The assigned severity is allocated to a probable cause using the alarm severity assignment profile. The identified probable cause should be raised with the assigned severity. The assignment of severities is extended beyond PerceivedSeverity to cover the case where:<br/><br/>- no alarm should be raised: "NOT_ALARMED" <br/><br/>- the target OS/NE is free to make a choice based upon its local criteria: "FREE_CHOICE".<br/>