Alarm Profile Buttons - Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Reference Manual

16.5.2 Alarm Profile Buttons

The alarm profile list contains a master list of alarms that is used for a mixed node network. Some of
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these alarms might not be used in all ONS nodes.
The Default alarm profile list contains alarm and condition severities that correspond when applicable
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to default values established in Telcordia GR-474-CORE.
Note All default or user-defined severity settings that are Critical (CR) or Major (MJ) are demoted to Minor
(MN) in non-service-affecting situations as defined in Telcordia GR-474-CORE.
To see the full list of profiles, including those available for loading or cloning, click the Available button.
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You must load a profile before you can clone it.
Up to 10 profiles, including the two reserved profiles (Inherited and Default) can be stored in CTC.
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Wherever it is applied, the Default alarm profile sets severities to standard Telcordia GR-474-CORE
settings. In the Inherited profile, alarms inherit, or copy, severity from the next-highest level. For
example, a card with an Inherited alarm profile copies the severities used by the node housing the card.
If you choose the Inherited profile from the network view, the severities at the lower levels (node and
card) are copied from this selection.
You do not have to apply a single severity profile to the node-, card-, and port-level alarms. Different
profiles can be applied at different levels. You could use the inherited or default profile on a node and
on all cards and ports, but apply a custom profile that downgrades an alarm on one particular card. For
example, you might choose to downgrade an OC-N unequipped path alarm (UNEQ-P) from Critical
(CR) to Not Alarmed (NA) on an optical card because this alarm raises and then clears every time you
create a circuit. UNEQ-P alarms for the card with the custom profile would not display on the Alarms
tab (but they would still be recorded on the Conditions and History tabs.)
When you modify severities in an alarm profile:
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The Load and Store buttons are not available for Retrieve and Maintenance users.
The Delete and Store options will only display nodes to delete profiles from or store profiles to if the
user has provisioning permission for those nodes. If the user does not have the proper permissions, CTC
greys out the buttons and they are not available to the user.
16.5.2 Alarm Profile Buttons
The Alarm Profiles window displays six buttons at the bottom of the screen.
describes each of the alarm profile buttons and their functions.
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All Critical (CR) or Major (MJ) default or user-defined severity settings are demoted to Minor (MN)
in Non-Service-Affecting (NSA) situations as defined in Telcordia GR-474.
Default severities are used for all alarms and conditions until you create a new profile and apply it.
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