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Configuring AXSM Cards

Configuring AXSM Cards

The AXSM is a full-height card that provides ATM layer switching and trunking for Release 2.0 of the MGX 8850 system at speeds up to OC12/STM-4. The AXSM resides in card slots 1-6 or 9-14 of the chassis. The AXSM supports the following physical interfaces:

Selecting the Card and Displaying Card Parameters

Select the AXSM card to display AXSM card configuration dialogs by doing one of the following:

Card Information Dialogs

The AXSM Card Category menu contains the following items:

These dialogs are described in the sections that follow.

AXSM Front Card Configuration Dialog

There are two dialogs for displaying front card and back card information. These dialogs are described in the subsections that follow.

Front Card Dialog

Use the Front Card Configuration dialog to view AXSM front card characteristics, hardware, firmware, and status information (Figure 3-1).


Figure 3-1: Front Card Dialog

The Front Card Configuration dialog parameters are described in Table 3-1.


Table 3-1: Card Configuration Dialog Parameters (Front Card)
Parameter Description

Status

Front card status.

Admin Status

Administrative status of the card. Can be enabled or disabled.

Type

Current card type.

Slot Number

Number of the current slot the card is installed in.

Front Card Description

Description of the front card.

HW Revision

Hardware revision number of the function module.

FW Revision

Firmware revision number of the function module.

SW Revision

Software revision number of the function module.

Serial No.

Serial number of the front card.

Orderable Part No.

Orderable part number of this function module.

PCA No.

Current PCA number of the function module.

Reset Reason

Last reason for card to reset. This value is stored in the non volatile RAM, and can be retrieved when the card is functioning. Can be Powerup, parityError, watchDog, resource, clrAll, missingTask.


Note   This is not a configurable dialog.

BackCard Dialog

Use this dialog to view AXSM back card characteristics, hardware, firmware, and status information (Figure 3-2).


Figure 3-2: Back Card Configuration Dialog

The Back Card Configuration dialog parameters are described in Table 3-2.


Table 3-2: Card Configuration Dialog Parameters (Back Card)
Parameter Description

Slot Number

Number of the current slot the card is installed in.

Type

Current card type.

HW Revision

Current card hardware revision.

Orderable Part No.

Orderable part number of this function module.

PCA No.

PCA number of this function module.

ATM Virtual Port Configuration

Use this dialog to view ATM Virtual Port Configuration parameters (Figure 3-3).


Figure 3-3: ATM Virtual Port Configuration Dialog


The parameters are described in Table 3-3.


Table 3-3: ATM Virtual Port Configuration Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Physical Interface

Number identifying the physical interface.

Virtual Port

Virtual port number.

caviIfType

Reflects the format of the cells transmitted by the physical interface. The following formats can be configured:

uni : user port

nni : network port

vnni: virtual network port

vuni: virtual user por

caviMinRate

Virtual interface's minimum cell rate. This is the guaranteed bandwidth allocated for the interface. The sum of caviMinRate of all logical interfaces configured on a single physical line, must not exceed the bandwidth of the physical line. Creation of a row is rejected when the sum of caviMinRate of all existing logical interfaces exceeds the physical line bandwidth. ATM cell bandwidths for various physical lines are as follows:

OC48 line : 5651328 cells/sec

OC12 line : 1412832 cells/sec

OC3 line : 353208 cells/sec

T3 line : 96000 cells/sec

E3 line : 80000 cells/sec

caviMaxRate

Virtual interface's maximum cell rate. This is the maximum bandwidth allocated for the interface. The total bandwidth of connections configured over this interface cannot exceed this value. ATM cell bandwidths for various physical lines are as follows:

OC48 line : 5651328 cells/sec

OC12 line : 1412832 cells/sec

OC3 line : 353208 cells/sec

T3 line : 96000 cells/sec

E3 line : 80000 cells/sec

caviFile ID

ID of the file that holds module specific configuration parameters for this Virtual interface.

caviIfType

Reflects the format of the cells transmitted by the physical interface. The following formats can be configured:

uni : user port

nni : network port

vnni: virtual network port

vuni: virtual user port

caviVpi Num

The VPI to be used with the VNNI interface type.

