DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Maintenance for R8.2csi
555-233-119 Issue 1
April 2000
Maintenance Commands
2-342test hardware-group
2
Feature Interactions
test
hardware-group Only one test hardware-group command can be active at any
given time.
TTI If the test hardware-group command is issued with the
all-ports
option when the TTI background task is active, some
unadministered ports may n ot be tested. In add ition, active alarms
on line ports may be c leared by this task. The status tti command
can be used to d etermine the state of the TTI background tas k.
Add Station If a add station command is entered for an untranslated port at the
same time as it is being tested as part of the test hardware-group
command with the
all-ports
option, the error message, Object in
use; please try later displays, and the req uest fails.
Trunk
administration If an attempt is made to ad d an unadministered trunk p ort to a trunk
group at the same time as it is b eing tested as part of the t est
hardware-group with the
all-ports
option, the error message,
Object in use; please try later displays, and the request fails.
Save translation If the test hardware-group with the
all-ports
option while a
translation save operation is active, some un administered ports
may not be tested. All other hard ware will be tested normally.
Hardware alarms When a hardware error is detected b y the test hardware-group
command, the hardware g oes through the standard esc alation
strategy. Alarms are raised on hardware that manifest ’hard ’ errors.
This alarming strategy is the same, reg ardless of whether the ports
are translated or not.
System interaction The performance of test hardware-group is affected by call
processing traffic, a dministration activity, choice of the
short
or
long
option, whether the
all-ports
option is chosen, whether the
spe-interchange
option is chosen, and o ther demand maintenance
activity.
Scheduled and
periodic
maintenance
While executing the test hardware-group command, all sc heduled
background m aintenance, periodic background ma intenance, and
data audits activity is susp ended until the c ommand completes.
When the test hardware-group command is canceled or
completes, all suspen ded period ic, scheduled , and data audits
background mai ntenance activity will be restart ed where it left off.