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Cisco ONS SONET TL1 Command Guide, R6.0
Chapter 1 General Information
1.8.10 Testing
1.8.10 Testing
1.9 Parameter Types
This section provides a description of all message parameter types defined for the TL1 messages used
in the ONS 15454, ONS 15327, ONS 15310-CL, and ONS 15600. Individual parameters are listed within
each command description.
1.9.1 ATAG Description
The autonomous message tag (ATAG) is used for message sequencing. There are four streams of
autonomous messages and each stream corresponds to a sequence. The sequence numbers increment by
one for each autonomous message within that stream. The format and range of ATAG differs for each
stream. The four streams are:
1. Alarmed events:
These include REPT ALM and REPT EVT (except REPT EVT SESSION) messages as well as the
REPT SW autonomous message.
ATAG Fo r m at : x . y
where
x – sequence number of this alarmed event. This is an integer in the range of 0–9999.
y – sequence number of the previous alarmed event which is related to this alarmed event. This is
an integer in the range of 0-9999.
NE-SYNCN TMMDE defaults to EXTERNAL
SSMGEN defaults to GEN1
QRES defaults to SAME-AS-DUS
RVRTV defaults to Y
RVTM defaults to 5.0 minutes
SYNCN PRI/SEC QREF defaults to PRS
PRI STATUS defaults to ACT
SEC STATUS defaults to STBY
THIRD QREF defaults to ST3
STATUS defaults to STBY
Ta b l e 1- 1 4 Te s t i n g D e fa u l t Va l u e s
Testing Default
OPR-LPBK LPBKTYPE defaults to FACILITY
RLS-LPBK LPBKTYPE defaults to current existing loopback type
Table 1-13 Synchronization Default Values (continued)
Synchronization Default