Creating An ATM Virtual Port

To create a new ATM Virtual Port, follow these steps:


Step 1   Click Create in the ATM Virtual Port dialog.

The Row Creation dialog appears (Figure 3-3). The ATM Virtual Port Create Dialog parameters are described in Table 3-4.


Table 3-4: Create Dialog Paramters
Parameter Description

Physical Interface

Identifies the physical interface.

Virtual Port

Virtual Port Number.

caviIfType

Reflects the format of the cellstransmitted by the physical interface. The following formats can be configured:

uni : user port

nni : network port

vnni: virtual network port

vuni: virtual user por

Max Rate

Virtual interface's maximum cell rate. This is the maximum bandwidth allocated for the interface. The total bandwidth of connections configured over this interface cannot exceed this value. ATM cell bandwidths for various physical lines are as follows:

OC48 line : 5651328 cells/sec

OC12 line : 1412832 cells/sec

OC3 line : 353208 cells/sec

T3 line : 96000 cells/sec

E3 line : 80000 cells/sec

Min Rate

Virtual interface's minimum cell rate. This is the guaranteed bandwidth allocated for the interface. The sum of caviMinRate of all logical interfaces configured on a single physical line, must not exceed the bandwidth of the physical line. Creation of a row is rejected when the sum of caviMinRate of all existing logical interfaces exceeds the physical line bandwidth.

ATM cell bandwidths for various physical lines are as follows:

OC48 line : 5651328 cells/sec

OC12 line : 1412832 cells/sec

OC3 line : 353208 cells/sec

T3 line : 96000 cells/sec

E3 line : 80000 cells/sec

caviField

The field identification number.

Step 2   Click OK.


ATM Resource Partitions

Use the ATM Resource Partitions dialog to view ATM Resource Partitions parameters (Figure 3-4).


Figure 3-4: Atm Resource Partitions Dialog


The parameters are described in Table 3-5.


Table 3-5: ATM Resource Partition Dialog Parameters
Parameters Description

Interface

Identifies the interface that has resource partitions.

Part ID

Resource partition identifier. One interface can have multiple resource partitions on it.

cwRsrcPartEgrMinBw

Minimum percentage of bandwidth used for this partition in the egress direction. Must be a number between 1 and 1,000,000. This is not the guaranteed bandwidth. If bandwidth is available, the resource partition will be allocate bandwidth up to this value.

cwRsrcPartEgrMaxBw

Maximum percentage bandwidth allocated for the resource partition in egress direction. Must be a number between 1 and 1,000,000. This is not the guaranteed bandwidth. If bandwidth is available, the resource partition will be allocate bandwidth up to this value.

cwRsrcPartIngMinBw

Minimum percentage of bandwidth used for this partition in the ingress direction. Must be a number between 1 and 1,000,000. This is not the guaranteed bandwidth. If bandwidth is available, the resource partition will be allocate bandwidth up to this value.

cwRsrcPartIngMaxBw

Maximum percentage bandwidth allocated for the resource partition in ingress direction. Must be a number between 1 and 1,000,000. This is not the guaranteed bandwidth. If bandwidth is available, the resource partition will be allocate bandwidth up to this value.

cwRsrcPartVpiLo

Beginning of the VPI range reserved for this partition. Connections provisioned on this partition must have a VPI greater than or equal to this value.

cwRsrcPartVpiHi

End of the VPI range reserved for this partition. Connections provisioned on this partition must have a VPI less than or equal to this value.

cwRsrcPartVciLo

Beginning of the VCI range reserved for this partition. Connections provisioned on this partition must have a VCI greater than or equal to this value.

cwRsrcPartVciHi

End of the VCI range reserved for this partition. Connections provisioned on this partition must have a VCI less than or equal to this value.

cwRsrcPartMinCon

Minimum number of connections that can be configured on this partition.

cwRsrcPartMaxCon

Maximum number of connections that can be configured on this partition.

cwRsrcPartRowStatus

Use this parameter to add a resource partition.

