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Cisco ONS 15600 Reference Manual, R7.2
Chapter 11 Alarm Monitoring and Management
11.2 Alarms, Conditions, and History
Table 11-1 describes in the information in the Alarms window.
Table 11-1 Alarms Column Descriptions
Column Information Recorded
Num Quantity of alarm messages received; incremented automatically as alarms occur to
display the current total of received error messages
Ref A unique identification number assigned to each alarm to reference a specific alarm
message that is displayed
New Indicates a new alarm if checked
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1. The user can click the Synchronize button to acknowledge the new alarm. Clicking the Delete Cleared Alarms button only
deletes cleared alarms on the window.
Date Date and time of the alarm
Node Shows the name of the node where the condition or alarm occurred. (Visible in network
view.)
Object TL1 access identifier (AID) for the alarmed object
Eqpt Type Card type in this slot
Shelf The shelf where the alarmed object is located. Visible in network view.
Slot Slot where the alarm occurred (appears in the network view and node view)
Port Port where the alarm occurred
Path Width Indicates how many STSs are contained in the alarmed path. This information
complements the alarm object notation, which is explained in the “Alarm
Troubleshooting” chapter of the Cisco ONS 15600 Troubleshooting Guide.
Sev Severity level: Critical (CR), Major (MJ), Minor (MN), Not Alarmed (NA), Not
Reported (NR)
ST Status: Raised (R), Clear (C), Transient (T)
SA When checked, indicates a service-affecting alarm
Cond Error message/alarm name; alphabetically defined in the Cisco ONS 15600
Troubleshooting Guide
Description Description of the alarm