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Viewing System and Object Status

Viewing System and Object Status

This chapter describes the windows in CDM that you can open to observe system and network object status.

This chapter includes the following sections:


Note   SONET information is equivalent to OC-3 interface information.

Viewing Generic Interface Status

The generic Interface Status window displays status information for any selected interface. To view the Interface status information, complete the following steps:


Step 1   Right-click a line card and choose Cisco DSL Manager > Physical > Interface > Generic > Status from the object menu.

The Interface Status window opens, which is shown in Figure 7-1. This window has one tab, the Status tab.


Figure 7-1: Interface Status Window


Step 2   From the list boxes on the left side of the window, select the chassis, card, and interface.


The corresponding details for the selected card display on the right. The Status tab contains three areas:

The fields in these three areas are described in Table 7-1.


Table 7-1: Interface Detail Area Field Descriptions
Field Definition

Type

Displays the interface type.

Description

Displays a text string description of the interface.

Operational Status

Displays the current operational status of the interface.

Physical Address

Identifies the address of the interface at its protocol sublayer.

Keep Alive

Displays whether keepalives are enabled on this interface.

Line Protocol

Indicates whether the line interface protocol is operating.

Connector Present

Specifies whether the interface has a physical connector. True indicates that a physical connector is present; False indicates that a physical connector is not present.

Interface Last Change

Displays the value of the system up time at the time the interface entered its current operational state.

Reason for Last Change

Specifies the reason for the last status change of the interface.

Speed

Displays an estimate of the current bandwidth for the interface in bits per second.

High Speed

Displays an estimate of the current bandwidth for the interface in units of 1,000,000 bits per second.

Maximum Transmission Unit

Identifies the size of the largest packet that can be sent or received on the interface, specified in octets.

Viewing Module Fault Management

You can open the Module Fault Management window to view the generic fault information for the selected card. To view the Module Fault Management window, complete the following steps:


Step 1   Right-click a DMT line card and choose DSL Manager > Physical > Module> Status from the object menu.

The Module Fault Management window opens, which is shown in Figure 7-2. The Module Fault Management window has one tab, the Fault Management tab.


Figure 7-2: Module Fault Management Window


Step 2   From the list boxes on the left side of the window, select the relevant chassis and card. The fault information for the selected card appears on the right.


The Fault Management tab displays the Fault information for the selected card. The Fault Management tab contains two areas—Module Availability and Cisco Contact Details. The fields on this window are described in Table 7-2.


Table 7-2: Module Availability Area Detail Descriptions
Field Description

Up Time

Displays the time elapsed since the last initialization to a reset or reinitialization since the network management portion of the system was last reinitialized.

Free Memory

Specifies the memory space (in bytes) that the interface is not currently using.

Last Restart Reason

Identifies why the system was last restarted.

Last Authentication Failure Address

Displays the IP address of the card on which the last authentication failure occurred.

Operational Status

Displays the current operational status of the selected card. Possible values include:

  • Up—The card is recognized by the device and is operational.

  • Down—The card is not recognized by the device or not enabled for operation.

  • Standby—The card is enabled and is acting as a standby.

Cisco Contact Details

Displays the address and phone numbers for Cisco customer service.

Viewing DS3 Interface Status

The DS3 Interface Status window displays status information for a selected DS3 interface. To view the DS3 Interface Status window, complete the following steps:


Step 1   From the CDM Manager view, with the chassis map view open, right-click an NI-2 line card to access the object menu.

Step 2   Choose Cisco DSL Manager > Physical > Interface > DS3 Interface > Status.

The DS3 Interface Status window opens, which is shown in Figure 7-3. The DS3 Interface Status window has one tab, the Status tab.


Figure 7-3: DS3 Interface Status Window—Status Tab


Step 3   From the list boxes on the left side of the window, select the relevant chassis, card, and DS3 interface.

The status information for the selected DS3 interface appears on the right.


Note   Black boxes with slashed circles indicate that no values were retrieved for that field. Traffic lights display green if the status is OK; yellow if the status is Warning; and red if the status is Errored.


The Status tab displays DS3 interface status information. The Status tab contains two areas—DS3 Status and Far End DS3 Status. The fields on this window are described in Table 7-3.


