Verifying Alarms Before/After Upgrade

The reason to capture existing alarms is to verify no new alarms were generated during the upgrade. Alarms are captured prior to the upgrade and compared with those existing afterward.

It is best practice to clear any alarms before performing a software upgrade. Every alarm should be addressed and corrected if possible. On large networks, it may not be possible to clear all alarms and recording the alarms allows determination of any new alarms/failed units after the upgrade.

1. Select the Alarms  Icon in the Application window, select the OLT in the Common Tree, and select the Current Alarms button in the Main window.
   
   
    
2. Before Upgrade - Capture any alarms for future validation reference.

   Note: You can also do this by selecting all alarms and simply pasting them into Excel or notepad.

   1. To capture the alarms, select the orange CSV  Icon from the top Tool Bar.  This will create a comma-separated values file that can be imported into Excel or other spreadsheet programs.
   2. Highlight and double-click the current file in the log window. This will enter the file address into the File name window.
   3. Click on the Export to a CSV File button in the Main window.
      
      
       
   4. After the Export to a CSV File button is pressed, a message will be returned showing the path to the exported file.
      
      
       
   5. Click on the OK button to close out the message.
3. After Upgrade - Compare the current alarms with those previously captured. Any differences should be evaluated.