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1. Table 6 4 Event Protocol Types Protocol Value SNMPv1 EVENT_PROTOCOL_SNMPv1 SNMPv1 SNMPv2c EVENT_PROTOCOL_SNMPv2c SNMPv2c Q3 EVENT_PROTOCOL_Q3 Q3 Other EVENT_PROTOCOL_OTHER Other a Static final constants for the alarm protocol values are defined in the class com dorado redcell assure fault IEventInfoConstants 6 5 1 3 Behavior Page The Behavior page provides parameters that determine how Event Services processes matching alarms AlvariSTAR User Manual 191 Chapter 6 Event Services 192 Correlation lets you define two related alarms and the action to take when a correlated alarm follows an initial alarm For example a linkDown alarm by itself may call for some corrective action If it is followed by a linkUp alarm however no action is required and the alarm can be cleared You can apply thresholds to templates to control when Event Services processes a matching alarm You can specify a threshold based on the number of matching alarms and duration Using thresholds suppresses the display of alarms with a status of Suppressed until the number of alarms of that type exceeds a predetermined number NOTE The correlation rule functionality is intended for the use of Alvarion s development group only Behavior Settings Log Event Service Affecting J Alarm Resynchronization Script Command e O
2. Parameter Description Type The Service Type L2 PPPoE or VoIP The Service Type of a Forwarding Rule in an L2 or VoIP Service Profile can be either L2 or VoIP there is practically no difference The Service Type of a Forwarding Rule in a PPPoE Service Profile is set to PPPoE Unicast Relaying The Unicast Relaying parameter is applicable only to L2 and VoIP Services The Unicast Relaying parameter determines whether the AU Micro Base Station performs unicast relaying When the Unicast Relaying parameter is enabled unicast packets originating from devices on the wireless link can be transmitted back to the wireless link devices If disabled these packets are not sent to the wireless link even if they are intended for devices on the wireless link Multicast Relaying The Multicast Relaying parameter is applicable only to L2 and VoIP Services The Multicast Relaying parameter determines whether the AU Micro Base Station performs multicast relaying When the Multicast Relaying parameter is enabled multicast packets originating from devices on the wireless link are transmitted by the AU Micro Base Station back to the wireless link devices as well as to the backbone If disabled these packets are sent only to the backbone and are not sent back to the wireless link Unknown Address The Unknown Address Forwarding Policy parameter is applicable Forwarding Policy only to L2 and VoIP Services The Unknown Address Forwarding Policy pa
3. General Event Template Settings Name The name of the event template Event Template Priority A numerical ranking for this template The template priority field determines which template processes an alarm if the alarm matches more than one template The smaller the number defining a template s priority the higher the priority the template is The range is 0 999999 Created By A read only display of the user who created the template Creation Date A read only display of the creation date of the template Description An optional description of the template s purpose Advisor Message The message that will appear in alarms when the template acts The default message comes from the trap s MIB AlvariSTAR User Manual 185 Chapter 6 Event Services 6 5 1 2 186 Parameter Description Icon The icon appears in the Alarm display of the Alarm Table and provides an immediate visual indication of the nature and severity of the alarm Click to select The available icons are None No icon UseDefault The default icon for the alarm Cleared Critical Indeterminate Information Major Minor Warning gt BE EE BEJI Filter Page The Filter page lets you edit Filter Criteria and Protocol Criteria Settings This filter information matches or finds an event template for each alarm received by Event Services The first t
4. Figure 4 9 Service Profile Distribution Task Service Profiles Tab The Service Profiles tab enables managing the list of Service Profiles that will be included in the task Click on the Add button to open the Select Service Profiles window for selecting the Service Profiles to be added to the task Select one or several entries and click on the Remove button to remove the selected Service Profiles from the task When deploying Service Profiles the target Base Stations may have Service Profile building blocks Forwarding Rule Priority Classifier QoS Profiles with the same names as the relevant components in the Service Profiles to be deployed but with AlvariSTAR User Manual 111 Chapter 4 Provisioning different properties Check the Overwrite building blocks checkbox to replace the relevant components in the target devices with the new component Overwriting will however fail if the type does not match If you leave the checkbox unmarked the default a Service Profile will not be deployed the operation will fail if it includes one or more component with a matching name and different properties in the specific device 112 AlvariSTAR User Manual Subscriber Manager 4 4 Subscriber Manager The Subscriber Manager Window Section 4 4 1 The Subscriber Editor Section 4 4 2 4 4 1 The Subscriber Manager Window The Subscriber Manager window provides a comprehensive view of the current Sub
5. 2 Define the Location Name NOTE For first level locations the parent location field must be empty For additional locations a parent location must be defined 3 If you want to associate the location with a map select the required map in the Topology Image field NOTE The required maps must be available as jpg gif bmp or png files in the client station The file size is limited to 512 kb 4 You can optionally define the Location Type Icon and other details available in the Location Editor 5 You can associate equipment with locations See Section 3 2 2 Location Map Viewer Options The Location Map viewer includes the following controls Parameter Description Up one level Opens the next higher level of the topology map in the same window Disabled with in first level locations Display BreezeMAX SU Check to display the associated SUs on the map Only SUs associated with the relevant location are displayed If the serving Base Station s are associated with the same location each of the displayed SU will be connected to the serving device Save Saves the changes made to the map Cancel Closes the Location Map viewer without saving The Location Map viewer provides a pop up menu with the following options when right clicking on an equipment location icon AlvariSTAR User Manual Location Manager Parameter Description Drill down Opens t
6. E The User Manager Window on page 31 E User Manager Controls on page 32 E Adding or Modifying a User Sege on page 33 The User Manager Window The AlvariSTAR User Manager shown below enables to create and manage users and associate information to them such as passwords group membership and contact information Select Settings gt Permissions gt User Manager to display the User Manager User Manager User ID v Max Rows User Id OVWMedS Server Med Enabled OW Public User Oware Enabled admin Administr System Enabled Administr Power U Oware Enabled technician User Technici Enabled monitor Monitor Network Disabled supervisor Supervisor NOC Enabled operator Staffs NOC Enabled OWAdmin Administr Oware Enabled Locked Out Sun Sep 10 13 09 20 I Open Disable Unlock Reset Password Figure 2 1 User Manager AlvariSTAR User Manual 31 Chapter 2 Permissions Ce de 32 The User Manager displays the User ID first and last name and status enabled or disabled for each user and indicates whether the user is locked out You can filter the display to show a select subset of users and can sort so users appear in the order you like To filter the display Select a filter parameter from the Filter Menu enter the corresponding search t
7. Figure 5 12 Performance Collection Task Window The Performance Collection Task window includes three tabs General Tab Section 5 2 7 1 Entities Tab Section 5 2 7 2 Counters Tab Section 5 2 7 3 2 Change the parameters as required and click OK to save the changes and close the task window Cancel to close the window without saving or Run to execute the task The adjacent field display changes from Inactive to Active until the task has completed When completed you can view the report from the Task Editor or from the Task Manager 5 2 7 1 General Tab The General tab of the Performance Collection task enables definition of the following parameters 142 AlvariSTAR User Manual Task Manager Parameter Description Task Name The name of the task The name must be unique This field is read only when modifying an existing task Type The type of data to be collected Service Performance task or Equipment Performance task This field is read only when modifying an existing task Polling Interval min The time in minutes between polls The range is 1 60 This field is read only when modifying an existing task 5 2 7 2 Entities Tab The Entities tab enables to select existing entities for performance collection The type of entities depend on the selected Type in the General tab equipment services
8. Select Inventory gt Equipment Manager from the File gt Open gt AlvariSTAR menu or the Navigation Pane The Equipment Manager window is displayed AlvariSTAR User Manual 61 Chapter 3 Inventory Equipment Manager ES ee SE 2 Pe D Type BreezeMAxX BS Equipment EI Criteria _ Retrieve Name Type Software Vers IP Address Location State Serial Number New cscmicro BreezeMAX M 2 5 2 12 10 0 22 248 Floor A5 Up 6286248 75B UN Selfinstall BreezeMmAXBS 2 5 2 12 10 0 22 250 Building B Up 6303888 Configure UD Modular BS BreezeMAX BS 2 5 2 12 10 0 22 249 Floor A3 Up 6251484 Sa Delete Cut Through Multiple Configuration Backup Configuration Export to CSV Open Map Results on page 3 Total 3 page Size 100 page 1of 1 gt e o Figure 3 3 Equipment Manager The Equipment Manager displays a list of all the devices in the database You can use the Criteria filters to narrow down the search parameters The Equipment Manager window displays general information for each of the devices found according to the selected Criteria scheme The background color of the device s icon is in accordance with the device s alarm status the highest severity open alarms For more information refer to Alarm Severities Section 6 4 2 For each device the following information is displayed Par
9. The work area displays the application s managers wizards and editors You can change the display of the items to be shown as an HTML browser or MDI view by selecting View gt Launcher from the main menu E Browser View Fills the work area with the selected window Use the Window menu to browse between the open windows E MDI View Allows you to see several overlapping windows in the Work Area Use the Window menu or the Ctrl Tab shortcut to toggle between the open windows C Contact manager deg EI Criteria Contactid First name Lastname Backup Fites Manager ge BR Criteria Equipment Name Equipment Location Equipmentip Oate Modular BS Floor 3 10 0 22 249 9 5 2006 14 56 18 Results on page 0 Totat 0 pageSize 100 Results on page 1 Totat 1 pageSize 100 gt page 1 of 1 Figure 1 7 MDI View 22 AlvariSTAR User Manual The Main Window 1 6 5 NOTE You can cascade and tile MDI windows by selecting Window gt Tile or Cascade from the main menu In the upper right corner of all MDI windows there are three icons that allow you to minimize maximize and close the window Closing the window is equivalent to Cancel a P Figure 1 8 Window Control Icons NOTE MDI windows may be displayed smaller than the full size hiding some important information To view the entire window use the maximize icon resize the window to display all the information or resize table columns i
10. Event Template Manager Criteria Scheme By Name Upen Name Delete Template Na Description Creation Date Created By rbAuNetw Status ofthe Sun Sep 031 RB 5 rbResetOn Device card is Sun Sep 031 RB 5 rbShelfCa Card is extrac Sun Sep 03 1 RB 5 rbShelfCa Card is insert Sun Sep 03 1 RB 5 rbShelfPe Fault is deiert Gun Sep 03 1 RB 5 Max Items 5 limit reached 0 of 5 item s selected Figure 6 5 Event Template Manager For each template the following information is displayed 182 AlvariSTAR User Manual Event Template Manager Parameter Description Template Name The name of the template Description A description of the template Creation Date The template s date of creation Created By The user who created the template Priority The template s priority The range is 0 999999 From the Event Template Manager you can E Create new event templates Section 6 5 1 HM Modify existing event templates Section 6 5 2 E Delete event templates Section 6 5 3 E Import event templates Section 6 5 4 6 5 1 Creating Event Templates gt To create a new event template 1 From the Event Template Manager click New to define a new event template The Creating New Event Template window is displayed AlvariSTAR User Manual 183 Chapter 6 Event Services F creating New Event Template Event
11. MIR kbps 128 cT Medium M 0 gt s QoS Type lt PS bytes SI ms cT 0 ey _ QoSType PS bytes SI ms CT 0 gt s E Qos Type C PS bytes SI ms cT Save New and Deploy Cancel Figure 4 5 Service Profile Editor Priority Classifier Tab The Priority Classifier tab of the Service Profile Editor is not applicable to VoIP Service Profiles The Priority Classifier tab enables definition of the following parameters Parameter Description Name A Priority Classifier Name consists of up to 32 printable characters Enter a name for a new Priority Classifier or use the Select button to use an existing QoS Profile Priority Type The Priority Classifier Type DSCP or 802 1p AlvariSTAR User Manual 105 Chapter 4 Provisioning Parameter Description Uplink Downlink Limits The Uplink Downlink Limit and QoS Profile parameters enable to define up to four ranges where a different QoS Profile can be assigned to each range The Limits priority ranges and assigned QoS Profiles are defined independently for the Uplink and Downlink based on the upper Limit defined for each priority range Up to 4 Limits priority ranges and the associated QoS Profiles can be defined for each direction A valid definition of Limits in each direction must comply with the following rules E Each Limit must be higher than its predecessor E The highest Limit must be the highest v
12. 6 5 2 Editing Event Templates gt To edit an existing event template 1 From the Event Template Manager select an existing template from the list and click Open The Editing Event Template window is displayed F Editing Event Template rbReseton Event Template Manager General Filter Behavior Email General Event Template Settings Name rbResetOn Event Template Priority 5 Created By RB Creation Date Sun Sep 03 11 33 03 IDT 2006 Description Device card is going to perform reset Advisor Message Trap indicating that Base Station Card or SU is going to berform reset con None UseDefault cleared critical indeterminate information major minor warning Figure 6 11 Editing Event Template The Editing Event Template window comprises the following main pages General Page on page 184 Filter Page on page 186 Behavior Page on page 191 196 AlvariSTAR User Manual Event Template Manager Email Page on page 194 2 Edit the parameters in each of the pages as required 3 Click Save to confirm your choices and save them to the database 6 5 3 Deleting Event Templates gt To delete an Event Template 1 Inthe Event Template Manager select the template to remove and click Delete A confirmation message is displayed 2 Click Yes to confirm the deletion 6 5 4 Impo
13. BreezeMAX MBS The number of licensed devices of the applicable type AlvariSTAR User Manual 157 Chapter 5 System Utilities Jal fr Ve 158 Parameter Description used The number of managed devices The number increases whenever a new device is discovered When the number of discovered devices Managed Devices reaches the number of Licensed Devices additional discovered devices will be ignored Unlicensed devices will be marked in Equipment Manager with an exclamation icon When considering future expansion plans the number of licensed devices compared with the number of managed devices of each type will indicate whether there is a need for an updated license Adding Licenses Before adding a license make sure that the file obtained from the supplier is available To add licenses Click Add and browse to the location of the license file Select the file and click Open The new licenses are displayed on the list Alternatively save the license file in the AlvariSTAR filesystem license folder The next time the server will be restarted the new license will also be added Activating Existing Licenses The new license added to the AlvariSTAR system needs to be activated in order to enable AlvariSTAR to manage the required devices To activate a license Select the required license and click on Activate NOTE Activating a license will de
14. Deploying Service Profiles 4 108 Disabled Accounts 1 12 Displaying the Navigation Pane 1 21 E Edit Database Aging Task 5 135 Network Scan Task 5 134 Service Profile 4 98 Edit task 5 129 Editing a Subscriber 4 115 Editing Commands 6 220 Editing Event Filters 6 216 Editing Event Templates 6 196 Editing Event Views 6 209 Equipment Editor Opening 3 64 Equipment Manager 3 61 Delete 3 63 Multiple Config 3 64 Opening 3 61 Event Detail Page 6 176 Event Detail Window Advisor 6 179 Notes 6 179 Variable Binding List 6 178 Event Filter Manager 6 211 Archiving Alarms 6 217 Creating event filters 6 215 Default Event Filter 6 212 Deleting event filters 6 217 Editing event filters 6 216 Filtering Event Filters 6 212 Opening 6 211 Event Filters Creating 6 215 Deleting 6 217 Editing 6 216 Scheduling in a northbound system 6 203 Event History 6 170 Alarm Severity amp Count 6 170 Alarm Table 6 171 Last Refresh Time 6 171 Maximum Rows 6 171 Table Filter and View 6 171 Event Monitor 6 167 Alarm Severity amp Count 6 167 AlarmTable 6 168 Control Buttons 6 168 Last Refresh Time 6 168 Listening mode 6 167 Maximum Rows 6 168 Opening 6 167 Refresh Rate 6 168 224 AlvariSTAR System Manual Index Table Filter and View 6 168 Event Services 6 166 Alarm Operations menus 6 179 Command manager 6 218 Context menu 6 179 Exporting Alarms 6 180 Event Template Editor Online help reference 6 193 Event Template Filtering 6 186
15. Expires option 2 2 3 3 Groups Tab The Groups tab lets you determine which user groups if any to associate with a user see Section 2 3 for information about how to create the groups that appear here As you grant permissions to defined groups you can grant or deny users access to certain functions based on their group associations The ID for the selected user appears at the top of the tab Available groups appear in the left tab and groups currently assigned to the selected user appear in the right tab AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 2 Permissions 7 Editing monitor User es GER PI General Profile Groups User ID Groups Available Groups Assigned Administrators Network Monitors NOC Supervisors OWDbAdmin OWServerAdmin Operators Technicians lt lt Figure 2 4 Groups Tab Use the controls in this tab to assign groups to or remove assignments from the current user gt To Add Group Assignments Select one or more groups from the left pane Groups Available and click the right arrow gt button to move those groups into the right pane Groups Assigned Ctrl click to select multiple non contiguous items or click on one item and Shift click on another to select a range of consecutive items Click the double right arrow gt gt button to move all of the groups from the left to the right pane Select Save
16. On and the VLAN List is empty E All Services assigned to the same SU must be configured with the same VLAN Classification Mode Either On or Off AlvariSTAR User Manual 121 Chapter 4 Provisioning Parameter Description Access VLAN The Access VLAN parameter enables defining a VLAN ID to be used with untagged packets received on the Ethernet port of the SU This parameter is applicable only for a transparent service VLAN Transparency Mode is On with Hybrid Mode set to On or a transparent service with Hybrid Mode set to Off and an empty VLAN list A tag with the defined Access VLAN will be added by the NPU Micro Base Station to untagged packets in the uplink The tag will be removed by the NPU Micro Base Station from packets in the downlink For a multicast connection the NPU Micro Base Station will send in addition to the VLAN list the single Access VLAN The SU will be responsible for removing the Access VLAN if it is received on a multicast connection The Access VLAN cannot be the same as the VPL ID in the applicable Service Profile s The range is from 0 to 4094 or None 4095 Admin Status The administrative status of the Service Operational State A read only display of the operational status Up means that the Service is currently in use VLAN List A table of VLAN IDs listing the VLAN IDs behind the same SU associated with the applicable Subscriber When Hybrid VLAN Mode i
17. Performance Collection Task Bile E Performance Collection Task General Entities Counters Name Type RunningS IP Address Location State Ada mBS_238 BreezeMAX 2 5 2 11 192 168 10 Up R mBS_237 BreezeMAX 2 5 2 12 192 168 10 Up Remove mBS_231 BreezeMAaAx 2 5 2 12 192 168 10 Up mBS_232 BreezeMAx 2 5 2 11 192 168 10 Up SU_237_1 BreezeMAX Rel_2_5 2 192 168 10 Up SU_233_A BreezeMAX Bel 235 3 192 168 10 Up Su_233_A BreezeMAX Rel_2 5 2 192 168 10 Down Run Report Inactive OK Cancel Figure 5 13 Performance Collection Task Entities Tab for Equipment The Entities tab includes the following controls AlvariSTAR User Manual 143 Chapter 5 System Utilities 144 Parameter Description Add E For Equipment Performance Task Type opens a submenu with the following options Base Stations opens the Equipment selection window with the list of available Base Stations SUs opens the Equipment selection window with a list of available SUs E For Services Performance Task Type opens the Service Selection window Remove Removes selected entities from the list E For Equipment The following information is displayed for each added entity in the list Parameter Description Name The name of the Base Station SU Type The type of device BreezeMAX BS BreezeMAX MBS BreezeMAX
18. The status of the task Active the task is currently running Inactive the task is idle The Performance Viewer includes the following controls which are activated upon selection of a performance collection task from the list 82 AlvariSTAR User Manual PM Collection Viewer Parameter Description Graph Opens the Graph Generator window enabling to build a graph from the collected data according to user specifications See Section 3 6 1 Export Opens the Export PM Collection Data window for the selected task enabling to export the collected data to a CSV file See Section 3 6 2 3 6 1 The Graph Generator To build a graph for the selected performance collection task gt 1 In the Performance Viewer select a task from the list The Graph button becomes active 2 Click on Graph The graph generator opens Pm 3 Start Time September 11 2008 07 14 7 Datz Graph Jee Tee BMAX Equipmert Pertormane Task End Time yw Set Graph Time Name Vane Sse Miao BS PM Comection Ca Modular BS PM Coftection Settrstal PM Cofecten C TESTS PM Cotecton Catat M7 Pro PM Colection Ceb M6 oS TO Cofectos C SUS PM Commetion Categor v Postia Ony Y Show Legend SAM D I Comction Categer SUS PM Comection Categer SA1 PR Colection Categer SUB Pro PM Colection Cab SU PM Comection Categer SUS PM Comection Categor S1 D I Comection Categor SU Danet Tx Wir r
19. is stored select the file and click Open 3 5 1 Restore Configuration Task The Restore Configuration Task window enables to load a selected backup file to selected equipment 78 AlvariSTAR User Manual Backup Files Manager ls Restore Configuration Task Backup Date 9 7 2006 10 59 34 Config filetype BMAX Full config v Auto reset Source Equipment Name Micro BS Ip address 10 0 22 248 Location Floor 3 Target Equipment Add Remove Name Ip address Location Micro BS 10 0 22 248 Floor 3 SS Run Cancel Figure 3 10 Restore Configuration Task Window The Restore Configuration Task window includes the following fields Parameter Description Backup Date A read only display of the date and time in which the backup file was created Config File Type Auto Reset A read only display of the type of backup file created Full config Service Profile Services Traps Filters See Section 5 2 9 for details on each type Check to automatically reset the units after loading the configuration backup file Source Equipment Name A read only display of the name of the equipment from which the configuration backup file was created the source equipment IP Address A read only display of the IP address of the source equipment Location A read only display of the location associated with the source equip
20. password expires the user must define a new password Password History Defines the number of new passwords that must be used before reusing an old password The Password Policy also determines when the user receives a password expiration warning To change Password Constraints settings and Password Policy settings select Settings gt Permissions gt Application Security Policy Refer to Section 2 5 for more details Disabled Accounts Users with a disabled account cannot access the system An account can be disabled by the administrator or is disabled according to the following Login Policy settings AlvariSTAR User Manual Starting the Application E Login Attempts Number of unsuccessful login attempts before the user is locked out default three attempts The account can be re enabled by the system administrator or after the Login Lockout period is over E Inactivity Timeout Interval of time that a terminal can remain inactive before the client is shut down M Idle Account Age Age for disabling an account with no login for the specified period of time Only the system administrator can re enable the account E Expired Account Age Age for disabling an active accounts with an expired passwords and no login for the specified period of time Only the system administrator can re enable the account E Lockout Period Time user must wait for the account to be enabled again af
21. v Expiration Date 1 1 2007 Figure 2 3 Profile Tab The Profile tab includes the following fields Parameter Description User ID The read only ID for the selected user Effective Date Required The date when this account becomes effective This field lets you create accounts in advance The accounts remain dormant until the Effective Date arrives Specify an Effective Date by entering the date directly in the text field in the proper format by default month day year You can also click the Browse button and select a date from the calendar graphic display Login Expires Indicates whether the login for this user expires If you select this option the application activates the Expiration Date field 36 AlvariSTAR User Manual User Manager Parameter Description Expiration Date Specifies the date on which the login expires This field is not active unless you select the Login Expires option Specify an expiration date by entering the date directly in the text field in the proper format by default month day year You can also click the Browse button and select a date from the calendar graphic display If a user is disabled typically by login failure the Expiration Date becomes the current date The user cannot log in again until you reset the Expiration Date to some future date or clear the Login
22. 0 NOTE x If two or more Service Profiles with the same name but with different properties are defined in different Base Stations they will be displayed as different entities rows Different properties may include non matching value of any parameter of either the Service Profile or its components or non matching name of a component AlvariSTAR User Manual 97 Chapter 4 Provisioning gt 4 3 2 98 To open the Service Profile Editor for creating a new Service Profile 1 Click on the New button or right click on any table s entry to open the options selection box and select the New option The Service Profile Type selection window opens 2 Select the required Service Profile Type L2 PPPoE or VoIP from the drop down menu and click on the OK button to open the Service Profile Editor To open the Service Profile Editor for editing an existing Service Profile Select the applicable table s entry and click on the Open button or double click on the selected entry or right click on the entry to open the options selection box and select the Open option To delete a Service Profile from the database Select the applicable table s entry and click on the Delete button or right click on the entry to open the options selection box and select the Delete option NOTE A Service Profile can be deleted from the database only if it is not in use deployed in any Base Station Deployment Count is 0 The S
23. 2 BS_235 192 168 101 235 2 BS_236 192 168 101 236 2 mBS_238 192 168 101 238 2 mBS_239 192 168 101 239 2 Run Report Inactive OK Cancel Figure 5 19 Configuration Backup Task Window Alternatively the Configuration Backup Task window can also be accessed from the Equipment Manager In the Equipment Manager select a device and click on Backup Configuration AlvariSTAR User Manual 155 Chapter 5 System Utilities The Configuration Backup Task window comprises the following fields Parameter Description Task Name The name of the task A string of up to 255 printable characters The name must be unique in the system This field is read only when modifying an existing task Type The type of backup file E Full config The entire Base Station configuration excluding Passwords and basic IP parameters of the MGMT and DATA ports IP Address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway E Service Profile All the profiles associated with services Service Profiles Forwarding Rules Priority Classifiers QoS Profiles D Services All the profiles and configurations associated with service Subscribers Services Service Profiles Forwarding Rules Priority Classifiers QoS Profiles E Traps The configuration parameters for all traps E Filters All the configurations of Filtering Rules Interface Filtering and MAC Address Deny List 2 Click Add The Equipment
24. 3 c Ifnone of the conditions above is met the SET AS MAIN command will be sent 2 Ifthe SU is not registered then the result will be Skipped with a failure SU lt mac address gt is not registered Each of these conditions will be checked for batches of 5 SUs during the SW upgrade and for 5 minutes Step 3 upgrading AUs stage Before upgrading the AUs the following conditions will be checked 1 Ifthe AU is connected a Ifthe version already exists as the Main version in the AU then the result will be Already running b Ifthe AU is currently running from Shadow then a command for SET AS MAIN will be sent and the process will start from Step 1 3 AlvariSTAR User Manual 153 Chapter 5 System Utilities 2 2 9 154 2 c Ifnone of the conditions above is met the SET AS MAIN command will be sent If the AU is not registered then the result will be Skipped with a failure AU lt id gt is not connected Each of these conditions will be checked during the SW upgrade and for 5 minutes Step 4 upgrade the NPU 1 3 If the version already exists as the Main version in the NPU then the result will be Skipped Already running If the NPU is currently running from Shadow the File management policy is applicable a If BST is running from Shadow Set as main then a command for SET AS MAIN will be sent b If BST is running from Shadow Skip BS then the NPU will
25. 48 Application Server 1 13 Archiving Alarms 6 217 Associating a filter with a northbound system 6 203 Audit Log Manager 5 161 Opening 5 161 Audit Logs Exporting 5 163 B Backup Files Manager Opening 3 77 Browser View 1 22 C Cascade the MDI View 1 23 Change Password 1 11 Clear Schedule of tasks 5 129 Command Manager 6 218 Deleting 6 221 Commands Creating 6 219 Deleting 6 221 Editing 6 220 Configuration Backup Task 5 154 Open 5 154 Contact Manager Associating devices with a contact 3 75 creating a contact 3 75 modifying a contact 3 75 Opening 3 74 Control Buttons 1 24 Conventions 1 24 Creating a contact 3 75 Creating a new Service Profile 4 98 Index Creating a new Subscriber 4 115 Creating commands 6 219 Creating Event Filters 6 215 Creating Event Templates 6 183 Creating Event Views 6 207 Creating northbound system definitions 6 199 Customizing Views in Event History 6 173 Customizing Views in Event Monitor 6 173 D Database Aging Task 5 135 Archiving alarms 6 217 Edit 5 135 Default Event View 6 207 Default Password 1 9 Default User ID 1 9 Defining Locations 3 71 Defining Locations and Sub Locations 3 71 Delete Service Profile 4 98 Delete task 5 129 Deleting a Service Profile 4 98 Deleting a Subscriber 4 115 Deleting Commands 6 221 Deleting event Filters 6 217 Deleting Event Templates 6 197 Deleting event Views 6 210 Deleting the association between a northbound system and a filter 6 203
26. AlvariSTAR User Manual Service Profile Manager Parameter Description Priority Marking Value Not applicable if the selected Priority Marking Mode is Transparent The marking value for data frames transmitted to the backbone according to the configured Priority Marking Mode The range is E Transparent 0 E DSCP Marking Mode 0 63 D 802 1p Marking Mode 0 7 4 3 2 4 Forwarding Rule Tab BER VoIP Service Profile Service Profile Name voice Service Profile Type VolP General Forwarding Rule Deployment voice BMAX VoIP 7 es a Unicast Relaying Multicast Relaying Unknown Address Forwarding Policy Multicast VLAN v None Multicast QoS BE_96 ds GL QoS type BE CIR kbps MIR kbps 96 CT Medium M Save New and Deploy Figure 4 4 Service Profile Editor Forwarding Rule Tab The Forwarding Rule tab of the Service Profile Editor is not applicable to transparent Service Profiles Transparent Service Profile On in which a default Transparent Forwarding Rule is used The Forwarding Rule tab enables definition of the following parameters Parameter Description Name A Forwarding Rule Name consists of up to 32 printable characters Enter a name for a new Forwarding Rule or use the Select button to use an existing Forwarding Rule AlvariSTAR User Manual 101 Chapter 4 Provisioning