To create a partition, click the create button. To delete a partition, select the partition in the table and click the delete button.

cwRsrcPartIlmiTrapEnabled

Ilmi trap generation can be enabled or disabled using this parameter. Choose one from the pop-up menu:

enable

disable

cwRsrcPartIlmiEstablishConPollIntvl

Amount of time (in seconds) between successive transmissions of ILMI messages on this interface for the purpose of detecting establishment of ILMI connectivity.

cwRsrcPartIlmiCheckConPollIntvl

Amount of time (in seconds) between successive transmissions of ILMI messages on this interface for the purpose of detecting loss of ILMI connectivity. The distinguished value zero disables ILMI connectivity procedures on this interface.

cwRsrcPartIlmiConPollInactFactor

Number of consecutive polls on this interface for which no ILMI response message is received before ILMI connectivity is declared lost.

To create a new ATM resource partition, perform the following steps:


Step 1   Click Create in the ATM Resouce Partitions dialog.

The Row Creation dialog appears (Figure 3-5).


Figure 3-5: Row Creation Dialog


The parameters are described in Table 3-6.


Table 3-6: ATM Virtual Port Row Creation Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Virtual Port

Virtual port number.

Partition ID

Resource partition identifier. One interface can have multiple resource partitions on it.

cwRsrcPartMaxCon

Maximum number of connections that can be configured on this partition.

Step 2   Click OK.

Configuring Lines on an AXSM Card

The AXSM Line Category menu contains the following items:

These dialogs are described in the sections that follow.

ATM Cell Layer Config Dialog

Use this dialog to view ATM Cell Layer Config dialog parameters (Figure 3-6).


Figure 3-6: ATM Cell Layer Config Dialog


The dialog parameters are described in Table 3-7.
Table 3-7: ATM Cell Layer Config Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Port Number

Port number.

Status

Displays the status of the port.

Null Cell Header

First four bytes of the ATM header to be used for Null cells. Generaly, idle cells are inserted into a cell stream as a mechanism for rate adaptation between the ATM data link layer and the physical layer. The following fields can be specified in the value of this object:

Generic flow control

Payload type

Cell Loss Priority

The Null Cell Header applies to both transmitted as well as received cells.

Null Cell Payload

Null Cell Payload definition. The idle cell information field can be specified in this parameter. It applies to both transmitted as well as received cells. The default value is 0x6A.

HEC Coset Enable

Use this parameter to enable or disable the algorithm of Coset Polynomial Addition to do header error check calculations. To enable the algorithm, select True from the popup menu; to disable it, select False.

This parameter applies to transmitted as well as received cells.

Payload Scrambling

Indicates whether Payload Scrambling is enabled. To enable Payload Scrambling, select True from the popup menu; to disable it, select False.

ATM Cell Layer Config Ingress Counters Dialog

Use this dialog to view the ATM Cell Layer Config Ingress Counters dialog parameters (Figure 3-7).


Figure 3-7: ATM Cell Layer Ingress Counters Dialog


The dialog parameters are described in Table 3-8.


Table 3-8: ATM Cell Layer Ingress Counters Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Port Number

Port number.

CLP0 Cells

Number of cells received on the interface with CLP0 bit set.

CLP1 Cells

Number of cells received on the interface with CLP1 bit set.

Total Cells

Total number of cells received on the interface.

OAM Cells

Number of valid Opearation and Maintainance (OAM) cells received on the interface.

Valid OAM Cells

Number of valid Opearation and Maintainance (OAM) cells received on the interface.

Error OAM Cells

Number of errored OAM cells received on the interface.

Non-zero GFC Cells

Number of non-zero GFC cells received on the interface.

Error VPI/VCI Cells(ingress)

Number of cells received from the interface with unknown VPI/VCI values.

Valid RM Cells

Number of Valid RM cells received from the interface.

