Watson Element Manager
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3. 100214 o 93 o 93 SESR 100 0 0 0 BEER 100 o B o 5 Available time 5 U D U D Unavailable time 5 U 0 U D Refresh Reset I Last update on Fri Mar 09 18 25 22 GhMT O3 00 2001 Figure 20 G 826 Error Performance Measurements 11 2 Monitoring of sub items Other items can be monitored as part of error performance checking such as the Regeneration stage and the 2 Bits bundle 39 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System To activate these sub items click on the Performance tab in the menu bar in the window opened as in chapter 11 1 and select either monitoring of the Regenerator if the connection has one or two stages and monitoring of the 2M Bits bundle as in example 15 The Line HDSL item is exactly as shown previously Performance Help Line HDSL Regenerator 1 2Mbit s E1 Example 15 By following these steps we can see the current state of the Regenerator if one is present and any errors as shown in Figure 21 If we select the item 2Mbits E1 this will show the inbound signal on the Local and Remote boards as shown in Figure 22 IP 193 148 33 220 CardNo 53 loj x Regenerator 1 G 826 Error Performance Application Performance Help RRHE1LoopA RRBETLoopB RCBE1LoopA RCBE1 Loop B Errored blocks E D E E Errored seconds E D E E Sev errored seconds O E E E ESR 100214 0 o 0 o SESR 100x216 o 0 o 0 BEER 100x o E 0 o
4. Local IP Address Table 6 Networks Table 7 IP X25 Table 8 Gateways Table Push a Key The following sections describe the sub menus which appear in this window 62 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 19 1 3 1 Previous Menu Returns to the Previous Menu the Main Menu 63 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 19 1 3 2 SNMP Configuration This is used to configure the IP address for the Management Centre and the SNMP community to which it belongs AGT SNMP V9 5 1 Previous Menu 2 X 25 Interface Section 3 X 25 Link Section 4 X 25 Packet Section 5 X 25 Address Push a Key e NMS IP Address IP address for the Management Centre e Community SNMP community to which it belongs 64 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 19 1 3 3 Ethernet Interface This configures the physical interface type being used in the Local Area Network LAN AGT SNMP V9 5 Ethernet Interface 0 10BT 1 10B2 2 10B5 O 10BaseT Link Test O disable 1 enable 1 Do you agree with this configuration Y N e Interface Ethernet Type of interface being used twisted pair 10BASET or Thin Ethernet 10BASE2 e 10BASET Link Test Enables or disables test pulse generation and verification of the integrity of the link 65
5. remotely by the HDSL link and provides the synchronism status Losd bit status and remote power status Always OFF since the modem which is configured as slave does not feed remote power through the HDSL line number of regenerators in this case it will be either PRESENT or OFF and Analog Loopback ON OFF 23 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System faq Watson 2 Remote IP 193 148 33 220 CardNo 53 10 xl Application Fault Configuration Performance Help Model Watson 2 Remote 57 364 4730 a Loop A Loop B n i amp ynchronism Status aync State Den State E M I LOSD bit Status OM ON Deactivated Keps Remote Power Feeding OFF OFF Ps hit Status Fw Loss NTU O Pw Loss WTO 0 ges Pair Identification Loop Loop B bd Regenerators Number Freseni Present N Analog Loopback OFF Refresh Alarm Status ISS Local Ok m Remote Ok ES 9 Modified on gn Mar n5 08 45 19 GM T 03 00 2001 Activated Figure 10 Card Configuration Remote Modem Note Whenever a particular modem is selected it will appear with the WHITE colour highlighted Modems that are not selected will be greyed out It is also possible to use the configuration menu from the upper part of the window Figure 9 or 10 or to refresh the alarms in order to obtain more details on them Detailed information on alarms is shown in the Alarm Status window Figure 11 Whenever
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7. 22 13 52 07 GMT 05 00 2001 Modem 13 Modem 16 Figure 8 Example of Modem Selection 22 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 8 3 Operations After selecting the appropriate card the application will display information on the current state of the modem Figure 9 such as synchronism status loop A and B Losd bit status remote feeding Ps bit status whether or not regenerators are present on the line and how many there are in this example there is one regenerator between loops A and B analog loop ON or OFF If ON the modem is carrying out an internal test in its analog interface feqWatson Local IP 193 148 33 220 CardNo 53 lol 3 Application Fault Configuration Performance Help Model Watson 2 Local 57 363 310 Loop A Loop B amp ynchronism Status one State one State ILOSD hit Status ON ON Remote Power Feeding Of CN De bt Status LcPw MTO off CO Low NTU off 2 Pair Identification Loop 4 Loop B Regenerators Number 7 d Analog Loopback OFF Refresh Alarm Statu 5 ba Local Ok m Remote Ok modifis 2 on Mon Mar 0S 02 38 17 GhiT 03 00 2004 Figure 9 Card Configuration Local Modem Double cligking with the mouse on the figure representing the slave modem the smaller diagram will bring up a window containing information on the user side slave modem shown in Figure 10 This information is transmitted
8. Available time 5 2204 2204 2204 2204 Unavailable time 5 af 3T ER af Refresh Reset Last update on Fri Mar O9 17 00 06 ch T O3 00 2001 Figure 21 G 826 Performance Measurements with Regenerators 40 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 36 826 E1 Error Performance IP po fm x Application Performance Help CRCA E Bit Errored blocks 0 Errored seconds O 0 Sev err red seconds O 0 ESR 10084 o SESR 100x o o BBER 10081 o D Available time s U U Unavailable time 5 U DU Refresh Reset Last update on Fri Mar 09 17 03 35 SGMT 032 00 2001 Figure 22 G 826 E1 Error Performance Note There may be up to two regeneration stages and therefore up to two regeneration stage performance windows example 16 Performance Help Line HDSL Regenerator 1 e Regenerator 1 Regenerator 2 ee dE 2Mbit s E1 Example 16 41 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 12 Application The function of the Application option is to set the timing intervals between WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER and the CMU management card This information is queried every time the user requests an alarms update or when modem boards are configured and so on To activate this option click on Application then select Application Configuration from the sub menu as shown in example 17 W
9. Figure 24 and a sub menu with three options will appear example 18 To add new users click on Add User as shown in Figure 25 PE HPOV CMU Application lul xl Application User Help Add User Remove User Edit User Logout Add new users Enter user Example 18 43 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System Pag add new user a3 x Help Username o Password Name o Phone Number E Mail Access Level Administrator Add User Exit EH Figure 25 Adding New User In the settings window give the new user a name password e mail address and telephone number and define the level of access allowed See example 19 Help Password Do E Mail Do Access Level Access level definition Example 19 44 Revision A Preliminary Document Innovation Center Access Network System 14 Consulting Alarms 17 of May 2001 The Watson Element Manager contains a storage area that holds information on all the alarms that have occurred as a result of tests or of faults in the system They are grouped in the order in which they occur and highlighted in orange according to their priority To access this information click on the Alarm Categories menu as seen in earlier chapters and on the Schmid CMU icon as in example 20 Figure 26 shows the parameters Month Day Hour P number
