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Alcatel 1320CT
Craft Terminal
ELB Rel.2.x
Event Log Browser
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 Scope........................................................................................................................................................ 7
1.2 Target audience........................................................................................................................................ 7
1.3 Document description............................................................................................................................... 8
2 EVENT LOG BROWSING ........................................................................................................................... 9
2.1 Application StartUp................................................................................................................................... 9
3 ELB GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE.......................................................................................................... 11
3.1 Title Bar .................................................................................................................................................. 13
3.2 Menu Bar ................................................................................................................................................ 14
3.2.1 File Menu............................................................................................................................................. 14
3.2.2 Filters Menu......................................................................................................................................... 19
3.2.3 Options Menu ...................................................................................................................................... 20
3.2.4 Windows Menu .................................................................................................................................... 21
3.2.5 Help Menu ........................................................................................................................................... 21
3.3 Status Bar............................................................................................................................................... 22
4 TABBED PANES ....................................................................................................................................... 23
4.1 Alarm Log Display .................................................................................................................................. 23
4.1.1 Alarm Log Display Columns ................................................................................................................ 26
4.1.2 Columns Width and Position ............................................................................................................... 27
4.1.3 Hide/Show Columns ............................................................................................................................ 28
4.1.4 Columns Sort....................................................................................................................................... 30
4.1.5 Full Details........................................................................................................................................... 32
4.2 Event Log Display................................................................................................................................... 33
4.2.1 Event Log Display Columns ................................................................................................................ 34
4.2.2 Columns Width and Position ............................................................................................................... 35
4.2.3 Hide/Show Columns ............................................................................................................................ 35
4.2.4 Columns Sort....................................................................................................................................... 35
4.2.5 Full Details........................................................................................................................................... 36
5 EVENTS AND ALARMS FILTERS MANAGEMENT................................................................................. 39
5.1 Filtering criteria ....................................................................................................................................... 41
5.2 Filter Selection........................................................................................................................................ 42
5.3 Filters Dialog........................................................................................................................................... 44
5.3.1 Filters Dialog Buttons .......................................................................................................................... 44
5.3.2 Event Type .......................................................................................................................................... 45
5.3.3 Event Time .......................................................................................................................................... 46
5.3.4 Perceived Severity............................................................................................................................... 49
5.3.5 Probable Causes ................................................................................................................................. 50
ACRONYMS.............................................................................................................................................. 51
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V. Scortecci
L.Foresta
S. Molteni
APPRAISAL AUTHORITY
ORIGINATOR
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Event Log Browser OPERATORS HANDBOOK
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8 APPENDIX A ............................................................................................................................................. 55
8.1 Daylight Saving Time (DST) (WINDOWS ONLY)................................................................................... 55
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HISTORY
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REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Scope
This document contains the Operators Manual of Event Log Browsing Component release 2.x (ELB).
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Chapter 2: Event Log Browsing is a presentation of ELB application and his start-up.
Chapter 3: ELB Graphic User Interface describes the ELB main window components.
Chapter 4: Tabbed Panes explains how ELB displays retrieve Log requests in his main window.
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Chapter 5: Events and Alarms Filters Management explains how to set up ELB Filters to display only
interested retrieve Logs.
Appendix A: DST describes the use of Daylight Saving Time in ELB application (for Windows only).
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ELB (Event Log Browsing) tool provides a way to browse Event Log and Alarm Log for different types of
NEs: Q3, SNMP and, in the future, TL/1 NEs. ELB displays the events in a clear form for the operator,
retrieves records from NE using some filter and has the possibility to export, print and print preview Log
Records.
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the tabbed panel display is switched to Alarm Log Display if its a Alarm Log request, to Event Log
Display if its a Event Log request.
ELB can process one request a time. If a new NAV message arrives when ELB is processing one other, a
Message Dialog appears.
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ELB starts with a temporary Loading Window, before showing ELB MainView.
