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User’s Manual Chapter 7 Fault Management
Vmux-210 Ver. 1.0 Running Loopback Tests 7-19
Table 7-10. Port Active Alarm List Parameters
Parameter Possible Values / Remarks
Port The port reporting the alarm
Code Alarm code
Description Description of the alarm
Severity Event, Minor, Major, Warning, Critical
Status Off, On
Mask Mask, None
Counter Number of times this alarm occurred since the system was last started or this alarm was
last cleared.
[Print] Click <Print> to print the Port Active Alarm List.
Disabled if the list if empty.
[Save to File] Click <Save to File> to save the Port Active Alarm List to a file. The Save dialog box
appears. In the File Name field, enter the name of the file. In the File of type field, select
Acrobat (*pdf) or HTML (*.htm). Click Save.
Disabled if the list if empty.
[Clear] Click <Clear> to clear the selected alarm from the Port Active Alarm List.
Disabled if the list if empty.
[Close] Click <Close> to close the Port Active Alarm List dialog box
[Refresh] Click <Refresh> to update the Port Active Alarm List
Clearing the Port Active Alarm Buffer
The Alarms > Clear command enables you to clear all entries in the active alarm
buffer for a selected port.
 To clear the Port Active Alarm buffer:
1. In Agent mode, select a port.
2. From the Fault menu, select Alarms > Clear.
The next time you view the port level Active Alarm List, only alarms that
occur after the Clear operation appear in the list.
7.2 Running Loopback Tests
The Test command enables you run loop tests on a port or its time slots, to
troubleshoot data loss on a link and locate where the data is being lost in order
to correct the problem.
This test is not relevant for Serial Link or Ethernet ports.
Note