10. Management Unit we require between one and four sub racks installing them in the AE and up to 32 modems We designate the sub racks as 0 1 2 and 3 and number the elements located in each sub rack from position O to 10 As explained earlier all the management elements connected to the LIB must have an ID reference The address ID of an element in the Management Unit MU is obtained by the address of its sub rack address O to 3 and by the address of the element in the sub rack address O to 9 The ID reference is made up of 8 bits ID 7 0 The first five bits ID 4 0 indicate the address of the element in the sub rack 0 to 9 and the following two bits ID 6 5 indicate the address of the Sub rack 0 to 3 Bit 7 is used to address the remote modem thus if a modem has the address ID200000001 the ID address of its corresponding remote modem will be D 10000001 The AE is always given the fixed address ID 0 7 6 js js k h o Local Sub rack Board Address Modem address Hemote Modem 52 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 17 CMU Monitor Connecting a terminal or a PC with terminal emulation to the X 25 Connector accesses the menus of the BOOT and SYSTEM programs To update the CMU with new versions of the programs the terminal must be a PC with a communications program able to transfer files and to operate in terminal emulation mode Once the
11. been configured it is possible to test the Ethernet link Select the Ethernet interface being used 10Base T or 10Base 2 item 19 1 3 3 and allocate it a local IP address which is valid for that CMU item 19 1 3 5 Make sure that the MON jumper on the board of the CMU is removed and reset the CMU Pinging the CMU checking there is satisfactory communication using the Ping program can carry out the communication test Example CMU 193 148 33 220 and a PC 193 148 33 147 are connected to a hub through a 10Base T link c ping 193 148 33 220 Pinging 193 148 33 220with 32 bytes of data Reply from 193 148 33 220 bytes 32 time 10ms TTL 10 Reply from 193 148 33 220 bytes 32 time 10ms TTL 10 Reply from 193 148 33 220 bytes 32 time 10ms TTL 10 Reply from 193 148 33 220 bytes 32 time 10ms TTL 10 If pinging fails the program will give a Request timed out response 79 20 Appendix 20 1 Connector Description 20 1 1 X 25 Connector Front View Sub 25 female O 1 Pin allocation X 25 Connector Pa Pin Circuit Name Lon 6 DataSteamReady DSR Jao 8 Carrier Detect DCD Lem RI 20 1 2 TPI Connector Connector Type RJ45 Front View RJ45 8 Pin allocation Pin 6 Data Receive S L t 20 1 3 Rear Panel Connector Pin allocation 82 83 4c DC ES CI 10c 18a 18c 10c 18a 18c
12. into the CD ROM drive and follow its set up instructions step by step until it asks you to restart the computer Note Follow the set up procedures correctly and remember that the HP OPEN VIEW software should be installed first Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System Do not forget to install the SNMP agent If using Windows NT re install Service Pack 5 0 or 6 0 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 3 2 JRE 1 2 2 Interbase 6 0 Interclient and main application These software programs are part of a group of programs which works with HP OPEN VIEW To avoid potential conflicts it is essential to install them in the right order as set out below 1 JRE 1 2 2 2 Interbase 6 0 3 Interclient 4 WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER 3 2 1 Installing the Programs These software programs are all contained on a single CD which has separate folders for each one Open these folders in the order stated above click on the setup program icon in the relevant folder and then follow the setup wizard s on screen instructions Once all these programs are installed please do not forget that WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER should be the last one to be installed reboot your computer for these programs set up options to take effect The WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER application is now ready to be started Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Inno
13. the ID of its associated remote modem 16 3 Agent Element AE As already shown above the Agent Element operates as the server for LIB The AE controls all local and remote modems The AE has two external interfaces an X 25 line of the V 24 V 28 type and an Ethernet Local Area Network LAN interface It communicates through these interfaces with the Management Centre and with other Agent Elements 16 3 1 Agent Element AE Architecture The AE is made up of the following Modules and Interfaces e Process Module This is made up of a 16 bit micro processor operating at a frequency of 10 MHz It has 512 Kbytes of static memory and 512 Kbytes of Flash ROM memory e X 25 Module Consists of a communications controller with direct access memory It has an external data interface of the V 24 V 28 type configured as DTE with a line speed of up to 200 KBPS e LAN Module Consists of a LAN controller with local memory 50 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System It has two external interfaces twisted pair 10BASET and Thin Ethernet or 10BASE2 e RS485 Module Consists of communications controller with direct access memory lt has an external data interface of the RS485 type e Control Module Monitors the correct operation of the element 16 4 Management Unit MU We have designated as Management Unit MU the system that is made up of the Agent Element and the local an
14. the Management Centre MC is part of a Type C network for example a LAN which uses different equipment for outside access through X 25 for example In this case it is the other equipment which acts as a gateway for the network containing the MC AGT SNMP V9 5 Net Host Gateways Table Do you agree with this configuration Y N Net is the network address of the Type C equipment containing the Management Center and Host Server is the IP address of the equipment which is acting as gateway 70 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 19 1 4 X 25 Configuration Configuration of the parameters for levels 1 2 and 3 of the X 25 network and the identification of the network NRI AGT SNMP V9 5 1 Previous Menu 2 X 25 Interface Section 3 X 25 Link Section 4 X 25 Packet Section 5 X 25 Address Push a Key 19 1 4 1 Previous Menu Returns to the previous menu main menu 71 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 19 1 4 2 X 25 Interface Section Configuration level 1 parameters the physical interface and line speed AGT SNMP V9 5 Interface 1 DTE 2 DCE 1 Speed 13 9600 14 19200 13 Do you agree with this configuration Y N e Physical Interface 1 1 DTE 2 DCE The physical interface can be selected as DTE or DCE the signal configuratio
15. 001 Innovation Center Access Network System 9 WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER Features DIAGNOSTIC and SIGNAL QUALITY 9 1 DIAGNOSTIC The WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER application contains a feature called Diagnostic To access this part of the Watson Element Manager click on the Fault menu as in the previous chapter and then on Diagnostic as shown in example 6 below Fault Configuration Performance Alarms Diagnostic signal Quality Events Severity Configuration Remote Power Feedin Ps bit Status Pair Identification Regenerators Humber Example 6 Once inside Diagnostic as shown in Figure 13 the following commands are available Reset Local Device and Reset Remote Device Test Loop 1 Loop 2 and Loop 2 Reg 1 Alarm Cut Off 29 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System e EEN ic IP 193 148 33 2 UI x Lui S E emer Mice Application Help Reset Reset Local Device Reset Remote Device Initialization Message OF Tests J Loun Loop LB Loop Reg 1 non Reg Stop Alarm Cut Of ACO OFF Set ACO Figure 13 Diagnostic Window Local When activated the Reset Local and Reset Remote options carry out a reset of the local and remote units re initialising the synchronisation and connection activation procedure The Loop 1 Loop 2 and Loop Reg Commands are monitoring mechanisms to detect
16. 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System Sorocaba LL m xj Map Edit View Performance Configuration Fault Tools Options Window Schmid Help Mew Object Holding rea default Read write E Figure 7 Country Selection and Subrack View Figure 7 shows a sub item within the SEGMENT item which has been given a name Sorocaba for the purposes of illustration Note also that the wallpaper for this window is a provisional map also used as an illustration On this map there is a rack containing the hypothetical IP number 193 148 33 220 This IP number has been placed on the CMU management card and the rack has taken on that particular identification number Within this sub item there may be other racks with other IP numbers attributed to other CMU s Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 7 3 Management Application The following steps should be observed in order to use the management modules Right click the figure containing the rack A shortcut window will appear automatically to enable monitoring of SCHMID modems as in example 1 below Symbol 193 148 33 220 Open Change Symbol Type Symbol Properties Delete Hide Object Properties View Rack Example 1 Position the cursor on the required line and over the menu item and the application will immediately open one or more windows as requested these may be opened simult