27. Event Template Manager Alarm resynchronization 6 193 Behavior 6 191 Correlation settings 6 192 Creating Event Templates 6 183 Deleting 6 197 Editing 6 196 Email 6 194 Filter 6 186 General 6 184 Log event 6 193 Service affecting 6 193 Threshold 6 194 Threshold Settings 6 192 Event View Manager 6 206 Creating event views 6 207 Default Event View 6 207 Deleting event views 6 210 Editing event views 6 209 Filtering Event Views 6 207 Opening 6 206 Event Views Creating 6 207 Deleting 6 210 Editing 6 209 Exit the application 1 10 Expired Account Age 2 49 Exporting Audit Logs 5 163 Exporting Alarms 6 180 Exporting performance collection data 3 87 F Filter and View Table Event History 6 171 Event Monitor 6 168 Filtering Event Filters 6 212 Filtering Event Views 6 207 Filters 1 26 Functional Permissions 2 43 Associating a new Principal 2 44 Function Associations 2 45 Functions Panel 2 44 Granting Permissions 2 43 Principal Panel 2 44 Functional Permissions Editor 2 45 Functional Permissions Page 2 44 Functions Associating Functions 2 45 Functions Associations Modifying Function Associations 2 45 Removing Function Associations 2 45 G Graph Generator 3 83 Group Assignments Adding 2 38 Removing 2 38 Group Editor 2 41 Group Rights Summary 2 54 H Help Navigator window 1 28 Help Topic 1 28 Hiding the Navigation Pane 1 21 Home Window 1 14 l Idle Account Age 2 49 Importing Event templates 6 197 Alvari
28. Export PM Collection Data window for the selected task opens o x Export Data Start Time September 10 2006 16 31 afliep Now End Time September 10 2006 16 45 Entity v test PM Collection Categories v VoIP PM Collection Categories Destination Folder C PM_Collection Browse Unselect All 3 Figure 3 13 Export PM Collection Data Window In the Start End Time fields select the date and time range from which the data is to be exported You can highlight the value to change month day year and click on the up down arrows to change the value or alternatively you can pick a specific date using the calendar icon For End Time you can also check the Now box to define the time range until the present time Select the required equipment services from the list of entities Check the box next to the name of the device or click on Select All to select all the listed entities the button changes to Unselect All enabling to unselect all entities In the Export File field click on the Browse button to select a location on the client file system where you want to save the exported file and click Select AlvariSTAR User Manual 87 Chapter 3 Inventory 6 Click on the Export Data button A separate CSV file is saved in the selected location on the file system for each selected equip
29. Manager Task Manager Task Manager Task Manager Task Manager SYSTEM admin admin SYSTEM admin admin admin SYSTEM admin admin admin admin admin admin admin SYSTEM admin admin SYSTEM admin admin SYSTEM admin admin System Startup User Login Task Start Task Finish User Login User Logout User Logout System Startup User Login User Logout User Login User Logout User Login Task Update Task Start Task Finish Task Update Task Start Task Finish Task Create Task Start Task Finish Task Update Task Start System admin Network Scan Network Scan admin admin admin System admin admin admin admin admin Database Aging Database Aging Database Aging Database Aging Database Aging Database Aging aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa System Security g Network Scan T Network Scan T Security Security Security System Security Security Security Security Security Database Agin Database Agin Database Agin Database Agin Database Agin Database Agin BMAX multiple BMAX multiple BMAX multiple BMAX multiple BMAX multiple Results on page 100 Total 273 page Size w e page 1 of 3 5 S Figure 5 22 Audit Log Manager For each audit record the following information is displayed AlvariSTAR User Manual 161 Chapter 5 System Utilities 162 Field De
30. NOTE In certain devices such as BreezeMAX if no Authorized Manager is defined in the device it can be managed using SNMP with the default communities private for read write public for read only by any station If at least one Authorized Manager is defined the device can be managed only by a station whose parameters match a defined Authorized Manager SW Upgrade Files Software Upgrade files need to be stored on the Application Server in the AlvariSTAR firmware repository folder lt AlvariSTAR home gt filesystem firmware rb AlvariSTAR User Manual Starting the Application x 1 3 1 4 1 3 1 5 ee NOTE The rb folder should be manually created Use forward slashes in UNIX systems SNMP Ports Verify that the SNMP ports 161 162 are not used by any other application running on the computer If Windows or any other SNMP Server is installed open the Windows Service Manager stop the SNMP Services and disable it to ensure that it will not start automatically the next time you restart the computer Security Enforcement The Administrator should disable default users and define users user groups passwords and functional permissions refer to Chapter 2 Quick Start The following is an overview that covers the basic steps for getting started with the AlvariSTAR management process Refer to the respective chapter in this manual for an in depth explanation of each step 1 Define Data Aging Policies
31. Off Transparent 0 fr rolf L2 2 ed Results on page 100 Total 109 page Size 100 pa j page 1 of 2 gt o gt gt le 2 Figure 4 2 Service Profile Manager gt To view Service Profiles according to preferred selection criteria 1 Select the Device Family Services Profile Type from the Type drop down menu NOTE Si In the current release only BreezeMAX Service Profiles are supported 2 Click on the Select Filters button to narrow down the search criteria See Section 1 7 5 1 for details on using filters 3 Click on the Retrieve button to view the Service Profiles that match the selection criteria The Service Profiles table displays the following details for each of the applicable Service Profiles Parameter Description Name The Service Profile Name 96 AlvariSTAR User Manual Service Profile Manager Parameter Description Type The Service Profile Type L2 PPPoE or VoIP VPL ID VLAN Transparency The Virtual Private Link ID to be used in the backbone behind the Base Station The VPL ID parameter is applicable only to Service Profiles with VLAN Transparency Off Range 0 4094 None or empty for Transparent Service Profiles The VLAN Transparency defines the method of transferring packets to the operator s upstream network On or Off When set to On data packets sent from the Base Station to the backbone will be transferred transparently The VPL ID
32. Permissions Page The following panels are available in the Functional Permissions page E Functions Panel The Functions panel displays the available functions Select a function by clicking it the groups and users who have been granted permission to perform this function appear in the Permissions Panel along with the permitted actions read write execute and delete for example E Permissions Panel The Permissions panel displays the Principal the groups allowed to perform the selected function in the Functions page and the Assigned Actions for each group or individual associated with that function Parameter Description New Enables to associate a new Principal with the selected function and assign actions to that Principal Clicking New opens the Functional Permissions editor with the Principal Group drop down menu active Open Enables to open an existing permission Delete Enables to delete an existing permission Possible functional permissions authorize the following 44 AlvariSTAR User Manual Functional Permissions Parameter Description read Retrieve data from the database write Update data in the database execute Execute some application function delete Delete data from the database add Create new data 2 4 2 Function Associations You can do the following with the association of Groups or Principals with functions E Associate
33. Report window enabling to view a report of the last execution of the selected task Not available for tasks that were never run The Report window can also be accessed from each task editor The Report button in the task editors is inactive while the task is running and will become active only after the task has completed You can save the report to the file system by clicking the Save As button in the Task Report window The system will prompt you to save large reports Not available for tasks that were never run History Opens the Task Results window displaying a list of all past activations of the selected task and their results Not available for tasks that were never run 5 2 1 Scheduling Tasks Tasks can be scheduled to run once or at predefined recurrence intervals Examples of non recurring tasks include Software Upgrade and Service Profile Distribution examples of recurring tasks include Network Scan and Database Aging gt To schedule a task 1 Inthe Task Manager window select a task from the list and click the Schedule button The Schedule Editor opens 130 AlvariSTAR User Manual Task Manager i nix Schedule Start Start now on September 11 2006 12 21 PM A Recurrence O None Minutely Day Hourly Daily Weekly Monthly End End never Recur every 1 E weeks Sunday v ev
34. Subscriber Editor includes three tabs E General Tab E Services Tab E Deployment Tab 116 AlvariSTAR User Manual Subscriber Manager 4 4 2 1 General Tab EE Subscriber General Services y Deployment Subscriber ID Sub_005 Firstname Mary Last name Major Description Contact Information Name Mary Major Description Phone number Mobile number Fax number E Mail Address 1 Address 2 Cancel Figure 4 11 Subscriber Editor General Tab The General tab of the Subscriber Editor enables definition of the following Subscriber s parameters 4 4 2 1 1 Subscriber General Details These details are stored in the device s in which the Subscriber is defined These details are definable only for a new Subscriber For an existing Subscriber they cannot be changed even if the Subscriber is not deployed in any Base Station Parameter Description Subscriber ID A Subscriber ID Name consists of up to 32 printable characters The Subscriber ID must be unique for the entire network The Subscriber ID of an existing Subscriber cannot be modified AlvariSTAR User Manual 117 Chapter 4 Provisioning 4 4 2 1 2 118 Parameter Description First Name An optional parameter for information purposes A First Name consists of up to 50 printable characters The First Name of an existing
35. Subscriber cannot be modified Last Name An optional parameter for information purposes A Last Name consists of up to 50 printable characters The Last Name of an existing Subscriber cannot be modified Description An optional parameter for information purposes A Description consists of up to 50 printable characters The Description of an existing Subscriber cannot be modified Subscriber Contact Information These optional details are stored only in the NMS database for reference purposes Name Description Phone number Mobile number Fax number E mail address 2 address fields AlvariSTAR User Manual Subscriber Manager 4 4 2 2 Services Tab BEE Subscriber General Services Deployment Delete Add Micro BS Name Type Equipment Service Name Service Type BMAX L2 z Service Profile Gold Teleworking hd A SU MAC Address 00 10 E7 E2 26 73 bi A Subscriber Sub_005 b Hybrid VLAN Mode On z VLAN Classification Mode Off z Access VLAN 1 095 7 V None Admin Status Enable Z Operational State VLAN List Revert Delete ID VLAN ID e 1 a Refresh apy Cancel Figure 4 12 Subscriber Editor Services Tab The Services tab enables managing the list Services allocated to the Subscriber The Services table displays the gener
36. The time at which the threshold was last re armed for gauge thresholds For counter thresholds the time is either the last time the threshold offset was applied or the last time the counter was initialized Threshold Level The value of the crossed threshold The value appears only when the alarm is the result of crossing a threshold Threshold Observed The value of the gauge or counter when the threshold was crossed Value Trend Indicator The current severity trend more or less severe of the equipment Triggered Threshold Identifier of the threshold attribute that caused the alarm The value appears only when the alarm is the result of crossing a threshold Variable Binding List Page The Variable Binding List page Figure 6 4 displays a list of the variable bindings for the selected alarm AlvariSTAR User Manual Managing Alarms 6 4 3 3 6 4 3 4 6 4 4 Variable Binding List rbAuthorizationAndTraps 4 1 3 6 1 4 1 12394 1 2 6 4 226160 rbAuthorizationAndTraps 5 1 3 6 1 4 1 12394 1 2 6 5 3 rbAuthorizationAndTraps 6 1 3 6 1 4 1 12394 1 2 6 6 SU 00 10 e7 62 01 12 rbAuthorizationAndTraps 5 1 3 6 1 4 1 12394 1 2 6 5 5 rbAuthorizationAndTraps 1 3 6 1 4 1 12394 1 2 6 7 134 Figure 6 4 Variable Binding List Advisor Page The Advisor page displays a text description of the alarm and sometimes proposes aremedy For example The device has received an improperly a
37. When you click this button the Command Selector is displayed See Section 6 9 for information about how to add commands to this selector Click the eraser icon to remove selected scripts from this field Online Help Reference Currently this field is informational only Here you can store a reference to documentation that may give more detail to the specifics of the actual alarm For example this could be a URL Alarm Severity This field modifies the severity level of the alarm Once Event Services selects the template before actually processing the alarm this field overrides the severity of the alarm as it was received from mediation No change occurs if you set this field to 1 no change Refer to Table 6 3 for other valid values Event Status This field modifies the status of the alarm Once Event Services selects the template and before actually processing of the alarm this field overrides the status of the alarm as it was received from mediation This field will not be used if it is set to a negative one 1 Event Type This field modifies the event type Once Event Services selects the template before actually processing the alarm this field overrides the event type as it was received from mediation This field will not be used if it is set to a negative one 1 Refer to Table 6 2 and relevant footnotes for the valid event type values Correlation Use Correlation Defines the correlati
38. address of the host on which the system runs Forward Enables to select whether to forward only SNMP v1 traps v2c traps or both Start Forwarding Starts and stops forwarding of alarm reports to the system You must select this checkbox after having set up northbound system forwarding to begin forwarding traps Description An optional description of the system Port The port number to use to communicate with the system AlvariSTAR User Manual 201 Chapter 6 Event Services Parameter Description SNMP Community The SNMP read write community of the system NOTE x The port configured in the Northbound System editor must match the port your system uses to communicate Typically SNMP devices use port 161 to receive set get requests and port 162 to receive traps So typically you must configure Event Services to forward traps to a northbound system with a destination port of 162 6 6 3 Filters Page From the Filters page you can select filters to associate with the northbound system and schedule their activation only during specific periods If you do not add a schedule to a filter the filter will be always on Selected Filter Settings Filter Name Selected Schedule Option Default Always On Selected Filter Schedule Settings Start Time End Time Schedule Details StartTime Sunday souz am
39. be ignored If none of the conditions above is met the SET AS MAIN command will be sent In addition a SET command for SU default file will be sent BreezeMAX Configuration Backup Task The Configuration Backup Task enables to create backup files of the Base Station configuration The backup file contains copies of all the applicable configuration files and databases in the system To open the Configuration Backup Task window 1 In the Task Manager window Click New select BreezeMAX Configuration Backup from the list of available task types and click OK The Configuration Backup Task window is displayed OR Select an existing Configuration Backup task from the list and click Modify If the task is Active the Runtime result screen is displayed displaying the status of the running task AlvariSTAR User Manual Task Manager Runtime Results x BMAX Backup Configuration Task Pending Cd View report Close Figure 5 18 Configuration Backup Task Runtime Results If the task is Inactive the Configuration Backup Task window is displayed Configuration Backup Task LIZ Configuration Backup Task Task Name Backup task_full Type BMAX Full config K Source Equipment Add Remove Name IP Address Location mBS_231_11 192 168 101 231 2 mBS_232 192 168 101 232 2 BS_234 192 168 101 234
40. below Each Login Policy appears in the list along with its current setting Edit a policy by clicking it an editor appropriate to that setting appears in the lower portion of the page Login Policy includes the following properties E Idle Account Age E Expired Account Age HM Lockout Period E Privacy Warning E Inactivity Timeout E Login Attempts Idle Account Age The Idle Account Age determines how long an account can remain inactive have no logins before it is disabled Expired Account Age The Expired Account Age setting determines how many weeks an account can remain active if it has an expired password and no logins Once this threshold is reached the account is disabled and can only be reactivated by an administrator Lockout Period The Lockout Period determines how long a user must wait after a failed login attempt before a new attempt is allowed Privacy Warning The Privacy Warning appears every time a user logs in Enter your text in the Privacy Warning field and click Save to implement the change Inactivity Timeout The Inactivity Timeout setting determines how long a terminal can remain inactive before the client is shut down A setting of O effectively disables this setting allowing users to remain inactive indefinitely AlvariSTAR User Manual 49 Chapter 2 Permissions 2 5 1 6 vee ees Application Security Policy E E AppSecurityPolicy Ry LoginPolicy Password Histo
41. does Images Icon Select an icon from the drop down list to associate it with the location Available icons are Building Location Topology Image Click the Browse button to open the Select Location window through which you can select a map and associate it with the location Click the Eraser icon to clear the field Click the Preview button to view the associated map Depending on whether or not an image is assigned the label changes from No image assigned to Image assigned Details Postal Address An optional field for entering the address of the location A string of up to 80 characters Location Details An optional field for entering a description of the location A string of up to 80 characters 2 Type in or modify the fields as required 3 Click Apply 70 AlvariSTAR User Manual Location Manager Se ee 3 3 4 3 3 4 1 Coordinate Types You can define locations using a variety of coordinate types enabling accurate definition of locations The following are the default coordinate types Parameter Description Country City Country and city access codes Example 049 071 Latitude Longitude Latitude and longitude Example 38 57N 121 47W Area Code Prefix Area code and prefix Example 916 939 Vertical Horizontal Vertical horizontal coordinates developed by Bell Systems NOTE Coordinates type and coordinates valu
42. ergn s SU fanet Rx Rao ee 7 SU Up ak SNR DI 0 1 SU Downton SNA H 1 SU Uplink RSSI SU Dowmirk RSS e SU Tx Powa P Wretess Tx SUZ PM Comection Categor SUS PM Collection Cstog Tee Figure 3 12 Graph Generator The Graph Generator page comprises three sections the graph generation controls at the top the counters selection section on the left and the graph and control buttons section on the right For convenient viewing of the AlvariSTAR User Manual 83 Chapter 3 Inventory 3 6 1 1 84 required information you can change the relative sizes of the counters selection section and graph section by dragging the line separating them 3 Inthe Start End Time fields select the date and time range from which the data is to be displayed in the graph You can highlight the value to change month day year and click on the up down arrows to change the value or alternatively you can pick a specific date using the calendar icon For End Time you can also check the Now box to define the time range until the present time 4 The counters selection table on the left side of the window displays all the devices services belonging to the selected PM collection task Select the equipment service and specific counters to display in the graph For more information on the counters selection section see Section 3 6 1 1 5 Click the Build Graph button You can change the graph to display only a specific timefr
43. for database management tasks Alarms and Audit Log records Refer to Section 5 2 4 2 Schedule the Data Aging task to automatically execute it Refer to Section 5 2 1 3 Customize the Event View and Event Filter to comply with your needs Refer to Section 6 2 and Section 6 3 4 Design the equipment location hierarchy Define locations and sub locations and associate them with maps if applicable Refer to Section 3 3 5 Define security policy and assign permissions to users user groups Refer to Chapter 2 6 Open the Managed Network Application Enter the necessary IP address ranges locations and SNMP communities Define all other applicable parameters and initiate discovery Refer to Section 3 1 for information on using the Managed Network application and Section 5 2 3 for information on running the Network Scan for equipment discovery 7 After devices are discovered and stored in the database you can fully use the application to manage the system AlvariSTAR User Manual 7 Chapter 1 Introducing AlvariSTAR Use the Equipment Manager to view devices in the database according to various search criteria From the Equipment Manager you can access the devices dependent Configuration and Multiple Configuration managers and geographical maps Refer to Section 3 2 Use the Location Manager to design and manage hierarchical locations and associate them with maps Refer to Section 3 3 Use the Contact Ma
44. for example a spreadsheet Control Buttons In addition to the standard Close and Help buttons Event Monitor and Event History windows include the following buttons Parameter Description Ack All Allows you to acknowledge all open alarms AlvariSTAR User Manual Managing Alarms Parameter Description Clear All Allows you to clear all open alarms Refresh Refreshes the display according to a selected View Filter and the Maximum Rows parameters Available when the clock icon is not pressed Print Prints the list of alarms Help Opens the help for the Event Monitor Event History AlvariSTAR User Manual 181 Chapter 6 Event Services 6 5 Event Template Manager Event Templates determine how AlvariSTAR processes different types of messages sent by managed network objects These templates can even trigger external scripts see Section 6 9 The system s messages alarms typically indicate a change in the operational status of the object like a device failure or a system reset Event templates match each incoming message with specific actions Device drivers often install their own templates gt To open the Event Template Manager Select Event Services gt Event Template Manager from the File gt Open menu or from the Navigation Pane The Event Template Manager window is displayed
45. from the File menu or use the shortcut Ctrl S to store your changes gt To Remove Group Assignments Select one or more groups from the right Groups Assigned pane and click the left arrow lt button to move those groups into the left pane Ctrl click to select multiple non contiguous items or click on one item and Shift click on another to 38 AlvariSTAR User Manual User Manager select a range of consecutive items Click the double left arrow lt lt button to move all of the groups from the right to the left pane Select Save from the File menu or use the shortcut Ctrl S to store your changes AlvariSTAR User Manual 39 Chapter 2 Permissions 2 3 User Group Manager The User Group Manager lets you create user groups see User Manager on page 31 for instructions about creating users Open this manager from Settings gt Permissions gt User Group Manager Initially a Group is nothing more than a name and a description F User Group Manager es S Group Name Group Description Administrators System Administrators NOC Supervisors NOC Supervisors Network Monitors Network Monitors OWDbAdmin Oware database administrator role OWServerAdmin Oware server administrator role Operators Operators Technicians Technicians Figure 2 5 User Group Manager Once created however you can associate individual users with groups See Section 2 2 3 3 and grant permissions
46. global and additive with other permissions If you have a group permission and a functional permission set the result is a union not an intersection of the two Grant permissions by selecting a predefined function and then create a list of groups and or individual users authorized to perform that function You can further refine permissions by defining a set of actions read write execute and so on that each group or user can perform when exercising the function AlvariSTAR User Manual 43 Chapter 2 Permissions 7 Functions Permissions oe 8 Fonctions alarm Fitters Alarm Growp Fiter Lei Alarm Management P Alarm feig Fitter Lei Alarm Reports fat Alarm Window P Alarm Window Actions S Alarm Window Group Views m Mn rw Ce H emna Permissions Panel f Change Control Settings Change Password P Configure Auen Trat P Configure Backup Manager P Configure Contacts oi Configure Equipment T Configure Events b Configure Licenses F Configure Locations IT Functions Panel af Configure Service Profes Pe Configure Services b Configure Subscribers NOC Supecvisors Pead wrie ergi Ae Zeen acd Te execute Seen acd read wrte gert ads PE Configure Tests b Event Deag IC Mnsan Network fi Manage Permessions Northbound System Manager P Performance Data Colection f Security Alarm PE Tepeteay pat User Montor ee sued o Figure 2 7 Functional
47. manage schedule run abort system wide operations such as Network Scan Database Aging Configuration Backup etc Refer to Section 5 2 E License Enables to view information about valid licenses and summary details on the currently managed device types included in the license Refer to Section 5 3 E User Monitor Enables to view information on the currently logged in users and to send messages to a logged in user Refer to Section 5 4 E Audit Logs Enables to view recorded events and export the logged data to an external Comma Separated Value CSV file Refer to Section 5 5 20 AlvariSTAR User Manual The Main Window Node Description Event Services The Event Services allows you to manage alarms that occur in the network It displays information about each alarm and lets you acknowledge received alarms It also provides tools that help you diagnose and correct alarms The Event Manager is divided into the following sub menus E Event Monitor Displays real time updates of new events and alarms entering the system Refer to Section 6 2 E Event History Queries for alarms and events in the database according to specified time intervals Refer to Section 6 3 E Event Template Manager Allows you to create modify and delete event templates Refer to Section 6 5 E Northbound Manager Allows you to connect to other management systems and to forward traps related to thi
48. matched alarms can trigger external scripts These script commands can even have parameters that come from values in the Eventinfo alarm s attributes or other assigned constants The manager lists available script commands You can create edit and delete script commands with the buttons on this manager gt To open the Command Manager Select Event Services gt Command Manager from the File gt Open menu or from the Navigation Pane The Command Manager window is displayed Le Command Manager Criteria Scheme By Name Open Name E Name Delete Max Items 0 of 0 item s selected Figure 6 22 Command Manager The Command Manager displays a list of all available commands and provides a description for each From the Command Manager you can 218 AlvariSTAR User Manual Command Manager E Create new commands Section 6 9 1 E Modify existing commands Section 6 9 2 E Delete commands Section 6 9 3 6 9 1 Creating Commands gt To create new commands 1 From the Command Manager click New to define a new command The Creating New Command window is displayed 7 Command Manager Info Figure 6 23 Creating New Command You can configure your script with the following fields AlvariSTAR User Manual 219 Chapter 6 Event Services Parameter Description Command Name A unique text identifier Desc
49. parameter is not applicable to Service Profiles with VLAN Transparency On The Forwarding Rule selection parameter is also not applicable to transparent Service Profiles All transparent Service Profiles share a single pre configured Forwarding Rule and a pre configured QoS Profile for multicasts The pre configured Transparent Forwarding Rule can be modified but not deleted For tagged packets the VPL ID will be their VLAN tag For untagged packets the VPL ID will be None Priority Marking The mode of marking data transmitted to the backbone network Transparent 802 1p or DSCP Priority Marking Value Not applicable if the selected Priority Marking is Transparent The marking value for data frames transmitted to the backbone according to the configured Priority Marking 0 63 for DSCP 0 7 for 802 1p and 0 for Transparent Forwarding Rule The Forwarding Rule used by the Service Profile The Forwarding Rule parameter is not applicable empty field to transparent Service Profiles VLAN Transparency On as all transparent Service Profiles share the same pre defined Forwarding Rule Deployment Count The number of Base Stations Micro Base Stations in which the Service Profile is defined A count of 0 means that the Service Profile is defined only in the NMS database and is not used in any device After modifying and re deploying a Service Profile the deployment count of the original profile is set to
50. scripts 6 9 2 Editing Commands gt To edit a command 1 From the Command Manager select an existing command from the list and click Open The Editing Command window is displayed 2 Edit the parameters in each of the pages as required The name of the command cannot be edited 3 Click Save to confirm your choices and save them to the database 220 AlvariSTAR User Manual Command Manager 6 9 3 Deleting Commands gt To delete a Command 1 Inthe Command Manager select the command to remove and click Delete A confirmation message is displayed You can select several commands using the Ctrl key 2 Click Yes to confirm the deletion AlvariSTAR User Manual 221 A Abort task 5 129 About AlvariSTAR 1 2 About Window 1 14 Accelerators 1 24 Accounts disabled 1 12 Activating Licenses 5 158 Active Alarms Control Buttons 6 180 Add Licenses 5 158 Service Profile 4 98 Add task 5 129 Alarm Details Window 6 175 Event Detail Page 6 176 Opening 6 175 Alarm Management 6 179 Alarm Severities 6 174 Alarm Severity amp Count Event History 6 170 Event Monitor 6 167 Alarm Table 6 172 Event History 6 171 Event Monitor 6 168 Limiting the number of alarms 6 173 Alarms archiving 6 217 Limiting the number of alarms 6 173 Allow Password Reuse 2 53 Allow Userld in Password 2 53 AlvariSTAR Exit 1 10 Shut down the client 1 10 Version number 1 14 AlvariSTAR starting 1 9 Index Application Security Policy 2
51. selected filter 1 Select a filter in the Selected Filter Settings area AlvariSTAR User Manual 203 Chapter 6 Event Services S S gt 6 6 4 204 2 Inthe Selected Filter Schedule Settings area click on Add Schedule The Schedule Details area activates 3 Set the Start Time and End Time NOTE The Start Time and End Time must not be identical 4 Click Apply to add the new schedule to the list of schedules in the Selected Filter Schedule Settings area NOTE You can add multiple start and end times to a single filter 5 Click Save or Ctrl S to save your edits and close the editor To edit a schedule 1 With the filter selected select the schedule to be edited and click on Edit Schedule The Schedule Details area activates 2 Change the settings as required and click Save or Ctrl S to save your edits and close the editor To remove a schedule 1 With the filter selected select the schedule to be deleted and click on Delete Schedule The schedule is removed from the list 2 Click Save or Ctrl S to save your edits and close the editor Editing Northbound System Definitions To edit northbound system definitions 1 Inthe Northbound Manager select an existing northbound definition from the list and click on Open The Editing Northbound System window is displayed AlvariSTAR User Manual Northbound Manager 2 Edit the parameters as required 3 Click Save to confirm your chan
52. sien habeas detestable aiden siege 212 6 8 2 Default Event Filter ccscteccrtteesusancenccens ates laactecceacnunseedcecnt cecaudeniuateneenentadandeee 212 6 8 3 Managing Filter Criteria E 212 6 8 4 Creating Event Filters EEN 215 6 8 5 Egeter Ee 216 6 8 6 Reen 217 AlvariSTAR User Manual xiii Contents 6 9 6 8 7 Archiving AlarmS deegeeeneegeeeeeer teren Ee Eed gees 217 Command Manager E 218 6 9 1 EE lge Been 219 6 9 2 hiet R i ant TE 220 6 9 3 Deleting Commands ET 221 223 AlvariSTAR User Manual xiv Chapter 1 Introducing AlvariSTAR In This Chapter About AlvariSTAR on page 2 AlvariSTAR Functionality on page 3 Starting the Application on page 6 The Home Window on page 14 The About Window on page 14 The Main Window on page 15 Conventions and Common Operations on page 24 How to Get Help on page 28 Chapter 1 Introducing AlvariSTAR dach About AlvariSTAR AlvariSTAR is a comprehensive Carrier Class Network Management System NMS for Alvarion s Broadband Wireless Access products based networks AlvariSTAR is designed for today s most advanced service provider Network Operation Centers NOCs providing the network OA amp M staff and managers with all the network surveillance monitoring and configuration capabilities required in order to effectively manage the BWA network while keeping the resources and expenses at a minimum AlvariSTAR is de
53. the SU several times to the Ethernet port each time with a different VLAN ID taken from the VLAN ID list supplied by the NPU Micro Base Station Available values are in the range of 0 to 4094 or None 4095 and 4096 for Transparent FwR Multicast QoS The QoS Profile to be used in the downlink for multicasts A QoS Profile Name consists of up to 32 printable characters Enter a name for a new QoS Profile or use the Select button to use an existing QoS Profile QoS Type The QoS Type BE NRT RT or CG CIR kbps Applicable only to RT and NRT QoS Types The information transfer rate that the system is committed to transfer under normal conditions The rate is averaged over a minimum increment of time which is defined by the CT parameter The range is from 0 to 12 000 Kbps CIR cannot be higher than MIR applicable to NRT QoS type MIR kbps Applicable only to NRT and BE QoS Types The maximum information rate that the system will allow for the connection The rate is averaged over a minimum increment of time which is defined by the CT parameter The range is from 1 to 12 000 Kbps AlvariSTAR User Manual 103 Chapter 4 Provisioning Parameter Description CT Applicable for RT NRT and BE QoS Types The CT Committed Time parameter defines the time window over which the information rate is averaged to ensure compliance with the CIR or MIR parameter It is used also to priorit
