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Cisco ONS 15454 Installation and Operations Guide
November 2001
Chapter7 Card Provisioning
Provisioning the Alarm Interface Controller
•Severity—Select a severity. The severity determines how the alarm is displayed in the CTC Alarms
and History tabs and whether the LEDs are activated. Critical, Major, and Minor activate the
appropriate LEDs. Not Alarmed and Not Reported d o n ot ac tiv ate L EDs , bu t do repo rt th e
information in CTC.
•Virtu al Wi r e —To assign the external device to a virtual wire, select the virtual wire. Ot herw ise, do
not change the None default.
•Raised When—Select the contact condition (open or closed) that will trigger the alarm in CTC.
•Description—Default descriptions are provided for each alarm type; change the description as
necessary.
Figure7-6 Provisioning external alarms on the AIC card
Step 5 To provision additional devices, complete Step 4 for each additional device.
Step 6 Click Apply.
Procedure: Provision External Controls
Step 1 Wire the external control relays to the ENVIR ALARMS OUT backplane pins. Se e the “Al arm, T i min g,
LAN, and Craft Pin Connections” section on page1-32 for more informa tion.
Step 2 In CTC, log into the node and display the AIC in card view.
Step 3 On the External Controls subtab, complete the following fields for each external control wired to the
ONS 15454 backplane:
•Enabled—Click to activate the fields for the alarm input number.
•Trigger Type—Select a trigger type: a local minor, major, or critical alarm; a remote minor, major,
or critical alarm; or a virtual wire activation.