Nortel Networks VSN04 Critical, Major, Minor, GEvent, GError, LEvent, LError, Trouble Status

2Introduction

Header Information For TOPS VSN Log Messages.

Identifying information, also known as header information, uniquely identifies each log and alarm message. The header of every log or alarm message generated by TOPS VSN contains the following:

(a)Date and Time. The date and time are displayed in the upper left of the message. The format of the date is yymmdd, and the format of the time is hh:mm.

(b)Severity. Each log message specifies the severity of the event it is reporting. The following terms or values are used to indicate severity:

*C	Critical	Severity 1	Logs with this severity generate critical
			alarms. These logs and alarms are the result
			of catastrophic failures such as power
			failures.
**	Major	Severity 2	Logs with this severity generate major
			alarms. These logs and alarms are the result
			serious failures such as PRUs being unable
			to initialize.
*	Minor	Severity 3	Logs with this severity generate minor
			alarms. These alarms are used to flag
			problems that need either a visual or
			audible display at the TOPS VSN site. An
			example of a problem that would cause a
			minor alarm is an incorrect table entry.
GEvent		Severity 4	These are intermediate severity ratings. An
GError		Severity 5	event is a happening that does not effect
LEvent		Severity 6	service. The event is simply logged for the
LError		Severity 7	record. An error is also considered non-
			service affecting. It is an isolated error
			condition caused by the system, for
			example, a single lost call.
Warning/		Severity 8	This log severity indicates a warning.
Trouble
Status		Severity 9	This log severity reports the status of a
			particular software or hardware unit. The
			percentage of disk space used is an
			example of a log with status severity.
Progress		Severity 10	Log reports the progress of an event.
		Severity 11-13 These severity ratings are not defined for
			TOPS VSN.

TOPS VSN Log and alarm messages