Troubleshooting

Alarms

The following table describes the alarm conditions that will generate an SNMP trap for a physical interface, and the frame relay LMIs and DLCIs. These alarm conditions also generate Health and Status messages seen on the System and Test Status screen.

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Table 6-1. Alarm Conditions (1 of 4)

Alarm Condition

What It Indicates

What To Do

 

 

 

AIS at Network 1

An Alarm Indication Signal

For the network interface, report

 

 

(AIS) is being received by

the problem to your T1 service

 

 

the interface. AIS is an

provider.

 

 

unframed, all ones signal.

 

 

 

 

CTS down to

The CTS control lead on

Check DTR and RTS from

Port-1 Device

the device's interface is off.

Port-1.

 

 

 

H Verify that the port is enabled.

 

 

 

H Check DTR from the user data

 

 

 

port.

 

 

 

DLCI nnnn Down,

The DLCI for the specified

Verify that the network LMI is up.

frame relay link 1, 2

frame relay link is down.

If it is, contact your network

 

 

 

service provider.

 

 

 

DTR Down from

The DTR control lead on

Examine the attached DTE and

Port-1 Device

the device connected to the

cable connected to the system's

 

 

specified port is off. This

port.

 

 

message applies to data

H Check that the port cable is

 

 

ports that act as DCEs.

 

 

securely attached at both

 

 

 

 

 

 

ends.

 

 

 

H Check the status of the

 

 

 

attached equipment.

 

 

 

EER at Network 1

The error rate of the

H Verify that the network cable is

 

 

received network signal

securely attached at the

 

 

exceeds the currently

network interface.

 

 

configured threshold. This

H Contact your network provider.

 

 

condition only occurs if the

 

 

 

 

 

network interface is

 

 

 

configured for ESF framing.

 

 

 

This condition clears when

 

 

 

the error rate falls below the

 

 

 

threshold value, which may

 

 

 

take up to 15 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

1

nnnn indicates a DLCI number of 16 through 1007.

 

2

frame relay link is one of the following:

 

 

± Net1-FR1. The frame relay link specified for the network interface, Network 1.

 

± Port-1. The frame relay link associated with the user data port.

 

 

 

 

9123-A2-GB20-00

May 2000

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