54. to users based on their association with a group See Section 2 4 For more information on using the User Group Manager refer to E Adding or Modifying a Group on page 41 E Deleting a Group on page 42 E Default User Groups and Users on page 42 AlvariSTAR User Manual User Group Manager 2 3 1 Adding or Modifying a Group Adding groups and modifying groups are similar operations using the same interface gt To add a new group Click New gt To modify an existing group Select the group in the Group Manager and click Open In both cases an editor window shown below appears If you are editing an existing group the window contains the information for that group If you are creating a new group the window is blank C Etting geren Mergme eme Figure 2 6 Group Editor Enter or modify the appropriate information in the Group Editor s fields and click OK to save the entry The following are the fields in this window AlvariSTAR User Manual 41 Chapter 2 Permissions K Ze 2 3 0 x 42 Parameter Description Name The name of the group read only if editing This entry is obligatory and must be unique Description A description of the group This entry is optional Deleting a Group Select the group in the Group Manager and click Delete Default User Groups and Users By default several user groups with one user defined in
55. upgrade process is performed automatically in stages Stage 1 Uploads 1 Upload the selected file to the NPU s Micro Base Station s Shadow a Ifthe NPU is currently running from Shadow the File Management policy is applicable 1 If BST is running from Shadow Set as main then a command for SET AS MAIN will be sent and the process will start from Step 1 1 2 If BST is running from Shadow Skip BS then the NPU will be ignored b Ifthe NPU is currently running from Main the load to shadow operation will be performed 152 AlvariSTAR User Manual Task Manager 2 Upload AU SU files to NPU Micro Base Station Before uploading the File management policy will be checked a If Delete delete oldest file and replace it with the new file b If Skip BS the upgrade procedure will be skipped 3 Upload AU SU files to AU SU s shadow a Ifthe AU SU is currently running from Shadow then a command for SET AS MAIN will be sent and the process will start from Step 1 3 b Ifthe AU SU is currently running from Main the load to shadow operation will be performed Step 2 upgrading SUs stage Before upgrading the SUs the following conditions will be checked 1 Ifthe SU is registered a Ifthe version already exists as the Main version in the SU then the result will be Already running b Ifthe SU is currently running from Shadow then a command for SET AS MAIN will be sent and the process will start from Step 1
56. 0 0 22 4 No SNMP agent fou 10 0 22 5 No SNMP agent fou 10 0 22 6 No SNMP agent fou 10 0 22 7 No SNMP agent fou 10 0 22 8 No SNMP agent fou 10 0 22 9 No SNMP agent fou 10 0 22 10 No SNMP agent fou 10 0 22 11 No SNMP agent fou 3100 233 A3 Blo GRIMD annant four Figure 5 4 Network Scan Task Runtime Results If the task is Inactive the Network Scan Task is displayed 134 AlvariSTAR User Manual Task Manager Network Scan Task SE Network Scan Task SNMP Parameters Retries le Timeout le Run Report Inactive OK Cancel Figure 5 5 Network Scan Task Window The Network Scan Task window includes the following parameters Parameter Description SNMP Parameters Retries The maximum number of retries for SNMP TFTP communication The range is from 0 to 255 Timeout The maximum time in seconds that the requesting process waits for a response before attempting a retransmission or aborting if the maximum number of retries has been reached The available range is 1 to 3 600 seconds 2 Change the parameters as required and click OK to save the changes and close the task window Cancel to close the window without saving or Run to execute the task The adjacent field display changes from Inactive to Active until the task has completed When completed you can view the report from the Task Editor or from
57. 005 L2 Enable Down data Sub_014 00 10 E9 6 Selfinstall Service_002 L2 Enable Down data Sub_013 00 10 E7 6 Selfinstall Ef VoIP2 YoIP Enable Up VoIP Sub_017 00 10 E7 2 Modular BS Ei TR 4M L2 Enable Down TR 4M 4 Sub_017 00 10 E7 E Modular BS Ef VoIP VoIP Enable Up VoIP Sub_017 00 10 E7 2 Modular BS Results on page 9 Total 9 page Size 100 e Le page 1 of 1 9 gt gt 15 gt 92 Figure 4 1 Service Manager To view Services according to preferred selection criteria 1 Select the Device Family Services Type from the Type drop down menu NOTE In the current release only BreezeMAX Services are supported 2 Click on the Select Filters button to narrow the search criteria See Section 1 7 5 1 for information on using filters 2 Click on the Retrieve button to view the Services that match the selection criteria The Services table displays the following details for each of the applicable Services AlvariSTAR User Manual Service Manager Parameter Description Name The Service Name Type The Service Type L2 PPPoE or VoIP Admin Status The administrative status of the Service Enable Disable Oper Status The operational status of the Service Up means that the Service is currently in use Service Profile The Name of the Service Profile used in the Service Subscriber The ID Name of the Subscriber to which the Servic
58. 198 AlvariSTAR User Manual Northbound Manager The Northbound Manager displays a list of all available systems and provides a description for each The following are the controls on this manager Parameter Description New Creates a new northbound system definition See Section 6 6 1 for more information Edit Opens an existing northbound system definition for modification See Section 6 6 1 for more information Delete Deletes a northbound system definition Select the definition to remove and click Delete to delete it Associated with the configured northbound system are one or more filters linked with a schedule for when they are active If a fault matches the criteria of an active filter then the application forwards it to that destination gt To forward traps 1 Create at least one forwarding filter that designates what kind of alarms you want to forward See Section 6 6 3 for more information 2 Create a new northbound system definition Section 6 6 1 3 Assign the filtering you want to this definition 4 Click the Start Forwarding button in the Filter Editor 6 6 1 Creating or Northbound System Definitions A northbound system definition created in the Northbound Manager tells the application how to communicate with the northbound system what notifications to send trap forwarding and when to send the notifications It contains the location of the system associated filters
59. 2 Apply Cancel Figure 6 15 Northbound Editor Filters Page 202 AlvariSTAR User Manual Northbound Manager gt To associate a filter with a northbound system 1 Inthe Selected Filter Settings area click on Add Filter The Select Event Filter window opens see Section 6 8 for details on Event Filters 2 Select a filter from the list and click Select Or Click New to create a new filter see Section 6 8 4 for details on creating Event Filters After setting all the parameters of the new filter click Save to save and associate the filter with the northbound system The selected filters are listed in the Selected Filter Settings area 3 Click Save or Ctrl S to save your edits and close the editor or continue to set a schedule for the filter NOTE x You can associate multiple filters with a single northbound system gt To delete the association between a northbound system and a filter 1 Select a filter from the Selected Filter Settings area 2 Click on Delete Filter The filter is removed from the Selected Filter Settings area 3 Click Save or Ctrl S to save your edits and close the editor NOTE x The Delete Filter function only deletes the association between the northbound system and the filter The filter still exists in the Event Filter Manager and you can associate it with other system definitions To delete a filter from the database see Section 6 8 6 gt To schedule the operation of a
60. 203 Deleting system definitions 6 205 Editing system definitions 6 204 Forwarding traps 6 199 Opening 6 198 scheduling filters 6 203 O Open Audit Log Manager 5 161 Configuration Backup Task 5 154 License Manager 5 157 Performance Collection Task 5 141 Service Manager 4 91 Service Profile Manager 4 95 226 AlvariSTAR System Manual Index Single Range Scan Task 5 137 5 138 Software Upgrade Task 5 147 Open task results 5 133 Opening the Subscriber Editor 4 115 Opening the Subscriber Manager 4 113 P Password changing 1 11 Policy settings 1 12 Password Constraint 2 52 Allow Password Reuse 2 53 Allow Userld in Password 2 53 Require a number 2 53 Require a special character 2 53 Password Expiration Age 2 51 Password Expiration Warning 2 51 Password History 2 51 Password Policy 2 50 Minimum Password Length 2 53 Password Expiration Age 2 51 Password Expiration Warning 2 51 Password History 2 51 Required Mixed Case 2 53 Passwords constraints 1 11 Performance Collection Exporting Data 3 87 Performance Collection Task 5 140 Open 5 141 PM Collection Graph 3 83 Post Installation Checklist 1 6 Privacy Warning 2 49 Q Quick Start 1 7 R Rearranging columns 1 25 Refresh Rate 6 168 Require a number 2 53 Require a special character 2 53 Require Mixed Case 2 53 Resizing columns 1 25 Run task 5 129 S Scheduling filters 6 203 Scheduling tasks 5 130 Scripts 6 218 Security Enforcement 1 7 Servic
61. 5 Toolbar The icons and the functions they invoke are described below Description Save Saves changes in the open window Ctrl S is the keyboard shortcut for this function Gu Close Closes the active selected window Cirl F4 is the keyboard shortcut Home Opens the Home window page Refer to Section 1 4 About Displays the About window Refer to Section 1 5 Help Opens the Online Help Navigator AECH D Prev Next Cycles back and forth through the open windows 18 AlvariSTAR User Manual The Main Window 1 6 3 Navigation Pane The application offers two navigational views Tree View and Slide Menu View Age Mee l EE munsgos Segen EE tqetpment Manager Location Manager SS Contact Manager TE Bauang Files Manager E en Comection Viewer ED sermen Manege H Serme Protite Manager Sebecriber Manager Uy Task Manager ROT QO User Montor QO Aust Logs FHE irera mamaos E tren irae P reent Tomptste Manager J Northtown Manager reerg View Manager Eh reng Faes Manager otemt Mergen 4 peepee neers vl Figure 1 6 Tree View left and Slide Menu View right In either case click on menu headings to expand that menu node in tree view double click on the menu heading or single click on the sign to its right then click on the appropriate item in that node to display the associated page You can also right click nodes i
62. E Audit Logs AlvariSTAR provides a logging service that records messages to the database upon the occurrence of pre specified events These messages can include event date and time event type error messages and other important information according to the recorded event The Audit Log Manager enables to view recorded events and export the logged data to an external Comma Separated Value CSV file gt To open the Audit Log Manager Select System Utilities gt Audit Logs from the File gt Open gt AlvariSTAR menu or the Navigation Pane The Audit Log Manager displays a list of all logged records Audit Log Manager Criteria Event Time Category User ID Action Target Entity Entity Type Export To CSV Sun 9 3 200 Sun 9 3 200 Sun 9 3 200 Sun 9 3 200 Sun 9 3 200 Sun 9 3 200 Sun 9 3 200 Sun 9 3 200 Sun 9 3 200 Sun 9 3 200 Sun 9 3 200 Sun 9 3 200 Sun 9 3 200 Sun 9 3 200 61 RS 61 61 61 61 61 61 Bi 61 61 61 61 61 Sun 9 3 2006 1 Sun 9 3 2006 1 Sun 9 3 2006 1 Sun 9 3 2006 1 Sun 9 3 2006 1 Sun 9 3 2006 1 Sun 9 3 2006 1 Sun 9 3 2006 1 Sun 9 3 2006 1 Sun 9 3 2006 1 System Security Task Manager Task Manager Security Security Security System Security Security Security Security Security Task Manager Task Manager Task Manager Task Manager Task Manager Task Manager Task
63. IES HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO USE AS PART OF ON LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS IN HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS REQUIRING FAIL SAFE PERFORMANCE SUCH AS IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES WEAPONS SYSTEMS OR OTHER APPLICATIONS REPRESENTING A SIMILAR DEGREE OF POTENTIAL HAZARD ALVARION SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES b PURCHASER S SOLE REMEDY FOR BREACH OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES ABOVE SHALL BE REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF THE PURCHASE PRICE AS SPECIFIED ABOVE AT ALVARION S OPTION TO THE AlvariSTAR User Manual Legal Rights FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW THE WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS EXPRESS OR IMPLIED EITHER IN FACT OR BY OPERATION OF LAW STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES TERMS OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE SATISFACTORY QUALITY CORRESPONDENCE WITH DESCRIPTION NON INFRINGEMENT AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATION GENERATED ALL OF WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED ALVARION WARRANTIES HEREIN RUN ONLY TO PURCHASER AND ARE NOT EXTENDED TO ANY THIRD PARTIES ALVARION NEITHER ASSUMES NOR AUTHORIZES ANY OTHER PERSON TO ASSUME FOR IT ANY OTHER LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALE INSTALLATION MAINTENANCE OR USE OF ITS PR
64. MAX BS 10 0 22 250 Micro BS BreezeMAX MBS 10 0 22 248 Save New and Deploy Cancel Figure 4 6 Service Profile Editor Deployment Tab AlvariSTAR User Manual 107 Chapter 4 Provisioning 4 3 2 7 4 3 3 108 The Deployment tab of the Service Profile Editor displays details on the Base Stations in which the Service Profile is currently deployed empty for a new Service Profile The details displayed for each Base Station include its Name Type BS or MBS and IP Address Deploying Service Profiles To deploy a new Service Profile click on the OK button in any of the Service Profile Editor tabs to open the Service Profile Distribution Task To deploy an updated Service Profile click on the Save New and Deploy button in any of the Service Profile Editor tabs to open the Service Profile Distribution Task The deployment of an existing Service Profile without modifying any parameter can be done only from the task manager If there is any error in the defined Service Profile such as a missing parameter contradicting definitions or non valid value the relevant error message s will be displayed at the top section of the window and a red border around the relevant entries will indicate the parameters that should be corrected The Service Profile Distribution Task The Service Profiles Distribution Task enables deployment of Service Profiles in one or more Base Stations The Service Pro
65. Manager Note that a location can have a Parent Location meaning that it belongs to a subset of another location For example if network objects are on the third floor of a facility you can designate both the building and the specific floor as locations the building would be the parent of the floor You may define multiple levels for locations In the current example the city in which the building is located can be defined as the parent location of the building and so on To associate a single device with a location or several devices with a single location open the Equipment Editor for the device s click the Browse button next to the Location field to open the Select Location window and select a location For further details refer to Section 3 2 2 gt To open the Location Manager Select Inventory gt Location Manager from the File gt Open gt AlvariSTAR menu or the Navigation Pane The Location Manager window is displayed AlvariSTAR User Manual 67 Chapter 3 Inventory Location Manager Name New 7 sydney Open Et aBuilding A Ss Si riour 3 Delete Foor Add Child Open Map Figure 3 5 Location Manager You can select one or more locations from the list The following command buttons are available in the Location Manager Parameter Description New Opens the Location Editor through which you can define a new locatio
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67. Rx C Management Port Rx Data Port Rx C Data Port Rx Management Port Tx C Management Port Tx Data Port Tx 7 Data Port Tx Wireless Rx C Wireless Rx Wireless Tx 3 Wireless Tx AU Back Panel C AU Back Panel Radio C Radio Remove Run Report Inactive OK Cancel Figure 5 14 Performance Collection Task Counters Tab gt To select counters 1 Click on the required counter in the Categories side to select it More than one counter can be selected AlvariSTAR User Manual 145 Chapter 5 System Utilities 2 Click on the Add button or double click on the selected counter The counter is displayed in the list of selected counters on the right The following are the available counters for selection E For Equipment performance SU Ethernet Rx SU Ethernet Tx Management Port Rx Data Port Rx Management Port Tx Data Port Tx Wireless Rx Wireless Tx AU Back Panel Sr O O O Re OG Radio E For Services performance Uplink RT VR NRT VR BE Services Statistics Downlink RT VR NRT VR BE Services Statistics For the exact nature of each counter refer to the Device Manager User Manual 5 2 8 BreezeMAX Software Upgrade Task Software upgrade is performed by loading the requested software files to the shadow memory of the devices using TFTP and activating the new software version at a desired moment according to a predetermined process It is possible to define any number
68. STAR System Manual 225 Index L Last Refresh Time 6 168 Event History 6 171 License 1 6 Activate 5 158 Add 5 158 License Manager 5 157 Open 5 157 Limiting the Result Set 1 27 Listening mode 6 167 Location Editor 3 69 Coordinate Types 3 71 Creating a location 3 69 Modifying a location 3 69 Location Manager 3 67 Opening 3 67 Location Map Defining Locations 3 71 Lockout Period 2 49 Logging Off 1 10 Logging On 1 9 Login Attempts 2 50 Login Policy 2 48 Editing 2 49 Expired Account Age 2 49 Idle Account Age 2 49 Inactivity Timeout 2 49 Lockout Period 2 49 Login Attempts 2 50 Privacy Warning 2 49 Login Policy settings 1 12 Login Policy settings changing 1 13 M Main Menu 1 15 Main Window 1 15 Managed Network Application Opening 3 56 Maps 1 6 Maximum Rows 6 168 Event History 6 171 MDI View 1 22 cascading 1 23 tile 1 23 Minimum Password Length 2 53 Modify task 5 129 Modifying a Service Profile 4 98 N Navigation Pane 1 19 displaying 1 22 hiding 1 21 Tree view 1 19 Network IP Address Ranges Export button 3 59 exporting a range 3 59 Import button 3 59 Importing a range 3 59 Network Management System NMS 1 2 Network Operation Centers NOCs 1 2 Network Scan Task 5 134 Edit 5 134 New task 5 129 NMS Network Management System 1 2 NOCs Network Operation Centers 1 2 Northbound Manager 6 198 Associating a filter 6 203 Creating system definitions 6 199 Deleting a filter association 6
69. SU Software Version The software version loaded on the device IP Address The IP address of the Base Station Location The location associated with the equipment State The operational state of the equipment Up Down Unreachable Unlicensed Unknown E For Services Parameter Description Name The Service Name Type The Service Type L2 PPPoE or VoIP Admin Status The administrative status of the Service Oper Status The operational status of the Service Up means that the Service is currently in use Service Profile The Name of the Service Profile used in the Service Subscriber The ID Name of the Subscriber to which the Service is allocated SU MAC Address The MAC Address of the SU associated with the Service AlvariSTAR User Manual Task Manager Parameter Description BS The Name of the Base Station Micro Base Station providing the Service 5 2 7 3 Counters Tab The counters tab enables to select the counters for the performance collection task The list of counters depends on the type of performance task selected equipment services Performance Collection Task Ble Es Performance Collection Task General Entities Counters Categories SU Ethernet Rx 7 SU Ethernet Rx SU Ethernet Tx C SU Ethernet Tx Management Port
70. Section 3 1 1 E Network Communities Tab Section 3 1 2 Network IP Address Ranges Tab The Network IP Address Ranges tab displays the currently defined IP address ranges up to 65535 IPs and other applicable information and enables to add edit or remove a range AlvariSTAR User Manual Managed Network Managed Network ZE ERT Bl Managed Network Application Network IP Address Ranges Network Communities Add Import Type StarwNetwork EndiMask Discovery Auto Discovery Read Commu Write Commu Location a IpRange 10 0 22 240 10 0 22 254 v v public private Figure 3 1 Network IP Address Ranges Tab You can edit the Network IP Address Ranges table by clicking inside the cells and entering the required information The following information is displayed for each range Parameter Description Type The type of range definition IP Range or Subnet Select from the drop down menu whether to define the range using IP Range the first and last address in the range or Subnet Network and Mask Start Network The first IP address in an IP Range or the Subnet address in a Subnet range type End Mask The last IP address in an IP Range or the Subnet Mask in a Subnet range type NOTE x To minimize unnecessary traffic load in the network avoid defining IP address ranges that include too many gaps e g non existin
71. TE If two or more Subscribers with the same ID but with different properties non matching First Name or Last Name are defined in different Base Stations they will be displayed as different entities rows gt To open the Subscriber Editor for creating a new Subscriber 1 Click on the New button or right click on any table s entry to open the options selection box and select the New option 2 The Subscriber Type selection dialog box will open Select the required Subscriber Type in the current version the only option is BMAX Subscriber from the drop down menu and click on the OK button to open the Subscriber Editor gt To open the Subscriber Editor for editing an existing Subscriber Select the applicable table s entry and click on the Open button or double click on the selected entry or right click on the entry to open the options selection box and select the Open option gt To delete a Subscriber from the database Select the applicable table s entry and click on the Delete button or right click on the entry to open the options selection box and select the Delete option AlvariSTAR User Manual 115 Chapter 4 Provisioning NOTE x A Subscriber can be deleted from the database only if it is not in use defined in any Base Station Deployment Count is 0 4 4 2 The Subscriber Editor The Subscriber Editor enables management of Subscribers and deployment of Services in selected Base Stations The
72. Template Manager 4 General Event Template Settings General Name Filter Behavior Event Template Priority Email Created By admin Creation Date Sun Sep 10 18 31 06 IDT 2006 Description rAdvisor Message t indeterminate information major minor warning Figure 6 6 Creating New Event Template The Creating New Event Template window comprises the following main pages General Page on page 184 Filter Page on page 186 Behavior Page on page 191 Email Page on page 194 2 Enter the relevant information in each of the pages 3 Click the Save button to confirm your choices and save them to the database 6 5 1 1 General Page In the General page you can add general information on the template add a message that will appear in alarms when the template acts and assign an icon for the template 184 AlvariSTAR User Manual Event Template Manager General Event Template Settings Name Event Template Priority 8 Created By admin Creation Date Sun Sep 10 18 31 06 IDT 2006 Description Advisor Message Iron None UseDefault cleared critical indeterminate information major minor warning Figure 6 7 Event Template Manager General Page The General page comprises the following fields and functions Parameter Description
73. a New Principal or Group with a Function Select a function in the Function page of the Functional Permissions Manager and click New E Modify Actions Permitted a Principal or Group for a Function Select a function in the Function page of the Functional Permissions Manager Select the Principal or Group for which you want to modify the assigned actions and click Open E Remove Associations Between Principal or Group and a Function Select a function in the Function page of the Functional Permissions Manager select the Principal or Group whose association you want to remove and click Delete 2 4 3 Functional Permissions Editor You can change the functional permissions through the Functional Permissions editor as shown in Figure 2 8 below AlvariSTAR User Manual 45 Chapter 2 Permissions Beene Network Monier s Coria e Equipment Wenctional Parmessien cap alee Op Avebatin Ar zapen Assaped Actions Figure 2 8 Functional Permissions Editor The Functional Permissions Editor includes the following fields Parameter Description Principal Group User Drop down menu when adding a new Principal from which you can select a User Group or individual The Show Groups Show Users button determines the state of this menu groups or individuals and the menu displays its state in the parenthetical expression If the menu is in Users mode the title reads Principal User If it is in Groups mode the title r
74. a a D A E We re on your wavelength AlvariSTAR SW Version 3 0 November 2006 P N 214150 Document History Document History Topic Description Date Issued Version 3 0 is regarded as the first publication of this manual November 2006 ii AlvariSTAR User Manual Legal Rights Legal Rights Copyright 2006 Alvarion Ltd All rights reserved The material contained herein is proprietary privileged and confidential and owned by Alvarion or its third party licensors No disclosure thereof shall be made to third parties without the express written permission of Alvarion Ltd Alvarion Ltd reserves the right to alter the equipment specifications and descriptions in this publication without prior notice No part of this publication shall be deemed to be part of any contract or warranty unless specifically incorporated by reference into such contract or warranty Trade Names Alvarion BreezeCOM WALKair WALKnet BreezeNET BreezeACCESS BreezeMANAGE BreezeLINK BreezeCONFIG BreezeMAX AlvariSTAR AlvariCRAFT BreezeLITE MGW eMGW WAVEXpress MicroXpress WAVEXchange WAVEView GSM Network in a Box and TurboWAVE and or other products and or services referenced here in are either registered trademarks trademarks or service marks of Alvarion Ltd All other names are or may be the tradem
75. activate all other licenses AlvariSTAR User Manual User Monitor 54 User Monitor The User Monitor window displays information on the currently logged in users and enables sending messages to a logged in user Users with Administrator rights can terminate the application of other users gt To open the User Monitor Select System Utilities gt User Monitor from the File gt Open gt AlvariSTAR menu or the Navigation Pane The User Monitor displays a list of currently logged in users ElMonko Uses ZE GER BR Current Logged In Users Userld IP Address Login Time il Kill Send Message Close d Help Refresh Figure 5 21 User Monitor Window The Current Logged In Users table displays the User Id IP address and login time for each of the currently logged in users In addition to the standard Close Help and Refresh button the following buttons are also available AlvariSTAR User Manual 159 Chapter 5 System Utilities 160 Parameter Description Send Message Click after selecting one of the logged in users to open the Sending Message window enabling you to send a short message to the selected user s Kill Click to terminate the application of a selected user Only an Administrator can perform this operation to terminate applications of users with lower permission levels AlvariSTAR User Manual Audit Logs G
76. al details of currently deployed Services allocated to the Subscriber For each entry the list includes Parameter Description Name The Service Name Type The Service Type L2 VolP or PPPoE Equipment The Name and IP address of the Base Station in which the Service is deployed AlvariSTAR User Manual 119 Chapter 4 Provisioning 120 Select an entry to view and optionally modify a Service The Service Editor will be displayed on the right side of the window To deploy the Subscriber in a new Base Station and optionally add to it a Service click on the Add button to open the Select Equipment window After selecting the Base Station in which the new Service will be used the Service Editor will be displayed enabling to complete the definition of a new Service If the subscriber does not exist in the Base Station you will be asked to create it before a service can be created To delete a Service select the relevant entry and click on the Delete button The Service Editor on the right side of the window includes the following components Parameter Description Name The Services Name A Service Name consists of up to 32 printable characters Service Type The Service Type L2 PPPoE or VoIP The Service Type of an existing Service cannot be modified Service Profile The Name of the Service Profile The drop down menu includes all Service Profile
77. alue available for the applicable priority type 7 for 802 1p 63 for DSCP E The same number of Limits priority ranges must be defined for the Uplink and Downlink To define a Priority Classifier when no prioritization is used select DSCP as the Priority Type define 63 as the first Limit for both the Uplink and Downlink and leave all other Limits empty Alternatively you can select 802 1p and define 7 as the Limit for both directions QoS Profile for each defined Uplink Downlink Limit A QoS Profile must be associated with each defined Limit A QoS Profile Name consists of up to 32 printable characters Enter a name for anew QoS Profile or use the Select button to use an existing QoS Profile QoS Type for each QoS Profile The QoS Type BE NRT RT or CG Profile CIR kbps for each applicable QoS Applicable only to RT and NRT QoS Types The information transfer rate that the system is committed to transfer under normal conditions The rate is averaged over a minimum increment of time which is defined by the CT parameter The range is from 0 to 12 000 Kbps CIR cannot be higher than MIR applicable to NRT QoS type Profile MIR kbps for each applicable QoS Applicable only to NRT and BE QoS Types The maximum information rate that the system will allow for the connection The rate is averaged over a minimum increment of time which is defined by the CT parameter The range
78. ame To set the graph s timeframe Select the Start Time and End Time in their respective fields and click Set Graph Time The Counters Selection Section The counters selection section enables to select specific counters to define the polling interval for the on line display and to define the graph s values scale for each of the selected counters The counters selection section on the left side of the window displays all the counters groups applicable to the relevant device You can perform the following operations in the Counters Selection section To expand collapse the list of counters 1 Use the Expand Collapse check box on the left side of the device s name to view hide all counters groups available for the device 2 Use the Expand Collapse check box on the left side of the counters group name to view hide all counters available in the group To the right of each counter the following details are available AlvariSTAR User Manual PM Collection Viewer 3 6 1 2 E The color of the graph for this counter available only for a selected counter E The scale value for the graph see details below To view the graph of a counter Select the check box to the left of a counter to add it to the graph and view its details The color to be used in the graph for the selected counters is displayed to the right of the counter To change the color of a counter s graph Click on the color displa
79. ameter Description Name The name of the device Type The type of device BreezeMAX BS BreezeMAX MBS BreezeMAX SU Running SW Ver The running software version of the device IP Address The IP address of the Device for BreezeMAX SU the IP address of the Base Station Location The location associated with the equipment 62 AlvariSTAR User Manual Equipment Manager Parameter Description State The operational state of the equipment Up Down Unreacheable Unlicensed Unknown Serial Number The serial number of the equipment MAC Address The SU s MAC address Displayed for SUs only CPE Type The SU Type CPE CPE Si CPE PRO Displayed for SUs only NG Present Indicates whether or not a Networking Gateway NG is present True False Displayed for SUs only VG Present Indicates whether or not a Voice Gateway VG is present True False Displayed for SUs only The following are the controls on the Equipment Manager window Parameter Description New Adds a new Base Station to the list of Equipment Click to select the type of equipment to be added BreezeMAX BS or BreezeMAX MBS Click OK The Equipment Editor opens allowing to enter general information on the Base Station Configure Opens the Configuration window allowing to configure the selected device Not available if more than one device are selected or if the State is other than Up For m
80. and Time of Day schedules for the associated filters gt To create edit northbound system definitions 1 Click on New to create a new definition or select an existing northbound definition from the list and click on Open The Northbound System Editor shown in Figure 6 13 is displayed AlvariSTAR User Manual 199 Chapter 6 Event Services astarsolaris10 10 0 22 200 Figure 6 13 Northbound System Editor The Northbound System Editor window is divided into two main pages General contains general system information see Section 6 6 2 Filter contains a list of selected filter settings and their schedule and enables associating new filters with the selected northbound system See Section 6 6 3 for more about creating and editing filters 2 Define instances of systems active on the network see Section 6 6 2 3 Associate a filter with a northbound system see Section 6 6 3 200 AlvariSTAR User Manual Northbound Manager 6 6 2 General Page General Settings System Name astarsolaris1 0 IP Address 10 0 22 200 Forward O v1 Traps w r Traps e Both Start Forwarding iv Description Port 162 SNMP Community public Figure 6 14 Northbound Editor General Page The General page contains general system information and includes the following controls and parameters Parameter Description System Name The name of the system IP Address The IP