The ELB GUI displays a window with the following main areas:
Title bar
Menu Bar
StatusBar
Tabbed Panes: Alarm Log Display and Event Log Display with tables containing one row per log item.
The table supports sorting, column reordering and column exclusion.
Alarm log items are colored according to associated severity.
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A log item detail panel; this panel displays additional information that could not fit into the basic
table-based display.
A filter panel. Filtering is possible on the standard fields of the table; it is not possible on the
additional information fields.
The ELB window dimension is set according to the dimension of the screen where the application is running.
The operator can change the dimension of ELB window with the usual mouse actions.
The following pictures show the Log Browsing GUI for Alarm and Event Log display in ELB application.
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The Menu Bar contains five menus and has a platform-dependent location - along the top of the window.
Every Menu displays a popup menu when activated.
A popup menu is a menu that is invisible until the user makes a platform-specific mouse action, such as
pressing the right mouse button, over a popup-enabled component. The popup menu then appears under
the cursor.
3.2.1
File Menu
The File popup menu is composed by one submenu and three menu items.
EXPORT
ELB provides the possibility to export log items to a file with a specific format.
Export voice is a submenu composed by one item per export format:
PS
XML
TXT
After you chose the format file, ELB shows you an Export Dialog with a default export file name that depends
on the current Display, Alarm or Event, and on a default repository folder, which is set in a configuration file,
export in the example.
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This error message is displayed if the inserted directory is not accessible or write-protected.
3.2.1.2
ELB provides the possibility to print log items in PDF format only.
Because this is not an immediate operation, an information message is shown.
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3.2.1.3
Print Preview
Because this is not an immediate operation, a waiting message is shown until Print Preview Dialog appears.
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ELB provides the possibility to preview log items in PDF format only.
3.2.1.4
Exit
Select Exit to exit from ELB application. This has the same effects as clicking on
window.
A Confirm Dialog appears in order to confirm the exit request of the operator.
3.2.2
Filters Menu
The Filters popup menu is composed by only one menu item: Set Filters.
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3.2.3
Options Menu
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The Options popup menu is composed by only one check box menu item: Daylight Saving Time (DST).
3.2.4
Windows Menu
Two check box menu items compose the Windows popup menu: Alarm Log Display and Event Log Display.
3.2.5
Help Menu
The Help popup menu is composed by one menu item: About. It shows version and runtime information
about the ELB application.
The About Dialog reports also runtime information about Eclipse release, Java version, OS, Language,
Region and Prefix used by ELB application.
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This is an information box, which gives to the operator context-related information according to mouse
movement or choice. The operator cannot perform any action on the Status Bar.
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TABBED PANES
Two ELB components share the same space on screen: Alarm Log Display and Event Log Display. Only one
of them is visible at any given time. The user chooses which component to view by selecting the tab
corresponding to the desired Display.
4.1
If an USM navigation requires a Log Browsing Alarm Log, the ELB window is activated and displayed,
presenting the Filters Dialog for Alarm Log on top of the empty ELB MainView (which by default presents the
empty Event Log Display).
Initially the menu items are disabled: the operator must set the filters configuration to continue.
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After setting the desired filters configuration, ELB starts to upload Data Items from the Network Element.
A Progress Dialog appears above of the MainView of ELB that initially is empty.
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If an USM navigation requires a Log Browsing Alarm Log for a different NE, ELB clears current Alarm Log
Display (as well as Event Log Display) and prepares to show new Alarm Logs (Event Log Display remains
empty).
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Event Time and Date: date and time of the alarm occurrence.
The format of Data and Time is: aaaa/mm/dd hh:mm:ss.
Severity String
Severity Colour
CRITICAL
Red
MAJOR
Orange
MINOR
Yellow
WARNING
Cyan
CLEARED
Green
INDETERMINATE
White
Event Type: type of the alarm event occurrence defined in the Optics-IM Model.
