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INM Broadband 4.1 Planning Guide

PG OC 98-13

Issue 1.2

This feature is available when release 4.0.2 or higher of Integrated Network Management Broadband is

used in conjunction with the JungleMux MOA Release 1.0.

This feature is available when release 4.0.2 or higher of Integrated Network Management Broadband is

used in conjunction with the INM NETWORKS MOA Release 1.0.

Audience

This planning guide has been specifically prepared for the following audience:

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strategic and current planners

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provisioners

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transmission standards engineers

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network administrators

Summary of Contents for INM 4.1

Page 1: ...Planning Guide PG OC 98 13 NTRS10HB 0120 Integrated Network Management Products Integrated Network Management Broadband Release 4 1 Planning Guide Document release Issue 1 2 Date February 1999...

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Page 3: ...ademark of Network Computing Devices S DMS AccessNode is a trademark of Northern Telecom S DMS TransportNode is a trademark of Northern Telecom Tektronix is a trademark of Tektronix Corporation UNIX i...

Page 4: ...for INM 4 1 General Availability updated to include minor changes November 1998 1 1 Caroline Samson Official release for INM 4 1 General Availability updated to include additional information in the I...

Page 5: ...ET MOA 31 INM 4 1 New Feature Description 39 New GUI Applications 42 Linear Traffic and Protection Status Display including 4 Fiber Ring 42 Protection Control 44 PM Threshold Provisioning 46 Drop and...

Page 6: ...atibilities 115 Building Block Compatibilities 144 Bridging 145 INM Broadband Release 4 1 Engineering Considerations 147 INM Engineering Rules 147 INM Engineering Capacities 147 X Terminals Engineerin...

Page 7: ...CP IP 178 LAN requirements 178 X 25 179 WAN requirements 180 Summary 181 Ordering Information 183 INM Broadband Software Ordering 184 INM Broadband Documentation Ordering 187 INM Broadband HP Workstat...

Page 8: ...viii of 202 Table of Contents INM Broadband Release 4 1 PG OC 98 13 Issue 1 2...

Page 9: ...product which provided open interfaces based on the HP DPE technology In INM Broadband Release 4 1 all existing HP DPE APIs are replaced with CORBA APIs thereby migrating to a new and open standards b...

Page 10: ...major vendors of systems and software from around the world as well as independent software vendors large and small consulting companies and an increasing number of end user companies The OMG only pro...

Page 11: ...ribed as a package of data and code used to implement a computational construct or to model an application entity To enable other objects to access its capabilities a CORBA object offers a single inte...

Page 12: ...ed data structures and function calls that a programmer must make To get this information CORBA also defines what is known as language mappings This mapping of IDL to actual language definitions is do...

Page 13: ...op and Continue on Protection DCP provisioning scheme for creating bidirectional or unidirectional matched node connections As well the editing of an existing unidirectional or bidirectional matched n...

Page 14: ...n across multi domain multi vendor networks The Fault Management Building Block FMBB provides open standards based contract interfaces using CORBA IDL supporting alarm query alarm notification alarm c...

Page 15: ...ement from the graphical user interface The Enhanced Audit Trail EAT provides the capability to record the alarm information of raised acknowledged and cleared alarms NE Alarm Report Suspension offers...

Page 16: ...ioning provides support for STS connection provisioning on OC 12 TBM mux subtending off an OC 48 NE Service Assurance provides information about provisioned connections within a selected BLSR network...

Page 17: ...inside any other group or move the group from its existing group to any other group Flexible Groups providing users the ability to customize the appearance of a group where groups can have any polygon...

Page 18: ...to that provided for other types of NEs DV45 Fault Management offers the capability to have INM in conjunction with the MOA software load provide fault management for the DV45 Video Codec with respec...

Page 19: ...or printed Printing can be done in color or black white grey scale depending on the printer s capabilities OC 12 48 Bidirectional Line Switched Rings BLSR Traffic Display displays both high speed traf...

Page 20: ...5 HP UX 9 05 10 10 HP UX 10 10 10 20 HP UX 10 20 ACE 2 June 1998 on C200 and HP UX 10 20 ACE 1 July 1997 on the other plat forms HP VUE HP VUE 3 0 HP VUE 3 0 HP VUE 3 0 HP VUE 3 0 Product Support2 S D...

Page 21: ...rk Display independent of SOC Audible Visible and Textual Indications Color highlighting of alarm severity OC12 48 BLSR Traffic Display First Alert Alarm Banner Centralized Performance Monitoring Vari...

Page 22: ...ms Connec tion Management OC 12 TBM Mux Provi sioning Tributary Facility State Provisioning Facility Parameter Pro visioning OC 3 Express Nodal Connection Management Provisioning tools available throu...

Page 23: ...ation Fault Isolation with Equipment and Location Identified Real Time Snapshot Alarm Detail Display User Definable Span Information Multiple Independent Views Annotations Common Language Facil ity Id...