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18. Watson Element Manager User Manual Prepared by Document Identification Document Version Version Distribution Innovation Centre Access Network Systems SZ WEM V9 5 1 1 May 17th 2001 Customer Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System Version History User Manual Related Version Version Warning Read this manual carefully before carrying out any operation Copyright 2001 by Schmid Telecommunication Zurich Switzerland All rights reserved Reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Schmid Telecommunication Schmid Telecommunication has used its discretion best judgements and efforts in preparing this document Any information contained in this document is provided without any warranty of any kind Schmid Telecommunication hereby disclaims any liability to any person for any kind of damage Schmid Telecommunication may make improvements and or changes of this document at any time without giving prior notice Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System Contents 1 Watson Element Manager aere cceid eu one pco dia ee NEES 6 US eech 6 2 Windows Rue e ET CN 7 2 1 Installing Windows 2000 components nnne 7 2 2 CGonfgurmgiheheiwork nnne nennen sn nnn nnns nnn nnns 8 3 Installing the ege 9 Sd HEPSOPEN CVIEMNW NNM gana napa alan pa aNG ee 9
19. agent configuration is complete the monitor can disconnect from the X 25 Connector 17 1 Monitor Features The CMU terminal must comply with the following requirements e Asynchronous communications e 19200 bps no parity 8 characters bits 1 stop bit e XON XOFF e VI100 emulation e he ability to transfer ASCII files without a communications protocol 17 2 Description of the X 25 Connector The X 25 agent connector is of the V 24 V 28 type configured as DTE We must therefore use a connection that complies with these standards The pin allocation of the connector is shown below although only send and receive signals are necessary 53 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System X 25 Connector Circuit Name Earth Data Transmit DT Data Receive DR Hequest to send RTS Clear to send CTS Data Stream Ready DSR Common return Data Carrier Detect DCD Signal clock Transmit origin DCE TxCIk Signal clock Receive origin DCE RxCIk Data Terminal Ready DTHR 2 Ring Indicator RI 24 Signal clock Transmit origin DTE TxCIk Pin x 1 e Em E 17 3 Connection to a Terminal In order to be configured the CMU must be connected to a terminal or a computer running a terminal program The following gateway configurations will work for example Hyperterminal in Windows NT e Bits per second 19200 e Data Bits 8 e Parity None zer
20. aneously Within each menu item there are additional resources which can be activated and opened simply by positioning the cursor on the required item alarm monitoring configuration etc The following chapters provide greater detail on the sub items in the Commander program and how to use them 20 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 8 Using the application 8 1 Program Architecture The application is made up of several modules implemented in different processes Some modules operate as servers Other modules are client modules used to organise and display management information to the user Within the client modules there are modules for monitoring and diagnosing faults performance configuration and security server modules and client modules use data stored in the application s purpose built database held in a data bank This database contains all the information needed for running the application such as Monitored data and events This includes the modem status status of the management card and the events associated with it and others Record of faults which have occurred This includes a description of the problem associated events date and time etc Data on the configuration of the application such as the severity of events as defined by the user Registered users Data on location of management cards such as country city building Mo
21. any type of alarm is generated it will be interpreted by the system and passed to the application appearing with ON against its name if it is activated and OFF if it is deactivated 24 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System Em 193 148 33 220 CardNo 53 Local JO x Application Help rAlarm Status LOSS OFF LFA S OFF AIS S OFF AIS R OFF LOOP1 OFF LOOP OFF INIT OFF LOSLFA A OFF LOSLFAB OFF BER H OFF BER L OFF BER S OFF EXT LOC OFF CLDET A OFF CLDET B OFF ACO OFF RPF OFF RESET OFF ALB OFF LOOP2 REG1 OFF REG1 A OFF REG1 B OFF LOOP2 REG2 OFF REG2 A OFF REG2 B OFF DO Status Ok OK Last Update Mon Mar 0S5 08 97 29 Sh1T 02 00 2001 Figure 11 Alarm Status Local Modem Note In the above example all alarms are deactivated OFF When this happens the modem status box will appear green indicating that it is operating correctly within the system If any alarm occurs the status box will change colour and indicate Failure depending on the priority given to the alarm Please refer to the according Watson modem users manual for detailed alarm explanation 8 4 Alarms and Priorities It is possible to define the priority to be assigned to the alarms which appear in the colours of the boards the sub racks and the Alarm Status window shown in Figure 11 To define these priorities it is necessary to proceed as follows Click on t
22. ary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System e Remote Modem Watch Enables or disables remote modem watching e Number of retries This is the number of attempts to connect to an active modem after a communications failure e RS485 Speed This is the speed of RS485 bus Supported speeds are o 50 75 2 100 3 no 4 1345 5 150 6 20 7 soo 8 600 9 1200 10 1800 11 2400 12 soo 18 a600 14 19200 e RS485 Bit Stop The number of stop bits in asynchronous characters e RS485 Parity Enables or disables parity in asynchronous characters e RS485 Protocol Selects the types of protocols used by RS485 Value 1 means the protocol implemented for a speed of 200 baud Value O 1 means the protocol implemented for 9600 baud e RS485 Wire number Select the number of wires barred e Last modem address Selects the address of the last installed modem Rack Address and Board Address 19 1 6 Configuration Default Resets all configuration parameters to their default values 19 1 7 Store Configuration otores all configuration parameters in non volatile memory 17 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 19 1 8 Switch Language Switches between Spanish and English language 78 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 19 2 Ethernet Connection Once the CMU has
23. ation supplied by the management card through the MIB Management Information Base the proprietary HDSL MIB database An MIB module consists of a specification containing definitions of the data to be managed by the SNMP agent which is a part of the CMU Management Card so that this equipment can be accessed remotely by an SNMP management station WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER when instaled as part of a central management system enables monitoring of local and remote modem alarms and of single or more regeneration stages It supports different configurations to test local and remote loops to verify connection signal quality and to define priorities for alarms This will be achieved by means of commands executed at a mouse click using a graphical screen displays which contain diagrams of each pre defined stage right up to the connection itself as we shall see below Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 2 Windows Components The following components should be installed on workstations running WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER Windows NT 4 0 or 2000 All Windows components should be installed applications not installed at the time of the original set up should now be installed 2 1 Installing Windows 2000 components Click on the My Computer icon In my Computer click on Control Panel In Control Panel click on Add Remove Programs In Add Remove Programs click on Add Remove Windows co
