Specifications

Reference Guide 3-13

System Configuration and Operation Alarms and Alarm Filters

3.5 Alarms and Alarm Filters

Alarms warn you of problems by reporting possible system hardware or external facility

failures. The Alarm sub-screens are accessed from the System Main Screen by pressing the

" key to go to the Alarm Screen (see Figure 3-7 through Figure 3-9). The Alarm Screen

displays the currently active alarms (if any) and provides access to the Alarm Filters and

Alarm History screens. Figure 3-7 shows a typical Alarm Screen with an active alarm.

Figure 3-7. Typical Alarm Screen

The first entry (

00023

in the above display) shows the Alarm Sequence Number. This is a

sequential number from

65,535

. It identifies the alarm for tracking and maintenance. In

the above example, the Alarm Sequence Number is

The second entry (

w1-1

) shows the location of the problem by chassis slot number and port

number. In this case, the WAN card in chassis slot W1 is affected, and port 1 of that card has

reported the alarm.

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