Appendix A: Viewing Alarms and Events

This appendix describes how to identify faults (events or alarms) that a Cisco DSLAM generates on the network. When a fault occurs on a managed object in the network, CDM receives immediate notification. When you open the Cisco EMF Event Browser from the launchpad, a color next to the network object indicates the presence of an alarm.

SNMP traps raise alarms on CDM. You can detect the source of an alarm by using the Event Browser to navigate through the network object hierarchy to the affected object. Alarms are propagated up the element hierarchy according to severity (see Table A-2). All alarms are stored within the Event Browser, which displays both current and historical data. For further information on the Event Browser, refer to the Cisco Element Management Framework User Guide.

Viewing Alarms through the Event Browser Window

You can detect the source of an alarm by using the Event Browser window, or Event Browser, to navigate through the network object hierarchy to the affected object. Alarms propagate up the element hierarchy according to severity. The Event Browser displays events that the system flags.

The Event Browser stores all alarms and displays current as well as historical data. You can detect the presence of an alarm by the color that Cisco EMF uses to represent network objects. The color of an alarm indicates its severity. SNMP traps raise alarms on CDM.

For further information on the Event Browser, refer to the Cisco Element Manager Framework User Guide.

You can navigate directly from a single event to the affected object to perform detailed configuration activities.

If you click the Events icon, the Event Browser can display events for all of the DSLAMs being managed. Clicking the Events icon opens the Query Editor window (see Figure A-3). Through this window you can specify the severity of the alarms you want to view. (Once the Event Browser is open, you can open the Query Editor again by choosing Query Setup from the Edit menu.)

The Query Editor contains the following tabs that you can use to define and refine your alarm search criteria:

Step 3 Use the >> or << arrows to select or deselect the choices in the Available Values column:

Step 4 Always click Activate after you specify the values for the alarms that you want to view.

Viewing ATM Interface Faults

You can view faults on ATM interfaces for a specified interface. Complete the following steps to view ATM interface faults:

Step 3 From the list boxes on the left, select the relevant chassis, card, and ATM interface.

The fault information for the selected ATM interface appears in the Fault tab on the right.

Field	Description
General Errors
Transmitted Message Errors	Specifies the number of Incorrect Messages transmitted on the interface. The Incorrect Messages counter reflects any sort of incorrect information in a message.
Detected Message Errors	Identifies the number of Incorrect Messages detected on the interface. The Incorrect Messages counter reflects any sort of incorrect information in a message.
SSCOP Errored PDUs	Calculates the sum of the following errors—Invalid PDUs are defined in SSCOP and consist of PDUs with incorrect length (MAA-ERROR code U); undefined PDU type code; or not 32-bit aligned. PDUs that result in MAA error codes are discarded.
SONET Frame Errors	This area not used.
DS1/E1/DS3/E3 Errors	This area not used.

Determining Alarm Severity

The possible alarm colors and the alarm severity that each color represents is described in Table A-2.

Color	Severity of Alarms
Red	Critical
Orange	Major
Brown	Moderate
Yellow	Minor
Cyan	Warning
Green	No alarms (normal)
Blue	Card decommissioned or not installed
White	Informational
Dark Green	Preprovisioned

Identifying CDM Alarms

The tables in this section list the alarms that are related to the Cisco Entity Alarm MIB.

Cisco 6100 Alarms

Table A-3 Cisco 6100 Alarms

Alarm Severity	Description	Asserted	Cleared
Major	Chassis temperature too high	When the chassis inlet temperature is greater than or equal to 50° C, or when the chassis outlet temperature is greater than or equal to 65° C	When the chassis inlet temperature is less than 50° C, or when the chassis outlet temperature is less than 65° C
Major	Chassis temperature too low	When the chassis inlet temperature is less than or equal to -40° C, or when the chassis outlet temperature is less than or equal to -40°	When the chassis inlet temperature is greater than -40° C, or when the chassis outlet temperature is greater than -40° C
Major	Temperature rating mismatch	When a chassis contains at least one industrial temperature component and at least one commercial temperature component	When all components in a chassis are industrial temperature, or when all components in a chassis are commercial temperature
Major	Fan tray missing or failed	When the fan is missing or has failed	When the fan in functioning properly

