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METRODATA LTD 

WCM5100 

 

Quick Start Guide 

76-02-087 Rev A 

 

18 of 62 

 

To change the IP settings for installation: 

Dhcp 

For operation in a DHCP enabled network and automatic 
IP address allocation set this parameter to ON to enable 
DHCP address allocation. 

IP Address 

If DHCP is not used, you must manually assign the 
required IP address for correct installation into the 
network. 

Net mask 

If DHCP is not used, you must assign the required network 
mask for correct installation into the network. 

 

 

Summary of Contents for WCM5100

Page 1: ...Guide DATE 26th May 2011 DOCUMENT NO 76 02 087 REVISION A PREPARED BY Ian Banbrook Metrodata Ltd Fortune House Crabtree Office Village Eversley Way Egham Surrey TW20 8RY UK Tel 44 1 784 744700 Fax 44...

Page 2: ...odata Ltd Fortune House Crabtree Office Village Eversley Way Egham Surrey TW20 8RY United Kingdom DISCLAIMER Metrodata Ltd makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof an...

Page 3: ...ODATA LTD WCM5100 Quick Start Guide 76 02 087 Rev A 3 of 62 Document Revision History 4th April 2011 XA Document Created 15th April 2011 XB Updated for Multiple VC modes 20th May 2011 A Document Relea...

Page 4: ...switch 5 Timing 13 3 1 1 6 Bitswitch 7 SFP Mode 13 3 1 1 7 Bitswitch 8 Factory Default 13 3 2 Access the WCM5100 14 3 3 Logging onto WCM5100 14 3 3 1 User Interface Navigation 15 3 4 Configure the WAN...

Page 5: ...election 39 4 2 2 9 J0 Transmit 39 4 2 2 10 J0 Expected 40 4 2 2 11 Receiving 40 4 2 2 12 E1 Value 40 4 2 2 13 Payload 41 4 2 2 14 VC4 41 4 2 2 14 1 Path Signal Label 42 4 2 2 14 2 Path Signal Trace J...

Page 6: ...2 4 3 Strip MAC FCS 55 4 2 4 4 GFP Payload Scramble 55 4 2 4 5 Flow Control 55 4 2 4 6 Max Frame Size 55 4 2 4 7 Priority Table 56 4 2 5 RSTP 57 4 3 SNMP Management 58 4 3 1 Read Write Trap Community...

Page 7: ...2 bridge and as such may be used to extend a LAN segment over an SDH WAN link The WCM5100 has an internal LAN switch offering full wire speed switching between ports The WCM5100 uses MAC address filt...

Page 8: ...ement traffic is not isolated from the through data traffic and both units may be managed from any port 2 2 WCM5100 VLAN Trunk Mode In this application WCM5100 A is connected to a VLAN enabled LAN swi...

Page 9: ...Port 1 is disabled to prevent customer access to the WCM5100 manager 2 4 S Tag Mode In this mode the WCM5100 adds a port based S TAG to all incoming traffic Where customer traffic is already VLAN tag...

Page 10: ...METRODATA LTD WCM5100 Quick Start Guide 76 02 087 Rev A 10 of 62...

Page 11: ...rn the unit to the default state will require a power cycle and configuration of the bit switches The underside of the WCM5100 has a set of accessible bit switches and a label as shown below To cold s...

Page 12: ...remotely manage a WCM5100 device ON Proxy Mode Disabled OFF Proxy Mode Enabled I 3 1 1 2 Bitswitch 2 Boot Mode 1 This bitswitch is ignored if Proxy Mode is disabled When Proxy mode is enabled this mo...

Page 13: ...1 1 6 Bitswitch 7 SFP Mode This bitswitch is used to force the configuration of the SFP interface to match the SFP type inserted ON 1000Base X SFP OFF 100Base FX SFP 3 1 1 7 Bitswitch 8 Factory Defaul...

Page 14: ...onnected to the terminal port The WCM5100 has a password protected menu driven user interface When a management session is connected to the WCM5100 the welcome banner will be displayed as shown Metrod...

Page 15: ...g alarm eXtension which is selected with X or x On the right side of the display is a list of what is below each item This could be menu This indicates a sub menu will be entered display This indicat...

Page 16: ...nected using the STM 1 WAN port The STM 1 interface must be configured to match the network NTU configuration The WAN port is configured by selecting the Data Port Set Up Menu and then select the WAN...

