12-Configuring Alarm and Performance Monitoring Parameters.

OptiX iManager T2000
Operation Manual for SDH
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12 Configuring Alarm and Performance Monitoring Parameters

12.1 Setting Network Wide Alarm Attributes
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12.1.1 Creating Alarm Attribute Template
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12.1.2 Creating Alarm Correlation Rules
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12.1.3 Creating Fault Diagnosis Rule
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12.1.4 Setting Alarm Function Switch
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12.1.5 Enabling Alarm Notification to E-mail or Pager
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12.1.6 Enabling Alarm Box and Setting Parameter
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12.1.7 Setting Alarm Dump Condition
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12.2 Setting NE Alarm Attributes
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12.3 Setting Board/Port Alarm Attributes
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12.3.1 Setting Alarm Severity and Auto-report
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12.3.2 Setting Alarm Suppression Status
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12.3.3 Setting Alarm Filter Status
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12.3.4 Setting Bit Error Alarm Threshold
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12.3.5 Setting AIS Insertion Switch
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12.3.6 Setting UNEQ Insertion Switch
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12.4 Setting Trail Alarm Attributes
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12.4.1 Setting Trail Alarm Suppression
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12.4.2 Setting Trail Alarm Reversion
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12.5 Setting Performance Monitoring Parameters

12.5.1 Creating Performance Threshold Template
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12.5.2 Setting Board Performance Threshold
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12.5.3 Setting Trail Performance Parameters
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12.5.4 Resetting NE Performance Register
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12.5.5 Resetting ATM Performance Register
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12.5.6 Resetting Ethernet Performance Register
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12.5.7 Setting Performance Dump Conditions
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12.6 Setting Performance Monitor
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12.6.1 Starting or Stopping Performance Monitoring
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12.6.2 Setting Performance Monitoring Object
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12.6.3 Setting ATM Performance Monitor
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12.6.4 Setting Ethernet Performance Monitor
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12.6.5 Setting Non-Periodic Automatic Report of Performance Event
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Configuring Alarm and Performance

Monitoring Parameters
This chapter introduces how to configure alarm and performance monitoring

parameters in the T2000.
The following tasks are described:
Setting Network Wide Alarm Attributes
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Setting NE Alarm Attributes
Setting Board/Port Alarm Attributes
Setting Trail Alarm Attributes
Setting Performance Monitoring Parameters
Setting Performance Monitor
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12.1 Setting Network Wide Alarm Attributes

12.1.1 Creating Alarm Attribute Template
Purpose
Use this procedure to create alarm attribute template.
Setting Alarm Attributes NE by NE is very time-consuming. So the T2000 provides
an easy way (creating alarm attribute template) to set alarm attributes for NEs.
Prerequisite
NM user with the authority of system maintainer or above.
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Alarm/Set Alarms/Customize Alarm Attribute Template] from

the main menu.
Select a template from the Template Name drop-down list.
Modify the alarm attributes. Click <Save> to save the modification, or

click <Save As> and enter a template name to save as a new
template.
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12.1.2 Creating Alarm Correlation Rules

Purpose
Use this procedure to create alarm correlation rules to suppress the alarms which
are induced by other alarms. Then troubleshooting will be easier.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Alarm/Set Alarms/Set Alarm Correlation Rules] from the main

menu.
Click <Create>, a new rule entry will be added. Select Alarm 1 and
Alarm 2, Conditions and Action.
Click <Apply> to confirm the creation.
Follow Step 2 and Step 3 to create more rules as you need.
12.1.3 Creating Fault Diagnosis Rule

Purpose
Use this procedure to help network maintenance engineers accumulate and share
experience.
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Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Alarm/Set Alarms/Set Fault Diagnosis Rules] from the main

menu.
Right-click the Fault Diagnosis Rules folder and select [Add Rules].
A Create Fault Diagnosis Rules dialog box is displayed.
Select an alarm which you want to add diagnosis rule, click <OK> to
confirm. A new rule entry is added.
Right-click the new rule entry and select [Add Steps]. A Create
Diagnosis Steps dialog box is displayed.
Enter the Alarm Causes, Diagnosis Method and Processing

