Zhone Technologies IMACS-200 manual Alarm Screens, Alarms System Configuration and Operation

Alarms System Configuration and Operation

When you press “z”, the system will ask, "OK to Zip the system (y/n)"? Press “y” to have the system test and re initialize itself. All NVRAM information will be erased from the IMACS-200, and a new log-in screen will appear. Since the user names and passwords are maintained over the zip function, the user will be able to login as normal. Also maintained over the zip function are the IP address(es) saved in the unit.

3.7Alarms

Alarms warn you of problems by reporting possible system hardware or external facility failures. The Alarm screen is accessed from the System Main Screen by pressing the "A" key to go to the Alarm Screen (see Figure 3-10through Figure 3-12). The Alarm Screen displays the currently active alarms (if any) and provides access to the Alarm Filters and Alarm History screens. Figure 3-10shows a typical Alarm Screen with an active alarm.

3.7.1Alarm Screens

Refer to Figure 3-10.To view the current system alarms, you can go from the System Main Screen to an Alarm Screen. From the Alarm Screen, you can then go to an Alarm Filters Screen and set up the alarm reporting filters. Or, you can access an Alarm History Screen (log) and view alarms that were previously logged by the system. These screens and operations are discussed in the “Alarms and Alarm Filters” section later in this chapter.

Figure 3-10.Typical Alarm Screen

The first character set (00513 in the above display) is the Alarm Sequence Number. This is a sequential number from 1 to 65,535. It identifies the alarm for tracking and maintenance. In the above example, the Alarm Sequence Number is 513.

The second character set (WAN-4) is the location of the problem. In this case, the WAN port WAN-4 is affected and has reported the alarm.

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