HEC Error Cells

Header Error Check (HEC) calculation is used to provide error detection and correction from the ATM cell header. This parameter displays the number of received cells which were discarded because they had HEC errors.

HEC Error Corrected Cells

Number of received cells which had Header Error Check (HEC) errors that were corrected.

Total HEC Error Cells

Total number of received cells which had Header Error Check (HEC) errors.

Discarded CLP0 Cells

Number of CLP0 cells discarded due to policing.


Note   In order to allocate resources fairly among different users, networks police traffic at resource access points. The traffic enforcement or policing taken at a UNI is called Usage Parameter Control (UPC).

Total Discarded Cells

Total number of cells (CLP0+1) discarded due to policing.

Total Non-Compliant Cells

Number of non-compliant cells (cells that are not compliant to a specific traffic profile) discarded due to policing.

ATM Cell Layer Egress Counters Dialog

Use this dialog to view ATM Cell Layer Egress Counters dialog parameters (Figure 3-8).


Figure 3-8: ATM Cell Layer Egress Counters


The dialog parameters are described in Table 3-9.


Table 3-9: ATM Cell Layer Egress Counters Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Port Num

Port number.

CLP0 Cells

Number of cells received on the interface with CLP0 bit set.

CLP1 Cells

Number of cells received on the interface with CLP1 bit set.

Total Cells

Total number of cells received on the interface.

Valid OAM Cells

Number of valid Opearation and Maintainance (OAM) cells received on the interface.

Valid RM Cells

Number of Valid RM cells received from the interface.

Error OAM Cells

Number of errored OAM cells received on the interface.

Error VPI/VCI Cells

Number of cells received from the interface with unknown VPI/VCI values.

Sonet Line Config Dialog

Use this dialog to view Sonet Line Config dialog parameters (Figure 3-9).


Figure 3-9: Sonet Line Config Dialog



Table 3-10: Sonet Line Config Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Line

Line number.

Speed (MBPS)

Line speed in MBPS.

Enable

Enables/disables the SONET line.

Loopback Type

Represents the desired loopback configuration of the SONET line. Choose one from the popup menu:

noLoopback—Not in the loopback state.

lineLocal—Signal sent at this line is looped back through the device.

lineRemote—Signal sent does not go through the device but is looped back out.

Clock source

Source of the transmit clock. Choose one from the popup menu:

loopTiming—Indicates that the recovered receive clock is used as the transmit clock.

localTiming—Indicates that a local clock source is used or that an external clock is attached to the box containing the interface.

FrameScramble

Enables/disables the Scrambling option in SONET line. Choose enabled or disabled from the popup menu.

Line Type

Configured line type.

This object can be used to switch between SONET (North America) format and SDH (Europe) format. Sts is SONET format. Stm is SDH format. The line types are as follows:

sonetSts3c: For OC3

sonetStm1: For European standard OC3

sonetSts12c: For OC12

sonetStm4: European standard OC12

sonetSts48c: OC48

sonetStm16: European standard OC48

Sonet Line Alarm Dialog

Use this dialog to view AXSM Sonet Line Alarm dialog parameters (Figure 3-10).


Figure 3-10: Sonet Line Alarm Dialog


The dialog parameters are described in Table 3-11.


Table 3-11: AXSM Sonet Line Alarm Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Line Number

Line number.

cwsLineStatisticalAlarmSeverity

Indicates whether exceeding this statistical threshold is considered to be a minor or major severity alarm.

cwsLineCurrentESsThreshold

Threshold for Errored Seconds detection on the working line.

cwsLineTotalESsThreshold

Number of Errored Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Section in the last 24 hours.

cwsLineCurrentSESsThreshold

Number of Severely Errored Seconds currently encountered by a SONET/SDH Section.

cwsLineTotalSESsThreshold

Number of Severely Errored Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Section in the last 24 hours.

cwsLineCurrentCVsThreshold

Number of Coding Violations encountered by a SONET/SDH Section in the last 24 hours.

cwsLineTotalCVsThreshold

Number of Coding Violations currently encountered by a SONET/SDH Section.

cwsLineCurrentUASsThreshold

Number of Unavailable Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Section in the last 24 hours.

cwsLineTotalUASsThreshold

Total number of Unavailable Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Section.

