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Cisco ONS 15454 Troubleshooting and Maintenance Guide
November 2001
Chapter 1 Alarm Troubleshooting
Step 13 Log on to http://www.cisco.com/tac for more information or call the Cisco Technical Assistance Center
to report a service-affecting problem (1-877-323-7368).
1.3.37 EQPT
• Critical, Service affecting
An equipment failure (EQPT) alarm indicates that a hardware failure has occurred on the reporting card.
If the EQPT alarm occurs with a BKUPMEMP alarm, follow the procedure “Clear the BKUPMEMP
Alarm” section on page 1-14. This procedure will also clear the EQPT alarm.
Caution Always use the supplied electrostatic discharge wristband when working with a powered ONS 15454.
Plug the wristband cable into the ESD jack located on the lower-right outside edge of the shelf
assembly.
Procedure: Clear the EQPT Alarm
Step 1 Perform a software reset on the reporting card.
a. Display the CTC node view.
b. Position the CTC cursor over the slot reporting the alarm.
c. Right click RESET CARD.
Step 2 If the software reset fails to clear the alarm, physically reseat the card.
Step 3 If the physical reseat of the card fails to clear the alarm, replace the card.
Note When replacing a card with an identical type of card, you do not need to change the CTC
database.
1.3.38 E-W-MISMATCH
• Major, Service affecting
A Procedural Error Misconnect East/West Direction alarm occurs when nodes in a ring have an east
slot/port misconnected to another east slot/port or a west slot/port misconnected to another west
slot/port. In most cases, the user did not hook up the fibers correctly, did not create the circuit as
specified in the ring provisioning plan, or the ring provisioning plan was flawed. You can physically
reconnect the cable to the correct slot/ports to clear the E-W-MISMATCH alarm. Alternately, you can
delete and recreate the span in CTC to change the west line and east line designations. The CTC method
will clear the alarm, but may change the traditional east-west node connection pattern of the ring.