Before You Begin - Cisco ONS 15454 Series Procedure Manual

Manage Alarms
This chapter contains the procedures for viewing and managing the alarms and conditions on a
Cisco ONS 15454.
Cisco Transport Controller (CTC) detects and reports alarms generated by the Cisco ONS 15454 and the
Optical Networking System (ONS) network. You can use CTC to monitor and manage alarms at a card,
node, or network level. You can also view alarm counts on the LCD front panel.

Before You Begin

This section lists the chapter procedures (NTPs). Turn to a procedure for applicable tasks (DLPs).
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NTP-A195 Document Card, Node, and Network Provisioning, page
as needed to print or export node data.
NTP-A196 View Alarms, History, Events, and Conditions, page
needed to see alarms and conditions occurring on the node and a complete history of alarm and
condition messages.
NTP-A68 Delete Cleared Alarms from Display, page
delete cleared alarm information.
NTP-A69 View Alarm-Affected Circuits, page
circuits that are affected by a particular alarm or condition.
NTP-A70 View Alarm Counts on the LCD for a Node, Slot, or Port, page
procedure as needed to see a statistical count of alarms that have occurred for a slot or port.
NTP-A71 Create, Download, and Assign Alarm Severity Profiles, page
procedure as needed to change the default severity for certain alarms, to assign the new severities to
a port, card, or node, and to delete alarm profiles.
NTP-A168 Enable, Modify, or Disable Alarm Severity Filtering, page
procedure as needed to enable, disable, or modify alarm severity filtering in the Conditions, Alarms,
or History screens at the node or network level.
NTP-A72 Suppress Alarms or Discontinue Alarm Suppression, page
as needed to suppress reported alarms at the port, card, or node level and to disable the suppress
command to resume normal alarm reporting.
NTP-A32 Provision External Alarms and Controls on the Alarm Interface Controller, page
7-9—Complete this procedure as needed to provision external alarms and controls on the Alarm
Interface Controller (AIC) card.
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