Table 7-3: Status Tab Field Descriptions
Field Description

Index

An arbitrary integer value to uniquely identify the listed events. When the index reaches the maximum value, the agent cycles the value back to 1 and may delete existing entries.

Circuit Identifier

Displays the vendor circuit identifier.

Send Code

Indicates the type of code being sent across the DS3/E31 interface by the device. Send codes are optional for E3 interfaces. Possible values are as follows:

  • No Code—Sending looped or normal data

  • Line Code—Sending a request for a line loopback

  • Payload Code—Sending a request for a payload loopback (for example, all DS1/E1s in a DS3/E3 frame)

  • Reset Code—Sending a loopback deactivation request

  • DS1 Loop Code—Requesting to loop back a particular DS1/E1 within a DS3/E3 frame

  • Test Pattern—Sending a test pattern

Line Type

Displays the line type of the interface.

Line Coding

Displays the type of line coding used in the interface.

Valid Intervals

Displays the number of previous intervals for which valid data is stored.

Time Elapsed

Displays the time elapsed (in seconds) since the beginning of the current error-measurement period.

  • Transmit Clock Source—Allows you to specify the source of the transmit clock.

  • Loop Timing—Indicates that the recovered receive clock is used as the transmit clock. You can set this option to:

    • Free Running—Indicates that a local clock source is used.

    • Network Derived—Indicates that the recovered receive clock from another interface is used as the transmit clock source.

LoopBack Config

Allows you to specify the loopback configured on the physical interface. You can set this option to:

  • No Loop—Indicates no loopback is present.

  • Diagnostic Loop—Indicates that the transmit data stream is looped to the receive direction.

  • Line Loop—Indicates that the receive data stream is looped to the transmit direction.

  • Other Loop—Indicates loopbacks that are not defined here.

No Error

Indicates no alarm is present.

Loss of Signal

Indicates the loss of signal condition.

Loss of Frame

Indicates the loss of frame condition.

Loopback State

Indicates that the interface is looping the received signal.

Rx Remote Alarm Indication

Receiving a remote alarm indication failure signal.

Rx Alarm Indication Signal

Receiving a remote alarm indication signal.

Rx Test Code

Indicates reception of a test pattern.

Tx Remote Alarm Index

Transmitting a remote alarm index signal.

Tx Alarm Indicate Signal

Transmitting an alarm indication signal.

Far End Facility ID Code

An arbitrary integer value to uniquely identify the listed events. When this code reaches the maximum value, the agent cycles the value back to 1 and may flush existing entries.

Far End Location ID Code

Describes the specific location of the far-end equipment.

Far End Unit Code

Describes the far-end equipment location within a bay.

1E3 = wide area digital transmission scheme that is used predominantly in Europe and carries data at a rate of 34.368 Mbps.

Viewing ATM Interface Status

The ATM Interface Status window displays status information for a selected ATM interface. To open the ATM Interface Status window, complete the following steps:


Step 1   From the CDM Manager view, with the chassis map view open, right-click either an NI-2 card or a DMT line card to access the object menu.

Step 2   Choose Cisco DSL Manager > Physical > Interface > ATM > Status.

The ATM Interface Status window opens, which is shown in Figure 7-4. The ATM Interface Status window has one tab, the Status tab.


Figure 7-4: ATM Interface Status—Status Tab


Step 3   From the list box on the left, select the relevant ATM interface.

The status information for the selected ATM interface appears on the right. The Status tab displays status information for the selected ATM interface.The Status tab contains five areas:

The fields on this window are described in Table 7-4.


Note   The interfaces listed in the ATM Interface box are DMT, ATM, and ADSL interfaces. Refer to the "Applying an ADSL Profile to a DMT Interface" section for more information on these interfaces.



Table 7-4: ATM Interface Status—Status Tab Field Descriptions
Field Description

Available Cell Rate

Indicates the available cell rate, specified in cells per second, for traffic that is sent out through the interface for this service category. This value is the bandwidth available for connections. For guaranteed service categories, this value decreases as a result of connection setup and increases as a result of connection release. For nonguaranteed service categories, this value does not change as a result of connection setup and connection release.

