Chapter 9 Fault

Table 44 Fault: Event Log (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Alarm Type

Select the type of logs from the drop-down list box. Choices are All,

 

Communication, QualityOfService, ProcessingError, Equipment and

 

Environmental.

 

Select All for system event logs generated by all alarm types.

 

Select Communication for transmission and signal logs.

 

Select QualityOfService for performance logs.

 

Select Processing Error for software and configuration problem logs.

 

Select Equipment for hardware-related logs.

 

Select Environmental for environmental logs.

 

See the appendix for a more detailed list of possible alarm causes.

 

 

Severity

Select the severity level of the logs you want to display from the drop-down list

 

box. The choices and associated colors are as follows:

 

•

Critical - Red

 

•

Major - Orange

 

•

Minor - Yellow

 

•

Information - Blue

 

 

Sorted by

Select Log Time to sort event logs by the time at which they were generated or

 

select Device Name to sort event logs by the device from which they were

 

generated.

 

 

Date / To

Specify the time range to display the event logs.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to display event logs generated within the specified time period.

 

 

Index

This field displays the index number of the event log.

 

 

Clear

This field displays whether this log was cleared.

 

 

ClearTime

This field displays when this log was cleared.

 

 

ClearUser

This field displays the name of the user who cleared this log.

 

 

Ack

This field displays whether a log has been acknowledged so that EMS users will

 

know when a log has been dealt with by an administrator.

 

 

AckTime

This field displays the date and time this log was acknowledged.

 

 

AckUser

This field displays the name of the user who acknowledged this log.

 

 

Type

This field displays the type of the event log.

 

 

Severity

This field displays the severity of the event log.

 

 

Device Name

This field displays the name of the device on which the event log was generated.

 

 

Port

This field displays the port number on which the event log was generated.

 

 

Date Time

This field displays the date and time when the event log was generated.

 

 

Description

This field displays some information about the event log.

 

 

Acknowledge

Click Acknowledge to acknowledge any selected log messages.

 

 

Delete

Click Delete to remove the selected log.

 

 

Close

Click Close to close this screen.

 

 

 

9.2 Loopback Test

Follow the steps below to perform an internal loopback test.

1Click Fault > Loopback Test.

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