Cisco Systems 12000/10700 V3.1.1 manual Sonet Overhead, Alarm Reporting & Threshold

Chapter 7 Interface Profiles

Creating a POS Interface Profile

Encapsulation—Allows you to select HDLC, PPP or FRAME RELAY encapsulation type. The default value is HDLC.

Cyclic Redundancy Check—Allows you to select an option for cyclic redundancy check. Cyclic redundancy check basically consists of 16 or 32 bit verification code which has to be same at the both the transmitting and receiving to ensure the packets sent are received in full without loss of data. By default it is 32 bit code.

SONET Overhead

The SONET Overhead area allows you to configure the following information:

Path Signal Identifier—Allows you to set the path signal identifier. Permissible values range from 0 to 255.

Section Trace Byte—Allows you to set the section trace byte. Permissible values are 0 to 255.

Payload Pointer Byte—Allows you to select an option for payload pointer byte from the drop down menu. Permissible values range from 0 to 3.

Alarm Reporting & Threshold

The Alarm Reporting & Threshold area allows you to configure the following information:

B1 BER Threshold Crossing Alarm—Allows you to fix threshold limits for the system to prompt appropriate B1 BER Threshold alarm messages.

B2 BER Threshold Crossing Alarm—Allows you to fix threshold limits for the system to prompt appropriate B2 BER Threshold alarm messages.

B3 BER Threshold Crossing Alarm—Allows you to fix threshold limits for the system to prompt appropriate B3 BER Threshold alarm messages.

Signal Degrade BER—Allows you to fix threshold limits for the system to prompt appropriate Signal Degrade BER Threshold alarm messages.

Signal Fail BER—Allows you to fix threshold limits for the system to prompt appropriate Signal Fail BER Threshold alarm messages.

Threshold (in 10e-)—Displays a threshold value.

Alarm Reporting

The Alarm Reporting area allows you to configure the following information:

Path Remote Defect Indication Errors—Allows you to enable or disable the path remote defect indication errors alarm messages.

Line Remote Defect Indication Errors—Allows you to enable or disable the line remote defect indication errors alarm messages.

Line Alarm Indication Signal Errors—Allows you to enable or disable the line alarm indication signal errors alarm messages.

Receive Data Out of Lock Errors—Allows you to enable or disable the Receive data output of lock errors alarm messages.

Path Alarm Indication Signal Errors—Allows you to enable or disable the path alarm indication signal errors alarm messages.

Section Loss of Signal Errors—Allows you to enable or disable the loss of signal errors alarm messages.

Cisco 12000/10700 v3.1.1 Router Manager User Guide

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