Troubleshooting guide

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Maintenance
Check System
Check Alarm State
Alarms indicate the functional state of the system.You can check the alarm
status on the front panel of the controller (see LEDs—
Appendix D Status
LEDs on page 329), on the attendant console, or through the system
administration tool.
No alarm: The system is functioning properly.
•Minor: The system has detected a minor problem that may affect
service.
•Major: The system has detected a problem that is causing a serious
degradation of service.
•Critical: The system has detected a serious loss of call processing
capability. System Fail Transfer is invoked by a Critical Alarm.
To view alarms through the system administration tool:
1. Go to the Alarms Details form in Maintenance and Diagnostics.
2. Enter the show fault <alarm category> maintenance command to
view alarm information.
Check System Health
1. Click Maintenance Commands in the System Administration Tool.
2. Enter the following commands:
- SH ST AL: Checks for system alarms. There should be no alarms.
- DBMS STAT: Checks the status of the initialized flag. The flag is
on if the system is in sync. If the flag is off, enter DBMS Save.
- PROG R DIS: Displays the scheduled system reset. By default, the
system reboots at 2:15 a.m. daily ONLY if there is memory
fragmentation. To force a system reboot at the scheduled time, see
the Programmed Reboot command.
-ME S: Checks the status of the communication links. All links
should be open.
-PCM TO: Checks for circuit switch link faults; there should be none.
- DBMS CH B or F: Brief checks the sanity of the database. Full
checks the sanity and the current status of the database.