DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Maintenance for R8.2csi
555-233-119 Issue 1
April 2000
Maintenance Objects

3-126ATM-BCH (ATM B-Channel Trunk)

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B-channel alarms

The Maintenance/Far-End and Out-Of-Service/Far-End states generate warning

alarms displayed with status trunk

grp#/mbr#

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Table 3-49. ATM ISDN service states
Category Description
Service states
In-Service (INS) B-channel is in normal
operating state
Active A call is connected over
the B-channel.
Idle There is no call on the
B-channel.
Out-of-Service/Far-en
d (OOS /FE) The switch has not successfully negotiated B-channel connection as of
yet. Calls cannot be p laced or received .
When you first administer a B-channel, the switch initializes the B-channel
to this state while it tries to negotiate a connection to the far end. If the
request times out with no response from the far end, the switch leaves the
B-channel in the OOS/FE state.
Out-of-Service/Near-E
nd (OOS/NE) The NPE Crosstalk Test has failed or the trunk is busied out. Calls cannot
be placed or received.
Maintenance/Far-End
(MTC/FE) A request has timed out with no response from the far end after signaling
is in place and B-channels are in service. Calls can be received b ut not
placed, and stable calls are unaffected.
Maintenance/Near-En
d (MTC /NE) The signaling channel (ISDN-LNK) has been busied out, possibly after a
test trunk
grp#/mbr#
long command. Calls cannot be placed or
received, but stable calls are unaffected.
Pending states1
1. The switc h is waiting for a reply from the far-end. Pending servic e states remain in effect until the
near end receives a response or times out.
Pending-in-Service The near-end is waiting for a response to a transition-to-service request.
Pending-Maintenance The near-end is waiting for a transition-to-maintenance-service request
(US and other country-protocol-1 systems).
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