Page 17: ...METRODATA LTD WCM5100 Quick Start Guide 76 02 087 Rev A 17 of 62 3 5 Set IP Address From the Main Setup Menu select Management and then the Interface Menu...

Page 18: ...led network and automatic IP address allocation set this parameter to ON to enable DHCP address allocation IP Address If DHCP is not used you must manually assign the required IP address for correct i...

Page 19: ...e 76 02 087 Rev A 19 of 62 3 6 Set Default Route From the Main Setup Menu select Management then IP then select the Routing Table menu Add a new route table entry with destination and mask as 0 0 0 0...

Page 20: ...ain Set Up menu select the Update EEPROM option to save the configuration to non volatile memory Answer Y at the prompt 3 8 Warm Start to activate the configuration From the Main Set Up Menu select sy...

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Page 22: ...rt Guide 76 02 087 Rev A 22 of 62 4 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 4 1 System Configuration The system menu provides the basic administrative configuration items for the WCM5100 and should be configured first...

Page 23: ...System menu The menu is as below If NTP is available then the following parameters need to be set Time Zone 12 Since NTP uses GMT time zone adjustment allows the correct time to be configured wherever...

Page 24: ...Enter new password Password Enter the new password up to 16 alphanumeric characters For security each character is shown on the screen as an asterisk Once the new password is entered the display chan...

Page 25: ...dmin user has full access rights over the WCM5100 configuration A view user has read only access to the configuration In some cases it may be desirable to prevent the view user access To disable the v...

Page 26: ...WCM5100 Local connection to Password view to view only However it is possible to customize the welcome banner to give further information about the unit or to inform the user of access restrictions To...

Page 27: ...h each line supporting upto 80 characters as in the example below Once the welcome message has been defined it may be displayed using the display screen option In some cases as above the screen splits...

Page 28: ...on is started up 4 1 6 Warm Start A warm Start will force the WCM5100 to restart and reload the configuration from the EEPROM Note any changes to configuration that have not been saved to the EEPROM w...

Page 29: ...0 to the factory default condition and as defined by the bit switch settings Note that a cold start will erase IP addresses and Routing Table entries and it is therefore highly likely that remote acce...

Page 30: ...ssed from the main setup menu by selecting the data port menu The data port menu gives the following options 4 2 1 LAN Port The WCM5100 has two external copper LAN ports which by default operate in 10...

Page 31: ...n UP the port is enabled and will generate a Major Alarm if the link is physically down When in the DOWN state the port is disabled 4 2 1 2 Link Status The Link Status is a display of the current link...

Page 32: ...ting mode the speed displayed is the highest that will be advertised to the link partner In non auto negotiating mode the speed is manually set by the user 4 2 1 5 Duplex When in auto negotiating mode...

Page 33: ...de 76 02 087 Rev A 33 of 62 4 2 1 8 Counters Each LAN port provides a set of counters supporting the basic MIB 2 SNMP parameters as below 4 2 1 9 OAM The WCM5100 supports IEEE 802 3ah Link OAM which m...

Page 34: ...atus requests generated once per second Passive OAM Status Updates will be generated in response to Status Requests 4 2 1 9 2 OAM Status When two ports are running OAM the status screen enables the us...

Page 35: ...a VLAN ID between 1 and 4095 and all frames ingressing this port will have a VLAN Tag added and on egress will have the tag removed This configuration item defines the VLAN ID which will be added and...

Page 36: ...1 13 default Priority When the traffic isolation mode is VLAN this is the priority value that is added with the VLAN ID during ingress In QinQ mode untagged packets are given this default priority wh...

Page 37: ...METRODATA LTD WCM5100 Quick Start Guide 76 02 087 Rev A 37 of 62 4 2 2 WAN Port The WAN Port menu pages are shown as below The available options are as below...

Page 38: ...indicates the type of SFP fitted This display is read from the module directly Further information regarding the SFP may be displayed using the SFP info menu 4 2 2 4 Active SFP The active SFP selects...

Page 39: ...ernal Timing Source set to local oscillator Loop Transmit Timing sourced from SDH Receive 4 2 2 8 C1 J0 Selection Older SDH equipment defines the C1 byte within the section overhead More modern equipm...

Page 40: ...string an alarm will be generated when a miss match occurs This alarm will enforce a downstream path AIS condition 4 2 2 11 Receiving The receiving J0 string displays what is being received If the exp...

