. Uncheck the check box in the Suppress Alarms column for that card.
b. Click Apply.
Step 3 To discontinue alarm suppression for ports that you suppressed at the card level:
a. Double-click the card to display the card view.
b. Uncheck the Suppress Alarms check box for the port(s) you no longer want to suppress.
c. Click Apply.
Step 4 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
NTP-A32 Provision External Alarms and Controls on the Alarm Interface Controller
Note For information about the AIC-I external alarms and controls, virtual wire, and orderwire, refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual.
Step 1 Verify the backplane wiring. See the "NTP-A8 Attach Wires to Alarm, Timing, LAN, and Craft Pin Connections" procedure on page 1-36 for information about the ONS 15454 backplane pins.
a. For external alarms, verify that the external-device relays are wired to the ENVIR ALARMS IN backplane pins.
b. For external controls, verify the external relays are wired to the ENVIR ALARMS OUT backplane pins.
Step 2 In the node view, double-click the AIC card on the shelf graphic. The card view appears.
Step 3 If you are provisioning external alarms, click the Provisioning > External Alarms tabs (Figure 9-16). If you are not provisioning external alarms, skip Steps 4 through 6 and go to Step 7.
Figure 9-16 AIC Card External Alarms
Step 4 Complete the following fields for each external device wired to the ONS 15454 backplane:
•Enabled—Check the check box to activate the fields for the alarm input number.
•Alarm Type—Choose an alarm type from the drop-down menu.
•Severity—Click a severity in the drop-down menu.
The severity determines the severity the alarm has in the Alarms and History tabs and determines whether the LEDs are activated. Critical (CR), Major (MJ), and Minor (MN) alarms activate the LEDs. Not-Alarmed (NA) and Not-Reported (NR) do not activate LEDs, but do report the information in CTC.
•Virtual Wire—Choose the virtual wire number in the drop-down menu to assign the external device to a virtual wire. Otherwise, do not change the None default. For information about the AIC virtual wire, see the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual.
•Raised When—From the drop-down menu, choose the contact condition (open or closed) that triggers the alarm.
•Description—A default description is provided; enter a different description if needed.
Step 5 To provision up to four virtual wire inputs for external devices, complete Step 4 for each additional device.
Step 6 Click Apply.
Step 7 If you are provisioning external control outputs for external devices, click the External Controls subtab.
Step 8 Complete the following options for each external control wired to the ONS 15454 backplane:
•Enabled—Check this check box to activate the fields for the alarm input number.
•Control Type—Choose the control type from the drop-down menu: air conditioner, engine, fan, generator, heat, light, sprinkler, or miscellaneous.
•Trigger Type—Choose a trigger type: a local minor, major, or critical alarm; a remote minor, major, or critical alarm; or a virtual wire activation.
•Description—Enter a description.
Step 9 To provision additional external controls, complete Steps 7 and 8 for each additional device.
Step 10 Click Apply.
Note When you provision an external alarm, the alarm object is ENV-IN-nn. The variable nn refers to the external alarm's number, regardless of the name you assign.
Note Environmental alarms that you create (and name) should be recorded locally for the NE. Both the Alarm name and resolution are node-specific.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-A248 Provision External Alarms and Controls on the Alarm Interface Controller-International
Note AIC-I alarm provides direct alarm contacts (external alarm inputs and external control outputs) for ONS 15454 and ONS 15454 SDH systems. In the ONS-145454 ANSI shelf, these AIC-I alarm contacts are routed through the backplane to wire-wrap pins accessible from the back of the shelf. If you install an Alarm Expansion Panel (AEP), the AIC-I alarm contacts cannot be used. Only the alarm expansion panel (AEP) alarm contacts can be used. For further information about the AEP, see "NTP-A119 Install the Alarm Expansion Panel" procedure on page 1-32 and the "NTP-A120 Install an External Wire-Wrap Panel to the AEP" procedure on page 1-43.
Note For information about the AIC-I alarms, controls, and virtual wire, refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual.
Step 1 Verify the backplane wiring. If you are using the AEP, see the "NTP-A119 Install the Alarm Expansion Panel" procedure on page 1-32. Otherwise, see the "NTP-A8 Attach Wires to Alarm, Timing, LAN, and Craft Pin Connections" procedure on page 1-36 for information about the ONS 15454 backplane pins.
a. For external alarms, verify that the external device relays are wired to the ENVIR ALARMS IN backplane pins.
b. For external controls, verify that the external device relays are wired to the ENVIR ALARMS OUT backplane pins.
Step 2 In the node view, double-click the AIC-I card on the shelf graphic. The card view appears.
Step 3 Click the Provisioning > Card tabs.
Step 4 In the Input/Output area, click one of the following options:
•Add Extension—Check this check box if you are using the AEP.
•Extension Type—The AEP radio button is automatically selected if you checked the Add Extension check box.
•Input/Output—Select External Alarm if you use external alarms only; select External Control if you use both external alarms and external controls. Selecting only External Alarm gives you 16 external alarm ports and no external control ports. If you select External control, four of the ports are converted to external control ports, leaving you with 12 external alarm ports.
Step 5 Click Apply.
Step 6 If you are provisioning external alarms, click the External Alarms tab. If you are not provisioning external alarms, skip Steps 7 through 9 and go to Step 10.
Figure 9-17 Provisioning External Alarms On The AIC-I Card
Step 7 Complete the following fields for each external device wired to the ONS 15454 backplane:
•Enabled—Check the check box to activate the fields for the alarm input number.
•Alarm Type—Choose an alarm type from the drop-down menu.
•Severity—Click a severity from the drop-down menu.
The severity determines the severity the alarm has in the Alarms and History tabs and determines whether the LEDs are activated. Critical (CR), Major (MJ), and Minor (MN) alarms activate the LEDs. Not-Alarmed (NA) and Not-Reported (NR) do not activate LEDs, but do report the information in CTC.
•Virtual Wire—Choose the virtual wire number from the drop-down menu to assign the external device to a virtual wire. Otherwise, do not change the None default. For information about the AIC virtual wire, see the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual.
•Raised When—From the drop-down, choose the contact condition (open or closed) that triggers the alarm.
•Description—A default description is provided; enter a different description if needed.
Step 8 To provision additional devices, complete Step 7 for each additional device.
Step 9 Click Apply.
Step 10 If you are provisioning external controls, click the External Controls tab and complete the following fields for each external control wired to the ONS 15454 backplane:
•Enabled—Check this check box to activate the fields for the alarm input number.
•Control Type—Choose the control type from the drop-down menu: air conditioner, engine, fan, generator, heat, light, sprinkler, or miscellaneous.
•Trigger Type—Choose a trigger type: a local minor, major, or critical alarm; a remote minor, major, or critical alarm; or a virtual wire activation.
•Description—Enter a description.
Step 11 To provision the other external controls, complete Step 10 for each additional device.
Step 12 Click Apply.
Note When you provision an external alarm, the alarm object is ENV-IN-nn. The variable nn refers to the external alarm's number, regardless of the name you assign.
Note Environmental alarms that you create (and name) should be recorded locally for the NE. Both the Alarm name and resolution are node-specific.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
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