Cisco 6015 Alarms

Table A-4 Cisco 6015 Alarms

Alarm Severity	Description	Asserted	Cleared
Major	Chassis temperature too high	When the chassis inlet temperature is greater than or equal to 50° C, or when the chassis outlet temperature is greater than or equal to 65° C	When the chassis inlet temperature is less than 50° C, or when the chassis outlet temperature is less than 65° C
Major	Chassis temperature too low	When the chassis inlet temperature is less than or equal to -40° C, or when the chassis outlet temperature is less than or equal to -40°	When the chassis inlet temperature is greater than -40° C, or when the chassis outlet temperature is greater than -40° C
Major	Temperature rating mismatch	When a chassis contains at least one industrial temperature component and at least one commercial temperature component	When all components in a chassis are industrial temperature, or when all components in a chassis are commercial temperature
Major	Fan Slot not detected or missing	When the agent does not detect the presence of a fan tray in the corresponding fan tray slot	When the agent detects the presence of a fan tray in the corresponding fan tray slot
Major	Multiple fan failures	When more than one fan contained by the fan tray has failed	When all fans contained by the fan tray are functioning properly or when a single fan contained by the fan tray has failed
Minor	Single fan failure	When a single fan contained by the fan tray has failed	When all fans contained by the fan tray are functioning properly or when more than one fan contained by the fan tray has failed
Major	Input voltage out of range	When the input voltage is less than minimum (VAC) or when the input voltage is greater than maximum (VAC)	When the input voltage is greater than or equal to minimum (VAC) and less than or equal to maximum (VAC)
Major	Excessive current	When the product of the input voltage and input current is greater than 1050 W	When the product of the input voltage and the input current is less than or equal to 1050 W

Cisco 6130 Alarms

Table A-5 Cisco 6130 Alarms

Alarm Severity	Description	Asserted	Cleared
Critical	Fan module not detected	When the agent does not detect the presence of a fan module	When the agent detects the presence of a fan module
Critical	Fan tray missing or failed	When the agent does not detect the presence of a fan tray	When the agent detects the presence of a fan tray
Major	Chassis temperature too high	When the chassis inlet temperature is greater than or equal to 50° C, or when the chassis outlet temperature is greater than or equal to 65° C	When the chassis inlet temperature is less than 50° C, or when the chassis outlet temperature is less than 65° C
Major	Chassis temperature too low	When the chassis inlet temperature is less than or equal to -40° C, or when the chassis outlet temperature is less than or equal to -40°	When the chassis inlet temperature is greater than -40° C, or when the chassis outlet temperature is greater than -40° C
Major	Temperature rating mismatch	When a chassis contains at least one industrial temperature component and at least one commercial temperature component	When all components in a chassis are industrial temperature, or when all components in a chassis are commercial temperature
Major	Door open alarm	Alarm generated by equipment wired to connector P4 pin 0 on the I/O card	Alarm cleared by equipment wired to connector P4 pin 0 on the I/O card

Cisco 6160 Alarms

Table A-6 Cisco 6160 Alarms

Cisco 6260 Alarms

Table A-7 Cisco 6260 Alarms

ADSL-CAP Alarms

Table A-8 ADSL-CAP Alarms

Alarm Severity	Description	Asserted	Cleared
Minor	SNR margin below config value	When the actual SNR margin is less than the SNR margin threshold	When the actual SNR margin is greater than or equal to the SNR margin threshold
Minor	Upstream rate below minimum rate	When the actual upstream rate is less than the provisioned minimum upstream rate	When the actual upstream rate is greater than or equal to the provisioned minimum upstream rate
Minor	Downstream rate below minimum rate	When the actual downstream rate is less than the provisioned minimum downstream rate	When the actual downstream rate is greater than or equal to the provisioned minimum downstream rate
Minor	CPE signature below config value	When the actual CPE signature is less than the provisioned CPE signature	When the actual CPE signature is greater than or equal to the provisioned CPE signature
Minor	LOS, LOF, or LOCD failure	When the ADSL CAP line interface experiences one of the following defects: LOS, LOF, LOCD	When the ADSL CAP line interface experiences none of the following defects: LOS, LOF, LOCD

