1152700Issue 1 February 2001 Section 2 Operations and Maintenance

TAP-100

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Table 4-1. Alarm Identifications, continued

ALARM MESSAGE

 

SEVERITY

 

IMPACT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DESCRIPTION

 

SUGGESTED COURSE OF ACTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Code

Violation

Threshold

Crossing

Alert

CV-Stca

Information

Service

al Alert

Degradation

 

 

Coding violation threshold crossing alert for section layer. A bit of information has changed in the transmission from the previous STE causing Section Code Violations (CVS) that have exceeded the user definable threshold level. Causes a CVL at the line terminating equipment.

Check input levels and signal sources. Increase threshold settings if necessary. Check local requirements for proper levels.

Configurat ion Failure

Configurati onFailure

Control

Slip

Seconds

Threshold

Crossing

Alert

CSSTca

CRC

Threshold

Crossing

Alert

CRCErrorT ca

Degraded

Minutes

Threshold

Crossing

Alert

DegradMin uteTca

Minor –

Installation

currently an

Eror

information

 

al alert

 

 

 

Information

Service

al Alert

Degradation

 

 

Information

Service

al Alert

Degradation

 

 

Information

Service

al Alert

Degradation

 

 

A request to configure a card or port has failed.

DSX1 alarm: The timing Release is changing too much.

Cyclic Redundancy Check has errors that have exceeded user definable levels.

The input signal power level has dropped over a user definable amount of time.

Check configuration status, verify physical equipment is available and try again.

Check timing source signal.

T1 frames may be bad at the far end or near end. Check signal inputs and line levels.

Check power level at input, verify cleanliness of fiber connections, adjust attenuator if equipped, and check transmit end output power level and replace card if necessary.

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