Leaky Bucket time frames

[DutchD]

can somebody give me an answer to how long it takes for the leaky bucket to test and clear the alarms , and if this takes more time if the severety of the fault is higher ?

thnx in advance

DutchD

 

[orypecos]

As I understand it(or misunderstand it),I believe if u look in the maintenance manual for a problem it will tell u "test xxxxx(the maint object) long repeat 5" for an example. The repeat 5 says that the system has to see the problem cleared for 5 tests with no fails for it to clear the problem. But with some errors the only way to clear it out of the system is to do a "clear errors".
I did a search under "leaky" in the maint book and the book said "Once the problem has been resolved, it may take up to 1 hour for the alarm to clear due to ‘‘leaky bucket’’ strategy. If the problem cannot be resolved by one of the steps above, then replace the circuit pack."
and
"If the problem still exists, replace the circuit pack. Once the problem has been resolved, the alarm will be retired in 60 minutes (90 min for error 1537). (These error counters use the leaky bucket mechanism.)

 

[mikeydidit]

Why not just use the "test alarms long clear" or "test board,port,station, long clear" and resolve the alarm then? I use the test board short or long on installing them not to resolve alarms. Oh and one thing that I really love in the book. If replacing the circuit pack, clearing alarms, or replacing your switch doesn't fix it, escalate the problem. You have to love it.

Mike Jones
LSUHSC

 

[colby007]

By then I've escalated to a kango drill and sent it back to Avaya in a plastic bag!

 

[orypecos]

I always thought that 'escalate' meant to move the board to the carrier above it. ;-P
And far as "kango drill" I really don't know what that is, but I don't think it is legal in this country, and even if it is I think I will clean it up with my pooper scooper and drop it in the dumpster.
I was surprised that Avaya mentions 'leaky bucket' many times in the manual, but I never found a good explanation of it. The more I read about it the more I found that different maintenance objects had different times for the bucket to clear the error.

 

[DutchD]

The reason i asked this question is that i have got a switch which is doing a backup over an satellite line from central afrika in the middle of the night , and if the link is down , even for just a second during the transmission , i am getting a minor alarm, resulting in me being called out of bed at all 4 o clock.

dutchd