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Appendix B • Alarms Window Field Definitions
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Condition Description
Event or Alarm
(Severity Level)
Data Included in
Alarm or Event
Trap
Notes
ECMG Stream
• Minor when Active ECMG
Stream is not setup, but
Backup Stream is setup
• Major when both Active
and Backup ECMG
Streams are not setup
Alarms
• Minor
• Major
Event generated
identifying the
Impacted ECMG
stream
1. Can be disabled
2. Clears automatically
when all EIS-requested
ECMG Streams are setup
3. Overall alarm – 1 alarm
for all ECMG Streams
EMM Channel
Indicates that an EMMG
connection has been lost
Alarm
• Warning
Event generated
identifying the
Impacted EMMG
channel
1. Can be disabled
2. Clears automatically
when failing EMMG is
reconnected
3. Overall alarm – 1 alarm
for all EMMG Channels
EMM Provision
Indicates that some
incoming EMM could not be
processed properly
Alarm
• Warning
Event generated
identifying the
Impacted EMMG
stream
1. Can be disabled
2. Clears automatically
when there are no EMM
streams receiving invalid
data
3. Overall alarm – only one
trap sent for the first
problem found
EIS Channel
Indicates that the EIS
Channel is down
Alarm
• Major
None 1. Can be disabled
2. Clears automatically
when EIS channel is
connected
EIS Provision
• Warning for minor issues
like inconsistency between
APEX config and EIS
(getting SCG Provision for
a service not yet mapped
in APEX)
• Major when received SCG
Provision is incorrect
Alarms
• Warning
• Major
Event generated
identifying the
Impacted
scrambling group.
1. Can be disabled
2. Warning clears
automatically when APEX
config is corrected
3. Major must be manually
cleared
4. Overall alarm – only one
trap sent for the first error
found