Allocated Cell Rate

Indicates the allocated cell rate, specified in cells per second, for traffic that is sent out the interface for this service category. This value is the bandwidth that is allocated to connections. For guaranteed service categories, this value increases as a result of connection setup and decreases as a result of connection release. For nonguaranteed service categories, this value is always 0.

LED Status

Indicates the transmit LED color for the selected port.

Bit Rate Type

The service category to which the row applies.

Maximum Cell Transfer Delay

Indicates the maximum cell transfer delay estimated to be experienced by cells of connections transmitted out this interface or this service category. This estimate does not distinguish between clp01 and clp1 cells. This object is valid for service category cbr2 and vbr3-nrt. For other service categories, this object is not defined.

Peak To Peak Cell Delay Variation

Indicates the estimated peak to peak cell delay variation for cells of this service category that are transmitted out of this interface. This estimate does not distinguish between clp0 and clp1 cells. This object is valid for service categories cbr and vbr-nrt. For other service categories, the object is not defined.

Cell Loss Ratio

Indicates the estimated cell loss ratio for cells of this service category that are transmitted out of this interface. This ratio value is an estimate for clp0 cells. The units of this object are negative powers of ten (so an object value of -8 means -108). This object is valid for service categories cbr, vbr-rt, and vbr-nrt. For other service categories, the object is not defined.

Available Cell Rate

Indicates the available cell rate, specified in cells per second, for traffic that is received by the interface for this service category. This value is the bandwidth that is available for connections. For guaranteed service categories, this value decreases as a result of connection setup and increases as a result of connection release. For nonguaranteed service categories, this value does not change as a result of connection setup and connection release.

Allocated Cell Rate

Indicates the allocated cell rate, specified in cells per second, for traffic that is received by the interface for this service category. This value is the bandwidth allocated to connections. For guaranteed service categories, this value increases as a result of connection setup and decreases as a result of connection release. For nonguaranteed service categories, this value is always 0.

LED Status

Indicates the receive LED color for the selected port.

Physical Interface Status

Indicates the status of the physical interface. The value of this object is only valid when the interface if Admin Status has the value up. Some of the enumerated values are specific to a particular physical layer. The values displayed are as follows:

  • normal

  • los—loss of service

  • lof—loss of frames

  • loc—loss of cell delineation

  • ais—alarm indication signal

  • yellowLine

  • yellowPath

  • lop—loss of pointer

  • idle

  • yellowAlarm

  • plcpLOF—physical layer convergence procedure loss of frame

  • plcpYellow—physical layer convergence procedure—warning

  • maFERF—far-end receive failure

  • pathAis—path alarm indication signal

  • ocd—over current detector

Clock Source Status

Indicates the network clock source status of this interface as follow:

  • notSelected—Indicates that this interface is not selected as the network clock source.

  • selected—Indicates that this interface is selected as the network clock source.

Physical Port Type

Indicates the physical layer medium on the port. The type is one of the following port types:

  • other

  • cpu

  • Ethernet

  • OC-3 Utp

  • OC-3 single-mode fiber

  • OC-3 multimode fiber

  • OC-12 single-mode fiber

  • DS3

  • E3

Number of VPCs

Number of VPCs (PVCs and SVCs) that are configured for use at this ATM interface. At the ATM UNI, the configured number of VPCs (PVCs and SVCs) can range from 0 to 256 only.

Number of VCCs

Number of VCCs (PVCs and SVCs) that are configured for the ATM interface.

Number of PVCs

Number of PVCs at this interface.

Number of PVPs

Number of permanent virtual paths at this interface.

Number of PC's

The number of permanent connections (virtual channels or virtual paths) of this service category that are currently allocated to the interface.

Number of SC's

The number of signalled connections (virtual channels or virtual paths) of this service category that are currently allocated to the interface.

Total Connections

The number of existing connections at this interface.

Admin Address

The address that is assigned for administrative purposes; for example, an address that is associated with the service provider side of a public network UNI. If the interface has no assigned administrative address, or if the address used for administrative purposes is the same as that used for ifPhysAddress, the Admin Address is an octet string of zero length.

ATM Address Type

The type of primary ATM address that is configured for use at the ATM interface.

NSAP4 Address

Allows you to specify the NSAP address.

