Lucent ITM-NM/OMS alarm messages

ITM-NM/OMS alarm messages are sent to the XMC interface under the following conditions:

During the synchronization following a successful login by the Probe for Lucent ITM-NM/OMS
When a new active alarm occurs
When a clear operation on a previous alarm occurs

The XMC interface then generates alarm events. There are several different alarm events generated; this section contains examples for two of these. Other event headers are recognized according to the setting of the AlarmHeaders property. For more detailed descriptions of the following alarm events and their values, refer to your Lucent G2 documentation.

The XMC interface then generates alarm events. The format of the event is:

ae
t < numeric>
s < C | A>
tm < string>
sv < P | D | I>
n < string>
af < SA | NSA>
cla < string>
clz < string>
pa < string>
clf < string>
< 012>< 012>

The following table describes the format of the Lucent ITM-NM alarm event fields.

Table 1. Lucent ITM-NM alarm event fields
Field Name	Values	Description
`t`	`numeric`	This field specifies the sequence number tag. The tag is increased each time a regular alarm message is sent, including alarm clears.
`s`	`C \| A`	This field specifies the state of the alarm. Possible values are: C (clear) A (active)
`tm`	`string`	This field specifies the time stamp. The format is MM-DD-YYYY HH:MM:SS.
`sv`	`P \| D \| I`	This field specifies the alarm severity. Possible values are: P (Prompt) D (Deferred), and I (Information) These values are related to major, minor, and warning.
`n`	`string`	This field specifies the name or description of the alarm. This is provided by the EMS to identify the probable cause.
`af`	`SA`	This field specifies the NSA Service Affecting flag. Possible values are: SA (Service Affecting) and NSA (Non-Service Affecting)
`cla`	`string`	This field identifies the network element (A element) that reported the alarm.
`clz`	`string`	This field identifies the network element (Z element) at the other end of the path/circuit that is affected by the alarm generated by the A element. This field may be blank when no path/circuit is associated with the A element and the port address (pa) can be found.
`pa`	`string`	This field specifies the physical port address.
`clf`	`string`	This field contains the circuit identifier. This field may be blank when no path/circuit associated with the A element and the port address (pa) can be found.