ADSL-DMT Alarms

Table A-9 ADSL-DMT Alarms

Alarm Severity	Description	Asserted	Cleared
Minor	ATU-C port failure	When the ATU-C can not communicate with the chip set implementing the port	When the ATU-C can communicate with the chip set implementing the port
Minor	Upstream rate below minimum rate	When the interleaved channel's actual upstream rate is less than the provisioned minimum upstream rate or when the fast channel's actual upstream rate is less than the provisioned minimum upstream rate	When the both the interleaved channel's actual upstream rate is greater than or equal to the provisioned minimum upstream rate, and the fast channel's actual upstream rate is greater than or equal to the provisioned minimum upstream rate
Minor	Downstream rate below minimum rate	When the interleaved channel's actual downstream rate is less than the provisioned minimum downstream rate or when the fast channel's actual downstream rate is less than the provisioned minimum downstream rate	When the both the interleaved channel's actual downstream rate is greater than or equal to the provisioned minimum downstream rate, and the fast channel's actual downstream rate is greater than or equal to the provisioned minimum downstream rate
Minor	LOS, LOF, LOCD or LPR failure	When the ADSL DMT line interface experiences one of the following defects: LOS, LOF, LOCD, or far-end LPR	When the ADSL DMT line interface experiences none of the following defects: LOS, LOF, LOCD, or far-end LPR

SDSL Alarms

Table A-10 SDSL Alarms

Alarm Severity	Description	Asserted	Cleared
Minor	STUC port failure	When the line is configured to be administratively up, but it is operationally down; in other words, there is no physical layer connectivity with the CPE	When the line has physical layer connectivity with the CPE Or when the line is administratively down
Minor	SNR margin below config value	When the actual SNR margin is less than the SNR margin threshold	When the actual SNR margin is greater than or equal to the SNR margin threshold
Minor	Bit rate below minimum rate	When the actual rate is less than the provisioned minimum rate	When the actual rate is greater than or equal to the provisioned minimum rate

G. SHDSL Alarms

Table A-11 SHDSL Alarms

Alarm Severity	Description	Asserted	Cleared
Minor	STUC port failure	When the line is configured to be administratively up, but it is operationally down; in other words, when there is no physical layer connectivity with the CPE	When the line has physical layer connectivity with the CPE or when the line is administratively down
Minor	SNR margin below config value	When the actual SNR margin is less than the SNR margin threshold	When the actual SNR margin is greater than or equal to the SNR margin threshold
Minor	Bit rate below minimum rate	When the actual rate is less than the provisioned minimum rate.	When the actual rate is greater than or equal to the provisioned minimum rate.
Minor	Oversubscription	When the total provisioned bit rates on odd or even ports are less than 5 Mbps.	When the total provisioned bit rates on odd or even ports are greater than or equal to 5 Mbps

DS3/DS3 NI-2 Alarms

Table A-12 Alarms Specific to DS3/DS3 NI2 Configurations

Alarm Severity	Description	Asserted	Cleared
Critical	RAI Received	When the DS3 interface experiences an RAI defect	When the DS3 interface is not experiencing an RAI defect
Critical	Yellow Alarm Received	When the DS3 interface experiences a yellow alarm	When the DS3 interface is not experiencing a yellow alarm
Critical	AIS Received	When the DS3 interface experiences an AIS defect	When the DS3 interface is not experiencing an AIS defect
Critical	OOF Received	When the DS3 interface experiences an OOF defect	When the DS3 interface is not experiencing an OOF defect
Critical	LOS Detected	When the DS3 interface experiences an LOS defect	When the DS3 interface is not experiencing an LOS defect
Critical	PLCP LOF Detected	When the DS3 interface experiences a PLCP LOF defect	When the DS3 interface is not experiencing a PLCP LOF defect
Critical	FERF Received	When the DS3 interface experiences an FERF defect	When the DS3 interface is not experiencing an FERF defect
Critical	FEBE Received	When the DS3 interface experiences an FEBE defect	When the DS3 interface is not experiencing an FEBE defect
Critical	RAI Received	When the DS3 interface experiences an RAI defect	When the DS3 interface is not experiencing an RAI defect
Critical	Yellow Alarm Received	When the DS3 interface experiences a yellow alarm	When the DS3 interface is not experiencing a yellow alarm
Critical	AIS Received	When the DS3 interface experiences an AIS defect	When the DS3 interface is not experiencing an AIS defect
Critical	OOF Received	When the DS3 interface experiences an OOF defect	When the DS3 interface is not experiencing an OOF defect
Critical	LOS Detected	When the DS3 interface experiences an LOS defect	When the DS3 interface is not experiencing an LOS defect
Critical	PLCP LOF Detected	When the DS3 interface experiences an PLCP LOF defect	When the DS3 interface is not experiencing an PLCP LOF defect
Critical	Subtend Port Configured as Trunk	Subtend port configured as trunk	Subtend port not configured as trunk

