ADC Release 3.1 User Manual

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1152700

Issue 1

February 2001

Section 2 Operations and Maintenance

Page 2-422
© 2000, ADC Telecommunications, Inc.

TAP-100

Page 3 of 23

Table 4-1. Alarm Identifications, continued

ALARM
MESSAGE

SEVERITY

IMPACT

DESCRIPTION

SUGGESTED COURSE OF ACTION

Alarm
Indication
Signal Line

AIS-L

Minor

Service
Affecting

The line level has an alarm
indication signal present.
TX AIS generally informs
the user that the card has
lost its input at the AIC,
RX AIS informs the user
that the card is receiving
AIS from the far end which
has lost its input at the
AIC.

Check input source/
connections and facility status.
AIS is detected when the line
has trouble.

Alarm
Indication
Signal Path

AIS-P

Minor

Service
Affecting

Generally informs the user
that the transmitting LTE
has lost its input at the
AIC. TX AIS generally
informs the user that the
card has lost its input at the
AIC, RX AIS informs the
user that the card is
receiving AIS from the far
end which has lost its input
at the AIC.

Check input
source/connections and facility
status.

Burst
Errored
Second
Threshold
Crossing
Alert

BESTca

Information
al Alert

Not Service
Affecting

DSX1 alarm: A burst of
errored seconds at the T1
level has exceeded the
threshold setting.

Check input source signal level
and pulse mask, increase
threshold level if needed.

Card
Inserted

CardInserte
d

Information
al Alert

Maintenance

Card is inserted into
backplane slot. Informs
user that a card is
physically present.

No action necessary.

Card
Removed

CardRemov
ed

Minor

Maintenance

Informs user that the card
has been removed from the
backplane.

Locate card and reinstall if
necessary, otherwise, delete
the card and facility from
database. Refer to NTP-006
section B.

Card Type
Mismatch

CardTypeM
ismatch

Information
al Alert

Installation
Error

Informs user that the
inserted card type is
different from previous
card type for that slot. A
different card type may
have been inserted into the
wrong slot.

Verify slot configuration and
replace card with valid type. If
changing configuration, delete
previous configuration data for
that slot and change out the
EIM at the rear of the shelf if
necessary.

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