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iMcV-Giga-FiberLinX-III 

 

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The MEP Instance Configuration page offers more details about an individual 

MEP as shown below: 

 

OAM CFM: MEP Instance Configuration screen. 

 
From this screen, the user can perform the following functions: 

Function 

Description 

Continuity 

Check 

Enable/disable CCMs and verify the number of CCMs that have been 

sent. 

Instance 

State Details 

Verify the current administrative state of the MEP, view the last defect 

identified by the MEP, and view the MAC address of the MEP. 

Peer MEPs 

Create/List/Delete Peer MEPS associated with the MEP. 

Loopback 

Activate loopback and see the results of loopback operations. 

 
Select 

Data Analysis

 to perform a channel line rate test, a round trip delay test, 

and a return to the main OAM CFM screen by selecting 

OAM CFM

. 

 

 

Summary of Contents for B+B SmartWorx IMcV-Giga-FiberLinX-III

Page 1: ...IMcV Giga FiberLinX III USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ... Americas 707 Dayton Road Ottawa IL 61350 USA Phone 1 815 433 5100 Fax 1 815 433 5105 Advantech B B SmartWorx Europe Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Co Galway Ireland Phone 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 www advantech bb com support advantech bb com ...

Page 3: ...Speed 9 Forcing the Speed and Duplex Mode 9 Selective Advertising 10 Bandwidth Control 10 Link Fault Pass Through LFPT 10 Loopback Testing 10 Configuration Options 13 Basic Device Configuration Using the CLI 14 Commands List Space Bar 18 Port Configuration port 32 Configuration File Save Restore Function 34 Requirements 34 Saving a Configuration File to Disk 35 Uploading Saved Configuration File t...

Page 4: ...onsole Port 60 Appendix C Troubleshooting 61 Appendix D Unified Management Agent UMA 62 Appendix E Glossary 63 Specifications 65 B B SmartWorx Technical Support 66 Statements Precautions Guidelines Regulatory 66 FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement 66 Electrostatic Discharge ESD Precautions 67 Fiber Optic Cleaning Guidelines 67 Regulatory Standards Compliances 68 ...

Page 5: ... chassis all local and remotely connected iMcV Giga FiberLinX III modules can be managed using the single IP address of the chassis This not only preserves IP addresses and reduces configuration complexity but management traffic traveling on the non IP based transmission channel is kept isolated from customer traffic enhancing network security The iMcV Giga FiberLinX III offers the following featu...

Page 6: ...s Enable management on more than one port or disable management on all of the ports as desired These switches limit only IP based management Host to Remote management is IP less and never blocked from the fiber port Serial port management of the unit is available via the console port located at the top of the module using a mini jack adapter In addition to defining which ports are used to manage t...

Page 7: ...he iMcV Giga FiberLinX III module can be managed from the chassis by using the Unified Management Agent UMA iMcV Giga FiberLinX III modules not managed by UMA must have an IP address assigned to them after installation before they can be managed Refer to Assigning IP Information for more information DIP SWITCH SELECTABLE MODE CONFIGURATION Before installing the module in a chassis there are two fe...

Page 8: ... ON As a host unit the iMcV Giga FiberLinX III requests management information from the attached remote unit It then displays that information along with its own when queried by SNMP As a Remote unit the iMcV Giga FiberLinX III responds to requests for management information from an attached Host unit The iMcV Giga FiberLinX III default configuration is as a Standalone unit DIP Switches 7 and 8 OF...

Page 9: ...must monitor and upgrade large quantities of devices The Unified Management Agent UMA allows operators to manage all devices installed in a B B iMediaChassis with a single IP address from a central location In addition UMA allows users to centrally manage and administer firmware upgrades over multiple devices AUTO NEGOTIATION DUPLEX MODE AND SPEED The DATA and EXT MGMT ports on the iMcV Giga Fiber...

Page 10: ... the end user to visually detect that the Link and the LNK LEDS will extinguish on the front faceplate of the module when a fault occurs LFPT can be enabled through the SNMP software iView or serial Telnet The iMcV Giga FiberLinX III has three ports Data Optics and Ext Management LFPT can be enabled between any two ports For example if LFPT is configured as from the Optics port to the Data port wh...

Page 11: ...th the same MAC address as sent packets To avoid this issue the Loopback feature can swap the source and destination MAC addresses on the looped data This selection can cause a frame with a multicast source address to be created which violates the IEEE standard LOOPBACK ADDRESS SWAP AND CLEAR MULTICAST BIT In addition to swapping the source and destination MAC addresses on the looped data the Loop...