Method fields. Click <OK> to confirm. A step entry is added under
the rule entry.
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Step
Action
Follow Step 4 and Step 5 to add new step entries under the rule
entry.
If you need, you can right-click a step entry and select [Modify] to
modify the original contents.
Click <Apply> to confirm the adding and modification.
12.1.4 Setting Alarm Function Switch

Purpose
Use this procedure to enable the T2000 to automatically deal with alarms to reduce
your workload.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Alarm/Set Alarms/Set Alarm Function Switch] from the main

menu.
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Step
Action
In the upper-left corner, select Auto Acknowledge Switch, and set

alarm ending date.
Note:
For example: set the alarm ending date to 2, then the T2000 will
automatically acknowledge the alarms, which ended two days
before, at 3 a.m. every day.
In the lower-left corner, select one or more auto alarm

synchronization trigger events according to actual condition.
Note:
For example: If When Starting the NM is selected, the alarm
synchronization will be executed automatically when the NM is
started up.
In the upper-right corner, select Enable Alarm Correlation Analysis

to enable the alarm correlation analysis function. Refer to the note in
the corner for details.
In the lower-right corner, select Automatically Modify End Alarm into

History Alarm. Refer to the note in the corner for details.
Click <Apply> to confirm the settings.
12.1.5 Enabling Alarm Notification to E-mail or Pager

Purpose
Use this procedure to facilitate maintenance engineers know the network running
status momentarily. The T2000 provides the alarm notification function. If an alarm
occurs, the T2000 will send a message to an appointed engineers email-box, pager
or cell-phone.
Prerequisite
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Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Alarm/Set Alarms/Set Alarm SMS Notification] from the main

menu.
Click <Create> to add a notification entry.
Enter the user name. Set the communication mode. Enter the
communication number. And set Alarm Severity, Alarm Type, NE and
Switch. Click <Apply> to confirm the settings.
Note:
1) There are three communication modes: Beep-Pager, mobile
phone and email.
2) Select Alarm Severity, Alarm Type and NE. The T2000 will send
messages only when alarms compliant with the settings occur.
Thus you can focus on the important alarms.
3) Up to fifteen notification entries can be created.
If the communication mode is email, you need to click

<Communication Settings> to set the SMTP address.
If the communication mode is Beep-Pager, you need to click

<Communication Settings> to select the serial port connected with
Modem.
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12.1.6 Enabling Alarm Box and Setting Parameter

Purpose
Use this procedure to set an alarm box. Then the T2000 can remind maintenance
engineers by the alarm box when alarms occur.
Prerequisites
NM user with the authority of system administrator or above.
The advanced menu has been started in the "Customize Function".
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Alarm/Set Alarm Box] from the main menu. A Warning dialog
box (it prompts the alarm box is not enabled) is displayed. Click
<OK>. An Alarm Box dialog box is displayed.
Select the Alarm Box Settings tab. Select the Enable Alarm Box
and set the communication parameters of the alarm box with the
T2000 Client computer.
Click <Apply>. A prompt dialog box (Please restart the client to

make the settings effective) is displayed. Click <OK>.
Restart the T2000 Client program to enable the settings.
Re-enter the alarm box setting dialog box.
Select the Alarm Box Operations tab. You can turn off one or more
indicators as you need. Or click <Mute Alarm Sound> to turn off the
sound of the alarm box. If you click <Mute Alarm Sound> again, the
sound will come back.
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12.1.7 Setting Alarm Dump Condition

Purpose
Use this procedure to set alarm dump condition.
To avoid the alarm data overflowing or being damaged, you need to dump alarm
data in time.
You can dump the alarm data manually. Otherwise, you can set the alarm dump
condition. The T2000 will dump the alarm data as you need.
There are two methods for auto dumping the alarm data: Dumping when Overflow,
Dumping in schedule. You can select one method or both of them.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Alarm/Alarm Dump] from the main menu.
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Step
Action
Enter the Maximum Storage Capacity, Dump number and Capacity