81. applying filters to lists of objects in the application you can use the asterisk wildcard character as part of the search criteria The asterisk wildcard character matches any sequence of characters in a string In the Criteria field click on the Browse button The filter selection window opens Name _ Type Main Software Version Shadow Software Version IP Address Range _ Location _ Hardware Revision State Operator ID Cell ID a GE Filters x BreezeMAX BS Running Software Version Unknown OK Cancel Figure 1 10 Typical Filter Selection Window Select the filter criteria by checking the boxes to the left of each item If a box is not checked the field is disabled To further narrow down the results select additional filter criteria For every selected filter criterion enter a value or select a value from the drop down list as required Click OK to apply the filter criteria Click on Retrieve to complete the filtering and refresh the displayed list AlvariSTAR User Manual Conventions and Common Operations 1 7 5 2 Limiting the Results Set You can define the maximum number of results to be displayed in a list by entering a number in the Page Size box or Max Items in the Event Services windows or by using the up and dow
82. arks of their respective owners Statement of Conditions The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice Alvarion Ltd shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this manual or equipment supplied with it Warranties and Disclaimers All Alvarion Ltd Alvarion products purchased from Alvarion or through any of Alvarion s authorized resellers are subject to the following warranty and product liability terms and conditions Exclusive Warranty a Alvarion warrants that the Product hardware it supplies and the tangible media on which any software is installed under normal use and conditions will be free from significant defects in materials and workmanship for a period of fourteen 14 months from the date of shipment of a given Product to Purchaser the Warranty Period Alvarion will at its sole option and as Purchaser s sole remedy repair or replace any defective Product in accordance with Alvarion standard R amp R procedure AlvariSTAR User Manual iil Legal Rights b With respect to the Firmware Alvarion warrants the correct functionality according to the attached documentation for a period of fourteen 14 month from invoice date the Warranty Period During the Warranty Period Alvarion may release to its Customers firmware updates which include additional performance improveme
83. arms you need to click on the Refresh button The Event History window is divided into the following main areas E Alarm Severity amp Count displays the list of severities color coded according to pre defined settings and a count of active alarms distributed according to AlvariSTAR User Manual Event History severity The count of active alarms will not be displayed for filtered out alarms It also displays the total number of the active alarms that have not been filtered out Alarm Table displays general information about each alarm see Section 6 4 1 You can customize the information displayed in the table to provide a more efficient view You can also define the maximum number of alarms displayed in the table see Section 6 4 1 1 Table Filter and View allows you to select a filter and view from the drop down menus Refer to Section 6 7 and Section 6 8 for information on how to create and edit view and filter options Maximum Rows allows you to limit the number of displayed alarms See Section 6 4 1 1 Last Refresh Time a read only display of the last time either an automatic or manual refresh occurred Showing page a read only display of the number of the page displayed You can browse through the multiple screen displays using the right left arrows Control Buttons See Section 6 4 5 Section 6 4 provides details on managing alarms in the Event Monitor and Event History The following informatio
84. ation Not Adds a NOT logical operator to the row of filter criteria 214 AlvariSTAR User Manual Event Filter Manager Parameter Description Adds parentheses to the filter criteria You can add parentheses around multiple rows of the filter criteria Up down arrows Changes the position of a row in the filter criteria Save Saves the filter definition 6 8 4 Creating Event Filters gt To create a new event filter 1 Inthe Event Filter Manager click New The Creating New Event Filter window opens F creating New Event Filter Event Filter Info information Filter Properties Name Description Criteria Connector Attribute AND Operator H Equipment Contact w Equals e Value Contact a Filter Criteria Add Delete Delete All Not Save Figure 6 20 Creating New Event Filter 2 Inthe Name field enter a unique name for the view 3 Enter a description of the filter in the Description field optional AlvariSTAR User Manual 215 Chapter 6 Event Services 4 Add the required filter criteria see Section 6 8 3 As you define the filter criteria the currently defined options appear in the Filter Criteria area at the bottom of the Event Filter Editor Click Save to save the new filte
85. ave AlvariSTAR User Manual 163 Chapter 6 Event Services In This Chapter Event Services on page 166 Event Monitor on page 167 Event History on page 170 Managing Alarms on page 172 Event Template Manager on page 182 Northbound Manager on page 198 Event View Manager on page 206 Event Filter Manager on page 211 Command Manager on page 218 Chapter 6 Event Services 6 1 166 Event Services The Event Services feature comprises efficient tools for managing alarms generated in the system Information about each alarm is readily displayed helping operators diagnose and correct system failures The Event Services tools allow you to acknowledge received alarms clear or forward them You can apply filters to display specific alarms or to display specific information about each alarm according to your needs You can connect to other management systems and forward traps apply templates to automate the processing of alarms and trigger external scripts The following Event Services tools are available Event Monitor Displays real time updates of new alarms entering the system color coded according to severity and allows to manage each alarm Event History Displays a list of all alarms that occurred in the system color coded according to severity Event Template Manager Allows to create edit and delete templates to a
86. cent field display changes from Inactive to Active until the task has completed When completed you can view the report from the Task Editor or from the Task Manager 5 2 7 Performance Collection Task The Performance Collection TaskPerformance Collection Task enables to collect performance data at defined intervals from specific equipment It also enables to select the type of data to be collected 140 AlvariSTAR User Manual Task Manager gt To open the Performance Collection Task window 1 Inthe Task Manager window Click New select Performance Collection from the list of available task types and click OK The Performance Collection Task window is displayed OR Select an existing Performance Collection task from the list and click Modify If the task is Active the Runtime result screen is displayed displaying the status of the running task Runtime Results ID Performance Collection Task PM_collection In Progress P f Figure 5 11 Performance Collection Task Runtime Results If the task is Inactive the Performance Collection Task window is displayed AlvariSTAR User Manual 141 Chapter 5 System Utilities Performance Collection Task OP x Performance Collection Task General Entities Counters Task Name PM Collection all services Type Polling Interval min Run d Report Inactive OK Cancel
87. click on the Select Filters button to narrow the search criteria and then click on the Retrieve button to view the entities that match the selection criteria Select an entry and click on the Select button to use it in the Service Profile Editor You can also remove an entry from the database by selecting it and clicking on the Delete button After confirmation it will be removed from the Templates database it may still exist and be used in one or several devices A Service Profile component s Template cannot be edited To modify a Template or its name you must first delete it and then redefine it Using Components from Managed Devices To view the relevant components that exist in the managed devices click on the Get from Device button To view all relevant entities in all managed devices click on the Retrieve button To view only entities that meet certain selection criteria click on the Select Filters button to narrow down the search criteria and then click on the Retrieve button to view the entities that match the selection criteria Select an entry and click on the Select button to use it in the Service Profile Editor AlvariSTAR User Manual 99 Chapter 4 Provisioning 4 3 2 3 General Tab Service Profile Editor d 5 x VoIP Service Profile Service Profile Name voice General Forwarding Rule Deployment VLAN Transparency Mode op VPLID 1 Max Number Of Voice Calls 20 Serice Prof
88. cription of the available severities O Cleared 1 Informational 2 Indeterminate 3 Warning 4 Minor Vv Y Y Y V WV 5 Major gt 6 Critical Source the IP address of the object or device that sent the alarm AlvariSTAR User Manual 213 Chapter 6 Event Services Status the status of the alarm gt Cleared gt Informational gt Open gt Suppressed E Operator allows to define the relationship between the attribute and the selected value The available operators are Oo equals to lt gt not equals to Qo gt greater than O lt less than gt greater than or equals to Oo lt less than or equals to LIKE Values are case sensitive LIKE also supports wildcards and Use to search for single characters for multiple characters and as escape to search for special characters For example will search for rather than treating as a wildcard Use for any string E Value allows to select a specific value to the particular attribute Allowable values are attribute specific Use the following controls to manage the list of criteria Parameter Description Add Adds the defined Connector Attribute Operator and Value to the filter criteria Delete Deletes a selected row of filter criteria Select the criterion s to remove and click on Delete Delete All Deletes all the filter criteria The application prompts you for confirm
89. ct s mobile number Up to 80 printable characters Email Optional The contact s e mail address Up to 80 printable characters Fax Number Optional The contact s fax number Up to 80 printable characters 3 Click OK to save and close the contact or click Cancel to close the window without saving the changes 4 To display the new contact in the Contact Manager click Retrieve AlvariSTAR User Manual Backup Files Manager SC Backup Files Manager The Backup Files Manager displays all backup configuration files available for restoring It also enables to export configuration backup files to the client file system and to import configuration backup files stored in the client file system By default the system keeps up to three backup files per network element To open the Backup Files Manager 1 Select Inventory gt Backup Files Manager from the File gt Open gt AlvariSTAR menu or the Navigation Pane The Backup Files Manager displays a list of available configuration backup files F Backup Files Manager Criteria Retrieve Equipment Name Equipment Location Equipment Ip Date File Type Restore Modular BS 10 0 22 249 9 5 2006 14 56 18 BMAX Full config H Selfinstall 10 0 22 250 9 7 2006 10 59 34 BMAX Full config Delete Micro BS Floor 3 10 0 22 248 9 7 2006 10 59 34 BMAX Full config Iesse Modular BS 10 0 22 249 97 2006 10 59 36 BMAX Full config E
90. ct a phone number type from the drop down list then type in a phone number for the selected user Pager Number Select a pager number type from the drop down list then type in a pager number for the selected user Alternative Email Select an email type from the drop down list then type in an alternate email for the selected user Mobile Number Select a mobile number type from the drop down list then type in a mobile number for the selected user Fax Number Select a fax number type from the drop down list then type in a fax number for the user Password Required Enter the password for this user For security purposes the characters appear as a series of asterisks The default security does not require the password to contain mixed case letters numbers or special characters Once a user has been created this field becomes read only Confirm Password Required Re enter the password for this user If this entry does not match the Password entry an error dialog appears and both password fields empty 2 2 3 2 Profile Tab The Profile tab provides access to password and login parameters like expiration policy and expiration date and lets Administrators reset the expiration dates of locked out users AlvariSTAR User Manual 35 Chapter 2 Permissions F Editing monitor User dp P General Profile Groups User ID Effective Date 09 03 2006 Login Expires
91. cture 3 0 1 64 a www alvarion com a Figure 1 3 About Window The AlvariSTAR version number and the installed product line device driver version number are in the format a b c d where a b increases for major releases c increases for minor releases and d is an internal control number AlvariSTAR User Manual The Main Window 1 6 The Main Window After logging on to AlvariSTAR the main window is displayed providing access to all AlvariSTAR functions PY Aorist Ac Bie View Seng Weeer Jain Menu D S lt gt EK i EE ora neers AlvariSTAR Toolbar p Evert fier Manager Command Mansoer Work Area Navigation Pane r Status Bar pn b sse Figure 1 4 AlvariSTAR Main Window 1 6 1 Main Menu The main menu contains all menus and their options which provide access to AlvariSTAR functions It mirrors many of the functions available in the Navigation Pane and may be displayed with additional options according to the selected item from the Navigation Pane Commonly encountered menu items are described below AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 1 Introducing AlvariSTAR Menu Submenu Description File Open Opens the AlvariSTAR functions menu It contains all the nodes as displayed in the Navigation Pane Subnodes and menu items open windows in the work area It enables access to all the options even when the user chooses to hide the navigation pane Re
92. cute read execute Alarm Window Actions read execute Alarm Window Group Views read execute Alarm Window Public Views read execute Alarm Window Views read execute Change Password execute Configure Backup Manager read execute Configure Contacts read execute Configure Equipment read execute Configure Licenses read execute Configure Locations read execute Configure Service Profiles read execute Figure 2 12 Group Rights Summary Page To display the information for a user group select that group in the left User Groups page 54 AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Inventory In This Chapter Managed Network on page 56 Equipment Manager on page 61 Location Manager Section 3 3 Contact Manager on page 74 Backup Files Manager on page 77 PM Collection Viewer on page 81 Chapter 3 Inventory 3 1 Jdal 56 Managed Network The Managed Network Application enables to define the IP ranges in which devices are expected to be discovered and global SNMP Read and Write community pairs This defines the scope of your network and only devices within this scope will be discovered Up to 65535 IPs are supported To open the Managed Network Application Select Inventory gt Managed Network from the File gt Open gt AlvariSTAR menu or the Navigation Pane The Managed Network Application includes two tabs M Network IP Address Ranges Tab
93. d by Mooted by D T TEM Figure 5 1 Task Manager The following information is displayed for each defined task Parameter Description Name The task s name The name is unique in the system Created by The user name of the task s creator Modified by The name of the user who last modified the task Type The type of task The available task types are E Network Scan Task E Database Aging Task E BreezeMAX Service Profile Distribution Task E Single Range Scan Task E Performance Collection Task E BreezeMAX Software Upgrade Task E BreezeMAX Configuration Backup Task State The current state of the task Active Inactive 128 AlvariSTAR User Manual Task Manager Parameter Description Last Run The date and time the last time the task was run Last Run Result The result of the task s last run Completed Completed with errors Aborted Never run Next Run The date and time the next time the task is scheduled to run or Not Scheduled The following are the controls of the Task Manager Parameter Description New Adds a new task to the Task list Click to select the type of task to be added then click OK The Task Editor for the selected task opens allowing to set the task parameters From the Task Editor you can also run an inactive task by clicking Run Modify E For an Inactive Task Opens the Task Editor fo
94. e Manager 4 91 Associated Subscriber 4 93 Open 4 91 Performance Monitoring 4 94 Service Profile Distribution Task 4 108 5 137 Service Profile Editor 4 98 Deploying service profiles 4 108 managing templates 4 99 Reuse components 4 99 Saving Templates 4 99 Using components from Managed Devices 4 99 Using templates 4 99 Service Profile Manager 4 95 Delete 4 98 Edit 4 98 New 4 98 Open 4 95 Service provisioning 4 90 Shortcuts 1 24 Single Range Scan Task 5 138 Open 5 137 5 138 Slide Menu View 1 19 SNMP Ports 1 7 Software Upgrade Task 5 146 Open 5 147 Sorting tables 1 25 Status Bar 1 23 Subscriber Delete 4 115 Edit 4 115 New 4 115 AlvariSTAR System Manual 227 Index Subscriber Editor 4 116 Open 4 115 Subscriber Manager 4 113 Open 4 113 SW Upgrade Files 1 6 y Tables Rearranging columns 1 25 Sorting 1 25 Tables working with 1 25 Task Configuration Backup 5 154 Database Aging 5 135 Network Scan 5 134 Performance Collection 5 140 Service Profile Distribution 5 137 Single Range Scan 5 138 Software Upgrade 5 146 Task Manager 5 127 Abort 5 129 Add 5 129 Clear schedule 5 129 Delete 5 129 Edit 5 129 Opening 5 127 Reports 5 130 Run 5 129 Schedule task 5 130 Service profile distribution 4 108 Viewing reports 5 130 Task Results Opening 5 133 Template Behavior 6 191 Threshold 6 194 Tile the MDI View 1 23 Toolbar 1 17 Traps forwarding 6 199 Tree View 1 19 U User Group Manager 2 40 Addi
95. e alarm takes the name of the event template used for processing Event Status The current status of the alarm It can be Open Cleared or Informational Event Type The classification type of the alarm The alarm types are All Security Alarm Alarm Informational Icon A graphic image that indicates the alarm s severity Last Update Time The date and time the network element last updated the alarm Managed Object The name of the equipment associated with the alarm If the object name is unknown NotFound appears An identification of a component of the network element for which the alarm occurred For example a port on a router would be a managed object instance Mediation Agent The IP address of the mediation agent reporting this alarm AlvariSTAR User Manual Managing Alarms 6 4 1 1 6 4 1 2 Parameter Description Protocol The protocol used to send and receive the alarm Valid protocols are SNMP v1 SNMP v2 Q3 and Other Received Time The time the alarm was received by a mediation agent Service Affecting Alarm Indicates if the alarm affects a service Severity The severity of the alarm The severity only has meaning for Alarms and Security Alarms Informational Alarms get a severity level of Indeterminate Source The IP address of the object or device that sent the alarm For Q3 the source is the TNS name of the device or object Specific A unique ide
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98. e is allocated SU Mac Addr The MAC Address of the SU associated with the Service BS The IP of the Base Station Micro Base Station providing the Service To open the Subscriber Editor for the Subscriber associated with a selected Service Use any of the following options to open the Subscriber Editor for the Subscriber associated with a selected Service see Section 4 4 2 2 Double click on a selected entry in the Services table or Select an entry and click on the Open button on the right side of the window or Right click on a selected entry to open the option selection box and then click on the Open option To create a new service The Service Manager enables to easily create a new service 1 2 In the Service Manager click on New The Select subscriber window opens Select a subscriber from the list and click Select The Select subscriber window closes and the Select equipment window opens Select the equipment from the list and click Select The Select equipment window closes and the Subscriber Editor opens Enter a unique name for the new service and fill in all the required parameters When done click Apply AlvariSTAR User Manual 93 Chapter 4 Provisioning 5 In the Service Manager click Retrieve to view the newly added service in the list For further details on services refer to the BreezeMAX Device Manager User Manual gt To display the performance monitoring graph fo
99. e list and click Open or double click on the selected location The Location Editor is displayed BEE Location General parameters Images Details Name Building A Parent Sydney HA Coordinate type Country City Me Coordinates Icon Ss z Topology image Image assigned ae Al a Postal address 4 Address St City 55555 Location details Figure 3 6 Location Editor AlvariSTAR User Manual 69 Chapter 3 Inventory The Location Editor includes the following fields Parameter Description General parameters Name Enter a unique name for the Location up to 32 printable characters This is the name that will be used for searching Parent The parent of this location the location to which this location is subordinate Click the Browser button to open the Select Location window through which you can select a Parent Location Click the Eraser icon to clear the Parent Location field Coordinate Type Specifies the way coordinates are designated see Section 3 3 3 for more information Valid types are Country City Latitude Logitude Area Code prefix Vertical Horizontal Coordinates The coordinates of the location using the Coordinate Type specified above Up to 80 printable characters NOTE Coordinates do not relocate icons in geographic topology maps dragging icons
100. e location of the file and click Open Export Click to export the current IP Address Ranges table to an external file nar Browse to the location where the file is to be saved and click Save 3 1 2 Network Communities Tab The Network Communities tab displays the currently defined global SNMP Read and Write community pairs and enables to add edit and delete a community pair Global community pairs are used when a unique pair is not defined for an IP address range F Managed Network EE de K Managed Network Application Network IP Address Ranges Network Communities add Read Community d Write Community Refresh Apply Figure 3 2 Network Communities Tab AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Inventory You can edit the Network Communities table by clicking inside the cells and entering the required information The following fields are displayed for each pair Parameter Description Read Community Write Community A global SNMP Read Community to be used by discovery when accessing devices in a range for which no unique community pair is defined The global Read Communities will be used one after the other until getting a response from the device or until all of them have been tried The SNMP Write community to be used when accessing devices that were discovered using the paired Read Community The Netwo
101. each group are provided when you install your application The following are the defaults Parameter Description Administrators admin NOC Supervisors supervisor Network Monitors monitor Operators operator Technicians technician NOTE Additional groups include OWadmin OWMedServer and OWPublic AlvariSTAR User Manual Functional Permissions 2 4 2 4 1 Functional Permissions Functional permissions lets you associate system functions permissions with individual users or with user groups Typically the functional permissions defined for the various user types provide the following capabilities Parameter Description Administrator Access to all Network Management functionality NOC Supervisor Access to all functionality except Access Rights management Operators Access to Fault and Configuration management for single and multiple devices Technicians Access to Fault and Configuration management Network Monitors Access to Fault and Configuration management for view only Read Only This section includes E The Functional Permissions Page on page 43 E Function Associations on page 45 E Functional Permissions Editor on page 45 The Functional Permissions Page Select Settings gt Permissions gt Functional Permissions to display the Functional Permissions page shown below Functional permissions are
102. eads Principal Groups During Edit operations the Principal field is a read only area and not a menu that displays the Principal either a Group or a User whose permissions you are editing Show Groups Show Mode selector for the Principal menu Click this button to change the Users mode of the Principal menu from Groups to Users or vice versa If the Principal menu is in Groups mode this button reads Show Users If the Principal menu is in Users mode this button reads Shows Groups Function This read only field displays the function whose associations or permissions you are editing 46 AlvariSTAR User Manual Functional Permissions Parameter Description Available Actions Displays a list of actions available but not assigned for the selected function To assign actions from this list to the current group or user select one or more actions and click the underlined right gt arrow Assign all the available actions by clicking the double right arrow gt gt Assigned Actions Displays a list of actions assigned for this function to the current group or user To remove assigned actions select one or more from the list and click the underlined left lt arrow Remove all assigned actions by clicking the double left arrow lt lt Click OK to implement any changes you have made or click Cancel to close the dialog and discard your changes Alvar
103. ed The Event Monitor window is divided into the following main areas E Alarm Severity amp Count displays the list of severities color coded according to pre defined settings and a count of active alarms distributed according to AlvariSTAR User Manual 167 Chapter 6 Event Services 168 severity The count of active alarms will not be displayed for filtered out alarms It also displays the total number of the active alarms that have not been filtered out Alarm Table displays general information about each alarm see Section 6 4 1 You can customize the information displayed in the table to provide a more efficient view You can also define the maximum number of alarms displayed in the table see Section 6 4 1 1 Table Filter and View allows you to select a filter and view from the drop down menus To change the filter or view deactivate the Refresh Rate Manager Refer to Section 6 7 and Section 6 8 for information on how to create and edit view and filter options Refresh Rate sec enables to set the rate at which the screen refreshes Click on the clock icon to the right of the field to activate deactivate automatic refreshing and enables to change the refresh rate Deactivating the timer stops the automatic refreshing New alarms are collected but not displayed To view updates reactivate the timer or click on the Refresh button to manually refresh the display Last Refresh Time a read only display of t
104. ed between the column headers NOTE To save the changes for future sessions you need to save your changes as a view see Section 6 7 Column size cannot be saved You can also E Remove insert columns using the Event View Manager see Section 6 7 E Configure which alarms will appear in the Alarm Table using the Event Filter Manager see Section 6 8 Alarm Severities AlvariSTAR is delivered with a set of default alarm severity definitions each with its own default color The default severity definitions are Parameter Description Critical A service halting condition occurs requiring immediate corrective action The equipment is completely out of service and you must restore its capability Major A service affecting condition has developed and corrective action is required There is severe degradation in the equipment s capability and you must restore its full capability Minor A non service affecting fault condition exists and corrective action should be taken in order to prevent a more serious fault The detected alarm condition is not currently degrading the capacity of the equipment Warning A potential or impending service affecting fault could occur and no significant effects have yet been felt Action should be taken to further diagnose and correct the problem to prevent it from becoming a more serious service affecting fault The detected alarm condition does not currently pose a problem bu
105. elect a contact 3 4 2 Creating or Modifying a Contact gt To create modify a contact 1 From the Contact Manager window click New to create a new contact To modify an existing Contact select a contact from the list and click Open or double click on the selected contact BEE Contact Contactid ID_002 First name Jane Last name Doe Company Example Ltd Contact icon 3 Contact Address 14 Road St City 44444 Phone number 01 5551365 E Mail Jane Doe example com Mobile number 020 5555242 Fax number 01 5551360 Figure 3 8 Editing Contact Window 2 Configure the following parameters AlvariSTAR User Manual 75 Chapter 3 Inventory 76 Parameter Description Contact ID A unique identifier for this contact Up to 80 printable characters First Name Optional The contact s first name Up to 80 printable characters Last Name Optional The contact s last name Up to 80 printable characters Company Optional The contact s company name Up to 80 printable characters Contact Icon Optional Select from the drop down list an icon to represent this contact Contact Group Address Optional The contact s address Up to 80 printable characters Phone Number Optional The contact s phone number Up to 80 printable characters Mobile Number Optional The conta
106. emplate that matches the received alarm controls the processing of that alarm Event Services s fault processing logic uses the filtering information provided in the Event Template along with the templates priority to determine which template to use for a given alarm NOTE The smaller the number defining a template s priority the higher the priority For every alarm received Event Services scans each template in order of priority high to low Event Services selects the first template that matches on each of the filterable fields for alarm processing If a template does not define a field with either a null or empty value or set to All then Event Services does not use the field in the comparison Empty or All in a filterable template field means that the field matches anything Therefore Event Services uses only fields that have non empty or non All values in any comparison AlvariSTAR User Manual Event Template Manager Filter Criteria Settings Network Element Type Network Element Name Event Type Event Sub Type Severity Managed Object Class Managed Object Instance Protocol Settings Protocol a All v All v All v SysObjectID Unit Identifier Enterprise OID Generic Trap Specific Trap SNMP Trap OID Al v 4 gt Figure 6 8 Event Template Manager Filter Page The Filter page comprises the following f
107. en the Equipment Editor From the Equipment Manager select a Base Station SU from the list and click Edit The Equipment Editor window is displayed for the selected device When selecting multiple devices only Location and Contact can be edited simultaneously for all selected devices AlvariSTAR User Manual Equipment Manager Equipment Editor iol x Base Station NMS Reference SNMP Parameters Read community public Write community private Retries 3 S Timeout s gS Device name Micro BS Location Floor 3 L Contact D_007 es Z IP Address 10 0 22 248 Cancel Figure 3 4 Equipment Editor The Equipment Editor includes the following fields Parameter Description NMS Reference Device Name The device s name in the NMS By default this is the name configured in the device but it can be edited The Device Name of an SU cannot be edited Location The device s location Click on the Browse icon to open the Select Location window and select a location Click the Eraser icon to clear the Location field Contact The contact associated with the device Click on the Browse icon to open the Select Contact window and select a contact Click the Eraser icon to clear the Contact field SNMP Parameters Not applicable for SUs IP Address A read only display of
108. er ID First Name John Middle Name Last Name Company Address Primary Email Phone Number Pager Number Atlernative Email Mobile Number Fax Number Password Doe Example 11 Address St City John Doe example com Work 01 5553655 Work si Home li John Doe home com Work M Work 01 5553660 Confirm Password Figure 2 2 User Manager General Tab The following are the fields on this tab described when not self evident Parameter Description User ID Required Enter an ID for this user If you are modifying an existing user this field is read only The User ID must be unique if it matches an existing User ID the application generates an error The User ID you enter here is the User ID displayed in the User Manager window see Section 2 2 and in all relevant AlvariSTAR reports First Name Type in the User s first name Middle Name Type in the User s middle name The middle name may be used as a secondary identifier with which to identify the user Last Name Type in the User s Last name 34 AlvariSTAR User Manual User Manager Parameter Description Company Type in the User s company name Address Type in the User s postal address Primary Email Type in the User s main email address Phone Number Sele
