One of the most critical problems in an access network for carriers is differentiating between a simple power failure at the customer
premise and an equipment or facility failure. Dying gasp provides this information by having a station indicate to the network that it is having a
power failure.
If remote management is lost, we simply need to check the Remote Dying Gasp Count register to see if it has been incremented.
3.9 Tools
The Tools menu includes the System Reboot, Save and Restore settings and Firmware Upgrade functions.
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