OpticalAlarmSeverity

• Base type Enumeration

The severity of a trouble condition. A smaller enumerated integer value indicates that the condition is more severe. The severities are defined as follows: 'critical' An alarm used to indicate a severe, service-affecting condition has occurred and that immediate corrective action is imperative, regardless of the time of day or day of the week. 'major' An alarm used for hardware or software conditions that indicate a serious disruption of service or malfunctioning or failure of important hardware. These troubles require the immediate attention and response of a technician to restore or maintain system capability. The urgency is less than in critical situations because of a lesser immediate or impending effect on service or system performance. 'minor' An alarm used for troubles that do not have a serious effect on service to customers or for troubles in hardware that are not essential to the operation of the system. 'notAlarmed' An event used for troubles that do not require action, for troubles that are reported as a result of manually initiated diagnostics, or for transient events such as crossing warning thresholds. This event can also be used to raise attention to a condition that could possibly be an impending problem. 'notReported' An event used for troubles similar to those described under 'notAlarmed', and that do not cause notifications to be generated. The information for these events is retrievable from the network element. 'cleared' This value indicates that a previously occuring alarm condition has been cleared, or that no trouble condition is present.