DS3/T1E1 NI-2 Alarms

Alarm Severity	Description	Asserted	Cleared
Critical	Loss of Cell Delineation	When the DS3 interface experiences an LOCD defect	When the DS3 interface is not experiencing an LOCD defect
Critical	Loss of Cell Delineation	When the DS3 interface experiences an LOCD defect	When the DS3 interface is not experiencing an LOCD defect

E1 IMA Group Alarms

Table A-14 E1 IMA Group Alarms

Alarm Severity	Description	Asserted	Cleared
Critical	Configuration Abort	When the FE tries to use unacceptable configuration parameters	When the FE tries to use acceptable configuration parameters
Critical	Configuration Abort - FE	When the FE reports unacceptable configuration parameters	When the FE reports acceptable configuration parameters
Critical	Insufficient Links	When less than P(Tx) transmit or P(Rx) receive links are active	When at least P(Tx) transmit or P(Rx) receive links are active
Critical	Insufficient Links - FE	When the FE reports that fewer than P(Tx) transmit or P(Rx) receive links are active	When the FE reports that at least P(Tx) transmit or P(Rx) receive links are active
Critical	Blocked - FE	When the FE reports that it is blocked	When the FE reports that it is not blocked
Critical	Timing Mismatch	When the FE transmit clock mode is different from the NE transmit clock mode	When the FE transmit clock mode is the same as the NE transmit clock mode

E1 IMA Link Alarms

Table A-15 E1 IMA Link Alarms

Alarm Severity	Description	Asserted	Cleared
Critical	Alarm Indication Signal	When the IMA interface experiences an AIS defect	When the IMA interface is not experiencing an AIS defect
Critical	Remote Alarm Indication	When the IMA interface experiences an RAI defect	When the IMA interface is not experiencing a RAI defect
Critical	Loss of Cell Delineation	When the IMA interface experiences an LOCD defect	When the IMA interface is not experiencing an LOCD defect
Critical	Loss of IMA Frame	Persistence of a LIF defect at the NE	No persistence of an LIF defect at the NE
Critical	Link Out of Delay Sync	Persistence of a LODS defect at the NE	No persistence of an LODS defect at the NE
Critical	Tx Link Misconnected	When the Tx link is detected as misconnected. This is reported when the IMA unit has determined that the Tx link is not connected to the same FE IMA unit as the other Tx links in the group. The detection is implementation-specific.	When the Tx link is not detected as misconnected
Critical	Rx Link Misconnected	When the Rx link is detected as misconnected. This is reported when the IMA unit has determined that the Rx link is not connected to the same FE IMA unit as the other Rx links in the group. The detection is implementation-specific.	When the Rx link is not detected as misconnected
Critical	Rx Fault	Implementation-specific Rx fault declared at the NE	Implementation specific Rx fault not declared at the NE
Critical	Tx Fault	Implementation-specific Tx fault declared at the NE	Implementation specific Tx fault not declared at the NE
Critical	Tx Link Unusable - FE	When the FE reports Tx-Unusable	When the FE does not report Tx-Unusable
Critical	Rx Link Unusable - FE	When the FE reports Rx-Unusable	When the FE does not report Rx-Unusable

T1 IMA Group Alarms

Table A-16 T1 IMA Group Alarms

Alarm Severity	Description	Asserted	Cleared
Critical	Configuration Abort	When the FE tries to use unacceptable configuration parameters	When the FE tries to use acceptable configuration parameters
Critical	Configuration Abort - FE	When the FE reports unacceptable configuration parameters	When the FE reports acceptable configuration parameters
Critical	Insufficient Links	When less than P(Tx) transmit or P(Rx) receive links are Active	When at least P(Tx) transmit or P(Rx) receive links are Active
Critical	Insufficient Links - FE	When the FE reports that less than P(Tx) transmit or P(Rx) receive links are active	When the FE reports that at least P(Tx) transmit or P(Rx) receive links are active
Critical	Blocked - FE	When the FE reports that it is blocked	When the FE reports that it is not blocked
Critical	Timing Mismatch	When the FE transmit clock mode is different than the NE transmit clock mode	When the FE transmit clock mode is the same as the NE transmit clock mode