Page 12: ...oopback frames pass from the OPTICS port to the DATA port REMOTE SOURCE DESTINATION ADDRESS SWAP A Layer 2 Ethernet switch will discard all received packets with the same MAC address as sent packets To avoid this issue the Loopback feature can swap the source and destination MAC addresses on the looped data OR ADDRESS SWAP AND CLEAR MULTICAST BIT In addition to swapping the source and destination ...

Page 13: ...e iView2 iConfig view and or Serial Telnet Feature iView Serial Telnet Loopback Auto Negotiation Force Mode FlowControl VLANs IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway MIB Community Traps Assignment Users Passwords Access Level Reboot Frame Size Selection Bandwidth Limiting OAM AH OAM CFM Boot Tray Delay PROM Software Download Upload Telnet Session Software Download Setup TFTP DHCP Restore Configurat...

Page 14: ...display the following message Press Enter for Device Configuration Press Enter to open the main configuration screen This screen allows the user to set the IP address and destination IP address for traps with the community string read write access and password as usual This screen contains the following information and options ...

Page 15: ...n options screen The screens illustrated in this manual show capabilities for users with Admin rights Individuals with User level rights can only view port status and port settings change their password end a session and reboot the unit NOTE It is necessary to reboot the iMcV Giga FiberLinX III after making any modifications to the Saved Values for the changes to take effect To reboot type Reboot ...

Page 16: ...management of the devices secure but password lists must be stored and maintained ASSIGNING TRAP DESTINATIONS Traps are sent by the manageable device to a management PC when a certain event takes place To enter a trap destination press T When prompted enter a New IP Address prompt enter the appropriate IP address of the destination device and press Enter Then type the name of the community string ...

Page 17: ...Enter and reboot DELETING COMMUNITY STRINGS To delete all community strings perform the following Press U The Are you sure you want to delete all community strings prompt is displayed Press Y when prompted to proceed and delete all community strings N to abort Press Enter to finish This function will delete ALL community strings To selectively delete community strings use iView2 iConfig view to co...

Page 18: ...ill take effect Refer to About Serial Port Configuration for more information about Enabling Disabling DHCP When there is no DHCP server on the network use the serial configuration to manually set the IP addresses When DHCP is enabled the IP address default 10 10 10 10 or a previously used IP address or user configured is saved When DHCP is disabled the saved IP address will be reinstated and the ...

Page 19: ... unit Unit global settings frame size selection Unit OAM enable must be enabled for AH and AG to function port Displays port status and allows changes to port settings such as duplex status and speed CLEANDB Entering cleandb reboots the unit with its database cleaned depending on the option selected Users are presented with two sequential options first to reset all SNMP settings second to reset al...

Page 20: ...rea the system prompts the user to reboot the device to make the new configuration active ACCOUNTS Following are the three levels for CLI or Telnet account access User View status change own password and reboot Operator All User privileges mentioned above plus ability to change settings Administrator Operator privileges mentioned above plus ability to add delete accounts and reinitialize the unit ...

Page 21: ...de 1 supports a mixture of tagged and untagged traffic Mode 2 Extra tagging and Mode 3 VLAN Filter OPERATION MODE 1 MIXED TAGGED UNTAGGED FRAMES In this mode all tagged and untagged frames pass on any given port Management to the device can be tagged or untagged Press the down arrow on the computer keyboard to access additional configuration selections ...

Page 22: ...a FiberLinX III 22 OPERATION MODE 2 PORT BASED XTRA TAGGING Any port can be configured for extra tags on the frames Press the down arrow on the computer keyboard to access the additional configuration commands ...

Page 23: ...iMcV Giga FiberLinX III 23 By default the device is set up to access ports However one must be configured to be a trunk port ...

Page 24: ...e treated as an unrecognized VLAN tagged frame If configuring the port as an access port enter a VLAN ID between 1 and 4094 OPERATION MODE 3 VLAN FILTER In Operation Mode 3 VLAN filters can be configured to allow passing traffic with up to 64 separate VLAN IDs between the Optics port and the Data port Choose whether you want to enter a tag or no tag for management traffic Enter up to 64 VLAN IDs i...

Page 25: ... modules to segregate management traffic from data traffic This is accomplished by assigning VLAN IDs If the traffic is not segregated any tests performed may not get the expected result By segregating the types of traffic the management network is secured from the customer s network ...

