INM 4.1 New Feature Description 67 of 202INM Release 4.1 Planning Guide PG OC 98-13 Issue 1.2For the Alarm Log Monitor interface, the following operation is supported:• Discrete/Continuous Alarm Retrieval: it provides a snap-shot of thecurrent active alarms in the system. The user can set up the filtering crite-ria to be applied to the alarms. The alarm information that is output to theclient is in the form of one or more individual alarm reports. If there aremore than the maximum number of alarms specified, the client applica-tion will be able to specify and retrieve the next “n” number of alarms (ifthey are available).For the Efd Control Monitor interface, the operations are:• Event Retrieval on an Ongoing Basis: provides fault information forsubnetwork controllers (OPCs) and network elements in the network. Theretrieval of alarm information can be filtered to include specific Eventssuch as:- Communication Alarms- Quality of Service Alarms- Processing Error Alarms- Equipment Alarms- Environment Alarms- Protection Switch Reporting- State ChangeIf the user specifies an empty filter, the FMBB defaults to all of the eventswithin the network visible to the building block.• Alarm Count: provides an alarm summary count for each type of alarmseverity (indeterminate, critical, major, minor, warning), on a particularnetwork element or on a group of network elements.• Notify Me Of Events: enables the retrieval of the alarm events from thesubnetwork Controllers (OPCs and MOAs). This retrieval of events canbe filtered to include the following Events:- Communication Alarms- Environmental Alarms- Equipment Alarms- Processing Error Alarms- Quality of Service Alarms- State Change Event- Protection Switch Reporting EventUsing these services, third party client software can effectively monitor thealarm information on S/DMS TransportNode and AccessNode, and ATM NEs.