Line Alarms

Idicates the status of the line. Can be major, minor, or clear.

Sonet Line Current Dialog

Use this dialog to view AXSM Sonet Section Current dialog parameters (Figure 3-11).


Figure 3-11: Sonet Line Current Dialog


The dialog parameters are described in Table 3-12.


Table 3-12: Sonet Line Current Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Line Number

Line number.

Current Status

Current status of the sonet line.

Current ESs

Number of Errored Seconds in the current 15-minute interval encountered by a SONET/SDH line.

Current SESs

Number of Severely Errored Seconds in the current 15-minute interval encountered by a SONET/SDH line.

Current CVs

Number of Coding Violations in the current 15-minute interval encountered by a SONET/SDH line.

CurrentUASs

Number of Unavailable Seconds in the current 15-minute interval encountered by a SONET/SDH line.

Sonet Line Total Dialog

Use this dialog to view Sonet Line Total dialog parameters (Figure 3-12).


Figure 3-12: Sonet Line Total Dialog


The dialog parameters are described in Table 3-13.


Table 3-13: Sonet Line Total Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Line Number

Line number.

cslTotalESs

Number of Errored Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Line in the last 24 hours.

cslTotalSESs

Number of Severely Errored Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Line in the last 24 hours.

cslTotalCVs

Number of Coding Violations encountered by a SONET/SDH Line in the last 24 hours.

cslTotalUASs

Number of Unavailable Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Line in the last 24 hours.

cslFarEndTotalESs

Number of Errored Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Far End Line in the last 24 hours.

cslFarEndTotalSESs

Number of Severely Errored Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Far End Line in the last 24 hours.

cslFarEndTotalCVs

Number of Coding Violations encountered by a SONET/SDH Far End Line in the last 24 hours.

cslFarEndTotalUASs

Number of Unavailable Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Far End Line in the last 24 hours.

Sonet Medium Config Dialog

Use this dialog to view Sonet Medium Config dialog parameters (Figure 3-13).


Figure 3-13: Sonet Medium Config Dialog


The dialog parameters are described in Table 3-14.
Table 3-14: Sonet Medium Config Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Line

Line number.

Medium Type

Identifies whether or not a Sonet or an SDH signal is used across this interface. Can be Sonet or sdh.

Time Elapsed

Number of seconds, including partial seconds, that have elapsed since the beginning of the mandatory error-measurement period.

Valid Intervals

Number of previous intervals for which valid data has been stored. A Sonet device must support at least n intervals, where n is:

4 = minimum value

32 = default value

96 = maximum value

The value of this object is n unless the device was brought on-line within the last nx15 minutes, in which case the value is the number of complete 15-minute intervals the device has been on-line

Line Coding

Number of Coding Violations encountered by a SONET/SDH line.

Line Type

Line type for the Sonet interface. The line types are Short and Long Range Single Mode fiber or Multi-Mode fiber interfaces, and coax and UTP for electrical interfaces. Can be one of the following:

sonetOther

sonetMediumB3Zs

sonetShortSingleMode

sonetLongSingleMode

sonetMultimode

sonetCoax

sonetUTP

Circuit ID

Circuit identifier.

Sonet Section Alarm Dialog

Use this dialog to view Sonet Section Alarm parameters (Figure 3-14).


Figure 3-14: Sonet Section Alarm Dialog


The dialog parameters are described in Table 3-15.


