User guide

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Cisco Media Gateway Manager 5.0 User Guide
OL-5461-02
9.4 Is the Service Working? 9-13
9.4.1 Viewing Service Status 9-14
9.4.2 Viewing Alarms 9-15
9.4.3 Setting Up and Viewing Alarm Configuration Parameters 9-15
9.4.4 Displaying the Status of all Nodes in the Network 9-18
9.4.5 Displaying the Status of a Node 9-19
9.4.6 Displaying the Status of a Card 9-19
9.4.7 Displaying the Status for Lines or Ports 9-20
9.4.8 Displaying the Status for Paths in a Loopback for the VXSM-OC3 Card 9-21
9.4.9 Displaying the Status for Lines in a Loopback 9-22
9.4.10 Displaying the Paths in Loopback for the VXSM-OC3 Card 9-22
9.4.11 Displaying the Status for a Bit Error Rate Test for the Voice Cards 9-23
9.4.12 Displaying the Lines in Loopback for the Voice Cards 9-24
9.4.13 Managing the Status for the VXSM Features 9-25
9.4.13.1 Displaying the Status for Media Gateway Links for the Voice Cards 9-25
9.4.13.2 Displaying the Status for Reliable User Datagram Protocol for the Voice Cards 9-26
9.4.13.3 Displaying the Status for Xternal Gateway Control Protocol for the Voice Cards 9-27
9.4.14 Managing the Status for the VISM-PR Features 9-28
9.4.14.1 Displaying the Status for the Simple Resource Coordination Protocol Peers 9-28
9.4.15 Diagnosing Connections 9-29
9.4.15.1 Polling a Connection for an SPVC 9-29
9.4.16 Bit Error Rate Test 9-30
9.4.17 Configuring Bit Error Rate Test 9-30
9.4.17.1 Stopping Bit Error Rate Test 9-32
9.4.17.2 Modifying Bit Error Rate Test 9-32
9.4.18 Displaying Bit Error Rate Test 9-33
9.5 Where Is the Fault? 9-33
9.5.1 Sources of Information 9-34
9.5.2 Identifying and Monitoring Alarms 9-34
9.5.3 Using Visual and Audible Alarm Notifications 9-35
9.5.4 Sources of EMS Raised Alarms 9-36
9.5.5 Viewing Fault Management Data for a Set of NEs 9-37
9.6 How Can I Use Advanced Debugging to Find the Cause of the Fault? 9-38
9.6.1 Setting an EMS Process as Critical 9-38
9.6.2 Setting Up and Viewing Error Logs 9-39
9.6.3 Setting Debug Options 9-42
9.7 What Is the Fault Priority? 9-45
9.7.1 Alarm Severity Levels 9-46
9.7.2 Filtering the Alarm Log 9-46