Page 24: ...k Management Broadband is used in conjunction with the OC 3 Express MOA Release 2 0 1 or greater 11This feature is available when release 4 0 2 or higher of Integrated Network Management Broadband is...

Page 25: ...conjunction with the JungleMux MOA Release 1 0 14 This feature is available when release 4 0 2 or higher of Integrated Network Management Broadband is used in conjunction with the INM NETWORKS MOA Re...

Page 26: ...26 of 202 About this document Integrated Network Management Broadband Release 4 1 PG OC 98 13 Issue 1 2...

Page 27: ...d inventory collection INM Broadband Release 4 1 continues to expand INM s feature content to include more value added functionality to widen the scope of NE support and to achieve parity for Transpor...

Page 28: ...nology is based on specifications defined by the Object Management Group OMG Using CORBA INM structures the basic components of applications into software entities called building blocks BBs in the sa...

Page 29: ...tarting stopping applications Building Block Configuration Building Block logging The AMBB offers some of the useful services that were previously provided by Hewlett Packard s FUI Front End User Inte...

Page 30: ...s and supports alarm queries alarm notifications alarm counts and event notifications It acts as the point of contact to provide integrated alarm information over a network consisting of Nortel SONET...

Page 31: ...ks and the users via a framework interface and the Application Management GUI This provides similar application management services as the Front End user interface FUI from HP s INA DPE which was the...

Page 32: ...ress of each controller to be monitored by the INM into the GNE Add a Controller dialog as shown in Figure 2 on page 33 When the controller IP address has been entered into the GNE Add a Controller di...

Page 33: ...a Controller Dialog NM 10518 R6 The INM provides a graphical view of protection switching status and traffic routing in OC 12 and OC 48 Linear and BLSR as well as in OC 192 4FR BLSRs For BLSR fiber s...

Page 34: ...OA The SONET CORBA MOA gathers and translates the information from the subnetwork under its span of control and makes this information available to the other building blocks through CORBA interfaces I...

Page 35: ...NORTEL building blocks In addition SONET MOA is not needed if the customer only wants to use the INM 4 1 GUI CORBA Gateway The CORBA Gateway allows the INM system to receive Network Element and alarm...

Page 36: ...View Options Utilities Help System 1 System 3 File Selected View Help System 4 Ethernet Lan OC 12 OC 12 OC 12 OC 48 Hub Terminal or Ring ADM node OPC OC 12 Terminal OC 12 Terminal OC 12 Terminal Site...

Page 37: ...ifferent building blocks is represented in Figure 5 on page 37 Figure 5 INM Broadband Release 4 1 architecture GNB CORBA BUS GNE OC192 NEs PASSPORT SWITCH System User admin PASSPORT FMIP XDR CMIP OC 3...

Page 38: ...38 of 202 Integrated Network Management Broadband Description Integrated Network Management Broadband PG OC 98 13 Issue 1 2...

Page 39: ...band GUI INM Broadband Release 4 1 also provides support for Drop and Continue on Protection DCP which is a new provisioning scheme for unidirectional and bidirectional matched node connections on OC...

Page 40: ...DCP Scalability Enhancements Alarm List GUI Enhancements Centralized Alarm Printing Trouble Ticketing Contract Interface features Resource Management Building Block RMBB NE Discovery Contract Interfac...

Page 41: ...Inventory GUI and Contract Interfaces Connection Management 4 Fiber BLSR GUI and Contract Interfaces Support for the Web User Interface for OC 192 Release 5 0 Support for the TransportNode Express CX...

Page 42: ...sents 2 physical fibers TX and RX from one NE s point of view For linear systems each traffic link will represent a working channel or a protection channel in the linear system As with traffic display...

Page 43: ...t whether or not a lockout is currently in effect For all of the above state information will indicate if a linear system is bidirectional or unidirectional Note For 1 1 non revertive systems only a s...

Page 44: ...the GNB traffic objects This feature will apply to the Linear configurations mentioned before as well as to the Ring configurations Protection control is the ability to issue high speed protection com...

Page 45: ...in order for the protection commands to be enabled Once a user has issued a protection command a confirmation dialog will confirm that the user really wishes to perform the task The confirmation dial...

Page 46: ...crossing alert or alarm This feature provides interfaces to the users to set and query performance threshold values Through the GNB the user can query and set performance threshold parameters for DS1...

Page 47: ...tion Direction Receive or Transmit Performance Parameters Threshold Number if it is supported by the NE The user selects a facility type then the system determines what facilities of this type are pro...

Page 48: ...corresponding settings in the edit settings section will be filled in However if the user has selected multiple entries in the parameter details list only commonalities between the selections are fill...

Page 49: ...re established a survivable path is set up between the primary gateway node and the secondary gateway node providing protection against single failure scenarios The primary and secondary gateway nodes...

Page 50: ...This scheme uses the protection channel that corresponds to the working channel used to provision the primary path For OC 12 the corresponding protection channel is working channel plus 6 and for OC...

Page 51: ...hed node connection From the Connection Manager window which is invoked from the GNB The Tributary Selection dialog is used to enter the primary and secondary gateway information such as the card type...