109. ervice Profile Distribution Task General Equipment Service Profiles Name Type Running IP Address Location State Serial Nu Add mBS_238 BreezeM 25 211 192 168 Up 6325011 lt mBS_237 BreezeM 25 212 192 168 Up 6420349 Rn Report inactive ok Cancel Figure 4 8 Service Profile Distribution Task Equipment Tab The Equipment tab enables managing the list of Base Station that will be included in the task Click on the Add button to open the Select Equipment window for selecting the devices to be added to the task 110 AlvariSTAR User Manual Service Profile Manager Select one or several entries and click on the Remove button to remove the selected devices from the task 4 3 3 3 Service Profiles Tab BMAX Service Profile Distribution Task BMAX Service Profile Distribution Task General Equipment Service Profiles Name Type VPLID VLAN Tr Priority Priority Forward Deploy Add alpha_ BMAXL2 25 Off Transp 0 furfu L2 4 alvaristar BMAXL2 57 Off Transp 0 JKfwd 4 Remove BETA1_ BMAXL2 2345 Off Transp 0 VoIP o 6 beta BMAXL2 142 Off Transp 0 Internet 2 beta2_sp BMAXL2 142 Off Transp 0 Internet 6 beta3 BMAXL2 3001 Off Transp 0 beta3 L 4 L2 BMAX L2 On 8021p 6 1 L2 NO BMAX L2 On 8021p 7 1 v Overwrite building blocks Run Report Inactive OK Cancel
110. ervice Profile Editor The Service Profile Editor enables management of Service Profiles and their components and deployment of Service Profiles in selected Base Stations The Service Profile Editor includes the following tabs E General Tab E Forwarding Rule Tab E Priority Classifier Tab E Deployment Tab AlvariSTAR User Manual Service Profile Manager 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 2 4 3 2 2 1 4 3 2 2 2 Saving Templates The Service Profile Editor enables saving Service Profile components Forwarding Rules Priority Classifiers and QoS Profiles as Templates in the database supporting reuse of these components To save a Service Profile component as a Template after defining it click on the Save as Template icon to open the Save Template dialog box Enter the Template Name must be unique in the database and up to 32 characters and click on the OK button Reuse of Service Profile Components The Service Profile Editor enables reuse of Service Profile components Forwarding Rules Priority Classifiers and QoS Profiles This includes relevant components that are available either in the database as Templates or in the managed devices To use an existing component click on the Select button to open the Select window for the relevant component Using and Managing Templates To view all relevant entities in the database click on the Retrieve button To view only entities that meet certain selection criteria
111. ervice Profile Manager window opens with the default display of all Service Profiles that exist in the database AlvariSTAR User Manual 95 Chapter 4 Provisioning Service Profile Manager Type BreezeMAXx Service Profile Criteria Retrieve Name Type VPL ID VLAN Trans Priority Marki Priority Marki Forwarding Deployment New Internet Acce BMAX L2 10 Off Transparent 0 Internet Acce 2 a Internet Acce BMAX PPPOE 11 off Transparent 0 Internet Acce 2 Open Gold Telewo BMAX L2 12 Off Transparent 0 Gold Telewao 2 SilverTelew BMAXL2 13 off Transparent 0 Silver Telew 2 Delete Bronze Tele BMAX L2 14 Off Transparent 0 Bronze Tele 2 Gold LAN to BMAX L2 On Transparent 0 0 Silver LAN to BMAX L2 16 Off Transparent 0 Silver LAN to 2 Bronze LAN BMAX L2 17 Off Transparent 0 Bronze LAN 2 Default VoIP BMAX VoIP 18 Off Transparent 0 Default VoIP 0 Default VoIP BMAX VoIP 18 Off Transparent 0 Default VoIP 2 voice BMAX VoIP 1 Off Transparent 0 voice VoIP 2 1 POTS Basi BMAX L2 19 Off Transparent 0 VoIP VoIP 2 1 POTS Adv BMAX L2 20 Off Transparent 0 VoIP VoIP 1 1 POTS Basi BMAX L2 21 Off Transparent 0 VoIP VoIP 2 1 POTS Adv BMAX L2 22 Off Transparent 0 FWD1 L3 1 BE 12M BMAX L2 None Off Transparent 0 EW alt L2 1 Sp rolf BMAX L2 1111
112. ery 17 weeks ocurrences O after 1 September 11 2006 12 21 PM Vi Cancel Figure 5 2 Schedule Editor The Schedule Editor includes the following parameters Parameter Description Start The start time for the task Select one fo the following options D Now E On seta specific start date and time You can highlight the value to change month day year and click on the up down arrows to change the value or you can pick a specific date using the calendar icon You can also type in the date and time as follows MMMM DD YYYY HH MM AM PM AlvariSTAR User Manual 131 Chapter 5 System Utilities 132 Parameter Description Recurrence Set the recurrence interval between each task execution Available intervals include E None no recurrence default E Minutely specify the number of minutes the range is 1 1 440 D Hourly specify the number of hours the range is 1 96 E Daily specify the number of days the range is 1 60 E Weekly select one of the following options Recur every enter the number of weeks between task executions the range is 1 20 Day specify the day of the week Sunday to Saturday and the number of weeks between task executions the range is 1 20 BR Monthly select one of the following options Recur every enter the number of months between task execution
113. es are not used for displaying the location in geographic topology They are available for informational purposes only Location Map The Location Map viewer displays a topology view of network devices and their relationships Clicking on the Open Map button opens the Location Map viewer for the selected location displaying its sub locations and the equipment associated with it Associating a map with a location is optional if no map is associated with the location the Location Map viewer will be empty Each location can either share a map with any other location or it can be associated with its own map Defining Locations Sub Locations and Maps Primary first level locations have no parent locations However you can define sub locations second level whose parents are the primary locations You may continue and define third fourth and fifth levels where the parent location for level N is a location in level N 1 For each location you can also define a Geographical Map To define locations sub locations and or maps 1 Locations From the Location Manager click New to open the Location Editor AlvariSTAR User Manual 71 Chapter 3 Inventory 3 3 4 2 72 Sub Locations Select a location and click Add Child to open the Location Editor with the selection location as the default parent location Alternatively click New to open the Location Editor and select an existing node as the parent in the Parent field
114. etc They run in the background allowing the network administrators to continue managing the network while they run After a task has completed or upon termination of a task a report is issued The Task Manager displays information on defined tasks and enables to create new tasks edit schedule run or delete existing tasks If there is any error in the parameters definition such as a missing parameter contradicting definitions or non valid value the relevant error message s will be displayed at the top section of the window and a red border around the relevant entries will indicate the parameters that should be corrected The Task Manager also enables to abort running tasks and to view reports on completed and aborted tasks The following are the available types of tasks E Network Scan Task Section 5 2 3 E Database Aging Task Section 5 2 4 E BreezeMAX Service Profile Distribution Task Section 5 2 5 E Single Range Scan Task Section 5 2 6 E Performance Collection Task Section 5 2 7 E BreezeMAX Software Upgrade Task Section 5 2 8 E BreezeMAX Configuration Backup Task Section 5 2 9 gt To open the Task Manager Select System Utilities gt Task Manager from the File gt Open gt AlvariSTAR menu or the Navigation Pane The Task Manager displays a list of defined tasks AlvariSTAR User Manual 127 Chapter 5 System Utilities O Task gange Name Create
115. ext in the text field case sensitive and click Search Use the asterisk as a wildcard to match any number and combination of characters For example to display Last Names beginning with C select Last Name and enter C in the text field If you select Groups as the filter criteria a drop down menu appears in place of the text field Select one of the groups from this menu and click Search To sort the display Click on any column header to sort the display based on that column s contents The initial click sorts the column in ascending order the next click sorts in descending order Subsequent clicks toggle the sort between ascending and descending User Manager Controls The User Manager has the following controls Parameter Description New Opens a dialog where you can add new users to the system Refer to Section 2 2 3 for more information Open Opens the user editor populated with the information for the selected user Refer to Section 2 2 3 for more information Disable Prevents the selected user from logging on to the application by setting the user s Expiration Date to the current date AlvariSTAR User Manual User Manager Parameter Description Unlock Releases the lock on the selected user Locks are indicated by an entry in the Locked Out field Users can be locked out if they fail to enter the correct password administrators can configure the number of a
116. f a selected entity is Alarm and is not acknowledged automatically by correlation mechanism Unacknowledges previously acknowledged selected alarm s and clears the entries in the Ack By and Ack Time fields Available for the current user if the alarm was previously acknowledged by the current user Clear Alarm Clears only open selected alarm s Alarms status changes from open to cleared The status of the alarm changes from open to cleared but the alarm remains in the table Available if the Event type of a selected entity is Alarm and is not acknowledged automatically by correlation mechanism Email Alarm Sends the selected alarm via e mail to another operator You must enter the full e mail address for example johnq user networkserviceprovider com Remove Alarm Available only in Event Monitor Removes the selected alarm from the alarms current view Equipment Equipment Details Opens the Configuration Manager for the selected equipment Cut Through Opens a Telnet session to the device Applicable only for devices that support this feature Topology Topology View Displays the Location Map centered on the equipment associated with the selected alarm Available only when the device has a location associated with it Export Alarms Available only in Event History Exports the selected alarm s and creates a comma delimited text file that can be imported into other programs
117. f applicable Status Bar The Status Bar is displayed at the bottom of the main window and contains the following information E Current logged user E Partition where the application server is running A progress bar is displayed every time a window is refreshed or a new window is selected Famin JALPHASERVER 2KParttion Figure 1 9 Status Bar To show hide the Status Bar select View gt Show Status Bar from the main menu AlvariSTAR User Manual 23 Chapter 1 Introducing AlvariSTAR Le 1 7 1 Be Ss 1 7 3 24 Conventions and Common Operations The following conventions and common operations appear throughout this manual unless otherwise specified Conventions The phrase select Inventory gt Equipment Manager from the File gt Open gt AlvariSTAR menu or the Navigation Pane means you should do one of the following M Click on the menu item listed AlvariSTAR is a sub item in the Open menu item in the File menu E Click on the Inventory node to expand it in the Navigation Pane then click on Equipment Manager Accelerators and Shortcuts Whenever you see a letter underlined in the title of a menu or button you can select that menu or button with Alt the underlined letter Other shortcuts appear in the menus themselves Control Buttons A control button causes an immediate action To activate a control button click on it Certain control buttons only appear in selected window
118. f software upgrade files is reached Select from the following options E Delete oldest files deletes the oldest file to make room for the new file E Skip BS the software upgrade file will not be loaded to the Base Station and the software upgrade task will skip the Base Station If BS running from If a Base Station is running from the shadow version the software Shadow upgrade task can either skip the Base Station or set the currently running shadow version as the main version This option runs before any operation Equipment Tab The Equipment tab enables to select equipment for the Software Upgrade task The task will run on the selected equipment only AlvariSTAR User Manual Task Manager Software Upgrade Ble E Software Upgrade General Equipment Equipment Selection Mode Full Base Station v Task Activity Description Name Model Hardwa Runnin Main So Shadow Location Add d mBS_232 Breeze 2 2 25 241 26211 2 01 30 Web V mBS_238 Breeze 2 26 241 26 2411 25 212 Web Remove V mBS_237 Breeze 2 2 25 212 26212 25 2 11 Wb Report Inactive Figure 5 17 Software Upgrade Task Equipment Tab gt To add equipment to the list 1 Select the Equipment Selection Mode Full Base Station enables to select Base Stations Micro Base Stations only All connected SU
119. fer to Section 1 6 3 for more details Home Returns you to the selected home page You can also use the Ctrl H shortcut for this option Close Closes the top window open in the work area You can also use the Cirl F4 shortcut for this option Close All Closes all windows open in the work area Save Saves the changes made in the active window This function is available only for windows without a Save button You can also use the Ctrl S shortcut for this option Exit Closes the client application You can use Ctrl X as a shortcut for this option Refer to Section 1 3 5 for more details View Launcher Navigation Enables to choose between MDI View Multiple Documents Interface and Browser views Refer to Section 1 6 4 for more details Enables to select whether the Navigation Pane is a tree default or a slide menu Show Toolbar Shows hides the Toolbar Show Status Bar Shows hides the Status Bar AlvariSTAR User Manual The Main Window Menu Submenu Description Settings Permissions Enables to view and edit the following permissions E User Manager Enables to create and manage users and associate information with each user E User Group Manager Enables to create and manage user groups The user groups contain the default access right definitions for all users assigned to that user group E Functional Permiss
120. file Distribution Task includes the following tabs E General Tab E Equipment Tab HM Service Profiles Tab AlvariSTAR User Manual Service Profile Manager 4 3 3 1 General Tab BMAX Service Profile Distribution Task BMAX Service Profile Distribution Task L General Equipment Service Profiles Task Name SP Operation Deploy gt Run Report Inactive ok Cancel Figure 4 7 Service Profile Distribution Task General Tab The General tab of the Service Profile Distribution Task includes the following components Parameter Description Name The name of the task The default Name for a Service Profile Distribution Task is lt Service Profile Name gt _ lt Date amp Time gt _Deployment It can be replaced with any other name The Name must be unique not allocated to any other task that exists in the database AlvariSTAR User Manual 109 Chapter 4 Provisioning Parameter Description Operation The requested operation E Deploy add the Service Profiles specified in the Service Profiles tab to the devices specified in the Equipment tab D Undeploy delete the Service Profiles specified in the Service Profiles tab from the devices specified in the Equipment tab 4 3 3 2 Equipment Tab BMAX Service Profile Distribution Task BMAX S
121. for the view 3 Enter a description of the view s use in the Description field optional 4 Select the columns that will appear in the Alarm Table by moving items from the Available list to the Selected List See Section 6 4 1 for information on the available columns The columns display in Event Monitor Event History Alarm Tables from left to right according to the order of the items in the Selected list box gt To move items between lists To move a single item select it and click the gt or lt button To move several items hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on the desired items Click the gt or lt buttons To move all items at once click the gt gt or lt lt button gt To change the order of the items in the Selected list 208 AlvariSTAR User Manual Event View Manager Select the item whose position in the list you want to change and use any of the following controls Control Description ol Moves the item one step up wl Move the item one step down Moves the selected item to the top of the list Moves the selected item to the bottom of the list 5 Click Save to save the new view and display it in the list of views in the View Manager 6 7 4 Editing Event Views gt To edit an existing event view 1 Inthe Event View Manager select a view from the list 2 Click Open The Editing Event View window opens AlvariSTAR User Manual 209 Chapter 6 E
122. g addresses AlvariSTAR User Manual 57 Chapter 3 Inventory Parameter Description Discovery Check to enable periodical discovery according to parameters defined in the Task Manager When unchecked discovery is disabled Auto Discovery Indicates whether Auto Discovery for the range is enabled or disabled When enabled Discovery will be initiated whenever a trap is received from a device in the range Read Community The unique SNMP Read community to be used by discovery when accessing devices in the range If unique communities are not defined the defined global Read communities will be used one after the other Write Community The unique SNMP Write community to be used when accessing discovered devices in the range If unique communities are not defined the global Write community paired with the global Read community that was used to discover devices in the range will be used when accessing these devices Location The location defined for devices in the range If a location is not defined the range will be used as the default location NOTE x Whenever possible use unique SNMP community pairs for defined ranges rather than global community pairs The key for deciding which Write community to use is the IP range Unique community definitions enable to use the same Read community with several different Write communities in different ranges as well as to use the same Write community
123. ges and save them to the database 6 6 5 Deleting Northbound System Definitions gt To edit northbound system definitions 1 Inthe Northbound Manager select an existing northbound definition from the list and click on Delete A confirmation message appears 2 Click Yes to confirm the deletion AlvariSTAR User Manual 205 Chapter 6 Event Services 6 7 206 Event View Manager The Event View Manager lets you create edit and delete views When using pre defined views specific parameters are shown as configured allowing you to control alarms more efficiently To open the Event View Manager Select Event Services gt Event View Manager from the File gt Open menu or from the Navigation Pane The Event View Manager window is displayed F Event View Manager Criteria Scheme By View Name v Go Name Description Default Default View Max Items 100 1 of 1 item s selected Figure 6 16 Event View Manager NOTE You cannot apply a view to an Alarm Table from the Event View Manager To apply a view use the View drop down menu located below the Alarm Table in Event Monitor Event History window in the Table Filter amp View area The following are the controls in the Event View Manager AlvariSTAR User Manual Event View Manager Parameter Description New Creates a new Event View See Sec
124. ghts for AlvariSTAR users Chapter 3 Inventory describes how to access the AlvariSTAR functions for managing the system Managed Network Equipment Manager Location Manager Contact Manager Backup Files Manager and PM Collection Viewer Chapter 4 Provisioning describes the tools for viewing and managing Services and related entities Subscribers and Service Profiles in the entire network Chapter 5 System Utilities describes the following system wide utilities Task Manager License Manager User Monitor and Audit Logs Chapter 6 Event Services describes the tools for managing events generated in the system Contents Chapter 1 Introducing AlvariSTAR 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 EE STAR ssccictss se sctiecs cect teccccn ccs tie nananana naanin renkama aana cd ewchaesenccannccewiadacnens 2 AlvariSTAR Functionality zessrssreesEEsusEEeuEERESESERSEEESENEESERER ceustenessecneremeesneeetannnceeces 3 Starting BUTCH UE WE 6 1 3 1 Post Installation e 6 NI EE 7 1 3 3 IG AlvariS TAR EE 9 1 3 4 E E 9 1 3 5 O ORO EE 10 1 3 6 Change Password E 11 1 3 7 sfleellu CN 12 LA CATION CT 13 The Home Window sis siccice sen Soest ie chee sadeaesesedieneecnstn ctuaciceseeensenteie melee 14 The About Window soso ciceatis canescncnts saecincncdsCanetzanatctcneinacsiivectsaccuei cauaisessevaceusseazsacenanens 14 The Main Window E 15 1 6 1 Main TE 15 1 6 2 Kater 17 1 6 3 Navigati n Pane ss sisce ceeds ce acne ts ee
125. he alarm Clear Date Time The date and time that the alarm was cleared EMSCorrelated Element Management System notification identifier correlated with Notifications this alarm For example when a linkDown alarm comes into the system Event Services assigns it a notification identifier number If a linkUp alarm arrives causing Event Services to clear the linkDown alarm the linkDown notification identifier is placed into the EMSCorrelated Notification field of the linkUp alarm Equipment Location The physical location of the equipment Equipment Name The name of the equipment Equipment Type The type of equipment Base Station Micro Base Station SU NPU AU Event Description An optional text description of the alarm as defined in the related event template Event Last Update Time The date and time the Alarm Table was last updated Event Name The name of the alarm For SNMP traps the name is the trap OID If the name is blank when received by the application the alarm takes the name of the event template used for processing Event Protocol The protocol that sends and receives the alarm Valid protocols are SNMP v1 SNMP v2 Q3 and Other AlvariSTAR User Manual Managing Alarms Parameter Description Event Received Time The time a mediation agent received the alarm Event Sub Type The Event Sub Type further defines the Event Type The available e
126. he last time either an automatic or manual refresh occurred Rows Added a read only display of the number of rows added with the last refresh Maximum Rows Allows you to limit the number of displayed alarms See Section 6 4 1 1 Control Buttons See Section 6 4 5 Section 6 4 provides details on managing alarms in the Event Monitor and Event History The following information is available Alarm Table Section 6 4 1 Alarm Severities Section 6 4 2 Alarm Details Window Section 6 4 3 Alarm Operations Section 6 4 4 AlvariSTAR User Manual Event Monitor E Control Buttons Section 6 4 5 AlvariSTAR User Manual 169 Chapter 6 Event Services 6 3 Event History The Event History window displays a list of all alarms and alarms occurred in the system color coded according to severity A total of uncleared alarms listed both by category and in sum appears at the top of the Event History window To open the Event History Select Event Services gt Event History from the File gt Open menu or from the Navigation Pane The Event History window is displayed PUL EE Table Fitter amp View Fitter Default View Deia Maximum Rows 100 Last Refresh Time Sep 10 2006 18 22 12 Showing Page 1 gt Better Ack Al Chew i Print Help Figure 6 2 Event History Window To display newly received alarms or to updated the display of cleared al
127. he next lower level of the topology map in the same window Available only when right clicking a location in the map provided there is a sub location Up one level Configure Opens the next higher level of the topology map in the same window Disabled for first level locations Available only for equipment Opens the Configuration window enabling to configure the selected device You can also double click on the device icon on the map Refer to the Device Manager User Manual Cut Through Available only for equipment Opens a Telnet session to the device Applicable only for devices that support this feature SUs do not support Telnet Open Alarms Available only for equipment Opens the Event Monitor window enabling to view the alarms if any associated with the selected device The background color of the device s icon on the map is in accordance with the device s alarm status the highest severity open alarms For more information refer to Alarm Severities Section 6 4 2 Place a cursor on an icon to view its general details AlvariSTAR User Manual 73 Chapter 3 Inventory 3 4 Contact Manager The Contact Manager enables to organize and manage your contacts Each device can be associated with a contact gt To open the Contact Manager 1 Select Inventory gt Contact Manager from the File gt Open gt AlvariSTAR menu or the Navigation Pane The Contact Ma
128. iSTAR User Manual 47 Chapter 2 Permissions 2 9 Zil Application Security Policy EQ AppSecurityPolicy Es LoginPolicy Login Attempts 5 trys Bi PasswordPolicy Inactivity Timeout D minutes Bi PasswordConstraint Expired Account Age O weeks Application Security Policy The Application Security interface lets you specify security policies governing user login and passwords Open the Application Security Policy page by selecting Settings gt Permissions gt Application Security Policy The following are types of application security policies described in this section E Login Policy on page 48 E Password Policy on page 50 E Password Constraint on page 52 Login Policy The Login Policy section of the Application Security Policy page sets policies for user logins These policies govern the message that appears in the login screen and the various security measures applied to user s attempts to log in Idle Account Age 0 weeks Privacy Warning Unauthorized users will be prosecuted Lockout Period 5 minutes Description Time user must wait for account to be reset Lockout Period 5 minutes 48 Figure 2 9 Login Policy Page AlvariSTAR User Manual Application Security Policy 2 5 1 1 2 5 1 2 2 5 1 3 2 5 1 4 2 0 1 5 The individual policies available from the Login Policy Page are listed
129. ields Parameter Description Network Element Type The type of the network element from which the alarm originated Network Element Name The name of the network element from which the alarm originated Event Type Possible values are All Alarm Security Alarm Informational Syslog Event SubType Options depend on the selected event type The default is A but can include All Indeterminate Communications Alarm Environmental Alarm Equipment Alarm Processing Error Alarm Quality of Service Alarm and so on See Table 6 2 Severity The severity of the template s alarm from Critical Cleared and All Managed Object Class The class name of the equipment object where the alarm originated Managed Object The specific instance name of the object where the alarm originated Instance Protocol Options include All Other SNMPv1 SNMPv2c Q3 and Syslog AlvariSTAR User Manual 187 Chapter 6 Event Services 188 Parameter Description Sys ObjectID The system object ID Enabled when the protocol is All other Q3 Unit Identifier The unit identifier Enabled when the protocol is All other Q3 Enterprise OID when the protocol is SNMPv1 The OID assigned to the owning company enterprise Enabled Generic Trap E 0 Cold Start E 1 Warm Start E 2 Link Down E 3 Link Up E 4 Authentication Failure E 6 Use Specific Trap A numbe
130. iew logged events Refer to Section 5 5 Use the Event Monitor to view alarms and other events in real time Refer to Section 6 2 Use the Event History to query the database for events and alarms in specific time intervals Refer to Section 6 3 8 AlvariSTAR User Manual Starting the Application Use the Northbound Manager to interface with other Network Management Systems Refer to Section 6 6 Use the Command Manager to create script commands that can be tiggered by template matched alarms 1 3 3 Starting AlvariSTAR gt To start the application From the Windows Start menu select AlvariSTAR gt Start Client Console 1 3 4 Logging On To log in type a valid user name and password at the login prompt as follows Default User ID Default Passwords admin admin supervisor supervisor technician technician monitor monitor The application prompts you to change the password the first time it starts By default you have three attempts to enter the correct password before the system aborts the login AlvariSTAR User Manual 9 Chapter 1 Introducing AlvariSTAR 9 AlvariSTAR User ID Password Domain ASTAR 2003 Privacy Warning Unauthorized users will be prosecuted toon conca pieces Se of gt www alvarion com alvarion Figure 1 1 Login Prompt 1 3 5 Logging Off The Exit feature shut
131. iews for selected objects E Task Management allowing definition and scheduling of system wide background tasks including Network scan allowing to scan the network for new devices Database Aging allowing automation of database management tasks Service Profile Distribution allowing deployment of Service Profiles in one or more Base Stations Single Range Scan allowing to scan a predefined range of IPs for new and modified devices Performance Collection allowing definition of criteria for on going data collection sessions from managed devices services AlvariSTAR User Manual 3 Chapter 1 Introducing AlvariSTAR Software Upgrade allowing efficient loading of new software versions to multiple devices simultaneously and management of software versions in the devices Configuration Backup allowing backup of configuration of all or selected devices Backup Files Management enabling to restore import and export configuration backup files generated via the Configuration Backup task Performance Monitring Viewer allowing viewing graphs of selected counters that were collected using the Performance Monitoring Collection Task and exporting collected data as CSV files Audit Logs allowing viewing of logged events Event Monitoring providing alerts and real time updates of defined alarms Event History Management providing the ability to query the database for alarms in specific time in
132. ile Type VolP Priority Marking Mode Transparent Ei IS None Priority Marking Value Save New and Deploy Cancel Figure 4 3 Service Profile Editor General Tab The General tab of the Service Profile Editor enables definition of the following Service Profile s parameters Parameter Description Service Profile Name A Service Profile Name consists of up to 32 printable characters VLAN Transparency The VLAN Transparency Mode defines the method of transferring Mode packets to the operator s upstream network The options are On Transparent Service Profile or Off Non transparent Service Profile VPL ID The VPL ID is the Virtual Private Link ID or VLAN to be used in the backbone behind the Base Station The VPL ID parameter is not applicable to Service Profiles with VLAN Transparency Mode On 4096 Available values are in the range of 0 to 4094 or None 4095 Max Number of Voice Calls Priority Marking Mode The upper limit on the number of simultaneous VoIP calls that can be supported by the Service using the Service Profile This parameter is applicable only to L2 and VoIP Service Profiles for calls made by devices that support the DRAP protocol The available range is from 0 to 50 calls The mode of marking data transmitted to the backbone network Transparent 802 1p or DSCP DSCP is not applicable to PPPoE 100
133. ined services that exist in the database according to various selection criteria E View general information on the displayed services E Open the Subscriber Editor for the Subscriber associated with a selected Service E Create a new service E Access the Graph window for viewing the graph of collected data for a selected service This function is only available for services whose operational status is Up gt To open the Service Manager Select Provisioning gt Service Manager from the File gt Open gt AlvariSTAR menu or in the Navigation Pane The Service Manager window opens with the default display of Services that exist in the device and in the database The background color of the service s icon is in accordance with the service s operational status green indicates that the service is Up red indicates that the service is Down AlvariSTAR User Manual 91 Chapter 4 Provisioning Service Manager Type BreezeMAX Service Si Criteria Retrieve Name Type Admin Status Oper Status Service Profile Subscriber SU Mac Addr BS New Service_006 L2 Enable Down data Sub_007 00 10 E7 6 Selfinstall Service_003 L2 Enable Down data Sub_011 00 10 E7 6 Selfinstall Open lE Service_o04 L2 Enable Down Silver LAN t Sub_007 00 10 E7 6 Selfinstall 8 Service_001 L2 Enable Down data Sub_012 00 11 22 2 Selfnstall Show PM le Service_
134. ions Enables to associate system functions permissions with individual users or user groups E Application Security Policy Enables to define policies for user login and passwords E Group Rights Summary Enables to view a summary of the functional permissions assigned for each user group For more details refer to Chapter 2 Note Only Administrators can edit permissions Change Opens the Change Password window enabling to set a Password new password for logging in to the application Window Enables to select which window appears in the work area if you have more than one window open It also contains the following options E Next Prev Cycles back and forth through the open windows E Cascade Tile Enables to align the open windows in tiles or cascade format Available only when working in MDI View see Section 1 6 4 Help E About Opens the About window E Help Opens the Help Navigator window and the Help Topic window for the current window You can also use the F1 shortcut for this option E Help Topics Opens the Help Navigator window 1 6 2 Toolbar The toolbar is displayed at all times at the top of the main window and contains quick access icons for some common operations These icons correspond to the AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 1 Introducing AlvariSTAR menu options described in Section 1 6 1 You can hide the toolbar by selecting Show Toolbar from the View main menu aS el ak Figure 1
135. is from 1 to 12 000 Kbps 106 AlvariSTAR User Manual Service Profile Manager Parameter Description CT Applicable for RT NRT and BE QoS Types The CT Committed i h licable QoS Time parameter defines the time window over which the information Sarai Be es rate is averaged to ensure compliance with the CIR or MIR tofile parameter It is used also to prioritize bandwidth allocation to connections where for each QoS Type connections with a shorter CT receive higher priority The available options are Short Medium and Long The actual value in milliseconds for each of the three options varies according to the QoS type For more details refer to the BreezeMAX System Manual PS bytes Applicable only to CG QoS Type The Packet Size parameter defines for each applicable QoS the amount of data in bytes that is expected for each grant Profile The range is from 64 to 1550 bytes SI ms Applicable only to CG QoS Type The Sample Interval parameter for each applicable QoS defines the time in milliseconds between two successive grants inter Profile arrival time The range is from 5 to 100 milliseconds using increments of 5 milliseconds 4 3 2 6 Deployment Tab SZ Service Profile Editor E ll x VoIP Service Profile Service Profile Name voice Service Profile Type VolP General Forwarding Rule Deployment Name Type IP Address Selfinstall Breeze
