Paradyne 8546, 8540 manual Checking Alarms, Major Alarms 1 Failure Type Action

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

Checking Alarms

If the Card Selection screen indicates that a Major or Minor Alarm is on a card, follow the menu sequence Diagnostics → Alarms (D-B) to determine the cause of the alarm.

NOTE:

If a DSL card does not appear on the Card Selection screen because the MCC card can no longer communicate with it, the MCC card will generate a major alarm. You should go to the MCC's Monitor → Card Status → Syslog (A-A-C) and view the event on its system log.

Major Alarms

Use Table 8-3 to determine the appropriate action to take for each Major Alarm.

Table 8-3. Major Alarms (1 of 2)

Failure Type	Action
Selftest	1.	Check the Selftest Results display by following the menu sequence:
failure:		Diagnostics → Selftest.
	2.	Do another Selftest (Reset) and check results.
		± If the results are normal, the problem was transient. Log the
		results.
		± If the results are the same as the first selftest, the card should be
		replaced. If only one port on a DSL card is bad, that port can be
		disabled. You may continue to use the card until it is convenient
		to replace it.
Processor	1.	Check the Selftest Results display by following the menu sequence:
failure (Sanity		Diagnostics → Selftest.
timer):	2.	Do another Selftest (Reset) and check results.
		± If the results are normal, the problem was transient. Log the
		results.
		± If the results are the same as the first selftest, the card should be
		replaced.

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