Page 52: ...nnection Manager window As shown in Figure 14 on page 53 the Connection Inventory section has been modified by adding a new column DC_ for the A and Z end of the connection The presence of this column...

Page 53: ...page 53 also shows the proposed changes to the Filter section The new check buttons DCW matched node and DCP matched node have been introduced to replace the check button Matched node These two butto...

Page 54: ...roller which has all communication ports occupied Previous to INM 4 1 a server would not be able to re establish its direct connection to a controller after recovery from a Loss of Association where a...

Page 55: ...the bumpee must be running INM Broadband Release 4 1 or higher If the bumpee is running INM Broadband Release 3 1 the bump request will be ignored Figure 15 on page 55 illustrates the bump request sc...

Page 56: ...ordingly Therefore the ratio between the upper and lower part sizes are pre served after resizing is performed Figure 18 on page 58 shows a resized Alarms Dialog Updating modes The old Display Options...

Page 57: ...menu This brings up the Customize Alarm List Dialog as shown in Figure 17 on page 58 The user selects the check boxes for the fields to be displayed as col umns When the user presses the OK button the...

Page 58: ...58 of 202 INM 4 1 New Feature Description INM Broadband Release 4 1 PG OC 98 13 Issue 1 2 Figure 17 Customize Alarm List Dialog Figure 18 Resized Alarms Dialog Ruler Header...

Page 59: ...ited These saved changes will be used in the next opening of the Alarm Dialog The layout is saved per user id including the following parameters the window dimensions the width and order of the column...

Page 60: ...dragged while the snap grid is activated the network element ghost will automatically align to the grid position that is closest to the current mouse pointer position The INM 4 1 Snap Grid feature has...

Page 61: ...y occur If the CAP is enabled the raised and the cleared alarm logs are recorded to the CAP log queue and when the chosen queue size has been reached these logs are printed to a selected printer order...

Page 62: ...ing the print request to the printer Change the Printer Destination a valid printer already configured for the INM workstation can be selected If the printer destination is non existent or invalid the...

Page 63: ...et request based on the format defined in the ClearSupportTM product of Clarify 5 0 by an e mail interface daemon After the request has been converted the daemon sends it to the TMS by e mail For the...

Page 64: ...ion must be configured with the TT Config Menu the INM users that will be allowed to generate trouble tickets have to be added to the TT User List and this can be done using the TT User Configuration...

Page 65: ...e Trouble Tickets using the Alarm Details dialog from the Alarm Details dialog the INM user can select an alarm from the list open the Alarm List menu by clicking the right mouse button and select the...

Page 66: ...integrated alarm information over a network consisting of Nortel SONET and ATM nodes Figure 24 on page 66 gives an example of how the FMBB interacts with other systems in order to provide Fault Manage...

Page 67: ...al of alarm information can be filtered to include specific Events such as Communication Alarms Quality of Service Alarms Processing Error Alarms Equipment Alarms Environment Alarms Protection Switch...

Page 68: ...bility to operate release manual switch operate release forced switch operate release lockout of working operate release lockout of protection For OC192 4 fiber BLSR Ring Systems the previously mentio...

Page 69: ...tes the interaction of the RMBB with the MOAs through the CORBA bus as well as the third party Client applications Figure 25 INM 4 1 and the RMBB The Resource Management Building Block provides severa...

Page 70: ...ributes can be retrieved NE ID number NE Name NE location Shelf number Shelf position Shelf type Shelf function Shelf serial number Shelf equipment type Shelf Vendor Attribute Supported By OC3 OC12 TB...

Page 71: ...rmination attributes and loopback operations The attributes that can be queried or set and the terminations facilities supported are indicated in Table 4 on page 72 This functionality will support opt...

Page 72: ...RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Secondary State R R R R R R R R R R R R CLFI RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Line Coding RW R R R R R R Line Buildout RW RW RW RW RW Framing Format RW RW RW RW Tx Parity Correction...

Page 73: ...ics counts are collected on a per facility and equipment basis by each network element which belongs to a managed network In order to retrieve PM counts the requested network element must be known and...

Page 74: ...h or all direction transmit Tx receive Rx or both interval 15 minute or 1 day interval parameter PM a list of required PM parameters Performance Monitoring and Protection Switching statistics are avai...

Page 75: ...itor provides the user with two operations one to determine the Thresholds that are supplied by a facility Id and layer on the NE and the other to obtain the current Threshold values for a facility PM...

Page 76: ...1 Far end PM thresholds are not supported for OC12 Releases 10 and 11 Receive Transmit Receive DS1 Line CV ES SES DS1 Path CV ES SES UAS SAS DS3 Line CV ES SES DS3 Path CV ES SES UAS AISS SEFS CV ES S...

Page 77: ...resholds are not supported for OC48 NEs prior to Release 14 Receive Transmit Receive DS3 Line CV ES SES DS3 Path CV ES SES UAS SAS CV ES SES UAS SAS STS1 Line CV ES SES BCV BES BSES UAS OC3 Line CV ES...