24. atson 2 Local IP 193 Application Fault Configurai Application Configuration Exit Window Example 17 After opening the CMU Polling Settings window set the timing intervals between the board and the application Under normal circumstances this timing should be set to between 110 seconds and 130 seconds the normal setting being 120 seconds See Figure 23 FA Fs Application Configuration i Jr LO x Help CMU Polling Settings Interval 5 120 Save Exit Figure 23 CMU Rolling Settings Click on Save to apply the changes you have made 42 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 13 User This item was developed in order to restrict access to the application or rather it enables pre defined users to be authorised to use WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER by means of user specific passwords In HP OPEN VIEW a Login window for WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER will appear The factory default User Name is administrator and the password is also administrator The application allows access to the following settings as shown in Figure 24 New users can be added here if desired iix Application User Help En Se Mame administrator Enter password smen Logout Login administrator on Fri dar 0S 11 27 07 Sh1T 03 00 2001 New Users Figure 24 HPOV Login Window To include new users or edit existing users click on User as shown in
25. ces X 25 and Local Area Network LAN These enable us to establish the connection to the MC Management Centre 48 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 16 1 Description of the Management System SNMP Protocol The management system is based on the SNMP communications protocol This protocol uses the basic SET and GETS commands between the Management Centre MC and the elements to be managed It is implemented in the TCP UDP connection layer of the Internet Protocol IP The SNMP protocol provides a security and protection system for access to management variables and creates the idea of community for this purpose Access rights for each community and each variable can be defined in any Management Centre lf access rights are violated error trapping messages are sent to the Management Centre as configured by the Agent The IP protocol defines addressing criteria for its elements The usual form used for such addresses is n n n n where n is a number between 0 and 255 Different types of networks are defined according to the elements that belong to them What they have in common is the address fields In this way Type A B C and D networks are set up The addresses for the different types of network are e Type A nm e Type B nnn nnn e Type C nnn nnn nnn e Type D nnn nnn nnn nnn Thus e he Management Centre belongs to a Type B network e Each of the Local A
26. d remote modems it controls The Management Centre MG together manages all the Management Units Communication between the various different Management Units and the Remote Management Centre takes place through the X 25 network or through the Local Area Network LAN 16 4 1 Expanded Management Unit EMU When the number of Management Units in the central offices becomes relatively large and there are several X 25 links it is possible to group together several Management Units to form an Expanded Management Unit EMU In this case we connect all the Agent Elements together in a Local Area Network LAN and only one Agent is connected to the X 25 Network We call the AE with the link to the X 25 Network the Agent Element and the others which are connected to the LAN Expanded Agent Elements EAE Expanded Agent Elements are nodes in a local area network we can therefore have as many modes as are specified by the relevant standard 10BASET or 10BASE2 16 4 2 Management Unit MU Architecture As explained above each Management Unit is made up of an Agent Element and up to 32 modems in accordance with the RS485 standard and all of them are interconnected through the LIB Local Interconnect Bus To install them in the central office sub racks are used which can take up 10 modems per unit 51 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System To accommodate a complete
27. dem data such as location 21 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 8 2 User access to the application The application can be accessed automatically from HP OPEN VIEW NNM whenever a user wants to carry out an operation on modems managed in the sub rack in question There are several points in HP OPEN VIEW from which the user can access the program as described in earlier chapters The CMU card is used to send data from the modems to the WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER application Information is exchanged on a continuous basis so that the system is permanently updated with data and alarms for consultation and analysis Figure 8 shows a graphical representation of a sub rack containing examples of the Watson II Single and Dual modems Each card has a different colour see table of colours alarms For a more detailed diagnostic of each alarm that has been recorded the user just clicks on the appropriate card In this example we are working with both SINGLE and DUAL modems in other words there are two modems represented in slots 1 and 4 and another set of modems below these 13 and 16 To access these other modems the user should click in this particular case on the second red LED counting from top to bottom modem 13 in order to view its configuration ll xd Pa Rack IP 193 148 33 220 Application Fault Configuration Performance Help Rack 1 Modified on Thu Feb
28. e RED When OPEN VIEW detects an urgent or severe alarm for equipment on the network e YELLOW When OPEN VIEW detects a test condition of major severity for any equipment on the network Note Whenever the icons change colour that occurs whenever there is a change form their original state such change is recorded as an event in ALARM CATEGORIES within the SCHMID CMU sub item for future consultations and reports Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 7 Relationship of the Icons As we saw in the section entitled Displays and Icon Functions when you launch OPEN VIEW a start up screen called ROOT appears Figure 1 In this window there is an icon named INTERNET see Figure 3 which has a certain colour as explained in the previous chapter In general terms this icon represents the network and the equipment connected to it In this particular case it will represent the monitoring system for the modems connected to a particular network Internet Figure 3 Internet Icon 7A Using the icons Once the INTERNET icon Figure 3 has appeared in the OPEN VIEW window double click the left mouse button to access the modem network management system This will open another window named INTERNET in other words we are now inside the INTERNET icon as shown in Figure 4 and next we have another icon named IP see Figure 5 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovat
29. eaeg seg mar 05 09 02 34 193 148 33 220 Rack Slot 8 ltu Reset deactivated Warning seg mar 05 09 03 39 0183 148 33 220 Pack Slot 13 ltu Remote Power Failure activated Warning seg mar Of 09 03 39 195 146 353 220 Rack Slot 13 ltu LOS LFA A deactivated Warning seq mar Of 09 03 33 193 146 353 220 Rack Blot 13 ltu Rack Link up Warning seg mar 05 09 03 44 195 146 353 220 Rack Slot 1 ntu Rack New board Warning seg mar 05 09 04 04 1953 148 23 220 Pack Slot 3 ltu Pack Board extracted Warning seg mar Of 09 04 28 193 146 353 220 Pack Blot 13 ltu Rack Board extracted Warning seg mar 05 09 04 34 195 146 353 220 Rack Slot 1 ltu Rack Board extracted Warning seg mar 05 09 04 45 193 148 23 220 Pack Slot l ntu Pack Board extracted Warning sey mar Of 09 06 13 193 146 353 220 Rack Slot l ltu Rack New board Warning seg mar 05 09 06 19 193 148 23 Z20 Pack Slot 1 ltu LOS LFA A activated Warning seg mar 05 09 06 19 195 146 353 220 Rack Slot 1 ltu LOS LFA E activated Warning seg mar Of 09 06 13 193 146 353 220 Pack Slot 1 ltu L 3 activated Li l Figure 26 Errors and Warnings This window monitors modems Short reports can be generated and sent to Printer or to File as desired 46 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 15 Inserting the CMU card This part of the manual describes the SNMP CMU Agent The relevant topics include e Introduction to the Management Syst
