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Cisco ONS 15310-CL and Cisco ONS 15310-MA Troubleshooting Guide, R7.0
Chapter2 Alarm Troubleshooting
2.7.240 TIM-V
In Auto mode on the receiving port, the card sets the expected string to the value of the received string.
If the alarm occurs on a port that has been operating with no alarms, the circuit path has changed or
someone entered a new incorrect value into the Current Transmit String field. Complete the following
procedure to clear either problem.
TIM-S also occurs on a port that has previously been operating without alarms if someone switches the
cables or optical fibers that connect the ports. If enabled on the port, the “AIS-L” condition on page2-18
can be raised downstream and the “RFI-L” condition on page2-118 can be raised upstream.

Clear the TIM-S Alarm

Step1 Double-click the 15310-CL-CTX or CTX2500 card to display the card view.
Step2 For the 15310-CL-CTX, click the Maintenance > EC1 > Path Trace tabs; for the CTX2500 card, click
the Maintenance > Optical > Path Trace tabs.
Step3 In the Expected String column, enter the correct string information.
Step4 Click Apply.
Step5 If the alarm does not clear, log into the Technical Support Website at http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
for more information or call Cisco TAC (1-800-553-2447). If the alarm applies to the STSTRM object,
it is Service-Affecting (SA).
2.7.240 TIM-V
Default Severity: Major (MJ), Service-Affecting (SA)
SONET Logical Object: VT-TERM
The VT Path TIM alarm is raised on VT terminations when the J2 path trace is enabled and is
mismatched with the expected trace string.

Clear the TIM-V Alarm

Step1 Complete the “Clear the TIM Alarm” procedure on page2-138.
Step2 If the alarm does not clear, log into the Technical Support Website at http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
for more information or call CiscoTAC (1-800-553-2447) to report a service-affecting problem.
2.7.241 TPTFAIL (CE100T)
Default Severity: Major(MJ), Service-Affecting (SA)
SONET Logical Object: CE100T
The Transport (TPT) Layer Failure alarm for the CE-100T-8 card indicates a break in the end-to-end
Ethernet link integrity feature of the CE-100T-8 cards. TPTFAIL indicates a far-end condition and not a
problem with the port reporting TPTFAIL.