T1 IMA Link Alarms

Table A-17 T1 IMA Link Alarms

Alarm Severity	Description	Asserted	Cleared
Critical	Alarm Indication Signal	When the IMA interface experiences an AIS defect	When the IMA interface is not experiencing an AIS defect
Critical	Remote Alarm Indication	When the IMA interface experiences an RAI defect	When the IMA interface is not experiencing an RAI defect
Critical	Loss of Cell Delineation	When the IMA interface experiences an LOCD defect	When the IMA interface is not experiencing an LOCD defect
Critical	Loss of IMA Frame	Persistence of an LIF defect at the NE	No persistence of an LIF defect at the NE
Critical	Link Out of Delay Sync	Persistence of an LODS defect at the NE	No persistence of an LODS defect at the NE
Critical	Tx Link Misconnected	When the Tx link is detected as mis-connected. This is reported when the IMA unit has determined that the Tx link is not connected to the same FE IMA unit as the other Tx links in the group. The detection is implementation-specific.	When the Tx link is not detected as misconnected
Critical	Rx Link Misconnected	When the Rx link is detected as misconnected. This is reported when the IMA unit has determined that the Rx link is not connected to the same FE IMA unit as the other Rx links in the group. The detection is implementation-specific.	When the Rx link is not detected as misconnected
Critical	Rx Fault	Implementation-specific Rx fault declared at the NE	Implementation specific Rx fault not declared at the NE
Critical	Tx Fault	Implementation-specific Tx fault declared at the NE	Implementation specific Tx fault not declared at the NE
Critical	Tx Link Unusable - FE	When the FE reports Tx-Unusable	When the FE does not report Tx-Unusable
Critical	Rx Link Unusable - FE	When the FE reports Rx-Unusable	When the FE does not report Rx-Unusable

OC-3 Alarms

Table A-18 OC3 Alarms

Alarm Severity	Description	Asserted	Cleared
Critical	Loss of Cell Delineation	When the ATM interface associated with the SONET/SDH interface experiences an LOCD defect	When the ATM interface associated with the SONET/SDH interface is not experiencing LOCD defect
Minor	Signal Label Mismatch	When the SONET/SDH path experiences a signal mismatch defect	When the SONET/SDH path is not experiencing a signal mismatch defect
Critical	Path RDI Received	When the SONET/SDH path experiences a RDI defect	When the SONET/SDH path is not experiencing an RDI defect
Critical	Path AIS Received	When the SONET/SDH path experiences an AIS defect	When the SONET/SDH path is not experiencing an AIS defect
Critical	Loss of Pointer	When the SONET/SDH path experiences an LOP defect	When the SONET/SDH path is not experiencing an LOP defect
Critical	Line RDI	When the SONET/SDH line experiences an RDI defect	When the SONET/SDH line is not experiencing an RDI defect
Critical	Line AIS Received	When the SONET/SDH line experiences an AIS defect	When the SONET/SDH line is not experiencing an AIS defect
Critical	Loss of Frame	When the SONET/SDH section experiences an LOF defect	When the SONET/SDH section is not experiencing an LOF defect
Critical	Loss of Signal	When the SONET/SDH section experiences an LOS defect	When the SONET/SDH section is not experiencing an LOS defect

Miscellaneous Alarms

Table A-19 Miscellaneous Alarms

Description	Asserted	Cleared
Major	Loss of active clock sync	When the network clock contains the BITS clock in its priority list and the BITS clock exhibits an LOS or an AIS
Major	BITS clock failure	When the current clock source of the network clock is priority 5
Major	Active/Standby NI2 type mismatch	When active and standby NI2 cards are mismatched
Major	Standby NI2 missing	When the standby card is missing
Minor	Module not equal to provisioning	When the agent detects the presence of a module that has a vendor type that does not match the provisioning for the slot
Major	Provisioned slot is empty	When the agent does not detect a module in a provisioned slot, that is, when the module is removed
Minor	Invalid module for this slot	When the agent detects the presence of an unsupported (or unrecognized) module
Info	Module was detected	When the agent detects the presence of a supported module, that is, when the module is inserted
Info	Flex module not provisioned	When a Flex module is not provisioned as either DMT or CAP
MAJOR	Loss of active clock sync	When the network clock contains the BITS clock in its priority list and the BITS clock exhibits an LOS or an AIS
MAJOR	BITS clock failure	When the current clock source of the network clock is priority 5

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