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Provisioning New Path Alarm Profile

Perform the steps given below to provision a new path alarm profile.

  1. Click Profiles > Path Alarm Profiles in the navigation pane. The View Path Alarm Profile preview pane is displayed.
  2. Click on Provision a new Path Alarm Profile link. The Provision New Path Alarm Profile preview pane is displayed.

    Provision New Path Alarm Profile

  3. Select or enter value for the parameters. For more information, refer to Provision New Path Alarm Profile parameters table given below.
  4. Click Create. A confirmation message is displayed.
  5. Click Yes. A "Successfully Created Path Alarm Profile" message is displayed.

Provision New Path Alarm Profile parameters

Parameter

Description

Default Value

Acceptable Value

Profile Name

Allows you to enter a name for new path alarm profile.

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Includes a set of alphanumeric characters

TIM Action

Allows you to select the TIM action.

  • Ignore TIM: No action on trace identifier mismatch.
  • Report TIM, No Downstream AIS: It reports TIM on trace identifier mismatch, does not send downstream AIS.
  • Downstream AIS on TIM: It sends Downstream alarm indication signal (AIS) on trace identifier mismatch.
  • Suppress TIM: It will suppress TIM action.

Suppress TIM

  • Ignore TIM
  • Report TIM, No Downstream AIS
  • Downstream AIS on TIM
  • Suppress TIM

Signal Label Mismatch Action

Allows you to select the action for signal label mismatch.

  • Ignore SLM: No action on Signal Label Mismatch (SLM).
  • Report SLM, No Downstream AIS: On Signal Label Mismatch (SLM), HP_PLM alarm is reported but no downstream Alarm Indication Signal (AIS) is sent.
  • Downstream AIS on SLM: Report HP_PLM alarm and send, Alarm Indication Signal (AIS) downstream (traffic affecting), on Signal Label Mismatch(SLM).
  • Suppress SLM: It will suppress SLM action.

Report SLM, No Downstream AIS

  • Ignore SLM
  • Report SLM, No Downstream AIS
  • Downstream AIS on SLM
  • Suppress SLM

UNEQ Signal Label Action

Allows you to select the action for UNEQ signal label.

  • Ignore UNEQ: It ignores UNEQ alarm.
  • Report UNEQ, No Downstream AIS: It reports UNEQ alarm, does not send downstream AIS.
  • Downstream AIS on UNEQ: It sends downstream alarm indication signal (AIS) on UNEQ signal label mismatch.
  • Suppress UNEQ: It will suppress UNEQ signal label action.

Report UNEQ, No Downstream AIS

  • Ignore UNEQ
  • Report UNEQ, No Downstream AIS
  • Downstream AIS on UNEQ
  • Suppress UNEQ

Masked Alarms List or Select Alarms for Masking

List of masked alarms. The alarms that can be masked are:

  • Alarm Indication Signal
  • Remote Defect Indication
  • Loss Of Pointer
  • Signal Degrade
  • Signal Fail
  • E4

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See Also

Understanding Profiles

Viewing STM Port Profiles

Editing STM Port Profiles

Viewing Path Alarm Profiles

Deleting Path Alarm Profiles