Configured VP Interface

The number of configured VP interfaces at this physical interface.

SVC Minimum VCI

The minimum value in the range of values from which VCIs are assigned to new SVCs. As this value increases, the number of VCIs that are available for PVCs increases. This value applies to each VPI of the physical interface and each logical port.

Active SVPs

The number of active, switched virtual paths at this interface.

Active SVCs

The number of active, switched virtual connections at this interface.

Show Connections button

CDM issues a query to identify the connections that are currently configured for the selected interface. An action log opens that lists all connections that CDM found on the selected interface.

1clp = cell loss priority
2cbr = constant bit rate
3vbr = variable bit rate
4NSAP = network service access point

Viewing IMA Group and Link Status

The IMA Group Status window displays the status data for IMA groups. The IMA Link Status window displays status information about the IMA links. These windows are described in the following sections.

Viewing the IMA Group Status Window

Complete the following steps to open the IMA Group Status window and view status about the IMA group settings:


Step 1   From the left side of the Map Viewer window, from within the IMA hierarchy view, right-click the IMA group whose status you want CDM to display.

Step 2   Choose Cisco DSL Manager > Physical > Interface > IMA Group > Status from the object menu.


The IMA Group Status window, which is shown in Figure 7-5, opens.


Figure 7-5: IMA Group Status Window


This window contains the following areas:

The fields in the IMA Group Status window are described in Table 7-5.


Table 7-5: IMA Group Status Window Field Descriptions
Field Description

Group ifindex

Displays the interface index for the IMA group.

Far-End IMA ID

Specifies the far-end IMA group ID.

Least Delay Link Ifindex

Specifies the interface index of the link that is configured in the IMA group and has the smallest link propagation delay. The distinguished value of zero may be used if no link has been configured in the IMA group, or if the link with the smallest link propagation delay has not yet been determined.

Latest Max Differential Delay

Displays the latest maximum differential delay (in milliseconds) that the network observes between the links that have the least and most link propagation delay, among the receive links that are currently configured in the IMA group.

Near-End State

Displays the current state of the near-end transmit link.

Far-End State

Displays the current state of the far-end transmit link.

Last Change

Displays the time-of-day that the IMA group last changed operational state (that is, the value of the imaNeGroupState variable changed).

Failure Status

Displays the local failure status of a link belonging to an IMA group.

Far-End Clock Mode

Displays the transmit clocking mode that the far-end IMA group is using.

Available Cell Rate in Active Links

Displays in two columns—Transmit or Receive—the current cell rate (truncated value in cells per second) that this IMA group provides in the transmit or receive direction, considering all the transmit links in the Active state.

No. of Configured Links

Displays in two columns—Transmit or Receive—the number of links that are configured to transmit or receive in this IMA group.

No. of Active Links

Displays in two columns—Transmit or Receive—the number of links that are configured to transmit or receive and are currently Active in this IMA group.

Timing Reference Link Ifindex

Displays in two columns—Transmit or Receive—the following values:

  • The interface index of the transmit timing reference link to be used by the near end for IMA data cell clock recovery from the ATM layer. The distinguished value of zero may be used if no link has been configured in the IMA group, or if the transmit timing reference link has not yet been selected.

  • The interface index of the receive timing reference link to be used by the near end for IMA data cell clock recovery toward the ATM layer. The distinguished value of zero may be used if no link has been configured in the IMA group, or if the receive timing reference link has not yet been detected.

Viewing the IMA Link Status Window

Complete the following steps to open the IMA Link Status window and view status about the IMA group settings:


Step 1   From the left side of the Map Viewer window, from within the IMA hierarchy view, right-click the IMA link whose status you want CDM to display.

Step 2   Choose Cisco DSL Manager > Physical > Interface > IMA Link > Status from the object menu.


The IMA Group Link Status window, which is shown in Figure 7-6, opens.


Figure 7-6: IMA Link Status Window


This window contains the following areas:

The fields in the IMA Link Status window are described in Table 7-6.


Table 7-6: IMA Link Status Window Field Descriptions
Field Description

IMA Group Index

Specifies a unique value for the IMA group index.

Transmit Link ID

Specifies a unique ID for the transmit link.