Table 3-15: Sonet Section Alarm Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Line

Identifies the line type.

cwsSectionStatisticalAlarmSeverity

Indicates whether exceeding this statistical threshold is considered to be a minor or major severity alarm.

cwsSectionCurrentESsThreshold

Indicates the threshold for errored seconds (ES), for the current 15-minute interval.

cwsSectionTotalESsThreshold

Indicates the threshold for errored seconds (ES), for the
24 hour interval.

cwsSectionCurrentSESsThreshold

Indicates the threshold for severely errored seconds (SES) for the current 15-minute interval.

cwsSectionTotalSESsThreshold

Indicates the threshold for severely errored seconds (SES) for the 24 hour interval.

cwsSectionCurrentSEFSsThreshold

Indicates the threshold for the current 15-minute interval, for severely errored framing seconds (SEFS).

cwsSectionTotalSEFSsThreshold

Indicates the threshold for severely errored framing seconds (SEFS) for the 24 hour interval.

cwsSectionCurrentCVsThreshold

Indicates the threshold for coding violations (CV) for the current 15-minute interval.

cwsSectionTotalCVsThreshold

Indicates the threshold for coding violations (CV) for
24 hour interval.

Section Alarms

Indicates the status of the interface. When an alarm is raised, this would indicate which threshold was exceeded. This object is updated every 15 minutes. Once the current 15-minute window has passed, and there are no errors in the current 15-minute window, the object is cleared from the lower level sonet task. The Section Alarm Status is a bit map represented as a sum, therefore, it can represent multiple defects simultaneously. If none of the bits are set, it indicates no defect. Can be one or more of the following:

  • clear

  • sonetSectionTotalESs

  • sonetSectionTotalSESs

  • sonetSectionTotalSEFSs

  • sonetSectionTotalCVs

  • sonetSectionCurrentESs

  • sonetSectionCurrentSESs

  • sonetSectionCurrentSEFSs

  • sonetSectionCurrentCVs

Sonet Section Current Dialog

Use this dialog to view Sonet Section Current parameters (Figure 3-15).


Figure 3-15: Sonet Section Current Dialog


The dialog parameters are described in Table 3-16.


Table 3-16: Sonet Section Current Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Line

Identifies the line type.

Current Status

Current status of the Sonet line.

Current ESs

Number of Errored Seconds in the current 15-minute interval encountered by a SONET/SDH line.

CurrentSESs

Number of Severely Errored Seconds in the current 15-minute interval encountered by a SONET/SDH line.

Current SEFSs

Number of Coding Violations in the current 15-minute interval encountered by a SONET/SDH line.

Current CVs

Number of Unavailable Seconds in the current 15-minute interval encountered by a SONET/SDH line.

Sonet Section Total Dialog

Use this dialog to view Sonet Section Total parameters (Figure 3-16).


Figure 3-16: Sonet Section Total Dialog


The dialog parameters are described in Table 3-17.


Table 3-17: Sonet Section Total Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Line Number

Line number.

cssTotalESs

Number of Errored Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Line in the last 24 hours.

cssTotalSESs

Number of Severely Errored Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Line in the last 24 hours.

cssTotalCVs

Number of Coding Violations encountered by a SONET/SDH Line in the last 24 hours.

Sonet Path Current Dialog

Use this dialog to view Sonet Path Current dialog parameters (Figure 3-17).


Figure 3-17: Sonet Path Current Dialog


The dialog parameters are described in Table 3-18.


Table 3-18: Sonet Path Current Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Line Number

Line Number.

Current Status

Current status of the line.

Current ESs

Number of Errored Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Line in the last 15 minutes.

Current SESs

Number of SeverelyErrored Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Line in the last 15 minutes.

Current CVs

Number of Coding Violations encountered by a SONET/SDH Line in the last 15 minutes.

CurrentUASs

Number of Unavailable Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Line in the last15 minutes.

Sonet Path Total Dialog

Use this dialog to view Sonet Path Total parameters (Figure 3-18).


Figure 3-18: Sonet Path Total Dialog


The dialog parameters are described in Table 3-19.


Table 3-19: Sonet Path Total Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Line Number

Line number.

cspTotalESs

Number of Errored Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Path in the last 24 hours.

cspTotalSESs

Number of Severely Errored Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Path in the last 24 hours.

cspTotalCVs

Number of Coding Violations encountered by a SONET/SDH Path in the last 24 hours.

cspTotalUASs

Number of Unavailable Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH Path in the last 24 hours.

cspFarEndTotalESs

Number of Errored Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH far end path in the last 24 hours.

cspFarEndTotalSESs

Number of Severely Errored Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH far end path in the last 24 hours.

cspFarEndTotalCVs

Number of Coding Violations encountered by a SONET/SDH far end path in the last 24 hours.

cspFarEndTotalUASs

Number of Unavailable Seconds encountered by a SONET/SDH far end path in the last 24 hours.

