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Alarm Management

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Chapter 1 Chapter 2

Basic Concepts Alarm Operation

Alarm Classification
According to the generation time, alarms are classified into: Active alarm: An active alarm is a fault alarm not recovered in the BSC6000

system.
History alarm: A history alarm is an alarm generated in the BSC6000 system History alarms consist of the following:

Fault alarms recovered


Fault alarms not recovered Event alarms According to the alarm nature, alarms are classified into: Fault alarm: A fault alarm is an alarm that is reported to the network management equipment when equipment has faults or exceptions. After the faults or exceptions are processed and cleared, the alarm is cleared.

Alarm Classification
Event alarm: An event alarm is a alarm generated to indicate a transient state during equipment operation. Some event alarms are generated periodically. Event alarms are only to notify that the system is in alarm state and thus do not require handling.

Basic Concepts of Alarms


Alarm serial number: The alarm serial number is arranged on the basis of alarm raised time. The alarm serial number is the only index in the alarm logs. The alarm generated and the alarm cleared use the same alarm serial number. Alarm name: The alarm name has a one-to-one mapping with the alarm ID.

Basic Concepts of Alarms


Alarm raised time Recovery time Alarm ID: An alarm ID defines a type of alarms and represents a specific type of faults or events. Alarm ID is the only index of alarm item, and is the main keyword of the alarm configuration table in the network management system.

Basic Concepts
Alarm severity: Critical Alarm, Major Alarm, Minor Alarm, Warning Alarm
Alarm severity Critical Definition Alarms that affect the services provided by the system Critical alarms must be handled immediately even if they are generated outside working hours. If the equipment or resources are totally unavailable, the equipment or resources have to be recovered. Major Alarms that affect the quality of service Major alarms must be handled during working hours. If the quality of services provided by certain equipment or resources decreases, the equipment or resources need to be recovered. Minor Alarms that do not affect the quality of services but may lead to more serious faults Minor alarms need handling in proper time or further check. Warning Alarms indicating that there may be faults affecting the quality of services Learn the running status of the system Check the alarm causes and eliminate them. Handle the alarms in time. Otherwise, some major f unctions may be affected. Handling method Handle the alarms imme diately. Otherwise, the system may be unavailable.

Basic Concepts
Classification of network management: The network management is divided into power system, environment system, signaling system, trunk system, hardware system, software system, operating system, communication system, quality of services, processing faults, and so on. Location information: Location information is the information used to locate

alarms. The location information in the alarm recovery report is the same as
that in the corresponding fault alarm report. Alarm type: Fault alarm or event alarm Alarm Clear Flag: The sign indicates whether an alarm is cleared. The Flag is

either not cleared or cleared.

Channel to Report Alarms of Local Subrack


Process of reporting alarms of the local subrack: SMU generates alarms. After being screened and filtered on SMU, alarms are switched through GE and reported to GBAM. GBAM reports alarms to LMT/EMS and records the alarm log. The Convert module of LMT drives and output the alarm box.
GMPS Service board

GSCU

GBAM

LMT Convert

GEPS Service board

GSCU

Channel to Report Alarms of Remote Subrack


Process of reporting alarms of remote subrack: The remote subrack SMU generates alarms. Alarms are screened and filtered on SMU. Alarms are switched through GE to the GEIUT of the local subrack, and then sent through SS7 link of the Ater interface to the GEIUT board of the central subrack. The GEIUT board of the local subrack switches alarms through GE and reports to GBAM.

GBAM finishes corresponding output (send the output to LMT/EMS and records
the alarm log). The Covert module of LMT finishes driving and output of the alarm box. GTCS
Service board

GMPS
GEIUT GSCU GBAM LMT Convert

GEIUT

Channel to Report BTS Alarms


Process of reporting BTS alarms:
Alarms generated at BTS are screened and filtered inside the BTS. Alarms are sent through OML links and sent to EIUB of the local subrack. Alarms are processed through LAPD protocol on the EIUB, switched through GE, and sent to GBAM. GBAM finishes the alarm output (reports alarms to LMT/EMS and records the alarm log).

The Convert module of LMT finishes driving and output of the alarm box.

GMPS BTS GEIUB GSCU GBAM LMT Convert Alarm box

BTS

GEPS GSCU GEIUB

Chapter 1

Basic Concepts

Chapter 2 Alarm Operation

Operations About Alarms


Management operations of alarms are as follows: Browsing Alarms Querying History Alarms Querying Alarm Box Information Controlling the Alarm Box Maintaining the Shield Severity of the Alarm Box Querying Alarm Configuration Setting Alarm Display Color

Browsing Alarms
Browsing Alarms: Query active alarms and receive real-time alarm reports to keep the displayed active alarms corresponding with GBAM. In addition, alarms can be manually cleared. (Demonstrate)

Querying History Alarms


Query history alarms. There are two tab pages of setting conditions for history alarms: General Option Detailed Option

Querying History Alarms


After setting the conditions for querying history alarms, click OK to

display the query interface.

Querying History Alarms


Right click the selected alarm, and in the short-cut menu, make the following operations: Choose Query History Alarm to query history alarms again. Choose Save All Alarms to save query results of all history alarms. Choose Save Selected Alarms to save query results of selected

history alarms.

Querying History Alarms


Choose Alarm Details to display the interface of detailed information of selected alarms. Choose Set Show Columns to set the alarm information to be displayed. . Choose Filter Alarms to set alarm filtering conditions so that selected alarms can be displayed.

Querying Alarm Configuration


Querying alarm configuration: The function is used to query Alarm ID, Alarm Name, Alarm Type, Alarm Severity, Shield Flag, To Alarm Box Flag, and Modification Flag. (Only super user can query Modification Flag.) Choose Alarm > Query Alarm Configuration to display the Query Alarm Configuration Settings dialog box.

Querying Alarm Configuration


Right-click the alarm to be queried. In the short-cut menu, make the following operations: Choose Query Alarm Configuration to query alarm configuration again. Choose Set To Alarm Box Flag to set To Alarm Box Flag, including Report and Not report. Choose Restore Alarm Configuration to restore the default settings of the selected alarm.

Setting Alarm Display Color


Setting alarm display color: The function is used to set the display colors of different kinds of alarms. Without settings, the system default colors are used. Choose Alarm > Set Alarm Display Color to display the Set Alarm Display Color dialog box.

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