136. ity Available only if the State of all selected devices is Up For more details see the Device Manager User Manual Backup Configuration Opens the Configuration Backup task allowing to create and schedule a configuration backup task for the selected devices Available only if the State of all selected devices is Up See BreezeMAX Configuration Backup Task Section 5 2 9 See also the Backup Files Manager Section 3 5 Export to CSV Exports the general information of selected devices to an external Comma Separated Value CSV file Click to export browse to the desired location enter a file name and click Save The information displayed for each device in the Equipment Manager is exported Open Map Opens the location Map displaying the selected map for the applicable Location Available only when a location is assigned to the selected device Not available if more than one device is selected or the device s State is other than Up For more details refer to Location Manager Section 3 3 Filtering the List of Devices In addition to the Criteria scheme that enables to filter the displayed devices see Section 1 7 5 1 the Equipment Manager also provides a list of Type filters which are most commonly used These include BreezeMAX BS Equipment and BreezeMAX SU Equipment The Equipment Editor The Equipment Editor enables to edit general information pertaining to the selected device To op
137. ize bandwidth allocation to connections where for each QoS Type connections with a shorter CT get higher priority The available options are Short Medium and Long The actual value in milliseconds for each of the three options varies according to the QoS type For more details refer to the BreezeMAX System Manual PS bytes Applicable only to CG QoS Type The Packet Size parameter defines the amount of data in bytes that is expected for each grant The range is from 64 to 1550 bytes SI ms Applicable only to CG QoS Type The Sample Interval parameter defines the time in milliseconds between two successive grants inter arrival time The range is from 5 to 100 milliseconds using increments of 5 milliseconds 104 AlvariSTAR User Manual Service Profile Manager 4 3 2 5 Priority Classifier Tab BER L2 Service Profile Service Profile Name Bronze Teleworking Service Profile Type L2 General Forwarding Rule Priority Classifier Deployment Bronze Asymmetric e a Priority Type 802 1p X Downlink Limit QoS Profile 7 nRT 750850 a E aos Type NRT CIR kbps 750 MIR kbps 850 CT Medium H 0 ag QoSType PS bytes SI ms CT 0 da E aos type c PS bytes SI ms cT 0 da E aos Type c PS bytes SI ms cT Uplink Limit QoS Profile 7 nrt_se2e s E aos type NRT CIR kbps op
138. logs Each tab comprises the following fields 136 AlvariSTAR User Manual Task Manager Parameter Description Perform cleanup Check to enable cleanup of event audit logs Retention Interval days Determines how long to retain records in days The range is 0 to 365 The default is 90 Record Count Threshold The number of records that will remain after the task completes The range is 0 to 2 000 000 000 The default is 1 000 000 Archive Delete Determines whether to archive or permanently delete records when the Retention Interval deadline is reached The default is Archive Compress Archive Checkbox that enables compression of the archive Available only if Archive was selected not Delete The default is Enabled checked Primary Archive Destination A disk location for archiving The default location is AlvariSTAR filesystem archive Secondary Archive Destination A disk location for archiving if the primary location fails 2 Change the parameters as required and click OK to save the changes and close the task window Cancel to close the window without saving or Run to execute the task The adjacent field display changes from Inactive to Active until the task has completed When completed you can view the report from the Task Editor or from the Task Manager 5 2 5 BreezeMAX Service Profile Distribution Task The Service Profiles Di
139. lowing parameters are displayed Parameter Description Name The Name of the Base Station Type The Type of Base Station BS or MBS IP Address The IP Address of the Base Station AlvariSTAR User Manual 123 Chapter 4 Provisioning 124 Parameter Description Admin Status The administrative status of the Subscriber in the Base Station Enabled or Disabled Double click to change the Admin Status AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 System Utilities In This Chapter Introduction on page 126 Task Manager on page 127 License Manager on page 157 User Monitor on page 159 Audit Logs on page 161 Chapter 5 System Utilities 5 1 Introduction The System Utilities node in the Navigation Pane comprises the following system wide utilities E Task Manager enables to manage system wide tasks such as SW upgrade Network scan PM collection etc See Section 5 2 E License Manager enables to view information about valid licenses See Section 5 3 E User Monitor displays a list of currently logged in users See Section 5 4 E Audit Logs enables to view information about actions performed in the system See Section 5 5 126 AlvariSTAR User Manual Task Manager 5 2 Task Manager Tasks are operations that are performed on a large number of system entities such as equipment services
140. ment AlvariSTAR User Manual 79 Chapter 3 Inventory You can apply a specific configuration to selected equipment by adding them to the list of Target Equipment By default the source equipment i e the equipment from which the configuration backup file was created is listed in the Tar get Equipment area You can remove it from the list and or add other equipment to the list gt To restore the selected configuration backup file In the Restore Configuration Task window click Add The Select Equipment window opens Select the equipment to undergo configuration restoring and click Select The selected equipment is listed in the Target Equipment list You can use the Delete button to remove equipment from the list Click Run If Auto reset was selected a confirmation message appears warning you that the selected units will automatically reset after configuration is restored Click OK to confirm The Runtime Results window opens displaying the task s progress and results Click Close to close the Runtime Results window In the Restore Configuration Task window click Cancel to close the window 80 AlvariSTAR User Manual PM Collection Viewer 3 6 PM Collection Viewer After the required data has been collected via the Performance Collection task see Section 5 2 7 and stored in the database the Performance Viewer can be used to provide performance tracking by displaying graphs
141. ment Name Monsa BS Clea Date Time Event Recewed Time Sun Sep 10 161455 OT 2006 S Cometated Hatt span 1157904895718 4943480 Network Resource Key 183 Subsome onent EI Marazed Ott 5U 00 10 07 62 01 12 Event Subtype Serace Provider Event Descnpoon Status of he SU s network enty Trend oc ator Treeshcid Am Time EventSudType 3 kon infomation of Equipment Locaten Sri Speci 83 Souxe 10022248 Event Type Intormanen al Ack By SMP verson Mi Event Last U Sen Sep 10 161455 OT 2006 A0I 2 SNMP SysUsTime SNMP OD EIERE ET Ack DateTime Figure 6 3 Alarm Details Window AlvariSTAR User Manual 175 Chapter 6 Event Services 6 4 3 1 176 The Alarm Details window consists of the following pages Event Detail Page Event Detail Page Section 6 4 3 1 Variable Binding List Page Section 6 4 3 2 Advisor Page Section 6 4 3 3 Notes Page Section 6 4 3 4 Double click on an event to open the Event Details page The Event Detail page displays the same alarm attributes as the Alarm Tables in Event Monitor Event History see Section 6 4 1 and the following additional attributes Clear Cause Parameter Description Ack By The user who acknowledged the alarm Ack Date Time The date and time the alarm was acknowledged Additional Info Additional information about the alarm Clear By The user who cleared the alarm The reason for clearing t
142. ment service The Export PM Collection Data window displays the name and type of task as defined in the Task Manager 88 AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 4 Provisioning In This Chapter E Introduction to Provisioning on page 90 HM Service Manager on page 91 HM Service Profile Manager on page 95 E Subscriber Manager on page 113 Chapter 4 Provisioning 4 1 90 Introduction to Provisioning The Provisioning module provides the tools to view and manage Services and related entities Subscribers and Service Profiles in the entire network A Service is a virtual connection between a Subscriber s application and the Network Resource The Network Resource could be Internet Content Provider Corporate Network etc A Subscriber is an entity that may be associated with any number of devices connected to any number of SUs Each Service associates a certain Service Profile with Subscriber s device s behind a specific SU The Service Profile s properties depend on the Service Type The Provisioning module includes the following managers E Service Manager on page 91 E Service Profile Manager on page 95 E Subscriber Manager on page 113 AlvariSTAR User Manual Service Manager 4 2 Service Manager The Service Manager provides a comprehensive view of the current services defined in the entire managed network From the Service Manager you can E View currently def
143. n Refer to Section 3 3 2 for more information Open Opens a Location Editor for a selected location enabling you to modify the definition of the Location See Section 3 3 2 for more information Delete Enables to delete the selected location s When deleting a parent location the application also deletes its associated child locations A location associated with equipment cannot be deleted Add Child Opens the Location Editor through which you can define a new child location that will be subordinate to the selected location When creating a child location the name of the parent location field is displayed in the Parent field 68 AlvariSTAR User Manual Location Manager Lal e e Parameter Description Open Map Opens the Location Map displaying the selected location See Section 3 3 4 for more information Searching for a Location To search for a specific location enter the full name of the location California for example or part of the name Ca in the Name field Only locations matching that specification appear Note that the filter is case sensitive and the results are displayed immediately Location Editor The Location Editor enables to create a new location or modify details of an existing location To create modify a location 1 In the Location Manager click New to create a new location or to edit an existing location select a location from th
144. n arrows to the right of the number field The results set will be divided into several pages according to the set number of Max Rows Click Retrieve to refresh the displayed list NOTE This feature ensures that you do not waste too much time while the application attempts to resolve an unreasonable query If you cannot narrow the criteria decrease the maximum result size by selecting a smaller value in the Max Row field to handle the query To browse results divided into pages When the number of results exceeds the number defined in the Page Size box or Max Items box the results are divided into several pages Use the following controls to browse the various pages Control Description Go to first page Go to previous page Go to next page Bae ac Go to last page CS Go to page Specify the page number in the box to the right NOTE x In the Event Services windows you need to increase the number of Max Items to view additional results AlvariSTAR User Manual 27 Chapter 1 Introducing AlvariSTAR 1 8 How to Get Help Use one of the following options to access the online help E Select Help Topics from the Help menu or click the Help icon from the toolbar Opens the Help Navigator window enabling to view help contents select a specific subject or search for information E Click the Help button Opens the Help Navigator window and the Help Topic
145. n is available Alarm Table Section 6 4 1 Alarm Severities Section 6 4 2 Alarm Details Window Section 6 4 3 Alarm Operations Section 6 4 4 Control Buttons Section 6 4 5 AlvariSTAR User Manual 171 Chapter 6 Event Services 6 4 6 4 1 172 Managing Alarms The following paragraphs describe how to manage alarms using the Event Monitor and Event History Alarm Table The Alarms Table presents general information about each alarm occurred in the system You can change the displayed attributes columns through the View Manager see Section 6 7 The following describes the available attributes columns in alphabetic order Parameter Description Ack By The user who acknowledged the alarm Ack Time The date and time the alarm was acknowledged Clear By The user who cleared the alarm Clear Cause The reason for clearing the alarm Clear Time The date and time that the alarm was cleared Community String The SNMP community of this alarm Enterprise Trap OID The trap value Equipment Location The location of the equipment at the source of the alarm Equipment Name The name of the equipment at the source of the alarm Equipment Type The type of equipment at the source of the alarm Event Name The name of the alarm For SNMP traps the name is the trap OID If the name is blank when received by the application th
146. n manage Filters by selecting from the available filter criteria For every criterion you need to select a Connector an Attribute and a value for that attribute and an Operator The following are their definitions E Connector Adds a logical connector Add Or to the filter criteria associated with a particular attribute E Attribute Selects an attribute to add to the filter criteria Filters are based on these attributes The following are the available attributes Equipment Contact the contact s associated with the equipment to which the alarm relates Equipment Location the physical location of the equipment Equipment Name the name of the equipment Equipment Type the type of equipment AlvariSTAR User Manual Event Filter Manager Base Station Micro Base Station SU NPU Vv Vv V V Y AU Event Template Name the template associated with the alarm Event Type O Alarm 1 Security Alarm 2 Informational 3 Syslog Vv Y VY V WV 4 EMS Alarm Managed Object Name Received Time filters based on the time that the alarms was received gt Relative to Current Time enables to specify the number of days hours and minutes before current time gt Specific Time enables to enter a specific date time Service Affecting indicates if the alarm affects a service True False Severity the severity of the alarm see Section 6 4 2 for a detailed des
147. n this panel to see a context menu with Set As Home Page Open and Open in a New Window options The Navigation Pane provides access to all AlvariSTAR functions The Navigation Pane options are described below AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 1 Introducing AlvariSTAR Node Description Inventory Provides the following sub menus E Managed Network Opens the Managed Network Application window enabling to manage IP address ranges or Subnets and global SNMP Read and Write community pairs Refer to Section 3 1 E Equipment Manager Opens the Equipment Manager window enabling to view equipment in the network and access the Equipment Editor Refer to Section 3 2 E Location Manager Opens the Location Manager window enabling to define equipment locations and to associate maps and other features with locations Refer to Section 3 3 E Contact Manager Opens the Contact Manager window enabling to organize and manage your contacts Refer to Section 3 4 E Backup Files Manager Opens the Backup Files Manager window enabling to manage configuration backup files Refer to Section 3 5 E PM Collection Viewer enables to generate graphs to view collected performance data Refer to Section 3 6 Provisioning Provides several sub menus that enable to define services and assign them to subscribers Refer to Chapter 4 System Utilities Provides the following sub menus E Task Manager Enables to define
148. nabled 3 ihfihfgjhati Enabled 1 bngdjhgthkg Enabled 1 Results on page 20 Total 20 page Size 100 dn e page 1 of 1 gt gt gt 1 BR Figure 4 10 Subscriber Manager gt To view Subscribers according to preferred selection criteria 1 Click on the Select Filters button to narrow the search criteria See Section 1 7 5 1 2 Click on the Retrieve button to view the Subscribers that match the selection criteria The Subscribers table displays the following details for each of the applicable Subscribers Parameter Description ID The Subscriber s unique ID Name The Subscriber s Name First Name and Last Name 114 AlvariSTAR User Manual Subscriber Manager Parameter Description Admin Status The administrative status of the Subscriber as configured in the Base Station s A situation where the Subscriber is defined in more than one Base Station Deployment Count gt 1 and the Admin Status is not the same in all Base Stations is indicated by a Mixed value for the Admin Status For a Subscriber that is defined only in the database Deployment Count 0 the default Admin Status is Unknown Deployment Count The number of Base Stations Micro Base Stations in which the Subscriber is defined deployed A count of 0 means that the Subscriber is defined only in the NMS database and is not used in any device NO
149. nager displays a list of available contacts F Contact Manager ee ee ii GE SE SS GE SE E GE GE Der e Criteria Retrieve Contact id First name Last name Company New D_001 John Doe NoOrgName D_002 Jane Doe AnyOrg ID_003 John Smith D_004 Jane Smith OrgName D_005 Richard Roe D_006 Jane Roe AnyName ID_007 Mary Major D_008 John Stiles ID_009 Richard Miles NoName Results on page 9 Total 9 page Size 100 gt 1 page 1 of 1 gt 1 lt gt Q Figure 3 7 Contact Manager 2 Click Retrieve when the Contact Manager window initially opens to display all defined contacts You can filter the display by selecting one of the predefined filters in the Criteria browser and then clicking on Retrieve The following are the controls on the Contact Manager window Opens the Contact Editor window enabling to create new contacts 74 AlvariSTAR User Manual Contact Manager Parameter Description Open Opens the Contact Editor window enabling to modify the selected contact Delete Deletes the selected contact s from the Contact Manager window and from the database 3 4 1 Associating Devices with a Contact gt To associate devices with a contact Open the Equipment Editor of the device Click the Browse button next to the Contact field to open the Select Contact window and s
150. nager to define contact persons and attributes to be associated with selected devices Refer to Section 3 4 Use the Performance Collection Task to define criteria for data collection from specified devices services Refer to Section 5 2 7 Use the Backup Files Manager to restore import and export configuration backup files generated via the Configuration Backup task Use the PM Collection Viewer to display graphs of selected counters and export collected data as Comma Separated Values csv files Refer to section 3 6 Use the Software Upgrade Task to load software upgrade files and to manage SW versions in the devices Refer to Section 5 2 8 Use the Provisioning options if applicable to the managed device family to define Subscribers Service Profiles and Services and assign Services to subscribers Refer to Chapter 4 and to the Service Provisioning section in the User Guide of the relevant Device Manager Schedule tasks Refer to Section 5 2 1 Use the Database Aging Task to control database management tasks including Alarms and Audit Log Records Refer to Section 5 2 4 Use the License feature to view information on licensed vs discovered devices enabling you to estimate when you need to update your license Refer to Section 5 3 Use the User Monitor feature to identify other currently active users and communicate with them Refer to Section 5 4 Use the Audit Log Manager to v
151. ng a group 2 41 Default User 2 42 Default User Group 2 42 Deleting a group 2 42 Group Editor 2 41 Modifying a group 2 41 User Manager 2 31 Adding Users 2 33 Controls 2 32 Filtering 2 32 Filtering by group 2 32 General tab 2 34 Groups tab 2 37 Profile tab 2 35 Sorting 2 32 User Monitor 5 159 Current Logged In Users table 5 159 Logged in users 5 159 Opening 5 159 Sending Message window 5 160 Terminating 5 160 User Monitor Window Current Logged In Users 5 159 Users Adding 2 33 Disabling 2 32 Modifying 2 33 Unlocking 2 33 Users logged in 5 159 V Variable Binding List 6 178 Viewing reports of completed tasks 5 130 W wildcard characters 1 26 Work Area 1 22 228 AlvariSTAR System Manual
152. ng the special characters considered acceptable in the Require a special character field In the example above an asterisk is among the acceptable special characters Allow Userld in Password This lets users include their User ID in their passwords For example user MyUser could create house MyUser magnet as a password Require a number This specifies whether users must include a number in their passwords house2magnet for example Allow Password Reuse This determines whether users can reuse their password immediately after it has expired If this option is not selected users must select a different password each time their password expires The number of new passwords that must be used before an old password is reused is then determined by the Password History field see Section 2 5 2 2 AlvariSTAR User Manual 53 Chapter 2 Permissions 2 6 Group Rights Summary The Group Rights Summary page provides a read only summary of user groups as defined in Section 2 3 and each group s assigned functions and actions as defined in Section 2 4 3 F Group Rights Summary User Groups Administrators Network Monitors NOC Supervisors Operators OWDbAdmin OWServerAdmin Technicians Functions Name Actions read write execute delete add Alarm Filters read execute Alarm Group Filter read execute Alarm Management read execute Alarm Public Filter read execute read exe
153. nge Type The range type IP or Subnet Range Start The first IP Subnet in the range depending on the selected Range Type Range End The last IP Subnet in the range depending on the selected Range Type NMS Reference SNMP Parameters Location An optional field for defining a location for devices in the range Select from the available locations Newly discovered devices will be automatically associated with the defined location Devices already in the database will not be affected Contact An optional field for defining a contact for devices in the range Select from the available contacts Newly discovered devices will be automatically associated with the defined contact Devices already in the database will not be affected Retries The maximum number of retries for SNMP TFTP communication The range is from 0 to 255 Timeout s The maximum time in seconds that the requesting process waits for a response before attempting a retransmission or aborting if the maximum number of retries has been reached The available range is 1 to 3 600 seconds SNMP Communities Read Write Community The community strings passwords for SNMP operations These strings are used by the SNMP agent to allow disallow SNMP access 2 Edit the parameters as required and click OK to save the changes and close the task window Cancel to close the window without saving or Run to execute the task The adja
154. nline Help Reference Alarm Severity No Change v Event Status No Change v Event Type No Change v Propagation None v Correlation Use Correlation P Use Default Correlation Correlated Event Use Correlation Rule Correlation Rule Threshold Use Threshold LI Threshold Count Threshold Days Threshold Hours Threshold Minutes Threshold Seconds Figure 6 9 Event Template Manager Behavior Page The Behavior page contains the following parameters AlvariSTAR User Manual Event Template Manager Parameter Description Behavior Settings Log Event Besides saving each alarm to the database Event Services can also write the alarm information to a flat file by enabling this option Enabling this checking the box means event services writes all alarms that match this template to a flat file Log file settings are specified in System Settings Service Affecting This controls whether the alarm should be marked as service affecting or impacting link down for example This affects alarm behavior only for optionally installed Service Level monitoring Alarm Resynchronization This option triggers resynchronization of alarm counts between the network element and the objects in the application s database when the application receives this alarm Script Command Initiates an external script Browse for the script command name by clicking the command button
155. nnot apply an event filter to the Alarm Table in the Event Monitor Event History from the Event Filter Manager To apply a filter use the Filter drop down menu located below the Alarm Table in Event Monitor Event History window in the Table Filter amp View area AlvariSTAR User Manual 211 Chapter 6 Event Services 6 8 1 6 8 2 6 8 3 212 The following are the controls in the Event Filter Manager Parameter Description New Creates a new Event Filter See Section 6 8 4 for more information Open Opens a selected Event Filter to view edit its properties See Section 6 8 5 for more information Delete Deletes selected Event Filter s Select the filter s to remove and click on Delete The application prompts you for confirmation Filtering Event Filters By default the Event Filter Manager displays a list of all defined views You can filter the list by view name using standard boolean conventions and clicking on Go The new display will reflect all views with the requested string You can also limit the number of displayed event filters by changing the number in the Max Items box at the bottom left corner and clicking on Go Default Event Filter The default filter automatically applies to Event Monitor Event History s Alarm Tables the first time Event Monitor Event History opens The default filter lets all alarms appear in the manager Managing Filter Criteria You ca
156. ntegrity Violation EVENT_SUB_TYPE_INTEGRITY_VIOLATION 5 Operational Violation EVENT_SUB_TYPE_OPERATIONAL_VIOLATION 8 Physical Violation EVENT_SUB_TYPE_PHYSICAL_VIOLATION 9 Security Service or Mechanism Violation EVENT_SUB_TYPE_SECURITY_SERVICE_OR_MEC HANISM_VIOLATION 13 Informati onal 2 Time Domain Violation Indeterminate EVENT_SUB_TYPE_TIME_DOMAIN_VIOLATION 15 EVENT_SUB_TYPE_INDETERMINATE 1 a Refer to the CCITT X 736 and X 733 Recommendations for further information regard ing the sub type values b Static final constants for the Event SubType values are defined in the class com dorado redcell assure fault EventInfoConstants c Defined by the static final constant com dorado redcell assure fault EventInfoCon stants EVENT_TYPE_ALARM d Defined by the static final constant com dorado redcell assure fault EventInfoCon stants EVENT_TYPE_ SECURITY e Defined by the static final constant com dorado redcell assure fault EventInfoCon stants EVENT_TYPE_ INFORMATIONAL 190 AlvariSTAR User Manual Event Template Manager Table 6 3 Event Severity Levels Severity Value Cleared SEVERITY_CLEARED 0 Informational SEVERITY_INFORMATION 1 Indeterminate SEVERITY_INDETERMINATE 2 Warning SEVERITY_WARNING 3 Major SEVERITY_MAJOR 4 Minor SEVERITY_MINOR 5 Critical SEVERITY_CRITICAL 6
157. ntifier for an enterprise trap Generic is 6 Specific defines what type of trap it is Value The SNMP describes the trap value of the alarm Version The SNMP version number Limiting the Number of Alarms Displayed You can define the maximum number of alarms to be displayed in the table by entering a number in the Maximum Rows box or by using the up and down arrows to the right of the number field The range for both Event History and Event Monitor is 1 to 1000 If the maximum number of alarms is displayed older alarms will be removed from the list to make room for new received alarms The older alarms are not deleted from the database only from the display Customizing Views in Event Monitor Event History You can make changes to a view by adjusting columns in the Alarm Table The following are the available options for customizing the view E Sort columns Click on the column header of the column according to which you want to sort the table An icon appears on the header indicating sorting in ascending descending order NOTE No column sorting is available in the Event Monitor E Move Columns Click the column header of the column you want to move and drag it to its new location AlvariSTAR User Manual 173 Chapter 6 Event Services 6 4 2 174 E Resize Columns Click the right margin of the column header you want to resize and drag to resize the column The column margin is locat
158. nts and or bug fixes upon availability the Warranty Bug fixes temporary patches and or workarounds may be supplied as Firmware updates Additional hardware if required to install or use Firmware updates must be purchased by the Customer Alvarion will be obligated to support solely the two 2 most recent Software major releases ALVARION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER THIS WARRANTY IF ITS TESTING AND EXAMINATION DISCLOSE THAT THE ALLEGED DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT DOES NOT EXIST OR WAS CAUSED BY PURCHASER S OR ANY THIRD PERSON S MISUSE NEGLIGENCE IMPROPER INSTALLATION OR IMPROPER TESTING UNAUTHORIZED ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR OR ANY OTHER CAUSE BEYOND THE RANGE OF THE INTENDED USE OR BY ACCIDENT FIRE LIGHTNING OR OTHER HAZARD Disclaimer a The Software is sold on an AS IS basis Alvarion its affiliates or its licensors MAKE NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION ALVARION SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON INFRINGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE UNITS OF PRODUCT INCLUDING ALL THE SOFTWARE DELIVERED TO PURCHASER HEREUNDER ARE NOT FAULT TOLERANT AND ARE NOT DESIGNED MANUFACTURED OR INTENDED FOR USE OR RESALE IN APPLICATIONS WHERE THE FAILURE MALFUNCTION OR INACCURACY OF PRODUCTS CARRIES A RISK OF DEATH OR BODILY INJURY OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE HIGH RISK ACTIVIT
159. of selected counters Collected data may also be exported as Comma Separated Values csv files From the Performance Viewer you can E View the current status of data collection tasks E Access the Graph window for viewing graphs of collected data for selected counters see Section 3 6 1 E Export collected data as Comma Separated Values csv files see Section 3 6 2 gt To open the Performance Viewer Select Inventory gt PM Collection Viewer from the File gt Open gt AluariSTAR menu or the Navigation Pane The Performance Viewer is displayed AlvariSTAR User Manual 81 Chapter 3 Inventory E Performance Viewer Criteria Type Created Polling Interval Status MicroBST_Equipment BMAX Equipment Pert 2006 09 10 16 28 17 0 1 Inactive Service_PM BMAX Service Perform 2006 09 10 16 31 26 0 1 Inactive Results on page 2 Total 2 a page Size 1001 page 1 of 1 Figure 3 11 Performance Viewer The performance viewer displays the following information for each polling session Parameter Description Name The name of the performance collection task as defined in the Task Manager Type The type of task as defined in the Task Manager Service Performance Equipment Performance Polling Interval The time in minutes between polls Created Status The date and time in which the performance task was created
160. of software upgrade tasks that will be executed independently of each other Up to 20 concurrent TFTP uploading sessions can run on the Application Server Software upgrade consists of several actions that need to be performed E Selecting devices to be included in each software upgrade task 146 AlvariSTAR User Manual Task Manager E Defining the software file s to be loaded E Scheduling the task optional E Defining the actions that should take place once the new software file is loaded into the devices When working under Windows the files to be loaded should be available in the Application Server firmware folder located by default under lt Drive ID gt AlvariSTAR filesystem firmware rb where Drive ID is the applicable location of the AlvariSTAR installation The rb folder may need to be manually created When working under UNIX refer to the instructions in opt AlvariSTAR firmware rb The system will automatically identify the files and use the correct file for each device type To ensure a smooth upgrade process while minimizing the risk of loosing connectivity to devices the order of upgrading devices depends on device types first the SUs then AUs etc gt To open the Software Upgrade Task window 1 Inthe Task Manager window Click New select Software Upgrade from the list of available task types and click OK The Software Upgrade Task window is displayed OR Select an existing Software Upg
161. on between two Event Templates Check to enable Use Default Correlation Check to enable default correlation and browse to select a correlated event template Alternatively select the Use Correlation Rule AlvariSTAR User Manual 193 Chapter 6 Event Services 6 5 1 4 194 Parameter Description Use Correlation Rule Check to enable using a correlation rule and select from the list of available correlation rules Threshold Use Threshold Enables thresholding The remaining settings in this section are only available when Use Threshold is selected Threshold Count Specifies the number of alarms the application must receive before it generates an alarm Use the up and down arrows to change this setting or enter a number directly Threshold Time The period in hours minutes and seconds within which the Threshold Count applies The number of alarms must exceed what you specify in the Threshold Count within this time window for Suppressed alarms to appear Use the up and down arrows to change these settings or enter the time directly into the Threshold Days Hours Minutes and Seconds If you do specify a threshold and its time parameters Event Services processes an alarm if the number of alarms received within the threshold time exceeds or equals the threshold count You can enter any number of days and or hours and or minutes and or seconds These are