30. em e Description of the CMU BOOT program e Description of the CMU SYSTEM program The CMU Agent Element consists of three separate programs The BOOT program takes control after initialisation the LOADER program is a BOOT utility which provides download facilities for new FLASH ROM versions and the SYSTEM program is the CMU s SNMP program Both the BOOT and the SYSTEM program have their own configuration menus 47 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 16 Description of the Management System The management system was designed to cater for the need to manage modems remotely and to obtain statistical data on their operation The main functions of this system are Hemote modem configuration Monitoring of parameters Receiving modem alarms Managing modems Statistics etc In order to operate this management system effectively it is necessary to connect the various modems to a Management Centre MC For this purpose we divide up the modems into smaller more functional units which we call Management Units MU A Management Unit is made up of the following elements A group of local modems connected together in a local group and to an Agent Element AE A group of modems connected to the local modems An SNMP Agent Element AE which controls the local and remote modems and establishes the connection to the Management Centre This Agent Element has two external interfa
31. ent Element is connected to a Local Area Network LAN the configuration of the IP address of the Type C network to which it has access local IP addresses in this segment of the LAN belong to this network If the Agent Element is connected to an X 25 network setup the IP X 25 accessible to the Type C network to which the Agent Element belongs in addition to the Management Centre For each configured network it is necessary to select the type of network 1 Ethernet 2 X 25 and the maximum packet size AGT SNMP V9 5 IP Address X25 Address IPXOB EE Do you agree with this configuration Y N e Address Type C network address e Type Type of network Ethernet or X 25 e MaxLenPaq maximum packet length in bytes 68 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 19 1 3 7 IP X 25 Table This is the table of rotation between IP addresses and X 25 addresses If the Management Centre is connected to the X 25 Network its IP address and the X 25 address will be configured here AGT SNMP V9 5 IP Address X25 Address POSTE Go eee Do you agree with this configuration Y N 69 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 19 1 3 8 Table of Gateways This menu configures those elements which act as gateways for accessible networks An example of a situation in which values must be set in this menu is where
32. fer is complete the result will appear in the terminal window Loading boot hex File Load Ok Flash Ok Push Space If the file transfer is successful Load OK If the FLASH memory update is successful Flash OK 58 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 18 2 4 Finalising the Process After pressing the Space Bar the CMU will go to Reset and it will return to the BOOT menu Now remove the MON jumper and reset the CMU Wait until the LED Status light goes green without blinking and press the lt CTRL gt and lt J gt keys together to access the applications configuration menu 59 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 19 System Program This program configures the applications that run on the CMU SNMP Ethernet X 25 and modem control RS485 19 1 Main Menu This is the main menu for configuring the applications This menu is accessed as follows e Remove the MON jumper from the CMU board wait until the LED Status light stops blinking 10 seconds and press the lt CTRL gt and lt J gt keys together AGT SNMP V9 5 1 Boot System 2 Modules Configuration 3 LAN SNMP IP NET Configuration 4 X 25 Configuration 5 RS485 Configuration 6 Default Configuration 7 Save Configuration 8 Change Language Push a Key 60 Revision A Prelim
33. figuration to CMU Cards Iz Enable Generate traps to events with severity nondrgeniminot v Application Configuration to all application s cards Fault state to events with severity Urgentimajor T Save Contig Exit Delete P Config Figure 12 Events Severity Configuration In order to set the right priority select the right Modem Type by clicking in the Card Types window and selecting the right modem from the list Example 4 In this example we are using a Watson 2 Local modem Events Severity Configuration Application Help Load 8 Card Types Watson 2 Local w C Ip i agvaritiaarsan 3 Local Remote Local Remote Example 4 2 Revision A Preliminary Document Innovation Center Access Network System Next click on the item IP select the desired IP number and click on the load CMU button to get the modem configuration up on the screen This will provide the current modem configuration and from here the displayed configuration can be changed as desired see example 5 has IP ba Pe fe bewert ph Application Heh eload Cand Tpos ipn m Load CWJ Conte Load CMU Wodem s Beer 82944013720 Gong Jams One by One E Config NIA ams Lp Ip al Als raven 5 Contiguradiantio Cha Cans 1 Enable Jeremi Tape Gert with seventy Example 5 28 17 of May 2001 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2
34. guration a 61 19 1 3 LAN SNMP IP NET CGontguraton es 62 19 1 3 1 Previous En DEE 63 19 1 53 22 SNMP ee le te NA aaa 64 SN We E e En En e 65 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 19 1 3 4 Ethernet Address 66 19 1 3 5 Eocal JP Address Table EE 67 19 1 3 6 Networks Table nnne nnns 68 19 1 9 7 AR X20 RADIO E 69 19 1 3 8 Table of Gateways cccccccccsssssseeeecseseeceeecseeeeceeesseeeeeeessaaeeeeesesaaneeess 70 IITA DZD GOg l AUO E 71 19 1 4 1 Previous Menu 71 19 1 4 2 325 Interface SCCO eoi ote dee e KN tede deed eoe vete ER De ue eod 72 19 1 4 3 X 25 Link Section a 73 19 14 4 X 25 Packet SECON uec ccrte EE 74 E er EE ee 75 191 55 Tee EE 76 19 1 6 Configuration Detauht enne 77 1917 Ile COMIGUI allODiu s Austere ANNA E la 77 19 1 8 Switch Language ssessssesssssseeseeneenn nennen nnne nnn nnn nnn 78 19 2 Ethernet Golmnecllohiuogtesut oeste ee ee Eege Aen 79 DP pp o ceed 81 20 Cohnector Descriptio Mss eege cuiu Eelere pt eu cata cene 81 20 1 OG2b COhleclOE ee ee 81 20 1 2 a KA tee 82 20 1 3 E ee nee EE 82 Table of figures HON TOO E 13 Figure 2 Alarm Bel 13 leit ln E ICON WE 16 weise IR per AA AA AA KA a Ea 17 Figure lee AAP PA PARA E 17 Fig re 6 5egmentt WIDQOOW tdeo di o ciere blended a ees ciues iia Uma dass an 18 Figure 7 Country Selecti
35. he Fault menu in Example 2 which appears on the menu in the upper part of Figure 9 or 10 25 Revision A Preliminary Document Innovation Center Access Network System Fault Configuration Performance He Local Modem Alarms Remote Modem Alarms Diagnostic Signal Quality Circuit view Fault State Devices Events Severity Configuration Send High Priority Polling Request Example 2 17 of May 2001 Move the mouse down and click on Events Severity Configuration Example 3 Local Modem Alarms Remote Modem Alarms Diagnostic Signal Quality Circuit View Fault State Devices Events Severity Configuration Example 3 Fault Configuration Perormance He Send High Priority Polling Request A new window will open specifically to allow the configuration of equipment priorities They may be URGENT MAJOR NON EVENT NORMAL NON URGENT MINOR or CRITICAL as shown in Figure 12 26 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System Events Severity Configuration l s10 x Application Help Load Card Types W atson2 Local e COP Load CHU config E Modems Severity Configuration gt gt gt Config Alarms One by One CC GAAN Suns LOS 8 urgentimajar Use to all alarms severity no eventinormal SE urgentimajor f ss urgentimajor w E urgentimajor w SES urgentimajor w Apply Con