Managed Object Class: is the class of the object that emitted the alarm, as defined by the OpticsIM Model.
Probable Causes: is an attribute of the alarm event occurrence defined in the Optics-IM Model.
Specific Problem: is an attribute of the alarm event occurrence defined in the Optics-IM Model.
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4.1.1
4.1.2
In general, table columns can have different widths in Alarm Log Display.
The operator can set the column width by dragging with the mouse the border of the column header cell. So
you can read the contents of a column that is partially hidden by default due to the standard dimension of the
Alarm Log Display Columns.
The operator can change the column positions using drag and drop functionality on a header column.
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Hide/Show Columns
By default, when items are shown, columns that are completely empty (if any) are hidden in the right of the
table.
When the ELB MainView is empty (Figure 33 with Progress Dialog) all columns are shown. In the example,
with Alarm Log Display fully loaded, the Specific Problem column is hidden because completely empty.
If even a single item has a non-null value in Specific Problem column, then the whole column will be shown.
To show hidden columns one by one the operator can click to the left arrow every times until the left arrow
becomes greyed.
To gain more space for the visualization, the operator can hide the rightmost columns, one at a time, by
clicking the right arrow button.
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4.1.3
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4.1.4
Columns Sort
The operator can sort the Alarm Log table in different modes.
If you click with the mouse on the header of one column, that column, and so all table, is ordered in
alphabetic or numeric order, according to the type of data contained in the considered column.
An arrow appears in the header column to indicate whether the order is ascending or descending.
For example the Perceived Severity column is sorted in ascending or descending alphabetic order.
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By default Alarm Log table is ordered by Event Time and Date from the oldest Log to the most recent one.
Instead, the Notification Id column is sorted in ascending or descending numeric order and the null or blank
values are put after the greatest values (when in ascending order).
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Full Details
Selecting an item of the list displayed in Alarm Log panel, it is possible to view details about the item by
simply double-clicking on it. This will open the Full Detail Window.
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4.1.5
After setting the desired filters configuration, ELB starts to upload Data Items from the Network Element.
The Progress Dialog (Figure 34) appears above the empty Event Log Display.
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When the Event Logs collection is completed, all Items are shown in Event Log Display.
4.2.1
Event Time and Date: date and time of the event occurrence.
The format of Data and Time is: aaaa/mm/dd hh:mm:ss.
Explanation: sentence built with the event log data to explain what the event represents.
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4.2.2
As Alarm Log Display, table columns can have different widths in order to gain more space for the
visualization. You can set the column width by dragging with the mouse the border of the column header cell.
The operator can change column position using drag and drop functionality on a header column.
4.2.3
Hide/Show Columns
By default, Event Log Display shows all columns because there are none empty.
The operator can hide/show the last column by clicking to the right/left arrow every times.
4.2.4
Columns Sort
By default Event Log table is ordered by Event Time and Date from the oldest Log to the most recent one.
The operator can sort the Event Log table by click with the mouse on the header of one column. That
column, and so all table, is ordered in alphabetic or numeric order, according to the type of data contained in
the considered column.
The Notification Id column is sorted in ascending or descending numeric order and the null or blank values
are put after the greatest values (when in ascending order).
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Full Details
Selecting an item of the list displayed in Event Log panel, it is possible to view details about the item by
simply double-clicking on it. This will open the Full Detail Window.
For Q3 NEs, Full Details View brings again the three principal fields of Event Log panel and some other
detailed fields. Full Details View reports all data of considered event item returned by NE, including those
that are not normally shown in the main Log Display.
The set of detailed fields is not fixed; it depends on the actual contents of the corresponding item of the
Event Log. Possible detailed fields for Event Log are:
packages
loggingTime
logRecordId
managedObjectClass
nameBinding
objectClass
eventTypeId
objectInstance
attributeList
protectionStatusParameter
additionalInformation
reportedProtectionUnit
sourceIndicator
Full Details View reports all data of considered alarm item returned by NE, including those that are not
normally shown in the main Log Display.