162. ore details see the Device Manager User Manual Edit Opens the Equipment Editor for the selected equipment object allowing to edit general information You can edit only the location and contact of SUs and of multiple selected devices For more details see Section 3 2 2 Delete Deletes the selected equipment object s from the database Select the device s to remove and click Delete The application prompts you for confirmation You can always rediscover deleted equipment SUs with operational state Up cannot be deleted License Activated only when unlicensed equipment is selected Unlicensed equipment cannot be managed by AlvariSTAR Enables to apply a license to the equipment provided the number of used licenses for the relevant equipment type has not reached the limit of allowed devices Cut Through Opens a Telnet session to the selected device Applicable only to devices that support this feature BreezeMAX SUs do not support Telnet Not available if more than one device is selected or if the State is other than Up AlvariSTAR User Manual 63 Chapter 3 Inventory Sided Jidl 64 Parameter Description Multiple Configuration Opens the Multiple Configuration window allowing simultaneous configuration of several selected devices The Multiple Configuration option is applicable only if the Device Driver for the relevant devices supports the Multiple Configuration capabil
163. play sequence In some pages tables are used for displaying information and configuring and managing multiple entities of the same type gt To modify the configuration of an existing entity Double click on the applicable cell In a text cell edit the content In some cells a drop down menu will open enabling selection of the required option Click on any other cell to apply the change to the selected cell At this stage the change is applied only to the display The change is applied to the device only after clicking on the Apply button In rows with modified parameter s all the details are colored blue 1 7 4 1 Sorting Tables Tables can be sorted by clicking on any of the column headings Click again on a column heading to toggle between ascending and descending sort order 1 7 4 2 Resizing and Rearranging Columns To resize a column position the cursor on the border line between two columns headings The cursor changes into a double headed arrow Drag the cursor to the left or to the right to increase or decrease the size of a column To rearrange column sequence click a column header and drag it to the new desired position AlvariSTAR User Manual 25 Chapter 1 Introducing AlvariSTAR Lae 1 7 5 1 26 Using Filters To apply filters including an empty sequence Manipulating the Displayed Information AlvariSTAR supports wildcard characters for specifying entity searches of the various list fields When
164. played displaying the status of the running task 138 AlvariSTAR User Manual Task Manager Runtime Results Mel x IP address Result 192 168 101 230 192 168 101 231 Discovered mBS_231 192 168 101 232 Discovered mBS_232 192 168 101 233 192 168 101 234 Discovered BS_234 192 168 101 235 192 168 101 236 Discovered BS_236 192 168 101 237 Discovered mBS_237 192 168 101 238 Discovered mBS_238 192 168 101 239 Discovered mBS_239 View report Close Figure 5 9 Single Range Scan Task Runtime Results If the task is Inactive the Single Range Scan Task window is displayed Single Range Scan Task Bisi E Single Range Scan Task Task Name range 1 Range type IP range Range start 192 168 101 230 Range end 192 168 101 239 NMS Reference Location Z Contact AA SNMP Parameters Retries 2 Timeouts az SNMP Communities Add Delete Read community Write community public private Run Report Inactive OK Cancel Figure 5 10 Single Range Scan Task Window The Single Range Scan Task window comprises the following fields AlvariSTAR User Manual 139 Chapter 5 System Utilities Parameter Description Task Name The name of the task A string of up to 255 printable characters The name must be unique in the system Ra
165. pleted Figure 5 3 Task Results Window The task Results window displays the following information for each listed activation Parameter Description Start The start time of the activation End The end time of the activation Result The result of the activation The Task Results window includes the following controls AlvariSTAR User Manual 133 Chapter 5 System Utilities Parameter Description View Opens the Task Report viewer for the selected row See Section 5 2 Save Enables to save the task results to an external file Click and browse to a location in the file system enter a name for the file and click Save Close Closes the Task Results window e D r A Network Scan Task The Network Scan task is a system task that scans the entire network for new devices The scope of the network is defined in the Managed Network window see Section 3 1 The Network Scan task can only be modified not deleted gt To edit the Network Scan Task 1 Inthe Task Manager window select the Network Scan task from the list and click Modify If the task is Active the Runtime Results window is displayed displaying the status of the running task Runtime Results Mel x Start End Subnet IP address Result VUEN 10 0 22 255 10 0 22 1 No SNMP agent fou 10 0 22 2 No SNMP agentfou 10 0 22 3 No SNMP agent fou 1
166. r a service In the Service Manager select a service from the list and click Show PM You can view the performance monitoring graph only for a selected service whose operational status is Up For more detailed information on the Graph s components see the Device Manager User Manual 94 AlvariSTAR User Manual Service Profile Manager 4 3 Service Profile Manager The Service Profile Manager Window Section 4 3 1 The Service Profile Editor Section 4 3 2 The Service Profile Distribution Task Section 4 3 3 4 3 1 The Service Profile Manager Window The Service Profile Manager window provides a comprehensive view of the current Service Profiles defined in the entire network This includes Service Profiles that are defined in managed devices deployed and Service Profiles that are defined only in the data base undeployed From the Service Profile Manager window you can E View currently defined Service Profiles that exist in the database according to various selection criteria E Delete Service Profiles from the database Services that are deployed cannot be deleted E Open the Service Profile Editor for editing an existing Service Profile or creating a new one and for deploying undeploying Service Profiles in selected Base Stations gt To open the Service Profile Manager Select Provisioning gt Service Profile Manager from the File gt Open gt AlvariSTAR menu or in the Navigation Pane The S
167. r and display it in the list of filters in the Filter Manager 6 8 5 Editing Event Filters gt To edit an existing event filter 1 Inthe Event Filter Manager select a filter from the list 2 Click Open The Editing Event Filter window opens Editing Event Filter Critical_Alarms Event Filter Info y Information Filter Properties Name Description Display Critical Alarms Criteria Connector Attribute AND e Equipment Contact Operator e Equals e rValue Contact AA Filter Criteria Severity Critical Add Delete Delete All Figure 6 21 Editing Event Filter 3 Edit the required filter criteria see Section 6 8 3 The filter s Name cannot be changed 216 AlvariSTAR User Manual Event Filter Manager 4 Click Save to save your changes 6 8 6 Deleting Event Filters gt To delete an event filter 1 Inthe Event Filter Manager select a filter from the list 2 Click Delete A confirmation window opens 3 Click Yes to confirm the deletion or No to cancel it 6 8 7 Archiving Alarms To ensure your database does not fill up with alarms you can archive them via the Database Aging task See Section 5 2 4 for further details AlvariSTAR User Manual 217 Chapter 6 Event Services 6 9 Command Manager Template
168. r from 0 to 6 indicating the type of trap Enabled when the protocol is SNMPv1 The following are valid entries E 5 Exterior Gateway Protocol EGP Neighbor Loss Specific Trap The specific trap code as defined in the MIB Enabled if the Protocol is SNMPv1 and Generic Trap is 6 use specific trap SNMP Trap OID The SNMP trap OID Enabled if the Protocol is SNMPv2c Table 6 1 details the currently supported event filtering information Table 6 1 Event Filtering Element Name Event Description Eventinfo attribute Template compared with GUI Field Name Network Equipment Class ClassName Element Type for example com ngnms products vl common BWA_VL_AU Network Same as NetworkElementName RedCell Config NetworkResourcelPLookup Na me Event Type 1 All 0 Alarm 1 Security Alarm EventType 2 Informational and SysLog Event SubType Further classification of the event Table 6 2 EventSubType defines the currently supported sub type values AlvariSTAR User Manual Event Template Manager Table 6 1 Event Filtering Event Description Eventinfo attribute Template compared with GUI Field Name Protocol Protocol over which the event was received EventProtocol Table 6 4 defines the currently supported protocol values Severity Severity of the event Severity Table 6 3 defines the currently supported severity values Managed Type of p
169. r the selected Inactive task allowing to edit the task parameters Not available if more than one task is selected From the Task Editor you can also run the task by clicking Run E For Active Task Opens the Runtime Results window displaying the task s progress Delete Deletes the selected task from the database Select the task to remove and click Delete The application prompts you for confirmation Not available for active tasks and for system tasks Network Scan Task and Database Aging Task Scheduled tasks cannot be deleted To delete a scheduled task you need to first clear the schedule see below Run Manually executes the task While the task is running the state changes from Inactive to Active The button is unavailable for currently running tasks The Run button is also available in each of the task windows Abort Aborts the selected running task Available for running tasks only Upon clicking on the Abort button a confirmation message is displayed Click Yes to abort the task The task s State changes to Inactive and the Last Run Result to Aborted Schedule Opens the Schedule Editor enabling to schedule the activation of the task See Section 5 2 1 Clear Sc Clears the schedule for the selected task Active only for scheduled tasks AlvariSTAR User Manual 129 Chapter 5 System Utilities Parameter Description Report Opens the Task
170. rade task from the list and click Modify If the task is Active the Runtime result screen is displayed displaying the status of the running task AlvariSTAR User Manual 147 Chapter 5 System Utilities Runtime Results ID F Software Upgrade SVW_upgrade In Progress Eh View report Close Figure 5 15 Software Upgrade Task Runtime Results If the task is Inactive the Software Upgrade Task window is displayed Software Upgrade Bm rk Software Upgrade General Equipment Task Name SW Upgrade Operations File Name Operation Defaults BS NPU none gt None gt Micro BS hone el None z AU none el None a su su_2_0_1_39 bz v Set as Main vy v Set SU Defaults File Management Policy If space is neededinBS Delete oldest files Skip BS If BS running from Shadow Set as Main Skip BS Run Report Inactive OK Cancel Figure 5 16 Software Upgrade Task Window 148 AlvariSTAR User Manual Task Manager The Software Upgrade Task window includes two tabs General Tab Section 5 2 8 1 Equipment Tab Section 5 2 8 2 2 Edit the parameters as required and click OK to save the changes and close the task window Cancel to close the window without saving or Run the execute the task The adjacent field display changes from Inacti
171. rameter determines the mode of controlling the flow of information from the backbone to the wireless media Select from the following options E Reject The AU Micro Base Station will transmit unicast packets only to those addresses that the AU Micro Base Station knows to exist on the wireless link side E Forward Enables the transmission of all packets except unicast packets sent to addresses that the AU Micro Base Station recognizes as being on its wired backbone side 102 AlvariSTAR User Manual Service Profile Manager Parameter Description Multicast VLAN The Multicast VLAN ID parameter is applicable only to Services assigned to SUs with SW version below 2 0 The Multicast VLAN ID is the VLAN ID to be attached to mulicast messages in order to enable full support of the VLAN feature by SUs with SW version below 2 0 In SUs with SW version below 2 0 it was necessary to use behind the SU a VLAN switch with binding capability to support multiple VLAN IDs The VLAN switch was responsible for duplicating all the packets to the correct ports according to the multicast connection this required switch pre configuration If a VLAN switch with binding capability was not used only a single VLAN ID behind the SU could be supported and this VLAN ID has to be identical to the multicast VLAN ID In the current version all packets received from the wireless port over a multicast connection are transmitted by
172. ription A text description Script Name The name of the script to run Script Path The location of the script Describe either a Windows or UNIX path Command Constructor Enter parameters to append to the selected script here The Argument Option can be something like a The Argument Type drop list lets you select either a constant or an Eventinfo attribute If you select a constant the next field is Constant Value a text field If you select Eventinfo attribute the next field is a drop list of the attributes available The final field is Text Qualifier which lets you select whether this parameter needs double single quotes or no qualifier When you select quotes the parameter looks like this a surrounded by quotes Command This section of the screen displays the script command as you assemble it Click the Add button on the right to assemble the complete script command Added parameters always appear last on the list in this area but you can use the arrow keys to re arrange their order and the Delete button to remove parameters but not the script Delete All removes everything 2 Click the Add button to assemble the complete script command Added parameters always appear last on the list but you can use the arrow keys to re arrange their order or use the Delete button to remove parameters not the script Delete All removes everything 3 Click Save to add your command script to the list of available
173. rk Communities tab contains the following buttons Parameter Description Add Click to add an empty row to the Network Communities table Proceed by entering the required information in each table cell Click Apply to save your changes Revert Reverts the table to the last save discarding any unsaved changes Delete Click to delete the selected Network Network Community pair NOTE x When using global community pairs the Read community is the key for deciding which Write community to use Each Read community should not be used more than once 60 AlvariSTAR User Manual Equipment Manager K Equipment Manager The Equipment Manager provides functionality and access to windows that let you manage equipment in your network From the Equipment Manager you can View devices that exist in the database according to various selection criteria View general information on the displayed devices Add Edit and Delete devices from the database Open the Configuration window to configure a selected device Open the Multiple Configuration window to configure several selected devices Apply licenses to selected equipment Open a Telnet session for a selected device Backup the configuration of selected devices Export the general information of selected devices to a Commas Separated Value CSV file Open a map display associated with the device if applicable gt To open the Equipment Manager
174. roperty or resource triggering the ManagedObjectClass Object Class event Managed Specific instance of the ManagedObjectClass ManagedObjectInstance Object Instance SysObjectID SysObjectID SysObjectID Unit Identifier An identifier for the subcomponent of the network element triggering the alarm SubComponenitlD Enterprise OID Enterprise Specific OID SNMPv1 only OID Generic Trap SNMPv1 Generic Trap Value Value Specific Trap SNMPVv1 Specific Trap Value Specific SNMP Trap SNMPv2 Trap OID OID OID Table 6 2 Table 6 3 and Table 6 4 detail the currently supported values for the following Event Template Fields Event Type Severity and Protocol Table 6 2 Event SubType Value Event Type Event SubType Value Alarm Indeterminate EVENT_SUB_TYPE_INDETERMINATE 1 Communications Alarm EVENT_SUB_TYPE_COMMUNICATIONS ALARM 2 Environmental Alarm EVENT_SUB_TYPE_ENVIRONMENTAL_ALARM 3 Equipment Alarm EVENT SUB _TYPE_EQUIPMENT_ALARM 4 AlvariSTAR User Manual 189 Chapter 6 Event Services Table 6 2 Event SubType Value Event Type Event SubType Value Processing Error Alarm EVENT_SUB_TYPE_PROCESSING_ERROR_ALARM 10 Quality of Service Alarm EVENT_SUB_TYPE_QUALITY_OF_SERVICE_ALARM 11 Security Alarm 1 Indeterminate EVENT_SUB_TYPE_INDETERMINATE 1 I
175. rting Event Templates You can use the Import utility on templates you create Exported files can serve as backups or as seed files and clients running on other servers can import them gt To import an Event Template 1 Select Import from the File menu The Specify Event Template Manager File to be Imported window opens 2 Browse to the template s location and click OK An Import Complete confirmation message appears 3 Click OK to close the confirmation message AlvariSTAR User Manual 197 Chapter 6 Event Services 6 6 Northbound Manager The Northbound Manager provides an interface where you can connect to other management systems and effectively forward traps Event Services uses these definitions to enable it to forward notifications to those systems Northbound systems include any EMS system a system receiving information from Event Services for example Billing Management Systems Support Management Systems Network Management Systems and Customer Service Systems gt To open the Northbound Manager window Select Event Services gt Northbound Manager from the File gt Open menu or from the Navigation Pane Northbound System Manager Criteria Scheme By Name Open Delete yst Description IP Address Forward Status astarsolari 10 0 22 200 Max Items 100 0 of 1 item s selected Figure 6 12 Northbound System Manager
176. ry 3 passwords E PasswordPolicy Password Expiration Warning 3 days A PasswordConstraint Password Expiration Age 0 weeks Login Attempts The Login Attempts setting specifies how many consecutive unsuccessful login attempts are allowed before a user is locked out Password Policy The settings associated with Password Policy determine whether and how long users can keep passwords how many unique passwords a user must have before the oldest can be re used and how much warning they get before their password expires Display the password policies by clicking the Password Policy icon in the navigation page The individual policies appear in the right hand page Description Age at which a password expires Password Expiration Age lo weeks 50 Figure 2 10 Application Security Policy Page Password Policies Edit a policy by clicking it an editor appropriate to that policy appears in the lower portion of the page Password Policy includes the following properties E Password Expiration Age E Password History AlvariSTAR User Manual Application Security Policy 2 5 2 1 2 5 2 2 x 2 5 2 3 E Password Expiration Warning Password Expiration Age The Password Expiration Age setting determines how long a user can keep a password before a new one must be selected Enter a value directly in the Password Expiration Age field or use the up and down arrows
177. s Others are common to most windows Equivalent functions to some control buttons are available from the toolbar and main menu Button Description Apply Applies changes made in the window Clicking the Apply button maintains the window opened for the following transaction or response delivery OK Applies changes made in the window and closes the window Cancel Closes the active window without taking any further action Any modifications made prior to clicking Cancel are ignored Refresh Refreshes the window and displays the most updated information Save Saves changes made in the dialog box AlvariSTAR User Manual Conventions and Common Operations Button Description Help Displays the online help window Browse The Browse button appears whenever the commande completion Ss i may need additional step Clicking this button displays another window that lets you select an entry for an adjacent field Erase Clears adjacent fields It appears next to a field with a Browse button at the other end Retrieve Displays all appropriate matches according to the selected filter It can also be used to refresh the display Some of the control buttons such as Edit Open Import and Export may appear grayed out for users without write permission 1 7 4 Working with Tables All AlvariSTAR tables and lists allow sorting resizing and rearranging the column dis
178. s the range is 1 36 Day specify the day in the month 1 31 and the number of months between task executions the range is 1 36 End The end time for a recurring task only Select one of the following options E Never enable tasks to be executed indefinitely E After N occurrences where N is a number between 1 65 000 set the number of occurrences after which the task s scheduling will be cleared E On setan end date and time You can highlight the value to change month day year and click on the up down arrows to change the value or you can pick a specific date using the calendar icon You can also type in the date and time as follows MMMM DD YYYY HH MM AM PM 2 Set the Start and End time and optionally select a recurrence interval 3 Click OK to apply the schedule for the selected task AlvariSTAR User Manual Task Manager 5 2 2 The Task Results Viewer The Task Results window displays a list of all past activations of the task selected in the Task Manager window and their results Not available for tasks that were never run gt To open the Task Results window In the Task Manager window select a task from the list and click the History button The Task Results window is displayed Start End Result Sun 9 3 2006 17 42 24 Sun 9 3 2006 17 42 27 Completed Sun 9 3 2006 17 49 16 Sun 9 3 2006 17 49 18 Completed Sun 9 3 2006 17 57 18 Sun 9 3 2006 17 57 20 Com
179. s Off the VLAN List can include up to 16 VLAN IDs When Hybrid VLAN Mode is On the VLAN List can include up to 15 VLAN IDs the 16th entry is reserved for No VLAN To avoid conflicts it is not allowed to define a VLAN ID that is identical to any VPL ID applicable only for transparent Service Profiles A specific VLAN ID behind a certain SU can be associated only with a single service of a certain service type It is not possible to define two services of the same service type for the same SU and the same VLAN ID The maximum total number of VLAN IDs behind a single SU is 16 15 when a Service with Hybrid VLAN Mode On is assigned to the SU The VLAN ID s value can be from 0 to 4094 122 AlvariSTAR User Manual Subscriber Manager 4 4 2 3 Deployment Tab Subscriber Editor i Subscriber General Services Deployment Name Type Ip Address Admin status Modular BS BreezemMax BS 10 0 22 249 Enabled Selfinstall BreezeMAx BS 10 0 22 250 Enabled Micro BS BreezeMAx MBS 10 0 22 248 Enabled Refresh Apply Figure 4 13 Subscriber Editor Deployment Tab The Deployment tab of the Subscriber Editor displays the general details of the Base Stations in which the Subscriber is defined deployed allowing to manage the Admin Status of the Subscriber in each Base Station For each Base Station in which the Subscriber is defined deployed the fol
180. s and all connected AUs will be upgraded according to configured task policies Individual Network Components enables to select individual components NPUs Micro Base Stations AUs and or SUs 2 Click Add AlvariSTAR User Manual 151 Chapter 5 System Utilities If Full Base Station was selected in step 1 above the Select Equipment window opens listing all available Base Stations If Individual Network Components was selected in step 1 above a sub menu opens allowing you to Select NPUs MBSs AUs or SUs Select one of the options The Select Equipment window opens listing all available equipment according to your selection 3 Select the required equipment from the list Use the Ctrl or Shift keys to select more than one unit and click Select The selected equipment are displayed in the list 4 Click OK to confirm your changes and close the window or Cancel to close the window without saving your changes gt To remove equipment from the list 1 Select the equipment to be removed from the list Use the Ctrl or Shift keys to select more than one unit 2 Click Remove The unit is deleted from the list 3 Click OK to confirm your changes and close the window or Cancel to close the window without saving your changes 5 2 8 3 The Software Upgrade Process This section describes a complete SW upgrade process for all components of the cells NPUs Micro Base Stations AUs and permanent SUs The SW
181. s are for the purpose of illustration and reference only The specifications on which they are based are subject to change without notice The software described in this document is furnished under a license The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of that license Information in this document is subject to change without notice Corporate and individual names and data used in examples herein are fictitious unless otherwise noted Alvarion Ltd reserves the right to alter the equipment specifications and descriptions in this publication without prior notice No part of this publication shall be deemed to be part of any contract or warranty unless specifically incorporated by reference into such contract or warranty The information contained herein is merely descriptive in nature and does not constitute an offer for the sale of the product described herein Any changes or modifications of equipment including opening of the equipment not expressly approved by Alvarion Ltd will void equipment warranty and any repair thereafter shall be charged for It could also void the user s authority to operate the equipment AlvariSTAR User Manual ut This Manual The AlvariSTAR User Manual comprises the following chapters Chapter 1 Introduction provides an overview of the AlvariSTAR system and its functionality Chapter 2 Permissions describes how to define and manage user permissions and access ri
182. s down the AlvariSTAR client application while the Application Server continues to run It is recommended to close all windows before exiting the client application gt To close windows From the File main menu select Close to close the active window or Close All to close all open windows gt To shut down AlvariSTAR client 1 From the main menu select File gt Exit or use the X icon displayed on the right upper corner of the main window or use the Ctrl X shortcut A confirmation message is displayed 2 Click OK to confirm 10 AlvariSTAR User Manual Starting the Application 1 3 6 Change Password After initial login the application prompts you to change the password By default there are no password constraints gt To change the password 1 From the main menu select Settings gt Change Password The Change Password dialog is displayed 2 Enter the old password 3 Enter the new password according to the password constraints displayed in the Change Password dialog Confirm it 4 Select File gt Save or use the Ctrl S shortcut to save the new password 7 change Password Password Constraints Policy Require a special character Minimum Password Length Allow Password Reuse Allow Userld in Password Require Mixed Case Require a number Old Password New Password Confirm Password Figure 1 2 Change Password Dialog Passwords constraints are
183. s system Refer to Section 6 6 E Event View Manager Allows you to create edit and delete views Refer to Section 6 7 E Event Filter Manager Allows you to create edit and delete filters to the Event Monitor Event History windows Refer to Section 6 8 E Command Manager Allows you to create edit and delete script commands Refer to Section 6 9 1 6 3 1 Changing the Navigational View The application offers two navigational views Tree View and Slide Menu View gt To change the navigational view Select Navigation gt Tree View or Slide View from the View main menu 1 6 3 2 Hiding and Displaying the Navigation Pane By default both the Navigation Pane and Work Area are displayed When hovering the mouse over the separation bar between the Navigation Pane and Work Area the mouse pointer becomes a double headed arrow lt gt You can change the size of the Navigation Pane by dragging this arrow left right AlvariSTAR User Manual 21 Chapter 1 Introducing AlvariSTAR You can hide the Navigation Pane to increase the size of the Work Area or hide the Work area to increase the size of the Navigation Pane by clicking on the arrowheads A located on the separation bar until reaching the required display With the Navigation Pane hidden or maximized if clicking the arrowhead does not restore the display of both panes manually drag the separation bar to restore the display 1 6 4 Work Area
184. s with a matching Service Type that are available in the database of the Base Station Micro Base Station Click on the Magnifying Glass icon for a preview of the selected Service Profile properties SU MAC Address The MAC Address of the SU associated with the Service The SU MAC Address drop down menu includes the MAC Addresses of all Permanent SUs in the database of the Base Station Micro Base Station Click on the Hand icon to add new MAC Addresses The MAC Address of an existing Service can be modified only if the Admin Status of the Service is set to Disable after applying the change Subscriber The Subscriber ID as defined in the General tab AlvariSTAR User Manual Subscriber Manager Parameter Description Hybrid VLAN Mode Hybrid VLAN Mode of operation enables classification of both tagged and untagged packets or untagged packets only according to the following rules E Hybrid VLAN Mode is Off and there is at least one VLAN in the VLAN List Only packets tagged with a VLAN ID that exists in the VLAN List will be forwarded The VLAN List can include up to 16 entries E Hybrid VLAN Mode is Off and the VLAN List is empty All both untagged and tagged with any VLAN ID will be forwarded E Hybrid VLAN Mode is On and there is at least one VLAN in the VLAN List Only untagged packets and packets tagged with a VLAN ID that exists in the VLAN List will be forwarded The VLAN Lis
185. scribers defined in the entire network This includes Subscribers that are defined in managed devices deployed and Subscribers that are defined only in the data base undeployed From the Subscriber Manager window you can E View currently defined Subscribers that exist in the database according to various selection criteria E Add or delete Subscribers to from the database E Open the Subscriber Editor for editing an existing Subscriber or creating a new one and for deploying undeploying modifying Services allocated to a selected Subscriber gt To open the Subscriber Manager Select Provisioning gt Subscriber Manager from the File gt Open gt AlvariSTAR menu or in the Navigation Pane The Subscriber Manager window opens with the default display of all Subscribers that exist in the database AlvariSTAR User Manual 113 Chapter 4 Provisioning Subscriber Manager Criteria Retrieve Subscriber ID Name Admin status Deployment Count New Sub_001 John Doe Enabled 1 Sub_002 Jane Doe Enabled 1 Open Sub_003 John Smith Enabled 1 Sub_004 Richard Roe Enabled 2 Delete Sub_005 Mary Major Enabled 3 Sub_006 Jane Roe Enabled 1 Sub_007 John Stiles Enabled 1 Sub_008 Richard Miles Enabled 1 Sub_009 Enabled 1 Sub_010 Enabled 1 Sub_011 Enabled 1 Sub_012 Enabled 1 Sub_013 Enabled 1 Sub_014 Jane Smith Enabled 1 Sub_015 Disabled 1 Sub_016 Enabled 1 Sub_01 E
186. scription Event Time The date and time of the event Category The category of the event See Table 5 1 User ID The user who initiated the action System User ID indicates a system initiated action Action The action performed See Table 5 1 Target Entity The entity associated with the event Entity Type The type of entity associated with the event See Table 5 1 Table 5 1 Available Entities Performance Collection Task Multiple BS Configuration Equipment Management Category Action Entity Type Security E User Login Security E User Logout Task Manager E Task Create E Database Aging Task E Task Update E Configuration Restore E Task Delete BR Multiple SU Configuration E Task Start E Single Range Scan Task E Task Finish E Configuration Backup E Task Schedule E Software Upgrade E Task Unschedule E Network Scan Task E Task Abort E Service Profile Distribution E RS S S E Equipment Create E Equipment Delete BreezeMAX BS BreezeMAX MBS BreezeMAX SU System E System Startup E System Shutdown System AlvariSTAR User Manual Audit Logs Table 5 1 Available Entities Category Action Entity Type License E License Imported License E License Activated E License Expired gt To export the information of selected audit records Click to export browse to the desired location enter a file name and click S
187. selection window is displayed enabling to select the Base Station s for which to perform the configuration backup Click Remove to delete the selected Base Station from the list 3 Click OK to save the changes and close the task window Cancel to close the window without saving or Run to execute the task The adjacent field display changes from Inactive to Active until the task has completed When completed you can view the report from the task window or from the Task Editor or from the Task Manager 156 AlvariSTAR User Manual License Manager Da License Manager The License Manager displays information about valid licenses for managing Alvarion devices and summary details on the currently managed device types included in the license gt To open the License Manager window Select System Utilities gt License Manager from the File gt Open gt AlvariSTAR menu or the Navigation Pane License Manager CEE e Retrieve ry Ver 2 6_Default installed on Sun Sep 03 10 38 00 IDT 2006 active Add HJ Daimler Finland Oy Ab installed on Tue Sep 05 15 40 01 IDT 2006 inactive Activate page Size 100 page 1 of 1 2 15 Figure 5 20 License Manager The License Manager displays the following information for each licensed device type lt Name gt used Parameter Name Description The device type BreezeMAX BS BreezeMAX SU
