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Cisco ONS 15454 Procedure Guide, R5.0
December 2004
Chapter 7 Manage Alarms
NTP-A71 Create, Download, and Assign Alarm Severity Profiles
Note A blank LCD results when the fuse on the alarm interface panel (AIP) board has blown. If this
occurs, contact your next level of support. For information, see the “Obtaining Documentation,
Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines” section on page lvi.
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 17-66 at the node where you want to create an
alarm profile. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2 to create, clone or modify an alarm
profile, or go to Step 3 to download an alarm profile.
Step 2 Complete the “DLP-A518 Create a New or Cloned Alarm Severity Profile” task on page 22-9. This task
clones a current alarm profile, renames the profile, and customizes the new profile.
Step 3 Complete the “DLP-A524 Download an Alarm Severity Profile” task on page 22-20. This task
downloads an alarm severity profile from a CD or a node.
Note After storing a created or downloaded alarm profile, you must go to the node (either by logging
into it or clicking on it from the network view) and activate the profile by applying it to the shelf,
one or more cards, or one or more ports.
Step 4 As necessary, complete the “DLP-A519 Apply Alarm Profiles to Ports” task on page 22-12 or the
“DLP-A117 Apply Alarm Profiles to Cards and Nodes” task on page 18-5.
Step 5 As necessary, complete the “DLP-A520 Delete Alarm Severity Profiles” task on page 22-14.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
Purpose Use this procedure to create a customized alarm profile at the network,
node, or card level. This procedure also provides links to tasks that
describe how to assign custom severities individually to each port, card, or
node, and to delete alarm profiles.
Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures None
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher