Nortel Networks CVX 600 manual Alarm Types, Alarm Type Severity Description

Chassis Connections

Connecting Alarms

Alarm Types

The following table lists specific alarm types, severity, and possible causes:

Alarm Type	Severity	Description
T1 Alarm	Critical	An alarm condition has been detected on the
		specified T1 line, or the signal on the T1 line has
		been lost.
T3 Alarm	Critical	An alarm condition has been detected on the
		specified T3 line, or the signal on the T3 line has
		been lost.
HSSI Port Down	Critical	The HSSI port has failed to initialize.
Ethernet Port	Major	The Ethernet port has failed to initialize.
Down
Fan Down	Major	The cooling fans have stopped.
Power Down	Major	The external power source has dropped.
SCC Failover	Major	The primary SCC has failed, and the secondary SCC
		has resumed operation. CVXView generates this
		alarm. Although the raising trap is generated on the
		CVX 600, it does not recognize this as an alarm
		condition. This alarm must be cleared manually on
		CVXView (Clear Alarms button).
Link Down	Minor	The sending protocol entity recognizes a failure in
		one of the communication links represented in the
		agent’s configuration.
Slot Down	Minor	Communication has been lost between the indicated
		slot and the SCC.
Sonet/SDH	Major	Transitions are not detected on incoming signals,
Loss of Signal		therefore, a loss of signal is declared.
Sonet/SDH	Major	An OOF/SEF defect has persisted for a period of 3
Loss of Frame		milliseconds, therefore, a loss of frame is declared.
Sonet/SDH C2	Minor	The C2 field value in the received frame does not
Mismatch		match the configured value in the SigLabelExpect
		attribute.
Sonet/SDH S1	Minor	The specified STM-1 is in S1 New Alarm. The S1
New Event		field in the received frame contains a new value.
		(continued)

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