The GS2000 line card monitors the number of link errors that occur over
each PHY port's link. The types of link errors it monitors includes, for example, line
state violations. Notification messages are sent to the SMT management station when the
link error rate exceeds a number referred to as the alarm value. You can set the
alarm value that triggers notification messages sent to the management station. The value
is set independently for each of the line card's PHY ports. For example, the value for PHY
port A is set independently of the value for PHY port B on a DAS.
Note: Link error rate
is expressed as a negative exponential value of base 10. For example, an error rate of 10-4
is equal to 0.0001 bits per second, 10-5 is equal to 0.00001 bits per second,
and so on. |