36. igurations This part of the program shows the current configuration for all equipment and enables the user to alter it according to the needs of the connection To get a better idea of this part of the Watson Element Manager click on Configuration example 13 and then on Device Config example 14 Configuration Perform Modem ID Config Device config Example 13 Configuration Perforr Modem ID Contig Device Config Example 14 36 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System The following window will be shown Figure 18 iLocal Configuration iew 10 Application Help Set Default 0 Master on h Restart Or Mode Normal v Power on Interface E1 Interface G 704 Transparent e To change any Configuration click here to see options CRCA E Bit an AlS Generation On BIS Detection On 14 External Clock Off Click here to save desired Save Exit configuration Figure 18 Local Interface Configuration Figure 18 shows the current configuration of the equipment To make changes to this configuration position the mouse cursor on the item to be changed the cursor changes shape to an inverted triangle and the options for changing the item will immediately appear To apply the changes to the configuration click on Save 37 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Ce
37. igure shows a more complete cycle enabling the analysis wether the signal being carried by this connection is good or not in terms of enabling exchange of information between the central system and the user This example shows an excellent link 33 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 10 Configuration Parameters 10 1 Menu Configuration This item is an important tool for identifying Watson modems When there is a large number of modems on the map in different regions these modems must be identified so that they can be rationally and effectively managed making it easier to maintain connections and reducing downtime There is no better way to understand how these tools work than to see a visual representation of how they operate In order to do so click on the word Configuration in the upper menu bar example 11 Configuration Perforn Modem ID Contig Device Contig Example 11 When the small window opens with the sub menu click on Modem ID Config as in example 12 Configuration Perforr Modem ID Config Device Contig Example 12 The main system modem identification window will now open as shown in Figure 16 34 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System e Local Modem Configuration 10 x Application Help IF 193 146 335 220 Card Mo 53 Model watson 2 Local Circuit ID Serial Mota
38. inary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System The options under this menu are described in the following sections 19 1 1 Boot System Starts the SYSTEM program directly There are no sub menus under this option Booting the System 19 1 2 Modules Configuration In this menu we select the applications that we will run on the CMU AGT SNMP V9 5 Start RS485 1 Start X25 0 otart LAN 1 Do you agree with this configuration Y N Possible values are e 0 Do not activate the application e 1 Activate the application 61 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System The RS485 Local Interconnect Bus LIB application for modem control will be activated as soon as the CMU is controlling some modems through the bus The X 25 application will be activated if the agent is being connected to an X 25 network The LAN application will be activated only if the CMU is connected to a segment of the Local Area Network LAN If the agent should be able to rotate between the X 25 network and the LAN then both applications must be enabled 19 1 3 LAN SNMP IP NET Configuration This menu sets the parameters for configuring the Local Area Network LAN namely SNMP parameters accessible networks IP address gateways etc AGT SNMP V9 5 1 Previous Menu 2 SNMP Configuration 3 Ethernet Interface 4 Ethernet Address 5
39. ion Center Access Network System 7 2 Associated Figures 123 141 33 Figure 4 IP Node 133 1 48 33 Figure 5 IP Node Icon Note Figure 5 shows an enlarged view of the network symbol from Figure 4 containing a particular IP number That number is determined by the network and by nodes in other words if more nodes are connected other similar icons will appear in the window with different IP addresses and with different colours Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System In the INTERNET window double click the left mouse button on the IP icon Another window will open showing the address mentioned in the upper part of the window see Figure 6 s10 x 2 193 148 33 A Map Edit View Performance Configuration Paul Tools Options Window Schmid Help default Read write Auta Layout a Figure 6 Segment1 Window Figure 6 shows another icon named SEGMENT Depending on the number of IP addresses and on the complexity and the number of nodes in the network this window may show various icons with other network segments since IP numbers are allocated automatically Continuing to explore HP OPEN VIEW double click with the left mouse button on the SEGMENT icon When you enter the SEGMENT sub item you will be able to see a RACK showing a certain pre determined IP number An example of this is shown in Figure 7 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May
40. mponents Check what software are installed under Add Remove Windows components Components which are not installed will have a tick in the box beside them Check place a tick beside all Windows components which are not installed in particular Management and Monitoring Tools when you tick this item click Details in the box in the lower window and under Details check that the oimple Network Management Protocol SNMP is ticked for installation When all items have been checked click Continue to get Windows to install these components Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 2 2 Configuring the Network In order to avoid any problems during set up certain procedures should be observed before you install the Commander software components You should be logged on as Administrator Restart Windows and click on the My Computer icon In my Computer click on Control Panel Click on Network and Dial Up Connections for Windows 2000 Click on the Local Area Connection icon Check that the Internet TCP IP protocol is installed and click on the TCP IP icon once with the left mouse button Now click on Properties and on the General tab enter an IP address for the computer for example IP 193 148 33 x The number below is for the sub network mask The remaining items should be left as installed by Windows Having completed all of the above steps restart the computer so that Wi
41. n on the connector is DTE If DCE is selected a special cable is required e Line speed The various different line soeeds are shown in the following table 0 so 1 75 2 ml 3 mo A s 5 150 6 20 7 300 8 600 o 120 10 1800 11 2400 12 4800 13 9600 14 19200 72 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 19 1 4 3 X 25 Link Section Configuration X 25 level 2 parameters AGT SNMP V9 5 Link Section Interface 1 DTE 2 DCE 1 Module 0 8 1 128 0 Retry Number 15 Retry Interval 30 Do you agree with this configuration Y N e Logical Interface DTE or DCE e Module in sequence Module 8 or Module 128 e Number of retries e Time between retries in milliseconds 73 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 19 1 4 4 X 25 Packet Section Level 3 Configuration for X 25 AGT SNMP V9 5 Module 0 8 1 128 0 LCN Two ways Number 3 Packet Size 7 128 8 256 8 Do you agree with this configuration Y N e Module in sequence 8 or 128 e Number of Virtual Bi directional Commuted Circuits maximum 100 e Packet size 128 or 256 74 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 19 1 4 5 X 25 Address The agent s X 25 address is set here AGT SNMP V9 5 Network Address 123456 890 Do you agree with this configu
42. ndows finalises the changes to the set up To check that changes have been made successfully connect the computer to another PC in a network or to a CMU Open an MS DOS box and execute the Ping command followed by the IP address of the other computer and wait for the return Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 3 Installing the Software WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER operates in conjunction with a package of software programs previously installed under Windows NT or 2000 In order to ensure that they interact perfectly with each other these programs should be installed strictly in sequence as explained in this manual 3 1 HP OPEN VIEW NNM This software program is of fundamental importance for WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER It interrogates the managed units CMU s and interprets the responses received which it then displays in graphical form in specific icons and colours for any given connection situation it identifies HP OPEN VIEW works in a similar way to Windows The icons generated by this program work with interactive sub windows that can be explored with just one mouse click according to the nature of the problem that has occurred or as defined by the user The user can facilitate interactive management of the WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER system by inserting for example city maps states regional centres etc as will be shown below To install this software insert the HP OPEN VIEW CD
