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Setting TCA Profiles

The TCA Settings are not editable (by default). To edit them, enable the Threshold for TCA first. Refer to Enabling Threshold Crossing Alert (TCA) Settings.

Perform the steps given below to set TCA profiles for 15-minute or 1-day duration.

  1. Click Configuration > Facilities > STM in the navigation pane. The STM Port interface configuration preview pane is displayed.
  2. Click on the desired STMn port link. The Provision interface - STMn-1-<slot no>-<port no> preview pane is displayed.
  3. Do one of the following:
  4. Enter the threshold values in the respective text fields. For more information, refer to the TCA Setting parameters table given below.
  5. Click Submit. The confirmation message is displayed.
  6. Click Accept Valid Modifications. A "Successfully Modified" message is displayed under the Warnings field.

    A click on Back link will direct you to the TCA Settings preview pane.

TCA Setting parameters

Parameter

Description

Default Value

 

 

15 min

1 day

Threshold RS-ES

Threshold for Errored Seconds-Regenerator Section

114

10944

Threshold RS-SES

Threshold for Severely Errored Seconds-Regenerator Section

10

960

Threshold RS-BBE/RS-CV

Threshold for Background Block Errors/Code Violations-Regenerator Section

  • STM1: 27000
  • STM4: 108000
  • STM16: 432000
  • STM1: 2592000
  • STM4: 10368000
  • STM16: 41472000

Threshold MS-ES

Threshold for Errored Seconds-Multiplex Section

114

10944

Threshold MS-SES

Threshold for Severely Errored Seconds- Multiplex Section

10

960

Threshold MS-BBE/MS-CV

Threshold for Background Block Errors/Code Violations-Multiplex Section

  • STM1: 27000
  • STM4: 108000
  • STM16: 432000
  • STM64: 1728000
  • STM1: 2592000
  • STM4: 10368000
  • STM16: 41472000
  • STM64: 165888000

NOTE: Default value for the few Threshold parameters depend on the optical interface type which has been mentioned above along with the values.

See Also

Viewing STM Interface Configuration

Provisioning STM Port

Enabling Threshold Crossing Alert (TCA) Settings

Provisioning AUG SPE

Provisioning AU4

Provisioning TU

Editing AU4/AU3 Performance Monitoring Parameters