Dlp- A298 Check The Network For Alarms And Conditions - Cisco ONS 15454 Series Procedure Manual

Chapter 19 DLPs A200 to A299
Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
Step 7
DLP-A298 Check the Network for Alarms and Conditions
Purpose
Tools/Equipment
Prerequisite Procedures
Required/As Needed
Onsite/Remote
Security Level
From the View menu, choose Go to Network View. Verify that all affected spans on the network map
Step 1
are green.
Verify that the affected spans do not have active switches on the network map. Span ring switches are
Step 2
represented by the letters "L" for lockout ring, "F" for Force ring, "M" for Manual ring, and "E" for
Exercise ring.
A second verification method can be performed from the Conditions tab. Click Retrieve Conditions and
Step 3
verify that no switches are active. Make sure the Filter button is not selected.
Step 4 Click the Alarms tab.
a.
b.
Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
Step 5
DLP-A299 Initiate a BLSR Span Lock Out
Purpose
Tools/Equipment
Prerequisite Procedures
Required/As Needed
Onsite/Remote
Security Level
Caution Traffic is not protected during a span lockout.
Click the Provisioning > BLSR tabs.
Step 1
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This task verifies that no alarms or conditions exist on the network.
None
DLP-A60 Log into CTC, page 17-66
As needed
Onsite or remote
Retrieve or higher
Verify that the alarm filter is not on. See the
page 19-17 as necessary.
Verify that no unexplained alarms appear on the network. If alarms appear, investigate and resolve
them before continuing. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Troubleshooting Guide for procedures.
This task allows you to perform a BLSR span lockout, which prevents
traffic from switching to the locked out span.
None
DLP-A60 Log into CTC, page 17-66
As needed
Onsite or remote
Provisioning or higher
DLP-A298 Check the Network for Alarms and Conditions
"DLP-A227 Disable Alarm Filtering" task on
Cisco ONS 15454 Procedure Guide, R5.0
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