43. ng up and contains an icon named INTERNET see Figure 1 The use of this icon will be described in the following chapters Both this and the following windows show various functions and resources of the HP OPEN VIEW program Our main emphasis in this manual will be on the WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER applications 5 2 Alarm Categories Window The smaller window entitled ALARM CATEGORIES Figure 2 generally stays open at the top right corner of the screen and has the following functions Error Alarms e Threshold Alarms e Status Alarms e Application Alert Alarms e SCHMID CMU e All Alarms Note The most frequently used item above will be SCHMID CMU since this is the item which stores all the information on alarms changes in connection status and other events in a database This information may be used for future inspections and reports Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 6 HP OPEN VIEW Colours The HP OPEN VIEW software shows the status of its alarms in a fairly simple visual form using coloured icons Each icon colour has a different meaning thereby implying different actions to be taken in each case 6 1 Colour Coding for Icon Application e BLUE When OPEN VIEW cannot find manageable equipment attached to the server through a different network an IP network e GREEN When OPEN VIEW detects no alarm severe enough to generate failures in the network system
44. nter Access Network System 10 4 Making Changes to Remote Modems To see the remote side follow the steps described under section 8 3 substituting Remote for Local then carry out the steps described under section 10 3 The following window will appear Figure 19 Hi Remote Configuration eri xi Application Help Set Default D sl Master Off K Restart On Mode Normal T Power Off Interface E1 Interface is T4 Transparent CRCA Off K E Bit But AlS Generation On AlS Detection Off External Clock Off ni Save Exit l Figure 19 Remote Interface Configuration To change configurations follow the steps described under section 10 3 in connection with making changes and saving 38 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 11 Performance Monitoring The Performance Monitoring window shows potential errors that may occur between the local and remote modems 11 1 To view the window Click on the Performance tab in the menu bar A sub item named Instant Report will open up If you click on this you can see the errors which have occurred in the connection This procedure is shown in Figure 20 below Line HDSL G 826 Error Performance IP 193 148 33 220 Card No 53 0 x Application Performance Help CRC6 Loop CRC6 Loop B FEBE Loop A FEBE Loop B Errored blocks E 12 DU 10 Errored seconds 0 0 1 Sev errored seconds D 0 E E ESR
45. o e Stop Bits 1 e Flow control None zero Since both the CMU and the terminal have DTE connectors the CMU must be connected to the terminal using a Null Modem cable or device This will connect Data Transmit Pin 2 of the CMU to Data Receive Pin 3 of the terminal and Data Receive Pin 3 of the CMU to Data Transmit Pin 2 of the terminal 54 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System The connection can be tested as follows Insert the MON jumper on the CMU board Connect the terminal to the CMU Reset the CMU or power down and restart and the BOOT program s main menu should appear in the terminal window 55 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 18 Boot Program Initialisation The job of this program is to update the FLASH ROM with new versions of the code In order to start this program the MON jumper on the CMU board must be correctly set After power up the main menu will appear on the screen 18 1 Main Menu AGT CMU2 BOOT V5 0 1 Start SYSTEM 2 Download BOOT from RS232 3 Download SYSTEM from RS232 4 Download SYSTEM from LAN 5 Download BOOT from LAN 6 Check IO Boot Params 7 Maintenance Test 8 Init board as Master Self Test Result 0000 CRC16 Flash Boot B48A Push an Option These are the options available in this menu 1 Start SYSTEM Start the sy
46. of CMU board Rack number Slot number on the board Type of alarm Type of board NTU LTU Alarm priority Jb Alarm Categories Error Alarms Threshold Alarms Status Alarms Configuration Alarms Application Alert Alarms Schmid CMU All Alarms Example 20 45 view of this function It contains the following Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System Schmid CMU Browser E E File Actions View Help Ack Cor Severity Date Time Source Message Warning seg mar 05 09 00 42 1953 148 33 220 Pack Slot ltu Back Link down sey mar Of 03 00 57 193 146 353 220 Pack Slot ltu Reset deactivated sey mar 05 09 01 02 193 148 23 220 Pack Slot ltu Reset deactivated sey mar 05 09 07 30 1935 148 33 220 Pack Slot ltu Peset activated Warning seg mar 05 06 56 14 195 146 353 220 Pack 1 Slot l ntu Pack Board extracted Warning seg mar Of 08 56 18 193 146 353 220 Rack Blot 13 ntu Rack Board extracted Warning seg mar 05 08 56 18 193 148 23 Z20 Pack Slot l ltu Remote Power Failure deactivated Warning seg mar 05 08 56 22 183 148 33 220 Pack Slot 13 ltu Remote Power Failure deactivated Warning seg mar Of 08 58 30 193 146 353 220 Rack Blot 3 ltu Rack Board extracted Warning seg mar 05 08 59 34 195 146 353 220 Rack Slot 1 ntu Rack New board Warning seg mar 05 09 00 00 1953 148 323 220 Pack Slot 1 ltu Remote Power Failure activated Warning sey mar Of
47. on and Subrack View 19 Figure 8 Example of Modem Selection nnn 22 Figure 9 Card Configuration Local Modem nnn 23 Figure 10 Card Configuration Remote Modem nnn 24 Figure 11 Alarm Status Local Modem nennen nennen nnne 25 Figure 12 Events Severity Configuration a 27 Figure 13 Diagnostic Window ee ET 30 Figure 14 Signal Quality VIEW ioo eet o eter beta Destin Een tdeo ia a ES 32 Figure 15 Signa Quality View E 33 Figure 16 Local Modem Configuration Aa 35 Figure 17 Remote Modem Configuration a 35 Figure 18 Local Interface Configuration sese 37 Figure 19 Remote Interface Configuration a 38 Figure 20 G 826 Error Performance Measuremenis erre 39 Figure 21 G 826 Performance Measurements with Regenerators 40 Figure 22 G 826 E1 Error Date e 41 Figure 23 CMU Rolling Settings ET 42 Foure 24 APROV Login WINOOW naaa oeiia ala kaaa b a dates the eet ette ie 43 Figure 25 Adding NEW TEE 44 Figure 26 Errors ana WANING KE 46 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 1 Watson Element Manager 1 1 Introduction WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER functions as an integral part of the HP OPEN VIEW NETWORK NODE MANAGER NNM 6 x enabling users to manage Watson family modems and the CMU Management card The application uses inform
48. on it as shown in example 10 Fault Configuration Performanc Alarms Diagnostic Signal Quality Events Severity Configuration Example 10 A window will open to show the quality of the signals sent and received between pairs A and B To have this information displayed permanently just keep the window open longer the data is refreshed every 50 to 60 seconds Figures 14 and 15 show the above information in detail FESHDSL Link Signal Quality View IP 193 148 33 220 CardNo 53 l0 xi Application Signal Quality Help Time LTU Loop A LTU Loop B NTU Loop A HTU Loop B 09 01 11 24 5 24 0 26 0 26 0 Figure 14 Signal Quality View This figure shows the first information cycle for the pair being tested It shows time of the first sample the signal quality transmitted by the main board LTU master modem Loop A and Loop B and the signal quality received on the subscriber side NTU slave modem The data is shown in dB 32 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System p DR IP 193 148 33 220 CardNo 53 10 xj ES HDSL Link Signal Quality View Application Signal Quality Help Time LTU Loop LTU Loop B NTU Loop A HTU Loop B 14 21 57 28 0 28 0 26 0 26 0 14 20 57 20 0 28 0 26 0 25 0 14 18 55 29 5 29 5 27 0 25 0 14 18 53 29 5 28 0 26 0 26 0 14 17 50 29 5 20 0 26 0 2r Stop Exit Figure 15 Signal Quality View Il The above f