Alarm Threshold for the Dumping when Overflow method.
Set Dump Periodically or not to Yes. Set Dump Interval and
Time Limit for the Dumping in schedule method.
Note:
1) The storage capacity refers to the maximum number of
records that can be kept in the T2000 database.
2) The dump number refers to the number of alarm records to be
dumped at a time.
3) The capacity alarm threshold refers to a number of records,
when the records in the T2000 database exceed this number, an
alarm occurs and the T2000 executes dumping operation.
4) The time limit refers to a period, when the T2000 executes
dumping operation, only those records occurred earlier than this
period will be dumped.
Click <OK> to confirm the settings.
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12.2 Setting NE Alarm Attributes

Purpose
Use this procedure to set alarm attributes for NEs.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Alarm/Set Alarms/Set NE Alarm Attribute] from the main

menu.
Select one or more NEs in the lower-left pane and click the
double-right-arrow button.
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Step
Action
Select an NE entry and set attributes for it.

Note:
1) There are two saving modes: wrap, stop. If the saving mode is
wrap, when the alarm register is full, the oldest alarms will be
deleted for saving new alarms. If the saving mode is stop, when
the alarm register is full, new alarms will be discarded.
2) There are three reversion modes: no reversion, auto-reversion
and manual reversion. If the reversion mode is no reversion, all
the alarms will be reported. If the reversion mode is
auto-reversion, the configured but unloaded ports will not report
alarms until the ports are loaded with service. If the reversion
mode is manual reversion, all the ports of the NE will not report
alarms and the reversion indicator will flash.
3) If the correlative suppressing switch is enabled, alarms induced
by other alarms will not be reported.
4) If the delay switch is enabled, the following two attributes need
to be set.
5) Alarm occurring delay time refers to a period of time. If an alarm
is detected continuously for this period of time, the T2000
considers this alarm occurs.
6) Alarm ending delay time refers to a period of time. If an alarm is
not detected continuously for this period of time, the T2000
considers this alarm is already ended.
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12.3 Setting Board/Port Alarm Attributes

12.3.1 Setting Alarm Severity and Auto-report
Purpose
Use this procedure to set alarm severity and auto-report for boards.
Up to five NEs can be set at the same time.
Prerequisite
NM user with the authority of system operator or above.
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Alarm/ Set Alarms/Set Alarm Severity and Auto-Report] from

the main menu.
Select one or more boards in the lower-left pane and click the
Set alarm severity and auto-report status as you need.
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Step
Action
If you have created an alarm template for the boards, you can click
<Open Template> and select the desired template. And click <Open
Template> to confirm the selection.
12.3.2 Setting Alarm Suppression Status

Purpose
Use this procedure to set alarm suppression for boards.
Up to five NEs can be set at the same time.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Alarm/Set Alarms/Set Alarm Suppression] from the main

menu.
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Step
Action
Set alarm suppression status as you need.
If you have created an alarm template for the boards, you can click
12.3.3 Setting Alarm Filter Status

Purpose
Use this procedure to set alarm filter status.
After NEs report alarms to the T2000, the T2000 will decide whether to display and
save the alarm information according to the alarm filter status.
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Prerequisite
NM user with the authority of system administrator or above.
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Alarm/Set Alarms/Set Alarm Filter] from the main menu.
Set alarm filter status.
12.3.4 Setting Bit Error Alarm Threshold

Purpose
Use this procedure to set bit error alarm threshold of a specified port.
When bit error number exceeds the threshold, an alarm occurs.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Alarm/Set QoS/Set Bit Error Alarm Threshold] from the main
menu.
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Step
Action
Double-click to select a board in the lower-left pane.
Set threshold for B1, B2 and B3 bytes.

