Cisco Systems manual Viewing ONS 15327 Alarms, Conditions, and Events, Alarm Data, Column

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3.6 Viewing ONS 15327 Alarms, Conditions, and Events

To display current and cleared alarms generated on the node, conditions, and events, open the node view and select the Alarms tab (Figure 3-21). The Alarms tabs in network view and card view show network-level alarms and card-level alarms, respectively. Messages with a severity of critical, major, or minor and a status of raised or cleared qualify as alarms. Conditions are messages with a severity of not reported or not alarmed and a status of raised or cleared. Events have a status of transient with a severity of not alarmed. Table 3-8shows the information that displays for each ONS 15327 alarm.

Table 3-8	Alarm Data
Column	Description
Num	Unique, per-node alarm identifier (this column is hidden by default)
Ref	If an alarm references another alarm, the number of the referenced alarm (this column is hidden by
	default)
Date	Date and time of the alarm
New	Indicates an alarm that has not been acknowledged by checking either the Synchronize Alarms or
	Delete Cleared Alarms box; shows in all views
Node	Node where the alarm occurred, based on the active XTC (displays in network view only)
Object	TL1 AID for the alarmed object
Type	Type of alarm, based on equipment type
Slot	Slot where the alarm occurred (displays in network and node view only)
Port	Port where the alarm occurred
Sev	Severity level: CR (critical), MJ (major), MN (minor), NA (not alarmed), NR (not reported)
ST	Status: R (raised), C (clear)
SA	When checked, indicates the alarm is service affecting
Cond	The error message code; see Chapter 8, “CTC Alarms” for troubleshooting procedures
Description	Description of the alarm

For a definition of each alarm and its troubleshooting procedure, see Chapter 8, “CTC Alarms.”

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