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4.2.5
For SNMP NEs, Full Details View brings the three principal fields of Event Log panel and:
objectInstance
managedObjectClass
eventTypeId
If a Full Details View contains a value longer the cell space, you can read all message value simply doubleclicking on the open Full Details View.
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This operation opens a window, the Long Message Value Dialog that shows all message using scroll bars, if
necessary.
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The retrieval of Events and Alarms Log is managed using filters to make the analysis easier.
The filter selection operation is performed every time that a NAV Message arrives, at application start-up, or
by explicitly activating the Filters Menu item.
For Q3 log the filter can be applied to log retrieve operation, unlike for SNMP, due to protocol restrictions.
The filtering for SNMP log is performed by ELB application on the totality of log data retrieved from NE.
For some fields, the user must choose a value from predefined lists, these are:
For alarms:
o Probable causes;
o Alarm type;
o Alarm severity
For events:
o Event type.
The following figure shows the Filter Dialog for event. The dialog allows to set the filters to apply during the
retrieval of event items.
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The following figure shows the Filter Dialog for alarms. The dialog allows selecting the filters to apply during
the retrieval of alarm items.
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Figure 55 Example of Logical Operators in Alarm Log Filters Dialog (see Figure 56)
To activate or deactivate one of the groups (e.g. Event Type), you have to click the check button of the zone.
If you deactivate one of the groups, his panel becomes greyed.
The following paragraphs detail the operations for the different groups.
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The filter selection window should display all the filters available. The last filter selection performed is
proposed; this selection can be confirmed or reset using a dedicated button on the window. The selected
combination of filters is displayed in the ELB application window to be remembered consulting the list.
The following figure shows the Filter Dialog with selected filters for Alarm.
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The following figure shows the Filter Dialog with selected filters for Event.
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5.3.1
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5.3.2
Event Type
To activate Event Type group, you have to click the check button near the filter name. By default its set.
Then, select the desired fields with the mouse left button.
Event Type List reports all types of event or alarm that a NE can return: five basic categories of alarms end
four basic categories of events are specified. It is a multi-select list, that is, more than one value of the list
can be chosen. Use Ctrl + mouse or Shift + mouse to select multiple items.
To deactivate Event Type group, you have to uncheck the check button near the filter name. Event Type List
becomes greyed with his selection if there is one.
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Event Time
ELB application gives the possibility to select retrieve Logs according to the data and time of their raising
event. To do this you must use Event Time Filter.
From to: date interval to display the events or alarms, the date to select are the time interval
starting date and the ending date;
To : events or alarms happened before a certain date, the date to select is the ending interval
date;
From : events or alarms happened after a certain date, the date to select is the starting interval
date;
The date and time value inserted should be checked for consistency:
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If the date and time interval settings are invalid or inconsistent, an error message appears. For example:
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5.3.3
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To deactivate Event Time group, you have to uncheck the check button near the filter name. Event Time
group becomes greyed with his selection if there is one.
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5.3.4
Perceived Severity
To activate Perceived Severity group, you have to click the check button near the filter name. By default its
set.
Perceived Severity group is composed by six check buttons, one for each alarm severity. It is a multi-select
group, that is, more than one button of the group can be chosen.
If the check button is selected but no other value of the group is selected, it is like no check buttons were
selected.
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Probable Causes
To activate Probable Causes group, you have to click the check button near the filter name. By default its
set.
Probable Causes List reports all probable causes that Q3 or SNMP NEs could return.
It is multi-select list, that is more than one value of the list can be chosen. It is a very long list, so you can use
Shift button and left-button of mouse to select one or plus interval of values or Ctrl button and left-button of
mouse to select separated values.
The list is sorted in alphabetical order.
If the check button is selected but no value of the list is selected, the effect is like all values of the list panel
were selected.
