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Cisco ONS 15454 Installation and Operations Guide
November 2001
Chapter10 Alarm Monitoring and M anagement
Viewing ONS 15454 Alarms
Alarms display in one of five background colors, listed in Table 10-2, to quickly communicate the alarm
severity. Events, conditions, and cleared alarms are also color coded. Conditions and events display in
the History or Conditions tab.
10.2.1 Controlling Alarm Display
You can control the display of the alarms on the Alarms tab. Table 1 0-3 shows the actions you can
perform from the Alarms tab.
10.2.2 Viewing Alarm-Affected Circuits
User can view which ONS 15454 circuits are affected by a specific alarm. Figure10-6 illustrates the
Select Affected Circuits option.
Table10-2 Color Codes for Alarms, Conditions, and Events
Color Description
Red Critical Alarm (CR)
Orange Major Alarm (MJ)
Yellow Minor Alarm (MN)
Magenta Event ( NA)
Blue Condition (NR)
White Cleared alarm or event (CL)
Table10-3 Alarm Display
Button Action
Synchronize Alarms Updates the alarm display; although CTC displays alarms in real time , the
Synchronize Alarms button allows you to verify the alarm displ ay. This is
particularly useful during provisioning or troubleshooting.
Delete Cleared Alarms Deletes alarms that have been cleared
AutoDelete Cleared
Alarms If checked, CTC automatically deletes cleared alarms
Show Events (NA) If checked, CTC shows alarms and not alarmed (NA) events o r Co nditi ons .
Not-alarmed events do not require action and normally display only und er
the Conditions tab.