Dlp- G121 Create A New Or Cloned Alarm Severity Profile - Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Installation And Operation Manual

Chapter 8 Manage Alarms
DLP-G121 Create a New or Cloned Alarm Severity Profile
Purpose
Tools/Equipment
Prerequisite Procedures
Required/As Needed
Onsite/Remote
Security Level
From the CTC window View menu, select Go To Network View.
Step 1
To access the alarm profile editor from network view, click the Provisioning > Alarm Profiles tabs.
Step 2
Note
If you want to create a new profile based on the default profile in use, click New. Continue with
Step 3
If you want to create a profile using an existing profile located on the node, click Load and From Node
Step 4
in the Load Profiles dialog box.
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b.
Step 5 If you want to create a profile using an existing profile located in a file that is stored locally or on a
network drive, click From File in the Load Profiles dialog box.
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b.
c.
Note
Click OK.
Step 6
The alarm severity profile appears in the Alarm Profiles window. The alarm profile list contains a master
list of alarms that is used for a mixed node network. Some of these alarms might not be used in all ONS
nodes.
Step 7 Right-click anywhere in the profile column to view the profile editing shortcut menu. (Refer to
for further information about the Default profile.)
Click Clone in the shortcut menu.
Step 8
Tip
September 2005
This task creates a custom severity profile or clones and modifies the
default severity profile.
None
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As needed
Onsite or remote
Provisioning or higher
To access the profile editor from node or card view, click the Provisioning > Alarm Profiles >
Alarm Profile Editor tabs.
Click the node name you are logged into in the Node Names list.
Click the name of an existing profile in the Profile Names list, such as Default. Continue with
Step 6.
Click Browse.
Navigate to the file location in the Open dialog box.
Click Open.
All default or user-defined severity settings that are Critical (CR) or Major (MJ) are demoted to
Minor (MN) in Non-Service-Affecting (NSA) situations as defined in Telcordia GR-474-CORE.
To see the full list of profiles, including those available for loading or cloning, click Available.
You must load a profile before you can clone it.
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