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Chapter 14 Alarm Monitoring and Manageme nt
14.6.2 Alarms Suppressed by User Command
While the facility is in the OOS,MT state, any alarms or conditions that are raised and suppressed on it
(for example, a transmit failure [TRMT] alarm) are reported in the Conditions window and show their
normal severity in the Sev column. The suppressed alarms are not shown in the Alarms and History
windows. (These windows only show AS-MT). When you place the port back into IS,AINS
administrative state, the AS-MT alarm is resolved in all three windows. Suppressed alarms remain raised
in the Conditions window until they are cleared.

14.6.2 Alarms Suppressed by User Command

In the Provisioning > Alarm Profiles > Alarm Behavior tabs, the ONS 15454 has an ala rm suppression
option that clears raised alarm messages for the node, chassis, one or more slots (cards), or one or more
ports. Using this option raises the alarms suppressed by user command, or AS-CMD alarm. The
AS-CMD alarm, like the AS-MT alarm, appears in the Conditions, and History1 windows. Suppressed
conditions (including alarms) appear only in the Conditions window--showing their normal severity in
the Sev column. When the Suppress Alarms check box is unchecked, the AS-CMD alarm is cleared from
all three windows.
A suppression command applied at a higher level does not supersede a command applied at a lower level.
For example, applying a node-level alarm suppression command makes all raised alarms for the node
appear to be cleared, but it does not cancel out card-level or port-level suppression. Each of these
conditions can exist independently and must be cleared indepe ndently.
Caution Use alarm suppression with caution. If multiple CTC or TL1 sessions are open, suppressing the alarms
in one session suppresses the alarms in all other open sessions.
14.7 External Alarms and Controls
External alarm inputs can be provisioned on the Alarm Interface Controller-Inter national (AIC-I) card
for external sensors such as an open door and flood sensors, te mperature sensors, and other
environmental conditions. External control outputs on these two cards allow you to drive external visual
or audible devices such as bells and lights. They can control other devices such as generators, heaters,
and fans.
You provision external alarms in the AIC-I card view Provisioning > External Alarms tab and controls
in the AIC-I card view Provisioning > External Controls tab. Up to 12 external alarm inputs and four
external controls are available. If you also provision the alarm extension panel (AEP), ther e are 32 inputs
and 16 outputs.

14.7.1 External Alarms

You can provision each alarm input separately. Provisionable characteristics of external ala rm inputs
include:
• Alarm Type—List of alarm types.
• User Defined Alarm Types
• Severity—CR, MJ, MN, NA, and NR.
• Virtual Wire—The virtual wire associated with the alarm.