Specifications

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Cisco MGX 8850 (PXM45) and MGX 8950 Software Configuration Guide
Release 3, Part Number 78-14788-01 Rev. C0, January 2004
Chapter 9 Viewing and Responding to Alarms
Displaying Alarm Reports in the CLI
The following is an example of the node alarm report.
M8850_LA.7.PXM.a > dspndalms
Node Alarm Summary
Alarm Type Critical Major Minor
---------- -------- ------- -------
Clock Alarms 0 0 0
Switching Alarms 0 0 3
Environment Alarms 0 0 0
Card Alarms 1 4 0
Typically, you would start investigating alarms by displaying the node alarms. Once you have identified
the area that is producing the alarms, you would enter additional commands to display detailed
information on those alarms. The following sections describe how to display these detailed reports.
Displaying Clock Alarms
Cisco MGX 8850 and Cisco MGX 8950 switches monitor the quality of the clock sources. If the timing
for a clock source strays beyond the tolerance thresholds, an alarm is reported. To view the clock alarms,
enter the following command:
pop20two.7.PXM.a > dspclkalms
The following is an example clock alarm report:
pop20two.7.PXM.a > dspclkalms
pop20two System Rev: 02.00 Sep. 02, 2000 23:39:22 GMT
MGX8850 Shelf Alarm: NONE
Clock Manager Alarm Summary
----------------------------
Critical Major Minor
000 000 000
Displaying Switching Alarms
Switching alarms identify problems with the switching components within the switch. To display a
report of all switching alarms, enter the following command:
pop20two.7.PXM.a > dspswalms
The following is a sample report showing no switching alarms.
pop20two.7.PXM.a > dspswalms
Node Switching Alarm Summary
Card Crossbar Critical 0 Major 0 Minor 0
Crossbar Fabric Critical 0 Major 0 Minor 0
Humvee Alarm Critical 0 Major 0 Minor 0
To display additional information on switch alarms, enter the following commands:
• dspswalm <slot>
• dspxbaralms
• dspxbarerrcnt