Page 26: ...ess Burst Allocation Bandwidth limiting can be set at Ingress of each port individually by setting the MAX Bandwidth Limit in bits sec and BA in bits Traffic in excess of the bandwidth limit plus BA for any time interval will be dropped This function u an advanced Leaky Token Bucket algorithm to provide typical resolution under 5 of the set values at all data rate and frames sizes Egress Traffic S...

Page 27: ...etting the MAX BW Limit in bits sec and the BA in bits Traffic in excess of the bandwidth limit plus BA for any time interval will be dropped This function uses an advanced Leaky Token Bucket algorithm to provide typical resolution under 5 of the set values at all data rate and frames sizes Egress Traffic Shaping Actively controls the transmitter and hard limits the maximum frame rate that can be ...

Page 28: ...is further limited by only counting Layer 3 payload data VERSION Entering version will display the version of the firmware operating the iMcV Giga FiberLinX III VIEWING PORT STATISTICS IFSTATS To view port statistics on the iMcV Giga FiberLinX III enter ifstats This will open a screen displaying information on packets received and transmitted as defined by MIB II standard RFC 1213 Pressing the Spa...

Page 29: ...he B B SmartWorx device Within the iView GUI a name or some kind of identifier can be entered into the text box labeled Description Once that description is saved the identifier will be maintained even if power is interrupted to the unit REBOOT Entering reboot will save settings and reboot the iMcV Giga FiberLinX III ...

Page 30: ... on the fiber SFP ports and TX ports Supports Discovery functions on the SFP ports Supports reporting OAM Flag Events Link Fault Critical Event Dying Gasp Supports Loopback VIEWING SFP STATISTICS SFPSTATS To view SFP statistics on the iMcV Giga FiberLinX III enter sfpstats This will open a screen displaying SFP information including vendor serial number bit rate and other options Pressing the Spac...

Page 31: ...iMcV Giga FiberLinX III 31 UNIT Unit FlowControl displays the following screen ...

Page 32: ...isco switch there is a delay time for a boot sequence typically about 30 seconds Enter a value of 30 seconds or more so that the device does not send a Trap indicating the link is down Unit OAM Enable Allows the end user to enable or disable OAM OAM configuration can be set up via the CLI by accessing the submenu and typing in the command OAM Port Configuration port Serial Telnet sessions display ...

Page 33: ...to Negotiation must be enabled for Selective Advertising Advertise FlowCtrl This enable disable feature is the selection for Advertising Flow Control Choose this option to change based on the link partner s capability By default it is enabled as Advertise Flow Force FlowCtrl This is the selection for Force Flow Control choose this if enabling Flow Control You can select Force and select it to auto...

Page 34: ...way to determine that link is down an SNMP Trap provides a notification of a link down to a designated workstation CONFIGURATION FILE SAVE RESTORE FUNCTION REQUIREMENTS The Configuration File Save Restore Function allows users the ability to backup all the configuration settings of a unit With this backup a user can restore settings to a unit if necessary or use this backup to apply the same setti...

Page 35: ...w2 iConfig view click the Save Configuration button Save Configuration screen The user is prompted for a filename Save As screen The user is prompted to enter any notes to the header of the saved file for future reference when uploading the file through iView2 iConfig view Configuration Notes screen ...

Page 36: ...iew2 iConfig view click the Upload Configuration button Upload Configuration screen The user will be prompted to select a configuration file Once selected the user can also view any notes that were added when the file was saved After selecting the configuration file the file upload process begins When completed the user is notified of the status and also notified that a reboot is necessary for the...

Page 37: ...iMcV Giga FiberLinX III 37 By design the IP Address configuration currently on the device is kept intact and not overwritten by the new configuration file ...

Page 38: ...ess WILL VLAN IDS BE DEFINED When VLAN traffic is used with specific tags on the DATA port it is necessary to define VLAN IDs refer to VLAN Operation Modes section VLANs may be tagged untagged or double tagged SMALL FORM FACTOR PLUGGABLE PORTS SFP iMcV Giga FiberLinX III modules are available with one optional SFP port The SFP port can support a 100Mbps or 1000Mbps fiber SFP It can also support a ...

Page 39: ...ndicate that this is an SNMP manageable module EXT 1000 Glows green when EXT MGMT port is operating at 1000 Mbps 1000 Glows green when the fiber is operating at 1000 Mbps Optics Port LEDs LD Glows green when light is detected on fiber input FTL Far TX Link Host Glows green when a link is established on remote far end DATA port Remote Glows green when unit is configured as Remote Standalone LED rem...

