Alcatel-Lucent 1643 AMS User's Operation Manual page 295

Alarm management
NE name
Shows the name of the network element. This information is kept in the "Supervision
Log File" on the system controller of the NE, and on the ITM CIT. The sorting criteria
is alphanumerical (or reverse).
NE state
Displays whether the network element is in a Normal state or Abnormal.
NSAP
Services Access Point address of the network element. This is the unique identification
number for that network element. It is an end system address of the System Controller
according to ISO 8348 AD2. The NSAP can be 16 to 40 Hexadecimal digits. The
NSAP format has a distinct structure where the first 13 bytes store the network element
Area Address information, the next 6 bytes store the network element unique System
Identification, and the last byte stores the NSAP Selector.
The NSAP can be found on the back panel of the network element. It is stored
encrypted, along with the network element name and other information, in the
"Supervision Log File" on the ITM CIT, as well as on the System Controller.
Password
The login view capability password for that network element. Allows to remotely login
into the network element. The system shall accept the following characters for
iso8859CharSet: [32–126][161–255]. This includes all printable characters, including
space, and only excludes control characters. Displayed as "*" and populated if it is
retrieved from a Supervision file.
Prompt
Informs you if there is, or not, Prompt—type alarm(s) that were raised on that network
element. Prompt alarms, by definition, require immediate maintenance action because a
primary system service is being affected. Red circle indicates the presence of alarms.
Green circle indicates its absence. The circle is empty if the network element has
network elementver been subscribed. The status column would then read "-". The
default sorting order is red circle, green circle, <empty>, or reverse.
Severity
The classification of alarms depending on their impact on network elementtwork
service. There are three severity type for alarms as discussed in earlier section of this
chapter: Prompt, Deferred, Info.
Source
The source that triggered the alarm.
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