Sonet Path Alarm Dialog

Use this dialog to view Sonet Path Alarm parameters (Figure 3-19).


Figure 3-19: Sonet Path Alarm Dialog


The dialog parameters are described in Table 3-20.


Table 3-20: Sonet Path Alarm Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Line Number

Identifies the selected line.

cwsPathStatisticalAlarmSeverity

When any statistical threshold is exceeded, this object is set to major or minor.

cwsPathCurrentESsThreshold

Indicates the threshold for errored seconds ES) for the current
15 minute interval, above which alarm is generated. This threshold is the same for Far End (remote end of the line) and Near End(this end of the line).

cwsPathTotalESsThreshold

Indicates the threshold for errored seconds (ES) for the 24 hour interval, above which alarm is generated. This threshold is the same for Far End (remote end of the line) and Near End(this end of the line).

cwsPathCurrentSESsThreshold

Indicates the threshold for severely errored seconds (SES) for the current 15 minute interval, above which alarm is generated. This threshold is the same for Far End and Near End.

cwsPathTotalSESsThreshold

Indicates the threshold for severely errored seconds (SES) for the 24 hour interval, above which alarm is generated. This threshold is the same for Far End and Near End.

cwsPathCurrentCVsThreshold

Indicates the threshold for coding violations for the current
15 minute interval, above which alarm is generated. This threshold is the same for Far End and Near End.

cwsPathTotalCVsThreshold

Indicates the threshold for coding violations for the 24 hour interval, above which alarm is generated. This threshold is the same for Far End and Near End.

cwsPathCurrentUASsThreshold

Unavailable seconds threshold for the current 15-min interval, above which alarm is generated. This threshold is the same for Far End and Near End.

cwsPathTotalUASsThreshold

Unavailable seconds threshold for the 24 hour interval, above which alarm is generated. This threshold is the same for Far End and Near End.

Path Alarms

Indicates the status of the interface. The cwsPathStatAlarmStatus is a bit map represented as a sum, therefore, it can represent multiple defects simultaneously. If none of the bits are set, it indicates no defect. The following are the bit positions:

  • sonetPathTotalESs

  • sonetPathTotalSESs

  • sonetPathTotalCVs

  • sonetPathTotalUASs

  • sonetPathCurrentESs

  • sonetPathCurrentSESs

  • sonetPathCurrentCVs

  • sonetPathCurrentUASs

  • sonetFarEndPathTotalESs

  • sonetFarEndPathTotalSESs

  • sonetFarEndPathTotalCVs

  • sonetFarEndPathTotalUASs

  • sonetFarEndPathCurrentESs

  • sonetFarEndPathCurrentSESs

  • sonetFarEndPathCurrentCVs

  • sonetFarEndPathCurrentUASs

Monitoring Sonet Lines

The AXSM Monitor Category menu contains the Sonet Section Counters Dialog.

Sonet Section Counters (AXSM Card)

Use this dialog to monitor Sonet section counters on an AXSM card (Figure 3-20).


Figure 3-20: Sonet Line Counters (AXSM Card) Monitor Dialog


The dialog parameters are described in Table 3-21.


Table 3-21: Sonet Section Severe Counters Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Errored Seconds

Displays the number of errored seconds (ES) encountered by a SONET/SDH Section in the last 24 hours.

Severely Errored Seconds

Displays the number of severely errored seconds (SESs) encountered by a SONET/SDH Section in the last 24 hours.

SE Framing Seconds

Displays the number of severely errored framing seconds (SEFSs) encountered by a SONET/SDH Section in the last 24 hours.

Coding Violations

Displays the number of Coding Violations (CVs) encountered by a SONET/SDH Section in the last 24 hours.


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