Locate Unequipped Payload Alarms

Purpose

An unequipped payload (UNEQ-P) alarm indicates a possible provisioning problem and occurs when the Juniper Networks router detects a value of 0x00 in the C2 byte.

Action

To display SONET alarms and errors, use the following JUNOS CLI operational mode command:

user@host> show interfaces so-fpc/pic/port extensive

Sample Output

user@host> show interfaces so-1/1/1 extensive

[...Output truncated...]

SONET alarms   : UNEQ-P

  SONET defects  : UNEQ-P

  SONET PHY:            Seconds        Count  State

    PLL Lock                  0            0  OK

    PHY Light                 0            0  OK

  SONET section:

    BIP-B1                    0            0

    SEF                       0            0  OK

    LOS                       0            0  OK

    LOF                       0            0  OK

    ES-S                      0

    SES-S                     0

    SEFS-S                    0

  SONET line:

    BIP-B2                    0            0

    REI-L                     0            0

    RDI-L                     0            0  OK

    AIS-L                     0            0  OK

    BERR-SF                   0            0  OK

    BERR-SD                   0            0  OK

    ES-L                      0

    SES-L                     0

    UAS-L                     0

    ES-LFE                    0

    SES-LFE                   0

    UAS-LFE                   0

  SONET path:

    BIP-B3                    0            0

    REI-P                     0            0

    LOP-P                     0            0  OK

    AIS-P                     0            0  OK

    RDI-P                     0            0  OK

    UNEQ-P                    10           2  Defect Active

    PLM-P                     0            0  OK

    ES-P                      10

    SES-P                     10

    UAS-P                     0

    ES-PFE                    0

    SES-PFE                   0

    UAS-PFE                   0

[...Output truncated...]

What It Means

The sample output shows that an UNEQ-P alarm occurred within 10 seconds and was declared twice. An UNEQ-P alarm can occur when the ADM on the other end has not provisioned the SPE. An UNEQ-P alarm sets the STS SPE to all zeros when it is provisioned. If the alarm occurs, the problem is probably with the configuration of the ADM. Since the UNEQ-P is not a common alarm reported by Juniper Networks routers, it is a good idea to first check with the SONET provider.