Verilink Access Manager 2000 (896-502037-001) Product Manual User Manual

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Configuring the T1 Network

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3. Review the alarm condition settings by pressing

to get the

Alarm Condition Sub-Menu screen.

Here you decide how many errors in how short a time period are
excessive and worth defining an alarm condition.

Defining alarm conditions

Alarm conditions are designed to alert you to conditions that can
negatively affect service on the T1 line. From a functional point of view,
alarm conditions actually include alarms, performance alerts, and events.

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Alarms imply that something is out-of-service or broken.

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Performance alerts indicate that line service is degraded. Usually, a
user-specified threshold has been exceeded.

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Events include loopbacks. An alarm condition from setting a
loopback lets you know, preventatively, that you are putting part of
the line out of service.

These distinctions are not reflected in the registers nor do they need to be.
They’re only made to give you an understanding of the wide range of
conditions which solicit alarms.

To define alarm conditions, follow these steps:

Set the EQP BER (Bit Error Rate) threshold and the NET BER
threshold