User Guide for Cisco Video Assurance Management Solution 1.0
Trap Definitions

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Trap Definitions

Cisco Multicast Manager

Textronix Video Probe

IneoQuest Video Probe

Mixed Signals Video Probe

Cisco 7600, CRS-1, and 4948 Devices

Performance Metrics


Trap Definitions


The Cisco Video Assurance Management Solution (Cisco VAMS) supports traps (alarms) for:

Cisco Multicast Manager

Textronix Video Probe

IneoQuest Video Probe

Mixed Signals Video Probe

Cisco 7600, CRS-1, and 4948 Devices

Performance Metrics

Cisco Multicast Manager

Alarm Message Text1  
Severity

The Layer 3 multicast bandwidth percentage on an interface has exceeded the percentage threshold.

Minor

The designated router for an interface has been detected.

Warning

One or more parameters of a multicast route entry has changed.

Warning

The rendezvous point did not respond to a sysUpTime poll.

Information

The Layer 3 multicast b/s rate for a (source,group) has exceeded the high b/s rate threshold.

Minor

The application has rediscovered a router.

Information

The rendezvous point responded to a sysUpTime poll.

Information

The designated router for an interface has been removed.

Major

That a health check has detected one or more failures.

Minor

The Layer 3 multicast bandwidth percentage on an interface has exceeded the percentage threshold.

Information

The Layer 3 multicast Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF) failures for a (source, group) that is now being measured at a value above the low threshold.

Minor

The unicast or multicast routing table has changed compared to the initial baseline.

Information

The video probe media loss rate (MLR) for a video flow has exceeded the configured threshold.

Major

The multicast group limit exceeded the configured threshold on the rendezvous point.

Minor

A Layer 2 port multicast p/s low threshold is exceeded.

Minor

The Layer 3 multicast b/s rate for a (source, group) has exceeded the low b/s rate threshold.

Minor

A rendezvous point that did not respond to a poll.

Information

The Layer 3 multicast p/s rate for a (source, group) has exceeded the set threshold when measured between the routers on a multicast forwarding tree.

Warning

A (source, group) no longer exists on the router.

Major

One or more parameters of a unicast route entry has changed.

Information

A multicast forwarding tree that has reverted to its baseline.

Warning

The Layer 3 multicast b/s rate for a (source, group) has exceeded the high b/s rate threshold.

Cleared

The multicast p/s rate for the aggregate multicast traffic on a Layer 2 port, which is now being measured at a value between the high and low p/s rate thresholds.

Cleared

A (source, group) has been removed from the rendezvous point since the poll.

Major

Notification that the video probe delay factor (DF) for a video flow has exceeded the configured threshold.

Major

A (source, group) has been added to the rendezvous point since the last poll.

Information

A Layer 2 port multicast p/s high threshold is exceeded.

Minor

The multicast bandwidth percentage for the aggregate multicast traffic on an interface is now at a value lower than the high threshold.

Cleared

The Layer 3 multicast p/s rate for a (source, group) that is now being measured at a value between the high and low p/s rate thresholds.

Cleared

A multicast group that has more than a single source sending to it.

Major

A multicast forwarding tree that has changed from its baseline.

Warning

The Layer 3 multicast p/s rate for a (source, group) has exceeded the high p/s rate threshold.

Minor

The Layer 3 multicast p/s rate for a (source, group) has exceeded the low p/s rate threshold.

Minor

The designated router for an interface has changed.

Warning

A multicast sender on the default multicast distribution tree (MDT) for a particular VPN routing/forwarding (VRF) instance has been removed.

Warning

A VRF on a multicast VPN (MVPN) Provider Edge (PE) router has been removed.

Warning

A default MDT address for a VRF has been configured on a PE that does not match the configuration on the rest of the PEs.

Warning

The number interfaces associated with a VRF on an MVPN PE has changed.

Warning

A VRF on an MVPN PE has been added.

Warning

A new multicast sender on the default MDT for a particular VRF has been detected.

Warning

The number of VRFs configured on an MVPN PE has changed.

Warning

1 See Glossary for abbreviations that are used in alarm message text.


Textronix Video Probe

Alarm Message Text1  
Severity

Number of packet received out of order exceeds Warning threshold

Warning

Inter packet delay exceeds Warning threshold

Warning

IP Packets lost exceeds Warning threshold

Warning

IP Packets in error exceeds Warning threshold

Warning

Number of packet received out of order exceeds threshold

Minor

IP Packets lost exceeds threshold

Minor

IP Packets in error exceed threshold

Minor

1.5a PMT

Major

2.5 PTS

Minor

1.5 Ind PMT Error Timer

Major

2.3b PCR Discontinuity Indicator - The difference between two consecutive PCR values (PCRi + 1 - PCRi) is outside the range of 0ms to 100 ms without the discontinuity_indicator set