49. possible defecis in the units or in other linked equipment Central System and User To understand how the system of Loops works see example below Example 7 30 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System In example 8 a Regenerator has been placed between the Central Office and the remote modem In order to test the connection between the Central System and the Regenerator click on Loop 2 Reg 1 see Figure 13 When this command is activated the user modem is disconnected for the duration of the Loop2 REGn test Loop 1 CT Loop 2 Loop Reg x Example 8 Finally there is the ACO on off function which enables or disables audible modem alarms 9 2 Signal Quality This is a simple function which monitors the state of the connection by cyclically returning to the central control system data on the quality of the signals sent and received by the Local and Remote modems To enable this function click on Fault in the upper part of the menu as in example 9 Eat Configuration Peromance He Local Mader Alarms Female hodem Alams Diagnostic Bignal Quality Cireun view Fault Stale Dances Eventa Beverly Contguratinn Send High Priority Polling Request z Example 9 31 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System When the sub menu opens position the mouse cursor over the item SIGNAL QUALITY and click
50. ration Y N e X 25 address nnnnnnnnnn NRI NRI is designated to the Agent 19 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 19 1 5 RS485 Configuration This menu is used to configure RS485 bus parameters AGT SNMP V9 5 Polling Time mls 500 Local Modem Time out mls 3000 Remote Modem Time out mls 7000 Modems In Out Relation 5 Remote Modems Watch O N 1 Y O Remote Connect Report O N 1 Y 1 Retry Number 3 Speed 6 200 11 2400 13 9600 12 RS485 Stop Bits 1 1 2 1 5 3 2 3 RS485 Parity O NP 1 Even 2 Odd 2 RS485 Prot 2 V58 1 MN1 O HDSL 0 RS485 Wire Number 2 4 2 Last Modem Address Rack Address 0 Board Address 12 Do you agree with this configuration Y N e Request Time polling This is the time period in milliseconds between consecutive accesses to elements connected in the RS485 bus e Local Modem Time out This is the maximum period of time in milliseconds that the CMU will wait for a response from the local modem e Remote Modem Time out This is the maximum period of time in milliseconds that the CMU will wait for a response from the remote modem e Modem In Out This is the relationship between the number of times the CMU monitors active modems in and the number of possible modems out The maximum number of possible modems is defined by the parameter Last modem address 76 Revision A Prelimin
51. rea Network LAN segments and the Management Centre segment belong to a Type C network e he X 25 network belongs to a Type C network e Each device component connected to this network including the MC has a Type D IP address When an Agent Element AE is connected simultaneously to an X 25 Network and a Local Area Network it has two IP addresses allocated one for each Network This Agent Element AE operates as a gateway 49 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 16 2 Local Interconnect Bus LIB The bus through which all modems belonging in the same Management Unit are interconnected is called the Local Interconnect Bus LIB LIB is implemented by a shared bus system a server and multiple clients using the RS485 electrical standard The Server Master function in the RS485 bus is carried out by the Agent Element AE The Client Slave elements of LIB are the modems In this shared server client bus system the AE sends messages to the LIB and the modems transmit messages back only when requested polled by the AE In this way the AE sends messages to all modems both local and remote on a continuous and cyclical basis Each element in the LIB has an ID reference which represents its address in the bus node The AE uses this ID to address the various different modems connected to the LIB A modem will only respond to messages which contain its own ID or
52. s Save Config Exit Registration information is unavailable Figure 16 Local Modem Configuration This window shows us the Circuit ID the Serial number and Notes if required 10 2 Remote Configuration Menu To access remote configuration for this item all you have to do is access the remote modem as explained in chapter 8 3 and repeat the steps carried out in section 10 1 This will bring up the result shown in Figure 17 Application Help IP 193 146 353 270 Carding 53 Model watson 2 Remote Circuit ID CC Seal Notes Do CMU Location Country Do State o City Po T Room FF SF Shee fs 3 CMU IP Click here to save Mo Save Contig Exit Registration information iz unavailable Figure 17 Remote Modem Configuration 35 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System Remote modems can be given an identification label as in figure 17 which makes them easier to identify in case they need to be repaired for example The identification can show data from the local modem and also remote data such as country state city office room rack and IP number of the management card CMU Having configured the remote modem click Save for the new description to take effect If you need to make changes in the future all you have to do is alter the existing data and click on Save once again 10 3 Other Conf
53. stem application directly SYSTEM program 56 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 2 Download BOOT from RS232 Enables updating of the BOOT program 3 Download SYSTEM from RS232 Enables you to update the System program Download SYSTEM from LAN Download BOOT from LAN Check IO Boot Parameters Maintenance Test DO ue ce OP um Initialise board as Server Master The files to be downloaded are in ASCII format and have the following names FileName Description Menu Choice SE SE SYSCMUZHEX SYSTEM Program 18 2 Updating the BOOT program This will show an example of updating the BOOT program in the agent s flash memory The load sequence is the same for all the programs 18 2 1 Choose Download Option To update the BOOT program select option 2 and the CMU Agent to await transfer of the file Ready to download boot hex from RS232 b7 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 18 2 2 File Transfer We transmit the ASCII file using the communications program and the following protocol e ASCII file transfer with no flow control e 19200 bps No parity 8 data bits 1 stop bit When using HyperTerminal you must use the Transfer Send Text File download menu option From the list of files to select choose the BOOT HEX file 18 2 3 Result of Remote Load As soon as the file trans
54. vation Center Access Network System 4 Running WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER After the computer has been restarted the Windows Start Menu should contain the programs which you have just installed and there should be a shortcut icon to HP OPEN VIEW on the desktop If everything has been done correctly then you are now ready to run the WATSON ELEMENT MANAGER application 4 1 First steps Double click on the shortcut When you start this program for the first time you will be asked for a password This password is supplied together with the HP OPEN VIEW software license Once you enter the password OPEN VIEW will start up and two windows will open We will look at the relevant applications and their meanings in the next chapter 4 2 HP OPEN VIEW Displays and Icon Functions When you start the application two different windows pop up A main window entitled ROOT which contains an icon named INTERNET see Figure 1 A smaller window entitled ALARM CATEGORIES see Figure 2 Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 4 2 1 Start up Window ROOT Figure 1 Root 4 2 2 Alarm Categories Window Alarm Categories Figure 2 Alarm Categories Revision A Preliminary Document 17 of May 2001 Innovation Center Access Network System 5 HP OPEN VIEW ICONS Two different windows open up when you start this application 5 1 The ROOT Window This window shows the application starti
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