ISDN - digitial phone system

Notes on Cisco ISDN trouble shooting, mostly voice on BRI(2Ch) and PRI(31Ch)

Alarm RAI

#sh controllers e1 0/3/0
 E1 0/3/0 is down.
  Applique type is Channelized E1 - balanced
  Description: Link to PSTN
  Receiver has remote alarm.
  ...

Indicates that the remote side (Provider) has a problem and is sending a alarm to the Cisco router interface.

#sh isdn status
ISDN Serial0/3/0:15 interface
        dsl 0, interface ISDN Switchtype = primary-net5
        L2 Protocol = Q.921 0x0000  L3 Protocol(s) = CCM MANAGER 0x0003 
    Layer 1 Status:
        DEACTIVATED
    ...

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