User manual

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 6
Maintenance for R6vs/si
555-230-127
Issue 1
August 1997
Maintenance Commands and Trouble-Clearing Aids
Page 8-348test hardware-group
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Setting the Test Parameters
Once the user has entered the desired action (test hardware-group) and the
object (board, carrier, etc.), then an options form displays.
TTI If the test hardware-group command is issued with the
all-ports
option when the TTI background task is active, some
unadministered ports may not be tested. In addition, active alarms
on line ports may be cleared by this task. The status tti command
can be used to determine the state of the TTI background task.
Add Station If a add station command is entered for an untranslated port at the
same time as it is being tested as part of the test hardware-group
command with the
all-ports option, the error message, Object in
use; please try later
displays, and the request fails.
Trunk
administration
If an attempt is made to add an unadministered trunk port to a trunk
group at the same time as it is being tested as part of the test
hardware-group with the
all-ports option, the error message,
Object in use; please try later displays, and the request fails.
Save translation If the test hardware-group with the
all-ports option while a
translation save operation is active, some unadministered ports
may not be tested. All other hardware are tested normally.
Hardware alarms When a hardware error is detected by the test hardware-group
command, the hardware goes through the standard escalation
strategy. Alarms are raised on hardware that manifest ’hard’ errors.
This alarming strategy is the same, regardless of whether the ports
are translated or not.
System interaction The performance of test hardware-group is affected by call
processing traffic, administration activity, choice of the
short or
long option, whether the all-ports option is chosen, whether the
spe-interchange option is chosen, and other demand maintenance
activity.
Scheduled and
periodic
maintenance
While executing the test hardware-group command, all scheduled
background maintenance, periodic background maintenance, and
data audits activity is suspended until the command completes.
When the test hardware-group command is canceled or
completes, all suspended periodic, scheduled, and data audits
background maintenance activity are restarted where it left off.