Page 78: ...al overview The CMBB provides several contract interfaces to support connection management services The functional areas that are supported by INM Broadband Release 4 1 are the following Connection Pr...

Page 79: ...r Connection Termination Points CTP among given ADM inter connections Termination information query allows a user to retrieve detailed information based on a given Trail Termination Point TTP or Conne...

Page 80: ...nal and Bidirectional Connection Management on different BLSR systems BLSR System Extra_Traffic Matched_Nodes Unidirectional Bidirectional Unidirectional Bidirectional OC 12 STS 1 No No No Yes STS 3c...

Page 81: ...70 which shows the attributes that are supported for the Passport NEs Please refer to Figure 24 on page 66 for an illustration on how Passport NEs integrates to INM 4 1 For a complete feature descript...

Page 82: ...her than the DOS switch is provisioned Line Extension Shelf Missing if NE type is a 4F BLSR and there is no line extension shelf Shelf Mismatch alarm if NE type is a 4F BLSR and a tributary extension...

Page 83: ...7 can have MOR cards Extension Shelf on Regen Release 3 0 of OC 192 allows extension shelf on the Regen An extension shelf on a Regen NE Type that has OC 192 CPGs is referred to as a Dense Regen The O...

Page 84: ...oned bidirectional connections throughout a 4F BLSR system on a SONET line between two adjacent ring nodes terminating at or passing though a specific node The connection provisioning and service assu...

Page 85: ...5 of 202 INM Release 4 1 Planning Guide PG OC 98 13 Issue 1 2 Figure 29 Subtending OC 12 TBM Mux Example OC 192 Ring OC 192 ADM OC 192 ADM OC 192 ADM OC 192 ADM OC 12 ADM Chain OC 12 LTE OC 12 ADM Con...

Page 86: ...tion channel supported from Release 3 0 and for Release 4 0 Table 9 on page 86 shows the valid performance target units i e CPG type and name and their associated PM parameters of TransportNode OC 192...

Page 87: ...92 UI to open the Web UI or the CLUI The following types of login will be supported by INM Broadband Release 4 1 regular login this relies on the OC 192 Web UI to have an authentication dialog in orde...

Page 88: ...an OC 192 Release 4 0 Open Ring configuration as a closed 4FR with Auto Switch Pending icons and trouble protected status on one of the links joining the two end nodes The other link joining the two...

Page 89: ...on page 89 Each end node is placed onto a flexible group named 9253 End Node and 19250 End Node To see the traffic links for NE 9253 the user can open up the group 9253 End Node The diamond icon at th...

Page 90: ...the following steps should be performed by the user 1 From the OPC Commissioning Manager add a dummy NE Regen 2 From the GNE attach the dummy Regen NE to both fibers of the open span 3 Select the dumm...

Page 91: ...allow users of the INM to perform the following Fault Management all Express CX alarms as well as alarms and events related to the new EIM cards on the Express Data are supported Remote Login remote l...

Page 92: ...ifying the Access Identifiers AID the connection rate and the type of connection for the particular node As for the OC3 Express Data Release 3 1 and 4 0 EIM card a nodal VT connection for an EIM circu...

Page 93: ...r MTX circuit pack facility Valid AID formats for STS 1 connections are DS3 slot EC1 slot OC3 slot sts Note that if the OC3 slot number is 1 or 2 the OC 3 facility is on an OC 3 circuit pack If the OC...

Page 94: ...he supported rates are VT1 5 and STS 1 Note STS 3c rates are not supported on the Express CX Connection Type The five connection types that can be specified to create nodal connec tion on the OC 3 Exp...

Page 95: ...in menu bar under the Inventory menu header and is shown in Figure 34 on page 95 Figure 34 Access Identifier Usage Dialog Table 10 Parameters displayed in Access Identifier Endpoint Usage Dialog Param...

Page 96: ...ers of INM Broadband to Perform Fault Management of JungleMUX Network Elements Perform a remote login to the JungleMUX MOA Perform a remote login to the JNCI JungleMUX Network Craft Interface from wit...

Page 97: ...The representation of the node icon is shown in Figure 35 on page 97 Figure 35 AccessNode Express Data Module Node Icon AccessNode Express Data Module Shelf Level Graphics INM Broadband 4 1 also provi...

Page 98: ...erface for remote login This allows an INM Broadband user to invoke a remote login Reach Through session to the PC GUI application which is executing on a separate Windows NT Server platform The PC GU...

Page 99: ...ccessNode NE introduced in INA 2 0 has been updated to the new CORBA interfaces INM 4 1 will provide the following CORBA Contract Interfaces support for AccessNode NEs AccessNode RFT FCOT BLSR contrac...

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Page 101: ...r all NEs nested underneath them Federated Networks Several INM workstations may be connected together in order to support up to 10 000 NEs and 750 protected Spans of Control The connections between I...

Page 102: ...g the subnetwork group with the troubled condition and isolating the NE with the alarm condition a user can obtain the detailed information about the alarm condition s by displaying an Alarm Dialog wi...