Page 40: ...1000 Glows green when EXT MGMT port is operating at 1000 Mbps 1000 Glows green when the fiber is operating at 1000 Mbps Optics Port LEDs LD Glows green when light is detected on fiber input FTL Host Glows green when a link is established on remote far end DATA port Remote Glows green when unit is configured as Remote Standalone LED remains OFF LNK Link Glows green when link is established on port ...

Page 41: ...rLinX III units match i e both are 1310 nm single mode fiber Make sure the port speeds on iMcV Giga FiberLinX III match those on the end devices connected to iMcV Giga FiberLinX III B B SmartWorx recommends configuring all connected devices to Auto Negotiation or if using Force mode ensure speed and duplex settings match If using single strand fiber make sure the pair of devices is compatible sing...

Page 42: ... the same Ensure none of the twisted pair ports on the iMcV Giga FiberLinX III are connected to the twisted pair port on the Management Module in an iMediaChassis series chassis THE AGENT INFO SCREEN Information about the SNMP Agent software managing the iMcV Giga FiberLinX III is contained on this screen ...

Page 43: ...artWorx manageable devices These extra layers of security do not affect SNMP compatibility iView2 iConfig view can upload new versions of the system software and new MIB information It also includes diagnostic capabilities for faster resolution of technical support issues USING IVIEW2 iView is management software that provides network management in an easy to use GUI Once iView is installed on a n...

Page 44: ... ifTable and SFP Info VLAN Provides configuration for VLAN IDs per port Advanced Reboot the module also allows boot trap delay OAM AH Configure passive and active 802 3ah OAM CFM Perform 802 1ag for connectivity fault management Agent Info Displays SNMP agent data UNIT CONFIGURATION Select Unit Configuration to display modify unit information including IP address display only modification availabl...

Page 45: ...iMcV Giga FiberLinX III 45 Host Configuration screen Remote Configuration screen ...

Page 46: ...ndwidth to display configured bandwidth settings for the DATA or the Optics port Bandwidth Configuration screen TABLES Select tables to display a screen on which you can extract SFP information RMON statistics Unit and Port Tables or MIB II ifTable ...

Page 47: ... 47 Tables main screen Select Unit and Port Tables to display the following information link status if the port is enabled disabled SNMP status speed status on each port and other vital statistics Unit and Port Tables screen ...

Page 48: ...II 48 VLAN Enter a VLAN ID between 1 and 4094 possible priority settings are 0 lowest priority through 7 highest priority VLAN Configuration screen showing Operation Mode 1 VLAN Configuration screen showing Operation Mode 2 ...

Page 49: ...directly via a separate IP address or through Telnet VLAN Configuration screen showing Operation Mode 3 ADVANCED Select Advanced button to refresh the module view the speed of the link partners upgrade a Host Remote unit and reset the Host or Remote or set the Boot Trap Delay DL Remove and add Advanced screen ...

Page 50: ...e following screen and monitor the status configuration loopback event log and statistics OAM AH screen From the above screen select Configuration to display state and event configuration information as well as OAM supported functions OAM AH Configuration screen ...

Page 51: ...rol parameters Selecting Initiate from the Loopback control tells the client to start a loopback process with the peer Selecting Process from the Ignore Rx control tells the client to process received loopback commands Only AH Active units can send a Loopback command to a remote unit Either Active or Passive AH units can respond to a Loopback command but must be configured to process these command...

Page 52: ...ent Log table displays a history of the threshold crossing events and non threshold crossing events that have occurred at the Ethernet OAM AH Level There is a maximum of 8 events that can be displayed When the maximum number of events is reached older entries are deleted to make room for newer entries Select Statistics to display OAM statistics OAM AH Statistics screen ...

Page 53: ...e Association End Points MEPs The page contains a list of the local MEPs and provides menu controls to access the administrative functions associated with Create Delete and List MD MA and MEP information An example of a default OAM CFM Configuration page is shown below OAM CFM Configuration screen The OAM CFM Configuration page defaults to the Configure MEP selections OAM CFM MEP Screen ...

Page 54: ...isplay the OAM CFM Maintenance Domain Configuration page as shown below OAM CFM Maintenance Domain Configuration screen NOTE iView2 will automatically display this page if there is no MD yet defined when the user attempts to access any other menu control Enter the MD name and select the level for the domain To cancel the MD select Delete To store the MD press Save and the screen is refreshed ...