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5.3.5
ACRONYMS
CSV:
ELB:
GUI:
Identifier
NAV:
NAVigation
NE:
Network Element
PDF:
PS:
PostScript
Translation Language 1
TXT:
TeXT
XML:
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Additional Information:
Optional attribute of an alarm which consist in structured information that is used to define sublists
characteristics.
Additional Text:
This optional information allows a free form text description to be reported.
Alarm:
A human observable indication that draws attention to a failure (detected fault), usually giving an indication of
the severity of the fault. Alarms may have an immediate or potentially negative impact on the state of a
communication resource.
Event:
A macro-operation executed by the operator; this includes creation/deletion of boards, cross-connections,
performance monitoring objects, loopback (and so on) and protection commands. It includes also operations
automatically executed by the NE due to an external input, for example an automatic protection switch due to
a failure.
Event Time and Date:
This parameter gives the local date and time when the event or alarm has been detected.
Event Type:
This parameter reports the type of the alarm or event occurrence defined in the Optics-IM Model. Five basic
categories of alarms end four basic categories of events are specified.
Filters:
They are related to the alarms or events generated on a NE. They can be configurated by an operator to
reject specified types of notifications and limit the processing that is applied to them.
Graphical User Interface:
It is the graphical user interface application through which the operators interact with the system.
Managed Object Class:
This attribute specifies the class of the managed object in which the event emitted by the agent occurred.
Network Element (NE):
Either telecommunication equipment or groups parts of a Telecommunication Network. Have characteristics
compliant with ITU-T recommendations.
Notification:
Spontaneous data received by the system concerning a NE.
Notification Identifier:
This parameter provides an unique identifier for the alarm or event.
Perceived Severity:
This parameter defines six severity levels, which provide an indication of how it is perceived that the
capability of the managed object has been affected. See paragraph 4.1 Alarm Log Display.
Probable Causes:
This parameter defines further qualification as to the probable cause of the alarm.
Q3:
NE-level, CMIP-based management interface (and model) defined by several ITU-T international
recommendations.
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Severity:
Specific Problem:
This optional attribute consists of a set of possible values complementary to the Probable Causes.
State Change definition:
This optional attribute is used to indicate state transition associated with the alarm.
Telecommunication Network:
Describes the network to be managed. Provides the transmission, the transport and the switching supports
to the interconnected Network Elements.
Wrapping:
Wrapping is the technique that enables the most recent entries in a file to replace the oldes when a file is full.
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APPENDIX A
If the system uses Java platform 1.4 or higher, an application can know if Daylight Saving Time is being
taken into account by the system. So the Event Time and Date value returned by NE is already adjusted for
DST.
If ELB application uses Java platform 1.4 or higher, the Option menu voice is greyed, because ELB
application can know if Daylight Saving Time is setting or no by the system.
If the system uses Java platform 1.3 or lower, an application cannot know that. This is a Java bug.
In this context the Event Time and Date value returned by NE is generally not in according to the real country
time. The Event Time and Date value returned by NE is correct only when the country is in that period of
year without Daylight Saving Time.
So, with Java platform 1.3 or lower, and if the country uses the Daylight Saving Time, the operator must
manually select the Daylight Saving Time (DST) check button using the Option Menu item. The check is only
necessary if the country is using the Daylight Saving Time.
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For example in a country where Time Zone is set on Rome but its not period of Daylight Saving Time like in
the picture below,
ELB shows the same Event Time and Date with checked or unchecked Daylight Saving Time button.
If the Time Zone is set on Sydney and its period of Daylight Saving Time,
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ELB shows the different Event Time and Date, if the operator checks or unchecks Daylight Saving Time
button on ELB menu.
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If the Time Zone is set on Darwin that is a location not to have introduced Daylight Saving Time, the operator
cannot set DST in the Time Zone window. This option is not available.
ELB doesnt let the operator check or uncheck Daylight Saving Time button on ELB menu, so it shows only
one value of Event Time and Date without any ambiguity.
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