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Book Title
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Chapter 5 Troubleshooting the Uplink Cards
Troubleshooting the Uplink Cards Installation
Troubleshooting the Uplink Cards Installation
Read the following troubleshooting tips to help verify a successful installation of the uplink cards:
• Fiber Misconnection—DPT Uplink Cards, page 5-6
• Fiber Misconnection—RPR/SRP Uplink Card, page 5-6
• Alarm Messages, page 5-6
Fiber Misconnection—DPT Uplink Cards
Check for misconnected fiber cables (Side A to side A, TX to TX, span East to span East, and so forth)
using the show srp command. Misconnection Alarm appears at the top of the show srp command output.
• One alarm—Problem is with another node on the ring; for example, side A connected to side A.
• Two alarms—Problem is your node.; for example, side A to side A and side B to side B.
• Ensure that the duplex cables are not misconnected.
Fiber Misconnection—RPR/SRP Uplink Card
Check for misconnected fiber cables (span West to span West or TX to TX, and so forth) using the show
rpr-ieee protection command. Misconnection Alarm appears at the bottom of the show rpr-ieee
protection command output.
• One alarm—Problem is with another node on the ring; for example, side West connected to side
West.
• Two alarms—Problem is your node; for example, span West to span West and span Eastto apan East
• Ensure that the duplex cables are not misconnected.
Alarm Messages
The following alarm messages report to the console. See Table 5-6 through Table 5-13 for specific
alarms and solutions.
The suggested solutions listed below are to the most commonly observed errors:
• Keepalive Alarm Messages for All Uplink Cards, Table 5-6 on page 5-7
• IEEE 802.17 RPR Wrap Messages, Table 5-7 on page 5-8
• IEEE 802.17 RPR Unwrap Message, Table 5-8 on page 5-9
• Other IEEE 802.17 RPR Alarm Messages, Table 5-11 on page 5-11
• SRP Wrap Messages, Table 5-12 on page 5-12
• SRP Unwrap Message, Table 5-13 on page 5-14