Retrieving Alarm Messages; Noncontinuous Mode; Continuous Mode - Cisco Signaling Interface H.323 User Manual

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Cisco HSI Alarms

Retrieving Alarm Messages

Alarms can be displayed in noncontinuous mode or in continuous mode.

Noncontinuous Mode

To display all current alarms, use the rtrv-alms MML command.
Figure 5-1
(noncontinuous mode). For more information about the rtrv-alms MML command, see
"MML User Interface and Command Reference."
Figure 5-1
The example in
(PGW 2200) communication failure on the Cisco HSI that has the node ID H323-GW1. The resulting
message is an alarm with a major severity level.

Continuous Mode

To display the names of active alarms and new alarm events, use the rtrv-alms:cont MML command.
Table 5-3
is used. The following is sample output from this command. For more information about the
rtrv-alms:cont MML command, see
GW Signaling Gateway
M
"H323-GW1: 2000-11-27 11:25:12.259, ** ALM=\"VSC FAILURE\",SEV=MJ"
"H323-GW1: 2000-11-27 11:25:13.259,
"H323-GW1: 2000-11-27 11:25:13.260, ** ALM=\"CONFIGURATION FAILURE\",SEV=MJ"
"H323-GW1: 2000-11-27 11:25:14.011, A^ ALM=\"ENDPOINT CHANNEL INTERFACE FAILURE\",SEV=IF"
"H323-GW1: 2000-11-27 11:25:14.012, A^ ALM=\"ENDPOINT CHANNEL INTERFACE FAILURE\",SEV=IF"
/* Listening for alarm events... (Ctrl-C to stop) */
"H323-GW1: 2000-11-27 11:25:13.259, ** ALM=\"VSC FAILURE\",SEV=MJ"
/* Ctrl-C pressed */
OL-4806-01 Rev. A14
shows an example of an alarm message displayed with the rtrv-alms MML command
Sample Alarm Message
A l ar m Cat egor y Sever i t y Level
N ode I D
"H 323- G W 1: A LM =\ "V SC FA I LU RE\ ", SEV =M J
Figure 5-1 shows a Cisco Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) Gateway
defines the message components that are displayed when the rtrv-alms:cont MML command
2000-12-05 14:19:22
RTRV
Displayed only if state=cleared
STATE=CLEARED
Appendix A, "MML User Interface and Command Reference."
ALM=\"VSC FAILURE\",SEV=MJ"STATE=CLEARED
Cisco H.323 Signaling Interface User Guide
Retrieving Alarm Messages
Appendix A,
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