Page 103: ...want to suspend alarm reporting for individual NEs When this option is selected the INM Broadband temporarily filters out all alarms old or new from the NE If this particular NE belongs to a group in...

Page 104: ...ented as a pipe through which traffic flows The pipe can either be full empty and or solid or broken A full pipe indicates that it is carrying traffic whereas the empty pipe indicates that it is not c...

Page 105: ...twork Browser GNB INM Broadband displays a PM threshold crossing indicator on groups and NEs that have active PM threshold crossing alarms shown in Figure 41 on page 106 On groups the threshold crossi...

Page 106: ...Line CV parameters in the Rx direction Similar types of search criteria can be applied to protection switching counts The Performance Statistics Display may be saved in a disk file either for export t...

Page 107: ...the INM Broadband In the case of the OC 3 Express however the maximum bandwidth is used by the MOA to deliver the software to the NPCs The centralized software management feature allows a user to extr...

Page 108: ...ting activities by providing an accurate view of the equipment provisioned in the network The Remote Inventory Query dialog illustrated in Figure 43 on page 109 is used to specify the search criteria...

Page 109: ...graphical display of very large networks NE icons can be sized as large small or variable each having its own specifications OK Alt Return Remote Inventory Query Display data on screeen Save data to...

Page 110: ...ions Annotations allows users to annotate or associate text with any group link and NE to facilitate operation and system surveillance Any type of user definable information with up to a maximum of 10...

Page 111: ...ccessNode NEs from a central site The INM Broadband consolidates site access and user interface access to a central location From the INM users may access OPC and NE user interfaces as well as VT100 s...

Page 112: ...central site Figure 45 INM Broadband surveillance and management for a mixed S DMS TransportNode and SONET Radio network NM 00032 R4 Network Manager Ethernet Lan Router OC 48 O P C O P C Surveillance...

Page 113: ...view only access to the Connection Management capabilities and full access to all other area of the GNB and GNE Customer Network Management INM Broadband s network display and access features can eas...

Page 114: ...ltaneous INM users can operate on the INM via X Terminals INM Broadband s federated workstation networking permits cost effective scaling for large network applications encompassing up to 10 000 netwo...

Page 115: ...sNode Express ANX AccessNode Express Release 1 0 Table 20 Cornerstone Voice CSV01 and beyond Table 20 OC 3 Express Release 2 1 INM Broadband Release 4 1 used in conjunction with the OC 3 Express MOA R...

Page 116: ...gement Broadband Release 4 1 are summarized below New GUI features Protection Status and Control Linear Systems 1 1 1 1 1 N Traffic Display PM Threshold Provisioning Drop and Continue on Protection DC...

Page 117: ...ion NE Inventory GUI and Contract Interfaces Connection Management 4 Fiber BLSR GUI and Contract Interfaces Support for the Web User Interface for OC 192 Release 5 0 Support for the TransportNode Expr...

Page 118: ...Alarm Acknowledg ment YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Partitioned Access YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Problem Analyzer PA No No No No YES YES YES Trouble Ticketing No YES YES YES YES YES YES Network Provi...

Page 119: ...YES YES YES YES Traffic Display for OC 12 Linear Systems No No No No YES YES YES Flexible Groups YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Nested Groups YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Alarm Dialog GUI enhance ments Y...

Page 120: ...No No YES No YES YES Trouble Ticketing YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Network Provisioning Connectivity Enhancements No No No YES YES YES YES YES BLSR STS Connection Manage ment No No No No YES YES...

Page 121: ...YES YES YES Nested Groups YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Alarm Dialog GUI enhancements YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Centralized Alarm Printing YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Additional Services N...

Page 122: ...YES Partitioned Access YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Problem Analyzer PA No No No No No No No No Trouble Ticketing YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Network Provisioning Connectivity Enhancements YES...

Page 123: ...YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Nested Groups YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Alarm Dialog GUI Enhance ments YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Centralized Alarm Printing YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES...

Page 124: ...YES Global Alarm Acknowledgment YES Partitioned Access YES Problem Analyzer PA No Trouble Ticketing YES Network Provisioning Connectivity Enhancements YES BLSR STS Connection Management No Service Ass...

Page 125: ...d Groups YES Alarm Dialog GUI enhancements YES Centralized Alarm Printing YES Additional Services Netscape Help YES New Printing Services YES Engineering Limits Increased Engineering Limits YES Federa...

Page 126: ...ledgment YES Partitioned Access YES Problem Analyzer PA No Trouble Ticketing YES Network Provisioning Connectivity Enhancements YES BLSR STS Connection Management No Service Assurance No Linear STS Co...

Page 127: ...2 Nested Groups YES Alarm Dialog GUI enhancements YES Centralized Alarm Printing YES Additional Services Netscape Help YES New Printing Services YES Engineering Limits Increased Engineering Limits YES...

