Alarm Messages - Cabletron Systems Netlink FRX8000 User Manual

Alarm Messages

Message Format
S and C
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Messages are printed and displayed in a format similar to this:
* 45 980121 162832 (Node 5) (LP 0 Port 1) Backouts enabled from Node 10
where (in this example):
identifies the alarm as severity level 3. Level 2 alarms are
*
preceded by two asterisks, level 1 by three asterisks.
is the message number.
45
is the date (January 21, 1998).
980121
162832 is the time (4:28:32 PM) (the time at the ICP/INM/NMP where
the alarm report is being generated or reported).
is the node from which the message originated. This is not
(Node 5)
displayed for all messages, and will be displayed only if the node
is different than the one displaying the message.
is the LP and port from which the message originated. Frame
(LP 0 Port 1)
relay messages will include a DLCI. If the message originated
over an IP interface, the interface will be identified here instead
of a port.
Backouts enabled from Node 10
Some messages appear with the letter
These stand for
Set
has been entered or exited. Set and Clear are used with alarms that report
threshold changes or link activity that might be repeatedly reported if such a
mechanism is not used.
The alarms that actually use
) and Statistics warning levels (
198
any other alarms numbers. Many alarms, once set, will not be cleared, but will
instead be "replaced" by other alarms that report changes in status. Examples
are link transition (
connectivity transitions (
is the text of the message.
or
S
and , and indicate that the state described in the message
Clear
and
Set Clear
304–332
), PVC status (
57–60, 400–406
107, 108, 224, 225, 228, 229, 248, 249, 299, 300, 367, 388
following the message number.
C
are link error activity (
). Ignore and if they appear with
S C
111, 118, 119, 215, 216
FRX8000 3.0 User Guide, Rev 02
181, 182, 197,
), and
).