Receive Link ID

Specifies a unique ID for the receive link.

Near-End State

Displays the current operational state of the near-end IMA group state machine.

Far-End State

Displays the current operational state of the far-end IMA group state machine.

Near-End Failure Status

Displays the current link failure status of the near-end receive link.

Far-End Failure Status

Displays the current link failure status of the far-end receive link as reported via ICP cells.

Viewing DMT Interface Status

The DMT Interface Status window displays status information for a selected DMT line card. To open the DMT Interface Status window, complete the following steps:


Step 1   From the CDM Manager view, with the chassis map view open, right-click a DMT line card to access the object menu.

Step 2   Choose Cisco DSL Manager > Physical > Interface > DMT > Status.

The DMT Interface Status window opens, which is shown in Figure 7-7. The DMT Interface Status Window has two tabs—Line tab and Channel tab.


Figure 7-7: DMT Interface Status Window—Line Tab


Step 3   From the list boxes on the left, select the relevant chassis, card, and DMT interface.

The status information for the selected DMT line card appears on the right.


Viewing the DMT Interface Status Line Tab

The Line tab displays downstream and upstream line status information, as well as line status information that is common to both parameters, for the selected DMT line card. The Line tab contains two areas—Downstream/Upstream Parameters and Common. The fields on this tab are described in Table 7-7.


Table 7-7: DMT Interface Status window—Line Tab Field Descriptions
Attribute Description

State

Indicates the current state of the DMT transceiver. The current state changes dynamically. The possible values displayed for downstream parameters are as follows:

  • Other—Unknown or other state

  • PowerUp—DMT transceiver not yet configured

  • Configure—DMT transceiver being configured

  • Idle—Awaiting activation request from upstream

  • Tone—Requesting upstream to be silent

  • Activating—Activation in progress

  • Training—Transceiver training in progress

  • Analyzing—Channel analysis in progress

  • Exchange—Exchanging final operating parameters

  • SteadyState—Normal operating mode

  • NotResponding—DMT transceiver not responding

The possible state values displayed for upstream parameters are as follows:

  • Other—Unknown or other state

  • Activating—Activation in progress

  • Training—Transceiver training in progress

  • Analyzing—Channel analysis in progress

  • Exchange—Exchanging final operating parameters

  • Steady State—Normal operating mode

Issue Number

Reports the issue number of the standard according to whether the downstream DMT ADSL transceiver is currently operating. The issue number is determined by the hardware and is transmitted by the downstream in C-MSGS1 during initialization. The upstream device transmits the issue number in an R-MSGS1 message during initialization. The possible issue numbers include:

  • Other—unknown or other

  • t1413Issue1—ANSI T1.413 Issue 1

  • t1413Issue2—ANSI T1.413 Issue 2

  • t1413Issue3—ANSI T1.413 Issue 3

  • gdmtIssue1—ITU G.dmt Issue 1

  • etsiIssue1—ETSI DMT Issue 1

Enterprise Specific State

The value of this object specifies the enterprise-specific status of the downstream device. Possible values are other or standard. If the value is other, and the downstream device is in an unrecognized state, the value of this object is unknown. If the value is other, and the downstream device is not in an unrecognized state, the value of this object specifies the enterprise-specific state of the downstream device.

Embedded Operations Channel Mode

Reports whether the embedded operations channel can support autonomous data streaming mode or only transaction mode. After initialization, unknown is reported until sufficient autonomous eoc messages transmit to determine the true capability of both ATUs. The possible values displayed and the corresponding meaning are as follows:

  • Unknown—Embedded operations mode is unknown

  • Transaction—Embedded operations channel only operates in original transaction mode

  • Streaming—Embedded operations channel supports autonomous data streaming mode and original transaction mode

Trellis Encoding

Reports whether the DMT line is using trellis coding. Use of trellis coding is determined at line initialization with C-MSGS1 and R-MSGS1 exchanges and does not change until the line is reinitialized. The possible values displayed are as follows:

  • trellisOn

  • trellisOff

DMT Line Overhead Framing

This object represents the negotiated overhead framing structure being used downstream and upstream.