Minor

2.3a PCR Repetition - Error Timer

Minor

1.4 Continuity

Major

2.3b PCR Discontinuity Indicator - This test applies only to PIDs that are indicated as PCR_PID in the current PMT

Minor

2.3a PCR EVID_INDIVIDUAL_PCR_ERR_TIMER

Minor

1.5 PMT Error Scrambling

Major

1.5 PMT Error Timer

Major

1.3 PAT Error Scrambling

Major

1.3 PAT Error Table Id

Major

1.3 PAT Error Timer

Major

2.4 PCR Accuracy

Minor

CAT (DVB test 2.6)

Minor

PTS (DVB test 2.5)

Minor

PCR Accuracy (DVB test 2.4)

Minor

CRC (DVB test 2.2)

Minor

Transport (DVB test 2.1)

Minor

PMT (DVB test 1.5)

Major

PAT Table (DVB test 1.3)

Major

1.6 PID

Major

PID (DVB test 1.6)

Major

Continuity Error (DVB test 1.4)

Major

Sync Byte (DVB test 1.2)

Major

Sync Loss (DVB test 1.1)

Major

1 See Glossary for abbreviations that are used in alarm message text.


IneoQuest Video Probe

Alarm Message Text 1  
Severity

The network utilization on the primary port exceeds the threshold value.

Minor

User feedback event.

Information

The delay factor threshold crossover is detected.

Minor

A stream was lost for a period defined in the outage.

Major

A 15-minute monitored metric threshold crossover is detected.

Information

The Bit-Rate for a stream exceeds the threshold value.

Warning

The maximum RTP media loss period threshold crossover is detected.

Minor

A system fault condition occurred.

Minor

Software or config download.

Information

This trap is sent when link is lost.

Major

This event is sent every 15-Min to indicate the completion of an interval of system statistics.

Information

The PID bitrate threshold is crossed for a PID selected from the video characteristic template.

Minor

This trap is sent when the media loss threshold crossover is detected.

Minor

The minimum loss distance threshold crossover is detected.

Minor

The media loss threshold crossover is detected.

Minor

The multicast IGMP join time threshold crossover is detected.

Information

The stream alarms limit is reached for a 15-Minute period.

Information

The media link is established.

Information

A new flow has been detected by the system.

Information

The bit rate for a stream exceeds the threshold value.

Minor

A stream was lost for a period defined in the outage.

Major

The Minimum Bit-Rate Threshold is crossed.

Warning

The ZAP time threshold crossover is detected.

Information

1 See Glossary for abbreviations that are used in alarm message text.


Mixed Signals Video Probe

Alarm Message Text 1  
Severity

Table bit rate

Warning

Table detect

Warning

Table cycle time

Warning

PID bit rate

Warning

PID detect

Warning

PID discontinuity

Minor

PID audio silence

Minor

PID video freeze

Minor

PID table bit rate

Warning

PID table detect

Warning

PID table cycle time

Warning

Program bit rate

Warning

Program detect

Warning

Program discontinuity

Warning

Program audio silence

Warning

Program video freeze

Warning

Program PCR interval

Warning

Program PCR jitter

Warning

Program table PMT bit rate

Warning

Program table PMT detect

Warning

Program table PMT cycle time

Warning

DSM-CC DII bit rate

Warning

DSM-CC DII detect

Warning

DSM-CC DII cycle time

Warning

DSM-CC DC bit rate

Warning

DSM-CC DC detect

Warning

DSM-CC DC cycle time

Warning

Carousel bit rate

Warning

Carousel source file add-delete

Warning

Carousel source DSM-CC DII bit rate

Warning

Carousel source DSM-CC DII detect

Warning

Carousel source DSM-CC DII cycle time

Warning

Carousel source DSM-CC DC bit rate

Warning

Carousel source DSM-CC DC detect

Warning

Carousel source DSM-CC DC cycle time

Warning

Carousel file bit rate

Warning

Carousel file detect

Warning

Carousel file cycle time

Warning

Carousel file change

Warning

Port IP arrival interval

Warning

Port delay factor

Warning

1 See Glossary for abbreviations that are used in alarm message text.


Cisco 7600, CRS-1, and 4948 Devices

Alarm Text Message 1  
Severity

PIM Neighbor loss

Major

PIM Interface down

Major

PIM Interface up

Clear

The number of multicast routes changed.

Information

The number of non-RPF drops exceeded threshold.

Minor

1 See Glossary for abbreviations that are used in alarm message text.


Performance Metrics

For the Cisco VAMS, the Cisco ANA supports a:

Sustained trap rate of 35 traps per second

Cut-off rate of 5 traps per second per VNE

Cisco ANA drops traps that exceed the cut-off rate. For example, if a VNE receives six traps per second, the ANA drops the sixth trap. Also, the cut-off rate is cumulative. For example, for two VNEs, the cut-off rate is 10 traps per second.