Page 128: ...ledgment YES Partitioned Access YES Problem Analyzer PA No Trouble Ticketing YES Network Provisioning Connectivity Enhancements YES BLSR STS Connection Management No Service Assurance No Linear STS Co...

Page 129: ...ue 1 2 Nested Groups YES Alarm Dialog GUI enhancements YES Centralized Alarm Printing YES Additional Services Netscape Help YES New Printing Services YES Engineering Limits Increased Engineering Limit...

Page 130: ...nt YES YES Partitioned Access YES YES Problem Analyzer PA No No Trouble Ticketing YES YES Network Provisioning Connectivity Enhancements YES YES BLSR STS Connection Management No No OC 3 Express Nodal...

Page 131: ...e Groups YES YES Nested Groups YES YES Alarm Dialog GUI enhancements YES YES Centralized Alarm Printing YES YES Additional Services Netscape Help YES YES New Printing Services YES YES Engineering Limi...

Page 132: ...No No No No Enhanced Audit Trail YES YES YES YES Global Alarm Acknowledgment YES YES YES YES Partitioned Access YES YES YES YES Problem Analyzer PA No No No No Trouble Ticketing YES YES YES YES Networ...

Page 133: ...S YES YES YES Nested Groups YES YES YES YES Alarm Dialog GUI enhancements YES YES YES YES Centralized Alarm Printing YES YES YES YES Additional Services Netscape Help YES YES YES YES New Printing Serv...

Page 134: ...YES YES YES Partitioned Access YES YES YES YES YES Problem Analyzer PA No No No No No Trouble Ticketing YES YES YES YES No Network Provisioning Connectivity Enhancements YES YES YES YES YES BLSR STS...

Page 135: ...S YES YES YES Alarm Dialog GUI enhancements YES YES YES YES YES Centralized Alarm Printing YES YES YES YES YES Additional Services Netscape Help YES YES YES YES YES New Printing Services YES YES YES Y...

Page 136: ...YES Global Alarm Acknowledgment YES Partitioned Access YES Problem Analyzer PA No Trouble Ticketing YES Network Provisioning Connectivity Enhancements YES BLSR STS Connection Management No Service Ass...

Page 137: ...ted Groups YES Alarm Dialog GUI enhancements YES Centralized Alarm Printing YES Additional Services Netscape Help YES New Printing Services YES Engineering Limits Increased Engineering Limits YES Fede...

Page 138: ...Partitioned Access YES Problem Analyzer PA No Trouble Ticketing YES Network Provisioning Connectivity Enhancements YES BLSR STS Connection Management No Service Assurance No Linear STS Connection Man...

Page 139: ...ssue 1 2 Nested Groups YES Alarm Dialog GUI enhancements YES Centralized Alarm Printing YES Additional Services Netscape Help YES New Printing Services YES Engineering Limits Increased Engineering Lim...

Page 140: ...cknowledgment YES Partitioned Access YES Problem Analyzer PA No Trouble Ticketing YES Network Provisioning Connectivity Enhancements YES BLSR STS Connection Management No Service Assurance No Linear S...

Page 141: ...INM 4 1 features listed in Table 12 through Table 23 Flexible Groups YES Nested Groups YES Alarm Dialog GUI enhancements YES Centralized Alarm Printing YES Additional Services Netscape Help YES New Pr...

Page 142: ...degrades below critical values Centralized performance monitoring provides both error and switch statistics allowing accelerated preventative maintenance to be performed before service fail ures occur...

Page 143: ...hen this alarm is raised acknowledged or cleared and standard alarm information for this alarm record Global Alarm Acknowledg ment Provides unconditional propagation of alarm acknowledgment events to...

Page 144: ...Express is supported with the RMBB in conjunction with the Express MOA Release 3 1 However Termination Provi sioning is not supported 4 Passport is supported with the FMBB in conjunction with the Pas...

Page 145: ...ling bridging is the only additional step required during the workstation upgrade to INM Release 4 1 Once the INM Release 4 1 workstation initiates communication with an OC 48 Release 11 12 13 or 14 o...

Page 146: ...ansportNode OC 48 Release 11 or OC 12 Release 10 OPC module with one that had not been previously communicating with INM Release 4 1 The Integrated Network Management Broadband will enable Traffic Dis...

Page 147: ...nimal bandwidth for the WAN communication link is 56 Kbits sec The recommended bandwidth is 1 544 Mbits sec DS1 3 For an OPC connectivity to the INM Broadband the minimal recommended bandwidth for the...

Page 148: ...ssue 1 2 Other platforms which are supported HP9000 Model C110 HP9000 Model C100 HP9000 Model 735 99 HP9000 Model 715 64 Full INM Broadband Release 4 1 capacities can be achieved with the HP9000 C200...

Page 149: ...1 1 1 Number of instances of the GNB tool per X Display 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Maximum Number of simultaneous login sessions per INM Broadband 18 30 30 18 30 30 18 30 30 Number of simultaneous login ses si...

Page 150: ...f two serial ports 7 The HP 9000 Models 735 and 715 64 have been discontinued by the manufacturer but will continue to be supported 8 As of INM 3 1 the number of primary controller or a primary and ba...