Note:
There are two thresholds for bit error: Threshold-crossing and
Deterioration.
12.3.5 Setting AIS Insertion Switch

Purpose
Use this procedure to set AIS insertion switch for a specified port.
For service that should be of good Quality of Service (QoS), when a specific
QoS-affecting event (for example, TIM_P) is detected, the T2000 will insert AIS at
the port immediately, thus triggering the related protection mechanism and switching
the service at this port to a protection port to guarantee the QoS.
Prerequisite
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Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Alarm/Set QoS/Set AIS Insert Switch] from the main menu.
Enable the AIS insertion switch.
12.3.6 Setting UNEQ Insertion Switch

Purpose
Use this procedure to set the UNEQ insertion switch for a special port.
If the condition is met, UNEQ insertion will occur.
After UNEQ is inserted in a port, the service of this port will be interrupted, and none
of the alarms of this port but TA_LOS will be detected. You can select whether to
monitor the TA_LOS alarm of this port as required.
Prerequisite
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Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Alarm/Set QoS/Set UNEQ Insertion Switch] from the main

menu.
Enable one or two switches as you need.

Note:
There are two switches for UNEQ insertion: LOS alarm and
path not used.
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12.4 Setting Trail Alarm Attributes

12.4.1 Setting Trail Alarm Suppression
Purpose
Use this procedure to set alarm suppression for trails.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [View/Trail View] from main menu. Select [Trail/Trail

Management] in the Trail View.
A dialog box prompting you to filter trails is displayed. Click <OK>.
Click <Filter> in the Trail Management interface. The Set Trail

Browse Filter Conditions interface is displayed. Select or enter the
parameters and filter trails as you need. Refer to trail filter for details.
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Step
Action
Select one or more trails. Click the <Alarm> button and select [Alarm
Suppression].
The Alarm Suppression dialog box is displayed. Set suppression

status for alarm events as you need. Click <Apply> to confirm the
settings.
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Step
Action
If you have created an alarm template for the trails, you can click
Click <Cancel> in the Alarm Suppression dialog box.
12.4.2 Setting Trail Alarm Reversion

Purpose
Use this procedure to set alarm reversion for trails.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action


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Step
Action
Select one or more trails. Click the <Alarm> button and select [Alarm
Reversion].
The Alarm Reversion dialog box is displayed. Set reversion status

as you need. Click <Apply> to confirm the settings.
Click <Cancel> in the Alarm Reversion dialog box.
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12.5 Setting Performance Monitoring Parameters

12.5.1 Creating Performance Threshold Template
Purpose
Use this procedure to create performance threshold template.
Setting performance thresholds NE by NE is very time-consuming. So the T2000
provides an easy way (creating performance threshold template) to set performance
thresholds for NEs.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Performance/Performance Setting/Customize Performance

Threshold Template] from main menu.
Select a template from the Template Name drop-down list.
Modify the performance thresholds. Click <Save> to save the

modification, or click <Save As> and enter a template name to save
as a new template.
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12.5.2 Setting Board Performance Threshold

Purpose
Use this procedure to set performance thresholds for boards.
One or more boards can be set at the same time.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Performance/Performance Setting/Set Performance

Threshold] from main menu.
Set performance thresholds as you need.
If you have created a performance threshold template for the boards.

You can click <Open Template> and select the desired template. And
click <Open Template> to confirm the selection.
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Action
12.5.3 Setting Trail Performance Parameters

Purpose
Use this procedure to set performance parameters for trails.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action


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Step
Action
Select one or more trails. Click the <Performance> button and select
[Performance Parameter].
The Performance Parameter dialog box is displayed. Select a

monitoring object, set whether monitor and auto-report as you need.
Click <Cancel> in the Performance Parameter dialog box.
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12.5.4 Resetting NE Performance Register

Purpose
Use this procedure to reset NE performance register.
After network test or fault recovery, you need to reset performance register to enter
the new performance monitoring period.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Performance/Reset NE Performance Register] from main

menu.
Select one or more operation objects in the lower-left pane and click
the double-right-arrow button.
Select the registers you want to reset and click <Reset>.
A confirmation dialog box is displayed. Click <Yes>.
A result dialog box is displayed. Click <Close>.
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12.5.5 Resetting ATM Performance Register

Purpose
Use this procedure to reset ATM performance register.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Performance/Reset ATM Performance Register] from main

menu.
Select ATM ports and registers you want to reset and click <Reset>.
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12.5.6 Resetting Ethernet Performance Register

