Specifications

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Cisco MGX 8260 Command Line Interface Guide
Release 1.2, Part Number 78-10987-01 Rev. B0, January, 2002
Chapter 6 Alarm Surveillance
Surveillance Tasks for Alarms
Setting E1 Alarm Thresholds
These commands changes the thresholds for various error conditions, such as LCV, LES, and LSES.
The performance alarm is set if the line errors exceed any of the threshold counts set by this command.
To change performance alarm threshold values, enter the che1alm15 or che1alm24 command.
To change alarm severity threshold values, enter the che1almsev command.
Monitoring DS3 Alarms
This section describes viewing DS3 alarm and line status, and setting and viewing alarm thresholds.
Viewing DS3 Alarms
To view DS3 alarms, follow these steps:
Step 1 List alarm information using the lsds3ln command, specifying the slot and line number, delimited by a
period, of the DS3 line.
The system displays the following DS3 information:
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DS3 Line Entry (lsds3ln)
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DS3 Line : 11.501
Line Type : dsx3M23
Line Coding : dsx3B3ZS
Send Code : dsx3SendNoCode
Line Status : 464
Time Elapsed : 559
Valid Intervals : 0
Cable Length : 1
Transmit Clock Source : localTiming
Circuit Identifier : 0
Alarm : Yes
Rcv RAI Failure : No
Xmit RAI Failure : Yes
Rcv AIS : No
Transmit AIS : No
Loss of Frame : Yes
Loss of Signal : Yes
Loopback State : No
Rcv Test Code : No
Other Failure : No
LED Status : Solid RED
Step 2 Check the alarm fields for alarm indications. The alarm types vary somewhat by card type.
Step 3 Clear any active alarms as described in the “Clearing Alarms” section on page 8-6.