Cisco ONS 15454 SDH - Before You Begin

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Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Procedure Guide, R7.0
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Manage Alarms
This chapter contains the procedures for viewing and managing the alarms and conditions on a
Cisco ONS 15454 SDH.
Cisco Transport Controller (CTC) detects and reports SDH alarms generated by the
Cisco ONS 15454 SDH and the SDH network. You can use CTC to monitor and manage alarms at a card,
node (default login), or network level. You can also view alarm counts on the LCD screen located on the
fan-tray assembly.
Before You Begin
This section lists the chapter procedures (NTPs). Turn to a procedure for applicable tasks (DLPs).
1. NTP-D195 Document Existing Provisioning, page 9-2—Complete this procedure as needed to print
or export node data.
2. NTP-D196 View Alarms, History, Events, and Conditions, page 9-2—Complete this procedure as
needed to see alarms and conditions occurring on the node and a complete history of alarm and
condition messages.
3. NTP-D68 Delete Cleared Alarms from Display, page 9-3—Complete this procedure as needed to
delete cleared alarm information.
4. NTP-D69 View Alarm-Affected Circuits, page 9-4—Complete this procedure as needed to find
circuits that are affected by a particular alarm or condition.
5. NTP-D70 View Alarm Counts on the LCD for a Node, Slot, or Port, page 9-5—Complete this
procedure as needed to see a statistical count of alarms that have occurred for a slot or port.
6. NTP-D71 Create, Download, and Assign Alarm Severity Profiles, page 9-6—Complete this
procedure as needed to change the default severity for certain alarms, to assign the new severities
to a port, card, or node, and to delete alarm profiles.
7. NTP-D168 Enable, Modify, or Disable Alarm Severity Filtering, page 9-7—Complete this
procedure as needed to enable, disable, or modify alarm severity filtering in the Conditions, Alarms,
or History windows at the node or network level.
8. NTP-D72 Suppress Alarms or Discontinue Alarm Suppression, page 9-7—Complete this procedure
as needed to suppress reported alarms at the port, card, or node level and to disable the suppress
command to resume normal alarm reporting.
9. NTP-D247 Provision External Alarms and Controls on the Alarm Interface
Controller–International, page 9-8—Complete this procedure as needed to provision external alarms
and controls on the AIC-I card.