Page 41: ...ing of the Ethernet payload into the STM 1 The diagram below shows the possible payload mappings The options are EOS VC 4 Payload capacity 140Mbps EOS VC 3 Payload capacity 48Mbps EoPoS DS 3 Payload C...

Page 42: ...of C2 being received The receive and transmit path labels should match for correct operation 4 2 2 14 2 Path Signal Trace J1 The WCM5100 supports assigning a path signal trace in the overhead J1 byte...

Page 43: ...being received The receive and transmit path labels should match for correct operation 4 2 2 15 2 Path Signal Trace J1 The WCM5100 supports assigning a path signal trace in the overhead J1 byte The st...

Page 44: ...4 2 2 17 1 OAM Mode The port may be configured to be Disabled OAM packets not generated and discarded Active OAM status requests generated once per second Passive OAM Status Updates will be generated...

Page 45: ...r Mgmt This port carries user and management traffic Management frames are switched to the processor whilst user frames are switched to the WAN port User only This port only carries user traffic and A...

Page 46: ...ed to be a member of all VLANs 4 2 2 20 QinQ S TAG ID If the Traffic Isolation mode is set to QinQ then the LAN port may be assigned provider mode Service Tag S TAG and all frames ingressing this port...

Page 47: ...FP port configuration menu is accessed via the data port set up menu and is as shown below 4 2 3 1 SFP Type This display item indicates the type of SFP fitted This value is read from the SFP device it...

Page 48: ...to DOWN to prevent the SFP MAJOR alarm being generated 4 2 3 3 Link State When the SFP is fitted this displays the operational state of the link and also may be UP or DOWN 4 2 3 4 Speed The speed sett...

Page 49: ...00 Quick Start Guide 76 02 087 Rev A 49 of 62 4 2 3 7 SFP Info This menu displays further information regarding the SFP device 4 2 3 8 Counters The counters option displays the MIB 2 statistics gather...

Page 50: ...4 2 3 9 1 OAM Mode The port may be configured to be Disabled OAM packets not generated and discarded Active OAM status requests generated once per second Passive OAM Status Updates will be generated...

Page 51: ...METRODATA LTD WCM5100 Quick Start Guide 76 02 087 Rev A 51 of 62 Where the peer device is another Metrodata device proprietary extensions to OAM are used to report further peer status information...

Page 52: ...a VLAN ID between 1 and 4095 and all frames ingressing this port will have a VLAN Tag added and on egress will have the tag removed This configuration item defines the VLAN ID which will be added and...

Page 53: ...3 13 default Priority When the traffic isolation mode is VLAN this is the priority value that is added with the VLAN ID during ingress In QinQ mode untagged packets are given this default priority wh...

Page 54: ...2 4 1 Encapsulation The WCM5100 uses GFP Generic Framing Procedure as defined in ITU G 7041 to encapsulate the Ethernet Packets for transmission across the WAN port 4 2 4 2 GFP FCS The GFP standard a...

Page 55: ...Payload Scramble To reduce the possibility of false framing the payload may be scrambled Options Disabled Scrambling not performed Enabled Scrambling performed 4 2 4 5 Flow Control The WCM5100 may be...

Page 56: ...e The WCM5100 support priority queuing and may be configured to use the 802 1p priority tag or the IP DSCP flag as the priority indication The WCM5100 supports four levels of priority These two menu a...

Page 57: ...METRODATA LTD WCM5100 Quick Start Guide 76 02 087 Rev A 57 of 62 4 2 5 RSTP The WCM5100 supports Rapid Spanning Tree to prevent loops when back up or resilient connections are made...

Page 58: ...ntrol access to the unit via SNMP Separate communities may be configured for Read Write or Trap access 4 3 2 Contact Person The contact person is the SNMP MIB 2 system SysContact parameter the default...

Page 59: ...anager addresses must be configured Once a Manager is assigned the WCM5100 will respond to polls and generate traps for that manager The WCM5100 supports up to 10 configured Network Management Station...

Page 60: ...ration must be saved to the EEPROM to provide non volatile storage To save the configuration select Update EEPROM from the Main Setup Menu At the prompt respond Y and the configuration will be saved I...

Page 61: ...tworks where firewalls and NAT addressing is used server mode must be used otherwise either client or sever mode may be used 5 1 TFTP Configuration Under the management menu select TFTP and enter the...

Page 62: ...on To use TFTP the IP address of the remote server must be entered For security reasons it is recommended to change the default settings for software and config file names to prevent unauthorised upda...

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