Viewing the DMT Interface Status Window Channel Tab

The Channel tab displays fast and interleaved channel status information for the selected DMT line card. The Channel tab, which is shown in Figure 7-8, includes two areas, Fast and Interleaved.


Figure 7-8: DMT Interface Status Window—Channel Tab


The Fast and Interleaved areas have the same information, but for different types of channels. Both areas display the following attributes:

Viewing SONET Interface Status

After you deploy a Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) interface, you can access status information for that interface in the SONET Interface Status window. Complete the following steps to view SONET interface status.


Note   SONET and OC-3 interfaces are the same component.


Step 1   From the CDM Manager, with the chassis map view open, right-click an NI-2 card to access the object menu.

Step 2   Choose Cisco DSL Manager > Physical > Interface > SONET > Status.

The SONET Interface Status window opens, which is shown in Figure 7-9.


Figure 7-9: SONET Interface Status Window—Medium Tab


The SONET Interface Status window contains five tabs:

The window opens to the Medium tab.

Step 3   From the list boxes on the left, select the relevant chassis, card, and SONET Interface (OC-3 interface).

The status information for the selected SONET interface appears on the right.


Viewing the SONET Interface Status Window Medium Tab

The Medium tab provides information on the physical medium. The Medium tab contains one area, Medium. The fields on this tab are described in Table 7-8.


Table 7-8: SONET Interface Status Window—Medium Tab Field Descriptions
Field Description

Type

Indicates whether SONET is operating over the interface.

Line Coding

Displays the type of line coding that the interface is using.

Line Type

Displays the line type of the interface.

Valid Intervals

Displays the number of previous intervals for which valid data has been stored.

Time Elapsed

Displays the time elapsed (in seconds) since the beginning of the current error-measurement period.

Circuit ID

Displays the vendor circuit identifier.

Viewing the SONET Interface Status Window Section Tab

The Section tab, which is shown in Figure 7-10, details errors that the software encounters during framing, scrambling, error monitoring, and section maintenance. The Section tab has one area, Section.


Figure 7-10: SONET Interface Status Window—Section Tab


The Section area displays the fields that are described in Table 7-9.


Table 7-9: SONET Interface Status Window Section Tab Field Descriptions
Field Description

Loss of Frame

Displays the number of loss of framing failures since agent reset.

Loss of Signal

Displays the number of loss of signal failures since agent reset.

No Defect

Transition from failure to no alarm state occurs when no defects (for example, LOF) are received for more than 10 seconds.

Viewing the SONET Interface Status Window Line Tab

The Line tab, which is shown in Figure 7-11, details errors encountered during multiplexing or synchronization. The Line tab has one area, Line.


Figure 7-11: SONET Interface Status Window—Line Tab


The Line tab displays the fields that are described in Table 7-10.


Table 7-10: SONET Interface Window Line Tab Field Descriptions
Field Description

Alarm Indication Signal Errors

A red light indicates that line signal errors are detected; a green light indicates that line signal errors are not detected.

Remote Defect Indication Errors

A red light indicates that remote defect errors have been detected; a green light indicates that remote defect errors are not detected.

No Defect

Transition from failure to no alarm state occurs when no defects (for example, LOF) are received for more than 10 seconds.

Viewing the SONET Interface Status Window Path Tab

The Path tab, which is shown in Figure 7-12, displays errors encountered while mapping signals into the format required by the Line layer. The Path tab has one area, Path.


Figure 7-12: SONET Interface Status Window—Path Tab


The fields on this tab are described in Table 7-11.


Table 7-11: SONET Interface Status Window—Path Tab Field Descriptions
Field Description

Signal Label Mismatch

Indicates incorrect payload type signal label mismatch on a SONET line.

STS—Alarm Indication Signal

Indicates whether the path alarm indication signal errors are enabled or disabled.

STS—Remote Defect Indication

Indicates whether the path remote defect indication errors are enabled or disabled.

STS—Loss of Pointer

Indicates whether the path loss of pointer errors are enabled or disabled.

Unequipped

Indicates STS payload unequipped—no path-originating equipment.

No Defect

Transitions from failure to no alarm state if no defects (for example, LOF) are received for more than 10 seconds.