Page 151: ...e of these components on the workstation the Maximum number of GUI users will drop to 5 Note 1 Data does not include MOA co residency MOA co residency data exists for a standalone INM Note 2 It is rec...

Page 152: ...map which covers the entire display and uses all 256 colors Based on the worse case scenario memory upgrade may be required on all X terminals when many detailed GIF maps in multiple subnetwork window...

Page 153: ...llers indirectly managed and by the total number of login sessions to those Controllers Figure 46 Bandwidth requirement at the INM Broadband Indirect Client Site Number of Controllers Minimum required...

Page 154: ...te per second where the values are 19 2Kb s 56Kb s and 1 54Mb s The minimum bandwidth requirement at the INM Broadband Indirect Server Site configuration shown in Figure 47 on page 154 can be obtained...

Page 155: ...and the SONET_MOA_PSC Protection Control MOA Building Blocks that run on dedicated workstations 1 or more workstations with no INM GUI software The AMGUI as well the Orbix Trader can also be installed...

Page 156: ...installed the CORBA Gateway needs the following software components to be installed on the same workstation Orbix Daemon orbixd Application Management Agent AMA INM GUI software The Orbix Daemon on t...

Page 157: ...n orbixd Application Management Agent AMA INM GUI software The Orbix Daemon on the SONET MOA workstation must be configured in the same Trading domain as the Building Blocks On a workstation where the...

Page 158: ...PSC Engineering Limits 1 The actual memory consumption might be less for a smaller network Building Blocks Building Blocks Engineering Rules The Building Blocks are functional units that can be instal...

Page 159: ...ng table gives the engineering limits for the RMBB Table 34 INM 4 1 RMBB Engineering Limits 1 The actual memory consumption might be less for a smaller network FMBB Engineering Rules The following tab...

Page 160: ...be less for a smaller network FMBB_PSC Engineering Rules The following table gives the engineering limits for the FMBB_PSC Table 38 INM 4 1 FMBB_PSC Engineering Limits 1 The actual memory consumption...

Page 161: ...C 98 13 Issue 1 2 D r a f t AMBB Engineering Rules The following table gives the engineering limits for the AMBB Table 39 INM 4 1 AMBB Engineering Limits 1 The actual memory consumption might be less...

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Page 163: ...ett Packard HP 9000 Model C110 workstation providing full Release 4 1 functionality and capacity the Hewlett Packard HP 9000 Model C100 workstation providing full Release 4 1 functionality and capacit...

Page 164: ...56 colors 1280 x 1024 pixel resolution and 16 megabytes of RAM RISC based 120 MHz clock 176 MIPS 47 MFLOPS 512 Mb RAM2 4 Gig internal hard disk drive including swap 512 Mb of swap space DDS tape drive...

Page 165: ...h color monitor with 256 colors 1280 x 1024 pixel resolution and 16 megabytes of RAM RISC based 64 MHz clock 78 MIPS 24 MFLOPS 256 Mb RAM 4 Gig internal hard disk drive 512 Mb of swap space DDS tape d...

Page 166: ...en an INM Release 4 1 client is connected to an INM 3 1 server the following functionality restrictions apply All other INM functionalities provided with INM Release 4 1 are available Operating System...

Page 167: ...complies with year 2000 migration requirements The workstation can be operated without the HP UX patches prior to the 2000 calendar year To obtain HP UX patches contact your local Hewlett Packard tec...

Page 168: ...parameters Upgrades Table 42 on Page 169 identifies the paths supported for upgrading S DMS Network Manager software to Integrated Network Management Broadband Release 4 1 The table also identifies th...

Page 169: ...ion see the Transferring the configuration database procedure in the INM Broadband User Guide Installation summary The requirements are different for a first time installation of the Integrated Networ...

Page 170: ...nnect the workstation to the local area network LAN ensure the workstation is running HP UX 10 20 ACE ACE 2 for the C200 ACE 1 otherwise ensure the workstation setup complies with the requirements des...

Page 171: ...tra tion Tasks manual 5 For more information on HP UX patches see Operating System Requirements on page 166 6 For more information on upgrading the INM Broadband software see the Upgrading or reinstal...

Page 172: ...splay the workspace the user must move the cursor or strike a key To learn how to turn off the screen saver see the HP Visual User Environment User s Guide Swap space A swap space of 512 Mbytes is req...

Page 173: ...long file names setting enabled Integrated Network Management Broadband Release 4 1 does not function properly if the long file names setting is not enabled For more information on configuring HP UX f...

Page 174: ...NM releases Hardware Selection and purchasing of the required equipment to connect the INM Broadband to a LAN or WAN such as routers hubs modems etc should be addressed through your Local Network Admi...

Page 175: ...l open file descriptors per system 850 5000 5000 850 5000 5000 850 2048 2048 npty Total number of available pseudo terminals per system for xterm and hpterm win dows 60 85 85 60 85 85 60 85 85 shmmax...