Purpose
Use this procedure to reset Ethernet performance register.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Performance/Reset Ethernet Performance Register] from

main menu.
Select Ethernet ports and registers you want to reset and click
<Reset>.
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12.5.7 Setting Performance Dump Conditions

Purpose
Use this procedure to set performance dump conditions.
To avoid the performance data overflowing or being damaged, you need to dump
performance data in time.
You can dump the performance data manually. And you can set the performance
dump condition. The T2000 will dump the performance data as you need.
There are two methods for auto dumping the performance data: Dumping when
Overflow, Dumping in schedule. You can select one method or both of them.
The setting method is similar to that of alarm dump.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Performance/Performance Dump] from main menu.
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Step
Action
Enter the Maximum Storage Capacity, Dump Number and

Capacity Alarm Threshold for the Dumping when Overflow
method.
Set Dump Periodically or not to Yes. Set Dump Interval and
Time Limit for the Dumping in schedule.
Note:
The storage capacity refers to the maximum number of records
that can be kept in the T2000 database.
The dump number refers to the number of performance records to
be dumped at a time.
The capacity alarm threshold refers to a number of records, when
the records in the T2000 database exceed this number, an alarm
occurs and the T2000 executes dumping operation.
The time limit refers to a period, when the T2000 executes
dumping operation, only those records occurred earlier than this
period will be dumped.
There are several types of performance that can be set:
15-minute performance, 24-hour performance, performance value
threshold-crossing, etc.
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12.6 Setting Performance Monitor

12.6.1 Starting or Stopping Performance Monitoring
Purpose
Use this procedure to start or stop performance monitoring of NEs.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action

Monitoring Start/Stop Status] from main menu.
Select one or more NEs, set 15-minute and 24-hour performance

monitor parameters as you need.
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12.6.2 Setting Performance Monitoring Object

Purpose
The T2000 monitors the performance of all boards, and the auto-report is disabled
by default.
Use this procedure to modify the default settings as you need.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action

Monitoring Object] from main menu.
Set the monitor status, 15 minute auto-report and 24 hour

auto-report attributes as you need.
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12.6.3 Setting ATM Performance Monitor

Purpose
The T2000 monitors the performance of all ATM boards, and the auto-report is
disabled by default.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Performance/Performance Setting/Set ATM Performance

Monitor] from main menu.
Set the monitor status, Custom Period Monitor, 15 minute

auto-report and 24 hour auto-report attributes as you need.
If you have enabled Custom Period Monitor of some events. You

need to select the Customize Monitor Period tab. Then select
operation objects form the lower-left pane. Select an NE entry, and
set monitor period. Click <Apply> to confirm the settings.
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Step
Action
If you want to set monitor time, you need to select the Monitor Time
tab. Then select operation objects form the lower-left pane. Select
one or more Monitor Period entries and set monitor time as you
need. Click <Apply> to confirm the settings.
12.6.4 Setting Ethernet Performance Monitor

Purpose
The T2000 monitors the performance of all Ethernet boards, and the auto-report is
disabled by default.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Performance/Performance Setting/Set Ethernet Performance

Monitor] from main menu.
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Step
Action
Set the monitor status, 15 minute auto-report and 24 hour

auto-report attributes as you need.
If you want to customize monitor period, you need to select the

Customize Monitor Period tab. Then select operation objects form
the lower-left pane. Select an NE entry, and set monitor period. Click
<Apply> to confirm the settings.
If you want to set monitor time, you need to select the Monitor Time
tab. Then select operation objects form the lower-left pane. Select
one or more Monitor Period entries and set monitor time as you
need. Click <Apply> to confirm the settings.
12.6.5 Setting Non-Periodic Automatic Report of Performance Event

Purpose
Use this procedure to set non-period automatic report switch for performance event.
Prerequisite
Procedure
Step
Action
Select [Performance/Performance Setting/Set Non-Period Automatic

Report of Performance Event] from main menu.
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Step
Action
Set the Auto Report Status attributes as you need.
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