Viewing the SONET Interface Status Window Virtual Tributary Tab

The Virtual Tributary tab, which is shown in Figure 7-13, displays errors encountered while converting between STS and OC signals. The Virtual Tributary tab contains one area, Virtual Tributary.


Figure 7-13: SONET Interface Status Window—Virtual Tributary Tab


The fields on this tab are described in Table 7-12.


Table 7-12: SONET Interface Window—Virtual Tributary Tab Field Descriptions
Field Description

Remote Failure Indication

A SONET port status indicator activates when a path remote defect indication (PRDI) occurs and does not clear throughout the alarm integration period, which is typically 2.5 seconds. A remote failure indication occurs when bit 5 of the G1 byte is set to 1 for 10 consecutive frames.

This occurrence begins the alarm integration period. If this period elapses without the detection of 10 consecutive frames in which all G1 bit 5s are set to 0, the PRFI indicator activates. The PRFI indicator clears when a PRDI does not occur for a time interval equal to the alarm deactivation period (typically 10 seconds).

Alarm Indication Signal

Reveals whether the virtual tributary alarm indication signal errors are enabled or disabled.

Loss of Pointer

Indicates whether the virtual tributary loss of pointer errors are enabled or disabled.

Remote Defect Indication

Reveals whether the path remote defect indication errors are enabled or disabled.

Unequipped

Indicates STS payload unequipped—no virtual tributary originating equipment.

Signal Label Mismatch

Incorrect payload type signal label mismatch on a SONET line.

No Defect

Transition from failure to no alarm state occurs when no defects (for example, LOF) are received for more than 10 seconds.

Viewing Chassis Status

You can view chassis availability details in the Chassis Fault Management window. Follow these steps:


Step 1   From the CDM Manager view, with the chassis map view open, right-click a chassis to access the object menu.

Step 2   Choose Cisco DSL Manager > Physical > Chassis > Status.

The Chassis Fault Management window opens, which is shown in Figure 7-14.


Figure 7-14: Chassis Fault Management Window—General Tab


Step 3   From the list box at the left, select the chassis for which you want to view status information.


The Chassis Fault Management window has four tabs:

Only the General tab applies to CDM for Cisco DSLAMs for this release; the other three tabs are not applicable.

The General tab contains three areas—Chassis Availability, LED Status (which is not applicable for this release of CDM), and Cisco Contact Details. The fields on the General tab are described in Table 7-13.


Table 7-13: Chassis Fault Management Window—General Tab Field Descriptions
Field Description

Up Time

Displays the up time since the last reset

Last Changed Time

Displays the time when the chassis was last modified

Last Restart Reason

Displays the reason for the last restart

Last Authentication Failure Address

Displays the last authorization failure IP address for the selected chassis

Clock Source Status

Not applicable for CDM

LED Status

Not applicable for CDM

Cisco Contact Details

Displays Cisco contact information

Viewing Module Status

You can view the status for any card, including NI-2 cards and DMT line cards, in the Module Fault Management window. Complete the following steps to view module or card status:


Step 1   From the CDM Manager view, with the chassis map view open, right-click a DSLAM chassis to access the object menu.

Step 2   Choose Cisco DSL Manager > Physical > Module > Status.

The Module Fault Management window opens, which is shown in Figure 7-15. This window has one tab, Fault Management.


Figure 7-15: Module Fault Management Window—Fault Management Tab


Step 3   From the list boxes on the left, select the chassis and card.

The corresponding details for the selected card appear in the tab on the right.


The Fault Management tab has two areas, Module Availability and Cisco Contact Details. The fields on this tab are described in Table 7-14.


Table 7-14: Module Fault Management Window—Fault Management Tab Field Descriptions
Field Description

Up Time

Displays the up time since last reset.

Free Memory

Displays the memory space (in bytes) currently unused by the interface.

Last Restart Reason

Provides the reason for the last restart.

Last Authentication Failure Address

Provides the IP address of the NI-2 card that last failed authentication.

Operational Status

Displays the current operational status of the selected NI-2 card. Possible values are as follows:

  • No Label—The card is not specified.

  • Up—The card is recognized by the device and is operational.

  • Down—The card is not recognized by the device or not enabled for operation.

  • Standby—The card is enabled and is acting as standby.

Cisco Contact Details

Displays Cisco contact information.


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