Cisco Headend System Release 2.7 Data Sheet

 

 
 

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DBDS Alarm Manager 1.0 reports alarm conditions 
from the following DBDS elements and Alarm 
Manager components and processes: 

•  BIG chassis and the BIG card sets 
•  DBDS Alarm Manager server 
•  DNCS processes, disk and memory 
•  QAM, MQAM, GQAM and GoQAM modulators 
•  QPSK modulators and demodulators 
•  RNCS processes, disk and memory 

This section describes the key features of each 
software component of DBDS Alarm Manager 1.0.           

•  Displays aggregate view of alarms generated by 

DBDS elements, color-coded by alarm severity 

•  Provides context-sensitive online Alarm  

Troubleshooting Help for diagnosing and resolving 
alarm conditions 

•  Offers user-configurable options for filtering and 

displaying alarm information 

•  Displays map-like view of the managed systems 

status, color-coded by the highest severity alarm 
present at the location 

•  Features easy access to DBDS elements (such as 

the DNCS, MQAMs, QAMs, and QPSKs), to view 
alarm status and launch configuration activities 
using the DNCS 

•  Enables user login to the Alarm Manager and 

Topology Manager components 

•  Enables access control to the Alarm Manager and 

Topology Manager component functions 
 

 

 

 

   Active Alarm List Window 

 

Topology Manager Window