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Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Troubleshooting and Maintenance Guide, R3.3
May 2002
Chapter 2 General Troubleshooting
Circuits and Timing
2.4.4 Holdover Synchronization Alarm
Symptom The clock is running at a different frequency than normal and the HLDOVERSYNC alarm
appears.
Table 2-19 describes the potential cause(s) of the symptom and the solution(s).
Table 2-18 ONS 15454 SDH Switches Timing Reference
Possible Problem Solution
The optical or SETS
input is receiving loss of
signal (LOS), loss of
frame (LOF), or AIS
alarms from its timing
source.
The ONS 15454 SDH internal clock operates at a Stratum 3 level of
accuracy. This gives the ONS 15454 SDH a free-running synchronization
accuracy of ±
4.6 ppm and a holdover stability of less than 255 slips in the
first 24 hours or 3.7x10-
7
/day, including temperature.
ONS 15454 SDH free-running synchronization relies on the Stratum 3
internal clock. Over an extended time period, using a higher quality Stratum
1 or Stratum 2 timing source results in fewer timing slips than a lower quality
Stratum 3 timing source.
The optical or SETS
input is not functioning.
Sync Status Messaging
(SSM) message is set to
Don’t Use for Sync
(DUS).
SSM indicates a
Stratum 3 or lower
clock quality.
The input frequency is
off by more than 15
ppm.
The input clock
wanders and has more
than three slips in 30
seconds.
A bad timing reference
existed for at least two
minutes.
Table 2-19 Holdover Synchronization Alarm
Possible Problem Solution
The last reference input
has failed.
The clock is running at the frequency of the last known-good reference input.
This alarm is raised when the last reference input fails. See the
“HLDOVERSYNC” section on page 1-35 for a detailed description of this
alarm.
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