What Aps Alarms Represent; Table - Cisco BPX-BXM-155-8DX Installation And Configuration Manual

APS Alarms
Table 28-2 APS Alarms (continued)
Class
Info
Info
Minor Standby Line Section
Minor Standby Line Path Trace APS standby line alarm.
Minor Standby Line path
Minor Standby Line path AIS
Minor Standby Line loss of
Minor Standby Line loss of cell APS standby line alarm.
Minor Standby Line plcp
Minor Standby Line plcp out of
Minor Standby Line yellow
Minor Standby Line alarm
Minor Standby Line out of
Minor Standby Line loss of
Architecture Mismatch means that 1 side supports 1+1 and other end of line is configured for 1:1, or
the directional or revertive parameter does not match. FW cannot bring the two ends into compliance
on the fly; the user must correct the configuration error.

What APS Alarms Represent

The following sections describe APS alarm types
Description: An APS alarm occurs in dspalms and dspapsln.
Initial Investigation: APS alarms can be of two types. There are APS specific alarms and there are
line alarms reported by the standby line. The standby line alarm will be displayed in the dspapsln screen
under "Standby Line Alarm Status". If there are no other APS specific alarms, the standby line alarms
will also show under "Current APS Alarm Status". The meaning of the standby line alarms are the same
Cisco BPX 8600 Series Installation and Configuration
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Name
No Revert switch
Cannot perform a No
Revert switch
Trace
yellow alarm
pointer
yellow alarm
frame alarm
alarm
indication signal (AIS)
frame alarm (LOF)
signal alarm (LOS)
Description
A BXM APS event indicating that the BXM APS
performed a switch due to a Do not Revert. A state request due
to the external user request being cleared (such as a forced
switch) while using non-revertive switching.
A BXM APS event indicating that the BXM APS
was unable to perform a switch due to a Do not Revert switch
request.
APS standby line alarm.
APS standby line alarm.
APS standby line alarm.
APS standby line alarm.
APS standby line alarm.
APS standby line alarm.
APS standby line alarm.
APS standby line alarm.
APS standby line alarm.
APS standby line alarm.
Release 9.3.0, Part Number 78-10674-01 Rev. D0, July 2001
Chapter 28 Alarms and Statistics