188. service user whose request led to the generation of the alarm Severity The severity of the alarm The severity only has meaning for Alarms and Security Alarms Informational Alarms get a severity level of Indeterminate AlvariSTAR User Manual 177 Chapter 6 Event Services 6 4 3 2 178 Parameter Description SNMP Community The SNMP read write community of the object Values are either Public or Private For Q3 the value is always Public SNMP OID The SNMP Object Identification number For SNMP v1 the OID the enterprise value from the SNMP PDU For SNMP v2c the OID is the SNMP trap OID For Q3 the OID is the Q3 Alarm Enterprise OID 1 3 6 1 4 1 231 7 1 3 1 1 5 204 SNMP Specific The specific trap code as defined in the MIB used only if Generic trap is 6 SNMP SysUpTime Seconds elapsed since the object or device last rebooted For Q3 it is seconds elapsed since the Q3 Listener Parser last rebooted SNMP Generic The generic trap code For Q3 it indicates an enterprise specific trap SNMP Version The SNMP version number Threshold Arm Time Source The IP address of the object or device that sent the alarm For Q3 the source is the TNS name of the device or object Status The current status of the alarm It can be Open Cleared or Informational SubComponent ID A unique identifier for a subcomponent of the associated network element to the alarm
189. set according to the following parameters AlvariSTAR User Manual 11 Chapter 1 Introducing AlvariSTAR ee Parameter Description Require a special character Requires the use of at least one of the special characters listed When this field is empty no special characters are required Minimum Password Length Allow Password Reuse The minimum password length required When set to true a password can be reused immediately after it has expired When set to false users must select a different password each time their password expires The number of new passwords that must be set before an old password can be reused is defined by the administrator To view Password History select Settings gt Permissions gt Application Security Policy gt Password History Allow Userld in Password When set to true allows the password to contain the user ID When set to false the use of the user ID in the password is not allowed Require Mixed Case When set to true the password must include both upper and lower case characters Require a number When set to true at least one number must be included in the password The success of the Login operation also depends on the following Password Policy parameters set by the system administrator Parameter Description Password Expiration Age Determines the period of time that a password is valid After the
190. set the boundaries of the values vertical axis between 0 and 100 Deselect the default to set the boundaries between 100 to 100 E Print Enables to setup the page print the graph or display a print preview You can use the Pan Zoom toggle button to either shift the time axis or change its resolution To shift the time axis 1 Make sure that Pan mode is selected If Zoom mode is selected click the button to toggle to Pan mode 2 Drag the graph surface left or right to shift the displayed section of the Time axis To change the resolution of the time axis 1 Make sure that Zoom mode is selected If Pan mode is selected click on the button to toggle to Zoom mode 2 Drag the graph surface left or right to change the resolution of the Time axis To print or preview a graph Click on Print A pop up menu opens with three options E Print To open the Print dialog box for selecting a printer setting up the printing properties and printing the graph E Print Preview Displays a preview of the graph before printing E Page Setup To open the Page Setupo dialog box AlvariSTAR User Manual PM Collection Viewer 3 6 2 gt Export PM Collection Data Service_PM Name Type Service_PM BMAX Service Performance Task Exporting Collected Data To export collected data In the Performance Viewer select a task from the list The Export button becomes active Click on Export The
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192. shows each policy and its current setting Edit a policy by selecting it the edit dialog appears in the lower portion of the page 7 application Security Policy EQ AppSecurityPolicy Setting Ex LoginPalicy Require a special character E PasswordPolicy Minimum Password Length amp 3 PasswordConstraint Allow Password Reuse Allow Userld in Password Description Require the use of a special character in password Require a special character 52 Figure 2 11 Password Constraint Password Constraint includes the following properties Require Mixed Case Minimum Password Length Require a special character Allow Userld in Password Require a number Allow Password Reuse AlvariSTAR User Manual Application Security Policy 2 5 3 1 2 5 3 2 2 5 3 3 2 5 3 4 2 5 3 5 2 5 3 6 Require Mixed Case This requires a user s password to include both upper and lowercase characters HouseMagnet for example Minimum Password Length This setting specifies the minimum length of a password Enter a value directly in the Minimum Password Length field or click the up or down arrows to change the displayed value NOTE Blank passwords are not accepted even if the minimum length is set to 0 zero Require a special character This requires a special character to be part of a user s password house magnet for example Activate this option by enteri
193. signed to offer the network s OA amp M staff with a unified scalable and distributable Network Management System AlvariSTAR uses a distributed client server architecture which provides the service provider with a robust scalable and fully redundant Network Management System in which all single points of failure can be avoided AlvariSTAR User Manual AlvariSTAR Functionality due AlvariSTAR Functionality AlvariSTAR provides the following BWA network management functionality E Managed Network Application allowing management of device discovery for identifying and adding existing devices to the managed devices database E Equipment Management allowing viewing of devices in the database according to various search criteria access to devices dependent features such as single and multiple device configuration managers and maps access to the Configuration Backup Task for creating backup files for a selected device and exporting of general information of selected devices to a Commas Separated Value CSV file E Single and Multiple Device Management allowing comprehensive configuration and management of devices E Location Management allowing definition and organization of hierarchical locations and associating them with maps and other attributes E Contact Management allowing definition of contact persons and attributes to be associated with selected devices E Topology providing Geographical hierarchical topology v
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195. stribution Task enables deployment of Service Profiles in one or more Base Stations gt To open the Service Profile Distribution Task window 1 Inthe Task Manager window Click New select Service Profile Distribution from the list of available task types and click OK the Service Profile Distribution window is displayed OR AlvariSTAR User Manual 137 Chapter 5 System Utilities Select an existing Service Profile Distribution task from the list and click Modify If the task is Active the Runtime Result window is displayed displaying the status of the running task Runtime Results Eifel x ei BMAX Service Profile Distribution Task SP_distribution_1 Completed with errors View report Ces Figure 5 8 Service Profile Distribution Task Runtime Results If the task is Inactive the Service Profile Distribution Task is displayed See Section 4 3 3 for a detailed description of the Task 5 2 6 Single Range Scan Task The Single Range Scan Task enables to scan a predefined range of IPs for new and modified devices gt To open the Single Range Scan Task window 1 Inthe Task Manager window Click New select Single Range Scan from the list of available task types and click OK the Single Range Scan Task window is displayed OR Select an existing Single Range Scan task from the list and click Modify If the task is Active the Runtime Result window is dis
196. t can include up to 15 entries E Hybrid VLAN Mode is On and the VLAN List is empty Only untagged frames will be forwarded Note that for each Service Type a maximum of one Service that enables forwarding of untagged packets can be assigned to an SU Forwarding of untagged packets is supported when either Hybrid VLAN Mode is On or Hybrid VLAN Mode is Off and the VLAN List is empty It is not possible to define for the same SU two Services of the same Service Type that enable forwarding of untagged packets However the same SU can be associated with two Services of different Service Types that enable forwarding of untagged packets excluding the combination of L2 Service and VoIP Service VLAN Classification The VLAN Classification feature enables using VLAN ID in addition Mode to destination MAC address for classification of transparent service downlink traffic before transmission to the destination MAC address The VLAN Classification feature supports applications where multiple VLANs are associated with a single MAC address allowing to assign different services to different VLANs VLAN Classification Mode can be set to On only if the following conditions are met E The VLAN Transparency Mode of the applicable Service Profile is set to On E A single VLAN ID is defined for the Service This means that the allowed combinations are a Hybrid VLAN Mode is Off and the VLAN List includes a single VLAN ID or b Hybrid VLAN Mode is
197. t may degrade the capacity of the equipment if you do not take corrective action Indeterminate The severity level cannot be determined AlvariSTAR User Manual Managing Alarms Parameter Description Information General information about the condition of the object device or system Cleared The problem is corrected and the correlated alarm is cleared from the Alarm Table 6 4 3 Alarm Details Window The Alarm Tables in the Event Monitor Event History provide a simplified display summarizing each alarm The Alarm Details window however presents all the information associated with a selected alarm To open the Event Detail Information window From the Event Monitor Event History window select an alarm from the table right click and select Alarm Details from the Alarm pop up menu or from the Alarm menu above the Alarm Table You can also double click on the alarm An example of the Alarm Details window is displayed below 7 Betting Event Detats SOO 10 07 42 01 12 Severty Status Wtormapcna SNMP Generk Probable Cause MO Whistance BY 00 10 7 62 01 12 Theeshotd O sereed Valve Event Protocol SNMP Y Clee Cause rore Cles By Event Name BU 00 10 e7 62 01 12 Registaton process succe Bernice User Equpment Type BreexeMAx BS Triggered Theeshotd MO Class BreereMAx BS Serce Meci tarse Medisbor Agert Adsress Theeshotd Levei Equip
198. ter it was disabled due to the number of unsuccessful login attempts To change Login Policy settings refer to Section 2 5 To enable an account Open the User Manager window select the locked out user and click unlock Only the system administrator can unlock disabled accounts See Section 2 2 2 1 3 8 Application Server The application server which typically runs on a dedicated host enables the system to process incoming alarms and communicate with equipment and network devices If the client application cannot connect to an application server a warning message appears and the client is not launched AlvariSTAR User Manual 13 Chapter 1 Introducing AlvariSTAR 1 4 ia The Home Window Following a successful Login the Home window opens You can also open the Home window by selecting File gt Home or by clicking the Home icon see Section 1 6 2 or by using the shortcut Ctrl H The default Home window is the About window You can define any of the windows available through the Navigation pane as the Home window by right clicking the node in the Navigation pane and selecting Set As Home Page The About Window The About window which is the default Home window displays a list of all products installed and their software version To open the About window select Help gt About or click the About icon see Section 1 6 2 AlvariSTAR Installed Modules BreezeMAXx Device Driver 2 5 0 54 Infrastru
199. ter 1 Introducing AlvariSTAR Lis Lal 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 A x 1 3 1 3 Starting the Application AlvariSTAR enforces security at the client level To log in to the application you must have a valid user ID and password Before you can run this application your system must have running Application and Database Servers Typical installations implement the Application Server so it runs in the background even after you log out of the client See the Installation Manual for information about installing and configuring these required server processes called services in Windows daemons in Solaris Post Installation Checklist Before starting the client application verify the following License The default demo license is valid for 60 days and is good for a limited number of devices 5 Base Stations 5 Micro Base Stations 100 SUs To obtain a permanent license contact your AlvariSTAR reseller To load and activate a new license key see License Manager Section 5 3 Device Configuration To discover and manage devices the AlvariSTAR Application Server that serves a given device must be defined in the device as an authorized manager with the applicable SNMP parameters properly configured and with trap sending enabled CAUTION For AlvariSTAR to function properly the Admin Status of the Configuration Change trap should always be set to Enable See the Traps Control Page in the Device Manager User Manual
200. tervals Event Template Management allowing customization and management of event templates according to specific preferences and needs Northbound interface to other Network Management Systems Security Management allowing management of users user groups functional permissions and passwords Certain features are applicable only for certain product lines These product line dependent features include Subscriber Management allowing creation and management of subscribers for service provisioning Service Profile Management allowing creation and management of service profiles incorporating various Quality of Service levels priority based classifiers and forwarding rules Service Management allowing assignment of services to end users including support of various user dependent features such as VLAN AlvariSTAR User Manual AlvariSTAR Functionality Embedded with the entire knowledge base of BWA network operations AlvariSTAR is a unique state of the art power multiplier in the hands of the service provider that enables the provisioning of satisfied customers AlvariSTAR dramatically extends the abilities of the service provider to provide a rich portfolio of services and to support rapid customer base expansion NOTE x This manual describes the general features of AlvariSTAR To manage specific Alvarion product families refer to the applicable Device Manager User Manual AlvariSTAR User Manual 5 Chap
201. the Task Manager 5 2 4 Database Aging Task The Database Aging task automates your database management tasks for records of alarm and audit logs that may otherwise overwhelm it The Database Aging task is a system task and can only be modified not deleted gt To edit the Database Aging Task 1 Inthe Task Manager window select the Database Aging task from the list and click Modify If the task is Active the Runtime Results window is displayed displaying the status of the running task AlvariSTAR User Manual 135 Chapter 5 System Utilities Runtime Results x ai Database Aging Completed with errors I View report Close Figure 5 6 Database Aging Task Runtime Results If the task is Inactive the Database Aging Task is displayed Database Aging Task Bee Database Aging Task Event Logs Audit Logs Perform cleanup wi Retention Interval days 5 Record Count Threshold 100 Archive Delete Compress Archive v Primary Archive Destination alvaristar filesystem archive Secondary Archive Destination Run Report Inactive OK Cancel Figure 5 7 Database Aging Task Window The Database Aging Task window includes two tabs Event Logs enables to automate the management of events Audit Logs enables to automate the management of audit
202. the device s IP Address AlvariSTAR User Manual 65 Chapter 3 Inventory Parameter Description Read community The Read community string password for SNMP get operations This string is used by the SNMP agent to allow disallow SNMP read access The Read default value is public Write community The Write community string password for SNMP set operations This string is used by the SNMP agent to allow disallow SNMP write access The Write community can also be used for read get operations The Write default value is private Retries The maximum number of retries for SNMP TFTP communication with the Device The range is from 0 to 255 The default is 2 retries Timeout s The maximum time in seconds that the requesting process waits for a response from the Device before attempting a retransmission or aborting if the maximum number of retries has been reached The available range is 1 to 3600 seconds The default is 5 seconds NOTE x For SUs only Location and Contact can be edited 66 AlvariSTAR User Manual Location Manager i Location Manager The Location Manager enables to specify information regarding the physical location of equipment managed by AlvariSTAR to facilitate quick detection of managed objects and to help drill down quickly when using maps to view specific equipment components You can specify equipment locations within the Location
203. tion 6 7 3 for more information Open Opens a selected Event View to view edit its properties See Section 6 7 4 for more information Delete Deletes selected Event View s See Section 6 7 5 for more information 6 7 1 Filtering Event Views By default the Event View Manager displays a list of all defined views You can filter the list by view name using standard boolean conventions and clicking on Go The new display will reflect all views with the requested string You can also limit the number of displayed event views by changing the number in the Max Items box at the bottom left corner and clicking on Go 6 7 2 Default Event View AlvariSTAR automatically applies the Default view to the Event Monitor Event History s Alarm Tables the first time the Event Monitor Event History window opens The default view displays ten alarm attributes Equipment Name Equipment Type Equipment Location Event Name Event Status Received Time Ack By Clear By and Last Update Time see Section 6 4 1 for details on all available attributes 6 7 3 Creating Event Views gt To create a new event view 1 Inthe Event View Manager click New The Creating New Event View window opens AlvariSTAR User Manual 207 Chapter 6 Event Services C Creating Rem Evert View eo Bl View ite s format View Properties View Name Se SZ e Figure 6 17 Creating New Event View 2 Inthe View Name field enter a unique name
204. to change the displayed value Password History Enter the Password History setting in conjunction with the Allow Password Reuse setting see Section 2 5 3 6 If password reuse is not allowed the system tracks passwords in a FIFO First In First Out queue up to the number specified by this setting You can reuse an old password after the specified number of other passwords have been used For example If you do not enable Allow Password Reuse and Password History is set to three a user s sequence of passwords might look like this House Magnet Fig Bumper Rose Window Standard Disclaimer House Magnet You can reuse House Magnet since three other passwords have been used since House Magnet NOTE A setting of zero as shown in the example effectively enables immediate password reuse even if you do not set Allow Password Reuse Password Expiration Warning The Password Expiration Warning page enables to set the number of days in which the user will be notified before his password expires At login the user will be prompted to change the password Enter a value directly in the Password Expiration Warning field or use the up and down arrows to change the displayed value AlvariSTAR User Manual 51 Chapter 2 Permissions Faas Be Password Constraint Password Constraint policies specify how to construct passwords Display them by clicking the Password Constraint icon in the navigation page The display
205. treated as the Threshold Duration For example if the threshold count is 5 and duration if 60 seconds then Event Services must receive 5 alarms within 60 seconds Event Services processes only the fifth alarm Email Page Use the Email page to enter a message that appears in e mails when the template acts You can also enter a subject for the message Either enter a destination e mail address from the list This presupposes e mail functions within the environment where your host is installed AlvariSTAR User Manual Event Template Manager Email Settings Auto Send Email To Subject Message OVWAdmin S OV MedServer E OWPublic admin Administrator technician monitor supervisor Figure 6 10 Event Template Editor Email The fields on the Email panel are Parameter Description Auto Send Email This option sends an e mail message as defined in this panel to the specified recipient whenever the associated alarm occurs To Select the recipient for this e mail message from the list Subject The subject line of the e mail message The default text for this field comes from the Event Description field on the Information panel Edit it as desired Message The text of e mail message The default text comes from the Advisor Message on the Advisor panel Edit it as desired AlvariSTAR User Manual 195 Chapter 6 Event Services
206. ttempts allowed before users are locked out see Section 2 5 1 Unless otherwise configured locked out users cannot gain entry into the system until an administrator releases their locks Reset Password Resets the password for the selected user At the next entry the user will be prompted to change the password 2 2 3 Adding or Modifying a User Click New to create a new User or select an existing user and click Open to modify that user s properties A three tab User Editor appears open to the General tab gt To create a user Click New to display the User Editor enter the appropriate information and click Save Most of the information associated with a user is optional However the following entries are required E User ID E First Name E Last Name E Password E Confirmation of Password In addition to these entries you may want to associate the user with a Group This confers a predetermined set of permissions to the user See Section 2 2 3 3 for more information The three tabs of the User Editor window are E General Tab on page 34 E Profile Tab on page 35 AlvariSTAR User Manual 33 Chapter 2 Permissions E Groups Tab on page 37 2 2 0 1 General Tab The General tab lets you enter and edit identifying and contact information for the selected or newly created user F Editing monitor User ifm D General Profile Groups Us
207. uthorized protocol message The message has been discarded The default message displayed in the Advisor page comes from the trap s MIB but the message can be edited in the Event Template Editor Advisor page see Section 6 5 1 1 The Advisor message is the default message for any e mails sent about the alarm Notes Page The Notes page lets an operator provide additional information about the selected alarm such as steps already taken to correct the problem The note is stored with the alarm Alarm Operations AlvariSTAR provides many alarm management features allowing you to diagnose troubleshoot process and clear alarms All general alarm operations are available through pop up menus and through the menus located directly above the Alarm Table Select an alarm from the table and right click on it to display the context menu or use the relevant menu option The following are the items Parameter Description Alarm Alarm Details Displays detailed information about the selected alarm See Section 6 4 3 for additional information AlvariSTAR User Manual 179 Chapter 6 Event Services 6 4 5 180 Parameter Description Acknowleage Alarm Unacknowledge Alarm Acknowledges the selected open alarm s The current date and time appear in the Ack Time field and the name of the currently logged on user appears in the Ack By field Available if the Event type o
208. utomate the processing of alarms Northbound Manager Provides an interface where you can connect to other management systems and effectively forward traps Event View Manager Allows to manipulate the information displayed for alarms Event Filter Manager Allows to create edit and delete filters to display alarms according to user defined criteria Command Manager Allows to associate template matched alarms with external scripts AlvariSTAR User Manual Event Monitor 6 2 Event Monitor The Event Monitor window displays real time updates of new alarms entering the system or alarms created from the window launch time color coded according to severity It allows you to manage and diagnose alarms gt To open the Event Monitor Select Event Services gt Event Monitor from the File gt Open menu or from the Navigation Pane The Event Monitor window is displayed E Event Monitor Alarm Equipment Topology Alarm Table Equipment Name ea ed Cleared Aer Unk in AU Serge Up Cleared Unk Up Clewed Cleared Cleared GreezeMax 0 A i re Cleared EreezeMAX BS su 01 12 ank Up Cleared Breeze Max 0 ni Cleared Equpment Down Deeg Air Unk in AU Sange Up Deeg Cleared Clewed gt LastRefresh Time Sep 10 2006 19 16 44 Rows Added 0 Figure 6 1 Event Monitor Window When the Event Monitor is launched it opens in Listening mode The display is updated whenever an alarm is received or clear
209. ve to Active until the task has completed When completed you can view the report from the Task Editor or from the Task Manager 5 2 8 1 General Tab The General tab of the Software Upgrade Task window comprises the following fields Parameter Description Name The name of the task A string of up to 255 printable characters The name must be unique in the system This field is read only when modifying an existing task Operations File Name Select the upgrade file from the list for BS NPU Micro BS AU and or SU Operation The actions to take place once the new software file is loaded into the devices Select from the following options E Load to Shadow NPU uBST Loads the upgrade file to the Shadow memory of the applicable device s E Load to BS AU SU Loads the upgrade file to the NPU uBST E Set as Main Performs the Load to Shadow operation then resets the device s and boots them from the Shadow file swaps the files and sets the running file as the new Main file Defaults Set SU Defaults Temporary SUs cannot be selected directly for SW upgrade Check to set the File Name and Operation of SUs as the default File Name and default operation of temporary SUs File Management Policy AlvariSTAR User Manual 149 Chapter 5 System Utilities 5 2 8 2 150 Parameter Description If space is needed in BS Defines the policy to be used when the maximum number o
210. vent Services FT Editing Event Vire Defaut ef E View Propertars View Naime Octet Oescreton r Figure 6 18 Editing Event View 3 Add attributes to the Selected list or remove attributes from the list see Section 6 7 3 for information on moving items between lists You can also modify the Description field The View Name cannot be edited 4 Click Save to save your changes 6 7 5 Deleting Event Views gt To delete an event view 1 Inthe Event View Manager select an event view from the list 2 Click on Delete A confirmation window opens 3 Click Yes to confirm the deletion or No to cancel it 210 AlvariSTAR User Manual Event Filter Manager 6 8 Event Filter Manager The Event Filter Manager lets you create edit and delete filters to the Event Monitor Event History windows When using pre defined filters specific Alarm types are displayed allowing you to control alarms more efficiently To open the Event Filter Manager Select Event Services gt Event Filter Manager from the File gt Open menu or from the Navigation Pane The Event Filter Manager window is displayed m Event Filter Manager Criteria Scheme By Name Name Critical_Alarms Display Critical Alarms Default Display All Alarms Open_Alarms Display Open Alarms Max Items 1 of 3 item s selected Figure 6 19 Event Filter Manager NOTE You ca
211. vent sub types depend on the selected event type The event sub types are E Alarm Indeterminate Communications alarm Quality of Service alarm Processing error alarm Equipment alarm Environmental alarm E Security Alarm Indeterminate Integrity violation Operational violation Physical violation Security service or mechanism violation Time domain violation E Informational Alarm Indeterminate Event Type The classification type of the alarm Event types are E All E Security Alarm E Alarm E informational Icon An image that indicates the alarm s severity Managed Object The name of the equipment associated with the alarm If the object name is unknown NotFound appears MO Class The class of the equipment that sent the alarm For example the equipment is classified as a server and grouped into the com ngnms products vl common AlvariSTAR_VL_AU class in the Equipment Manager MO Instance A specific instance of the Managed Object Class Mediation Agent Address The IP address of the mediation agent that received the trap Network Resource Key The key of the equipment class object representing the network element in the Oware Management Center BOM Probable Cause The probable cause of the alarm Service Affecting Indicates if the alarm affects a service Service Provider The service provider of the service that led to the generation of the alarm Service User The
212. window according to the open window 28 AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 2 Permissions In This Chapter Overview on page 30 User Manager on page 31 User Group Manager on page 40 Functional Permissions on page 43 Application Security Policy on page 48 Group Rights Summary on page 54 Chapter 2 Permissions 2 1 Overview In the Permissions menu you define and manage user permissions and access rights for AlvariSTAR users The access level you assign to AlvariSTAR users determines which AlvariSTAR management functions that user can access The Permissions menu provides access to the following windows E User Manager Enables to create and manage users and associate information with each user Refer to Section 2 2 E User Group Manager Enables to create and manage user groups The user groups contain the default access right definitions for all users assigned to that user group Refer to Section 2 3 E Functional Permissions Enables to associate system functions permissions with individual users or user groups Refer to Section 2 4 E Application Security Policy Enables to define policies for user login and passwords Refer to Section 2 5 E Group Rights Summary Enables to view a summary of the functional permissions assigned for each user group Refer to Section 2 6 30 AlvariSTAR User Manual User Manager K User Manager This section includes
213. with several different Read communities in different ranges When using global community pairs the Read community is the key for deciding which Write community to use meaning that the Read community should not be used in more than one pair The Discovery process is based on the defined Read community All future device management actions will use the defined Write community If a wrong Write community was defined the device will be discovered and displayed but its status will be Unknown and it will not be possible to manage it The same is true for cases where the Write community in the device was changed not through AlvariSTAR after being discovered In this case the range must be updated with the correct Write community the device s must be deleted from the database and the Discovery process for the range should be re initiated The Network IP Address Ranges tab contains the following buttons 58 AlvariSTAR User Manual Managed Network Parameter Description Add Click to add an empty row to the Network IP Address Ranges table Proceed by entering the required information in each table cell Click Apply to save your changes Up to 65535 IPs are supported Revert Delete Reverts the table to the last save discarding any unsaved changes Click to delete the selected Network IP Address Range entry Import Click to import an existing file nar of IP address ranges settings Browse to th
214. xport Selflnstall 10 0 22 250 9 7 2006 10 59 47 BMA Full config Import Micro BS Floor 3 10 0 22 248 9 7 2006 10 59 47 BMAX Full config Modular BS 10 0 22 249 9 7 2006 10 59 48 BMAX Full config Results on page 7 Total 7 page Size 100 br page 1 of 1 gt 1 ei Figure 3 9 Backup Files Manager 2 Click Retrieve when the Backup Files Manager window initially opens to display all available backup files You can filter the display by selecting one of the predefined filters in the Criteria browser and then clicking on Retrieve The following are the controls on the Backup Files Manager window AlvariSTAR User M anual Chapter 3 Inventory Parameter Description Restore Opens the Restore Configuration task window enabling to select the equipment to which the backup file is to be loaded and to run the task See Section 3 5 1 Not available if more than one backup file is selected Delete Deletes the configuration backup file from the database Select the file s to remove and click Delete Export Exports the configuration backup file to the client file system Click to export browse to the desired location on the client file system enter aname for the file and click Save Not available if more than one row is selected Import Imports a configuration backup file from the client file system Click to import browse to the location on the client file system where the file
215. y on the right side of the selected counter The Pick a Color window opens allowing you to change the color s properties Deselect the check box to terminate the on line display of the counter Select again to continue the display NOTE You can also select deslect all the counters in a group or all counters in the relevant device by using the relevant check box s To optimize the value vertical axis of a counter The values scale vertical axis is fixed between 100 to 100 or between 0 to 100 for a Positive Only graph Some counters may have values that either exceed this range or are too small The value scale of each counter is displayed to the right of the counter s name the default is 1 0 To change the value scale of a counter select it and choose the desired scale from the scale drop down list that will be displayed on the right side of the counter The values displayed for this counter on the graph are the actual counter values multiplied by the scale factor The Graph and Controls Section The graph and controls section contains the graph area used for displaying the selected counters over time The names and details of the counters that were selected are displayed below or to the left of the graph area AlvariSTAR User Manual 85 Chapter 3 Inventory 86 The following graph controls are available E Pan Zoom Button Toggles between the Pan and Zoom modes E Positive Only Check Box Select to

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