Printing Alarms Remotely - Zhone IMACS 8000 User Manual

CPU Card
FCR On
With FCR On the Integrated Access System will bypass the standard equipment. The system
will clear CGA-RED and CGA-YEL alarms immediately after a T1 frame is recovered. This
will allow restoration of the voice and data circuits within 700 400ms.
7.3.4

Printing Alarms Remotely

Integrated Access Systems are typically placed in unattended locations (equipment closets,
etc.). If no one is present to detect alarms that might occur, a system administrator has no way
of knowing whether or not the system is working properly.
The solution to this network management problem is the Print Alarm feature. Each system unit
can be programmed to call a predetermined telephone number at specific intervals and report
the presence of selected system alarms. Choose alarms to print remotely by selecting the
Report option in the alarm filters.
You can use either an external modem or the internal modem (2.4 kbps) on many of the
Interface cards to send system alarms to a remote logging device, such as a printer or personal
computer. If using the internal modem, the remote device should be connected to a V.22bis 2.4
kbps asynchronous modem set to auto-answer mode, eight data bits, one stop bit, and no
parity. When the modem connected to the remote logging device answers, the system sends
the alarm messages as a string of ASCII characters formatted with carriage returns and line
feeds, then terminates the call. More information on this process can be found later in this
chapter.
A network administrator can also call the phone number associated with the system modem
and initiate a two-way, interactive VT-100 session with the system to determine the nature of
the problem and dispatch technicians if necessary.
Another Network Management solution is the TCP/IP feature discussed later in this chapter.
Note that if the TCP/IP network management system is active, the Print Alarm feature
will not operate.
Using the TCP/IP feature automatically converts alarm messages into SNMP traps for
forwarding to downstream NMS equipment.
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