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Cisco ONS 15216 EDFA2/EDFA2-A Operations Guide, R2.4
July 2004
Chapter 10 Troubleshooting
10.1.2 Troubleshooting Optical Alarms
Warning
Follow all directions and warning labels when working with optical fibers. To prevent eye damage,
never look directly into a fiber or connector.
10.1.2.2 GAIN (Gain Out of Range) Alarm
This alarm is only valid when the ONS 15216 EDFA2 is in GAINTEMP mode. It occurs when the value
of OVERALLGAINMEASURED has deviated more than 1.25 dB from the manufacturer-defined set
point’s allowable range. This condition has a 0.25 dB hysteresis.
The GAIN alarm is also triggered if the value of INPWRDBM goes outside the manufacturer-defined
range by more than 0.7 dB. This condition has a 0.2 dB hysteresis.
Use the RTRV-DWDM command to retrieve the values of OVERALLGAINMEASURED and
INPWRDBM.
If both GAIN and LOS alarm conditions occur at the same time, only the LOS alarm is generated via
TL1. The GAIN alarm has a soak period of 1-2 seconds before being raised or cleared.
Possible causes for this alarm are:
• Input power is out of range: Verify that for the current gain setting, the input power is within the
range. For example, if the Gain = 22, then the input range is –27 to –5 dBm. Every dB taken from
the Gain is added to the input range, so if the Gain =21, then the input range is –26 to –4 dBm.
• VOA attenuation is drifting out of range: Verify that the VOA set value approximately equals the
VOA current value.
To determine this, you must use the ASH shell. You can begin an ASH Telnet session using the IP
address of the ONS 15216 EDFA2 followed by port 8023.
telnet
ONS_15216_EDFA2_IP_Address
8023
The following formula provides the setting of the VOA attenuation (in constGainTempComp mode):
“VOA set value (in units of 10 dB)” =
“snmp attribute get local cerent15216EdfaPumpStatusGain 1” –
“snmp attribute get local cerent15216EdfaConstGainOverallGain”
The value of cerent15216EdfaPumpStatusGain 1 is the fixed gain of the amplifier module. The value
of cerent15216EdfaConstGainOverallGain is the set target gain. Note that the minimum VOA value
is approximately 1 dB, which corresponds to the maximum Gain of approximately 22 dB.
The following formula provides the current value of the VOA attenuation:
“VOA current value (in units of 100 dB)” =
“snmp attribute get local cerent15216EdfaInPowerdBm” –
“snmp attribute get local cerent15216EdfaPumpStatusInPowerdBm 1”
The value of cerent15216EdfaInPowerdBm (INPWRDBM) is the current signal power at the input
before the VOA. The value of cerent15216EdfaPumpStatusInPowerdBm 1 is the signal power after
the VOA.
If the “VOA set value” is different than “VOA current value” by more than a typical variation of up
to 0.5 dB, the unit must be returned to Cisco for repair.
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