Page 55: ...uration screen NOTE iView2 will automatically display this page if there is no MD yet defined when the user attempts to access any other menu control Select the Domain and Format and enter the MA name in the Name field Use Interval to select the interval for continuity check messaging and choose Primary VID if applicable To cancel the MA without saving select Delete To store the MA select Save and...

Page 56: ...isplay the OAM CFM MEP configuration page as shown below OAM CFM MEP Configuration screen Select the MD MA enter the MEP ID select the appropriate type port and direction and select the Primary VID if applicable To cancel the MEP without saving select Delete To store the MEP select Save and the screen is refreshed ...

Page 57: ...onfiguration screen MEP selected The current state of the MEP is shown by the color in the State column Color Description Green Correctly functioning MEP all MEP s are active and sending CCMs Red Idle state or problem associated with the MEP Yellow Not all peer MEP CCMs are being received Moving the mouse over the displayed color displays a comment giving additional information about the current s...

Page 58: ...CMs and verify the number of CCMs that have been sent Instance State Details Verify the current administrative state of the MEP view the last defect identified by the MEP and view the MAC address of the MEP Peer MEPs Create List Delete Peer MEPS associated with the MEP Loopback Activate loopback and see the results of loopback operations Select Data Analysis to perform a channel line rate test a r...

Page 59: ...iMcV Giga FiberLinX III 59 OAM CFM Data Analysis screen AGENT INFO Select Agent Info to display agent data Agent Info screen ...

Page 60: ...OTE The MDI MDIX function will automatically adjust the direction of these signals to match the connected unit when running 10 100Base T 1000Base T will use all 4 pairs in full duplex mode RS 232 SERIAL CONSOLE PORT The following table lists the pin configuration for the RS 232 3 pin mini jack mating connector for the console serial port Pin DB9 F Pin Signal Name Direction Tip 2 Transmit Out of Un...

Page 61: ...nd its link partner to Auto Negotiation or if using Force mode be sure speed and duplex match 3 iMcV Giga FiberLinX III allows end users to assign a VLAN tag to all management traffic SNMP and Telnet It is important to understand that IF using Telnet or iView2 to assign a VLAN tag to management traffic then as soon as this setting is saved the connectivity will be lost until the PC becomes a membe...

Page 62: ... module The SNMP agent in the iMcV Giga FiberLinX III provides the relevant management information which is then routed via the SNPM Management Card and supplied to the client GUI iView2 WITHOUT THE UNIFIED MANAGEMENT AGENT When an SNMP request for an iMcV Giga FiberLinX III comes in the iMediaChassis cycles through each slot checking for iMcV Giga FiberLinX III modules The iMediaChassis sees the ...

Page 63: ...fiber DC Direct Current DDMI Digital Diagnostic Monitor Interface A defined serial interface and data format typically used to access SFP internal information DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Used to automate configuration of computers that use TCP IP GUI Graphical User Interface Software that provides a visual interface to enable an end user to manage and monitor network devices IEEE Inst...

Page 64: ...h SNMP and RMON use standardized MIB formats that allow any SNMP and RMON tools to monitor any device defined by a MIB MSA Multi Source Agreement SFP The standard an SFP must meet to be compatible in network devices NOC Network Operations and Control Center OAM Operations Administration Maintenance OAM CFM IEEE 802 1ag Connectivity Fault Management PROM Programmable Read Only Memory SFP Small Form...

Page 65: ... Consumption Typical 850mA 3 6V DC maximum Standards Compliance Read write IEEE 802 1Q VLAN tags QoS IEEE 802 1p based packet prioritization 4 queues high low with 4 levels of priority IEEE 802 3ab 1000Base T twisted pair IEEE 802 3z 1000Base X fiber IEEE 802 3x Flow Control IEEE 802 3i 10Base T twisted pair IEEE 802 3u 100Base TX twisted pair IEEE 802 3u 100Base FX or SX fiber Dimensions Single S...

Page 66: ...manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate the equipment The use of non shielded I O cables ma...

Page 67: ...stry practices FIBER OPTIC CLEANING GUIDELINES Fiber Optic transmitters and receivers are extremely susceptible to contamination by particles of dirt or dust which can obstruct the optic path and cause performance degradation Good system performance requires clean optics and connector ferrules 1 Use fiber patch cords or connectors if you terminate your own fiber only from a reputable supplier low ...

Page 68: ...t or local authorities Following these steps through proper disposal and recycling will help prevent potential negative consequences to the environment and human health For more detailed information about proper disposal please contact local authorities waste disposal services or the point of purchase for this equipment 2018 B B SmartWorx powered by Advantech All rights reserved The information in...

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