Fault Detection and Isolation

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This chapter describes unreachable network elements and the sources of alarms on devices. In addition, it describes alarm integrity and the integrity service:

•Unreachable Network Elements—Describes how the various VNEs use reachability to check connectivity with the NEs.

•Sources of Alarms On a Device—Describes the four basic alarm sources that indicate problems in the network.

•Alarm Integrity—Describes what happens when a VNE with associated open alarms shuts down.

•Integrity Service—Describes the integrity service tests that run on the gateway and/or the units.

Unreachable Network Elements

Reachability used by the VNEs (checks the reachability between the VNEs and NEs) depends on the configuration of the VNE, and involves multiple connectivity tests, using SNMP, Telnet/SSH and/or ICMP, as appropriate.

The table describes the various situations below when a NE fails to respond to the protocols:

Table 2-1	Unreachable Network Elements

VNE Type	Checks reachability using	When the NE fails to respond	When the NE is reachable

ICMP VNE	ICMP only. During the ICMP	ICMP ping is suspended, and a VNE	ICMP ping is restarted, and the
	test the unit pings the NE	Unreachable alarm is sent to the	alarm is cleared.
	every configured interval.	Cisco ANA Gateway. Only the
		reachability tests are executed thereafter to
		detect when the device is reachable again.

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3.6 specifications

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Cisco Systems 3.6 specifications Fault Detection and Isolation, Unreachable Network Elements

Models: 3.6