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AINS

Updated: June 19, 2026

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This section explains how Automatic-In-Service (AINS) moves OTS, OMS, and OCH controllers into service after bootup, how soak time works, and how alarms are handled during the maintenance window.

The Automatic-In-Service (AINS) feature allows the OTS, OMS and OCH controllers to automatically move to the automatic-in-service state after the system boots up. A soak time period is associated with the AINS state. By default, the soak time period is one minute. The controllers automatically moves to the In-Service state after the soak time period is completed. During the AINS maintenance window, alarms are not propagated to the EMS/NMS monitoring system.

Soak time period

Soak time period for the controllers to move from AINS to In-Service state is 1 minute. You cannot configure the soak time.

The AINS soak time period restarts when there are line card cold reloads or power cycles.

All alarms are suppressed during the AINS state. When the optical and ethernet alarms are raised on the port during the soak time period, the port remains in the AINS state. These alarms are not displayed in the output of the show alarms brief system active command but these alarms are displayed in the output of the show alarms brief system conditions command. When all the alarms clear, the port moves to IS state.

Display the AINS Configuration

AINS is supported for the COM side controllers on the OTS port. It is not supported for the line side OTS-OCH controllers on OLT and ILA cards. Afte the optical cross connections are configured, the COM side OTS-OCH controller boot ups in AINS state.

This example displays the OTS controller statistics with AINS Soak time running.

RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show controllers ots 0/0/0/2
Wed Jun 22 09:43:04.356 UTC

Controller State: Down 

Transport Admin State: Automatic In Service 

LED State: Red 

Alarm Status:
-------------
Detected Alarms:
RX-LOS-P
TX-POWER-FAIL-LOW

Alarm Statistics:
-----------------
RX-LOS-P = 1
RX-LOC = 0
TX-POWER-FAIL-LOW = 1
INGRESS-AUTO-LASER-SHUT = 0
INGRESS-AUTO-POW-RED = 0
INGRESS-AMPLI-GAIN-LOW = 0
INGRESS-AMPLI-GAIN-HIGH = 0
EGRESS-AUTO-LASER-SHUT = 0
EGRESS-AUTO-POW-RED = 0
EGRESS-AMPLI-GAIN-LOW = 0
EGRESS-AMPLI-GAIN-HIGH = 0
HIGH-TX-BR-PWR = 0
HIGH-RX-BR-PWR = 0
SPAN-TOO-SHORT-TX = 0
SPAN-TOO-SHORT-RX = 0

Parameter Statistics:
---------------------
Total RX Power = -50.00 dBm
Total TX Power = -50.00 dBm
Ingress Ampli Gain = 0.0 dB
Ingress Ampli Tilt = 0.0 dB



Configured Parameters:
------------
Ingress Ampli Gain = 16.0 dB
Ingress Ampli Tilt = 0.0 dB

This example displays the OTS-OCH cross-connect controller statistics with AINS soak time running.

RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show controllers ots-och 0/0/0/13/20

Tue Jul 12 10:19:48.838 UTC

 Controller State: Down 

 Transport Admin State: Automatic In Service 

         Alarm Status:
         -------------
         Detected Alarms: 
                 RX-LOS-P    
                 TX-POWER-FAIL-LOW    

         Alarm Statistics:
         -----------------
         RX-LOS-P = 1          
         TX-POWER-FAIL-LOW = 1          

         Parameter Statistics:
         ---------------------
         Total RX Power = -50.00 dBm 
         Total TX Power = -50.00 dBm 


         Cross Connect Info:
         ---------------------
         line Channel  = Ots-Och0/0/0/0/20
          
          
          
          
         Configured Parameters:
         -------------
         Rx Low Threshold = -50.0 dBm 
         Tx Low Threshold = -50.0 dBm

This example displays the OCH controller statistics in AINS state.

RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show controllers och 0/1/0/0
Wed Jul 6 14:28:12.500 UTC

Controller State: Down

Transport Admin State: Automatic In Service

LED State: Red

Alarm Status:
-------------
Detected Alarms:
RX-LOS-P

Alarm Statistics:
-----------------
RX-LOS-P = 1
TX-POWER-FAIL-LOW = 0

Parameter Statistics:
---------------------
TX Power = -50.00 dBm
RX Power = -20.72 dBm

This example displays the OCH controller statistics after AINS Soak time expiry. When the soak time expires, the Transport Admin State of OCH controller changes from Automatic In Service to In Service.

RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show controllers och 0/1/0/0
Wed Jul 6 14:29:59.242 UTC

Controller State: Up

Transport Admin State: In Service

LED State: Off

Alarm Status:
-------------
Detected Alarms: None


Alarm Statistics:
-----------------
RX-LOS-P = 1
TX-POWER-FAIL-LOW = 0

Parameter Statistics:
---------------------
TX Power = -50.00 dBm
RX Power = 2.79 dBm

This example displays the OMS controller statistics in AINS state.

RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show controllers oms 0/1/0/25

Tue Jul 12 10:32:05.258 UTC

 Controller State: Down 

 Transport Admin State: Automatic In Service 

 LED State: Red 

         Alarm Status:
         -------------
         Detected Alarms: 
                 RX-LOS-P    

         Alarm Statistics:
         -----------------
         RX-LOS-P = 1          
         TX-POWER-FAIL-LOW = 0          

         Parameter Statistics:
         ---------------------
         TX Power = -7.40 dBm 
         RX Power = -19.91 dBm

All the alarms reported for the controllers in AINS state are displayed in the output of the show alarms brief system conditions command.

This example displays the controller alarms in AINS state.

RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show alarms brief system conditions
Mon Jul 25 05:43:50.073 UTC

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Conditions 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Location        Severity     Group            Set Time                   Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/1 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/2 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/4 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/5 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/6 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/7 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/8 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/9 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/10 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/11 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/12 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/13 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/14 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/15 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/16 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/17 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/18 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/19 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/21 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Och0/1/0/22 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Oms0/1/0/31 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Oms0/1/0/26 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Oms0/1/0/27 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Oms0/1/0/28 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Oms0/1/0/29 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/1             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:11:54 UTC    Oms0/1/0/30 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/33 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/33 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/9 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/9 - Loss of Signal - Payload 
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/8 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/8 - Loss of Signal - Payload 
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/7 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/7 - Loss of Signal - Payload 
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/6 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/6 - Loss of Signal - Payload 
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/5 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/5 - Loss of Signal - Payload 
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/4 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/4 - Loss of Signal - Payload 
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/3 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/3 - Loss of Signal - Payload 
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/2 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/2 - Loss of Signal - Payload 
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/32 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/32 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/31 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/31 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/30 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/30 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/29 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/29 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/28 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/28 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/25 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/25 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/10 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/10 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/11 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/11 - Loss of Signal - Payload
0/0             Critical     Controller       07/21/2022 11:12:00 UTC    Ots0/0/0/12 - Output OTS Power Reading Below The Fail-Low Threshold