Page 176: ...176 of 202 INM Broadband Release 4 1 Requirements Integrated Network Management Broadband Release 4 1 PG OC 98 13 Issue 1 2...

Page 177: ...Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE for communication networks The IEEE standard 802 3 defines the layer 2 functionality in the protocol stack shown below Figure 49 OSI 7 Layer Protocol Stack N...

Page 178: ...ork supporting peer to peer communication over distances of tens of meters to several kilometers The LAN requirements for the INM Broadband are Connectivity to the INM workstation Ethernet connections...

Page 179: ...r define the internal architecture of the PDN nor does it define the PDN s operation An X 25 data packet network is normally used in a wide area network for data communications to remote sites For mor...

Page 180: ...such as X 25 or T1 to provide the link between its users If the primary functions of the INM Broadband are surveillance and provisioning then X 25 or sub DS0 line rates will be sufficient for the WAN...

Page 181: ...located then a WAN solution must be used to supplement the LAN solution Two different types of WANs can be used X 25 and Leased Line In a scalable environment the following two approaches can be used...

Page 182: ...182 of 202 TCP IP Network Requirements INM Broadband Release 4 1 PG OC 98 13 Issue 1 2...

Page 183: ...k Management Broadband Release 4 1 ordering consists of ordering INM product codes from the following order sets 1 INM Software which consists of the following a INM Broadband Release 4 1 GUI Right to...

Page 184: ...OC 98 13 Issue 1 2 INM Broadband Software Ordering Please refer to Table 47 on page 185 for the INM Release 4 1 ordering code information For information concerning MOA ordering please refer to the Or...

Page 185: ...lication RTU NTSE82GA A0662786 INM Federated Networks Application RTU per N 1 Workstations NTSE82KA A0677895 INM Facility Parameter Provisioning Application RTU NTSE82LA A0684545 INM Trouble Ticketing...

Page 186: ...ection RTU Passport NTSE81AZ A0741048 3 INM X terminal Internal User RTU NTSE81BA A0408534 INM X terminal External User RTU NTSE81BB A0688424 4 INM Workstation HP C200 512 NTZH91WX A0743459 INM Workst...

Page 187: ...rset NTSE65HD A0766907 INM Broadband Introduction NTSE66HG A0766903 INM Broadband Installation and Administration Guide NTSE66GL A0766905 INM Broadband Federated Networks Manual NTSE66GK A0766904 Faul...

Page 188: ...cation RTU INM STS Connection Management Application RTU INM VT1 5 Connection Management Application RTU INM Partitioned Access Application RTU INM Federated Networks Application RTU per N 1 workstati...

Page 189: ...ed for every NE connected to INM Broadband In addition these NE RTUs have to be multiplied by the number of applications supported for each NE New NE RTUs will be introduced as additional NEs are supp...

Page 190: ...alarm filtering Alarm collection control Support for S DMS TransportNode S DMS AccessNode DV45 OC 3 Express and Tellabs Titan 5500 INM ATM Fault Management Application RTU The INM ATM Fault Managemen...

Page 191: ...tion RTU per N 1 workstations The INM Broadband Federated Network Application RTU per N 1 workstations provides the INM Broadband workstation to have federated connection with other INM workstations f...

Page 192: ...es It also provides consolidated bandwidth provisioning and connection inventory capabilities The CMBB can be used to query modify create and delete dynamic STS 1 channel layer connection management i...

Page 193: ...al services offered if the HP workstation is ordered through Northern Telecom These services are listed below Ordering of the workstation and X Terminal is simplified Ordering directly from HP require...

Page 194: ...the warranty period one year Various levels of support can be offered on an annual basis to extend beyond the warranty period Further inquires on the various support levels can be made by contacting y...

Page 195: ...rored Seconds CAP Centralized Alarm Printing CCITT Consultative Committee on International Telegraphy and Telephony CI Contract Interface CLFI Common Language Facility Identifier CMBB Connection Manag...

Page 196: ...APCI Maintenance and Administrative Position Command Interpreter MOA Managed Object Agent NCMBB Nodal Connection Management Building Block NE Network Element NPC Network Processing Card NTP Northern T...

Page 197: ...ransport Control Protocol Internet Protocol TMS Trouble Management System TN 1X TransportNode STM 1 Multiplexing Network Element TT Trouble Ticket Trouble Ticketing UAS Unavailable Second UDLC Univers...

Page 198: ...198 of 202 List of Terms INM Broadband Release 4 1 PG OC 98 13 Issue 1 2...

Page 199: ...clude ones that are currently impacting or have the potential to immediately impact services being carried by the managed nodes and If you are in Canada or the US Call us toll free at 877 684 6622 877...

Page 200: ...products e g workstations and their operating systems data networking equipment is covered by this warranty only if purchased through Nortel as part of the product sale INM Product Services A full su...

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Page 202: ...work Management Products Integrated Network Management Broadband Release 4 1 Planning Guide 1999 Northern Telecom All rights reserved Information subject to change without notice PG OC 98 13 Issue 1 2...

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