Specifications

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Cisco BPX 8600 Series Installation and Configuration
Release 9.3.0, Part Number 78-10674-01 Rev. D0, July 2001
Chapter 28 Alarms and Statistics
APS Alarms
Architecture Mismatch means that 1 side supports 1+1 and other end of line is configured for 1:1, or
the directional or revertive parameter does not match. FW cannot bring the two ends into compliance
on the fly; the user must correct the configuration error.
What APS Alarms Represent
The following sections describe APS alarm types
Description: An APS alarm occurs in dspalms and dspapsln.
Initial Investigation: APS alarms can be of two types. There are APS specific alarms and there are
line alarms reported by the standby line. The standby line alarm will be displayed in the dspapsln screen
under “Standby Line Alarm Status”.IftherearenootherAPSspecificalarms,thestandbylinealarms
will also show under “Current APS Alarm Status”. The meaning of the standby line alarms are the same
Info No Revert switch A BXM APS event indicating that the BXM APS
performed a switch due to a Do not Revert. A state request due
to the external user request being cleared (such as a forced
switch) while using non-revertive switching.
Info Cannot perform a No
Revert switch
A BXM APS event indicating that the BXM APS
wasunabletoperformaswitchduetoaDonotRevertswitch
request.
Minor Standby Line Section
Trace
APS standby line alarm.
Minor Standby Line Path Trace APS standby line alarm.
Minor Standby Line path
yellow alarm
APS standby line alarm.
Minor Standby Line path AIS APS standby line alarm.
Minor Standby Line loss of
pointer
APS standby line alarm.
Minor Standby Line loss of cell APS standby line alarm.
Minor Standby Line plcp
yellow alarm
APS standby line alarm.
Minor Standby Line plcp out of
frame alarm
APS standby line alarm.
Minor Standby Line yellow
alarm
APS standby line alarm.
Minor Standby Line alarm
indication signal (AIS)
APS standby line alarm.
Minor Standby Line out of
frame alarm (LOF)
APS standby line alarm.
Minor Standby Line loss of
signal alarm (LOS)
APS standby line alarm.
Table 28-2 APS Alarms (continued)
Class Name Description