Chapter 1 Fault Management Overview

Basic Concepts and Terms

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An alarm is composed of a sequence of events, each representing a specific point in the alarm’s lifecycle.

Event

An event is an indication of a distinct occurrence that occurred at a specific point in time. Events are derived from incoming traps and notifications, and from detected status changes. Examples of events include:

Port status change.

Connectivity loss between routing protocol processes on peer routers (for example BGP neighbor loss).

Device reset.

Device becoming reachable by the management station.

User acknowledgement of an alarm.

Events are written to the Cisco ANA database once and never change.

The collected events are displayed in Cisco ANA EventVision. Refer to the Cisco Active Netowrk Abstraction EventVision User Guide for more information.

Event Sequence

An event sequence is the set of related events which comprises a single alarm. For example, link down > ack > link up.

Figure 1-2 Event Sequence Example

Typically, a complete event sequence includes three mandatory events:

Alarm open (in this example a link-down event).

Alarm clear (in this example a link-up event).

Alarm acknowledge.

Optionally, there can be any number of alarm change events which can be triggered by new severity events, affected services update events, and so on.

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3.6 specifications

Cisco Systems 3.6 marks a significant advancement in network technology, presenting an innovative suite of features and capabilities designed to enhance performance, security, and flexibility for modern networks. As a leader in networking solutions, Cisco continues to evolve its offerings, ensuring they meet the demands of businesses operating in increasingly complex environments.

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