This section describes the general format used for most GUI notifications, as well as additional fields used for GUI event notifications (used to report information only) and for EMS GUI notifications. The formats are expressed as an ordered sequence of variables. Variables are expressed with the name of the variable enclosed by angle brackets; for example, <Severity> indicates a variable for the severity assigned to a GUI notification. Variables Used in GUI Notification Format Descriptionsshows the variables used in GUI notification formats.
The format for most GUI notifications is:
[<Severity>]:<Time Stamp> <Event Number> <Message Text String>
In addition, the following types of GUI notifications contain additional fields:
EMS GUI notifications contain information about the EMS for which they are reporting status (see Format for EMS GUI Notifications)
Notifications that have the severity EVENT can contain additional event data fields (see Format for GUI Notifications with EVENT Severity)
EMS GUI notifications (event numbers in the range 0000–1999) contain a <CLLI> value to indicate the Common Language Location Identifier for the network element where the EMS resides. The format for EMS GUI notifications is:
[<Severity>]:<Time Stamp> <Event Number> <CLLI>: <Message Text String>
Notifications that have the severity EVENT can contain additional event data fields. The format for GUI notifications with severity EVENT is:
[EVENT]:<Time Stamp> <Event Number> <EventType>:<EventData1>, [<EventData2>],...