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Contents

9123-A2-GB20-20

August 2001

Setting Up OpenLane for FrameSaver Devices and
Activating SLV Capability

OpenLane Support of FrameSaver Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7-1

Setting Up the OpenLane SLM System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7-2

Setting Up FrameSaver FLEX and SLV Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7-3

Ordering FLEX SLV Activations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7-4

To Find Your License Key Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7-4

The Activation Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7-5

Administering and Managing FLEX SLV Activations . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7-6

Entering an Activation Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7-7

Checking Activation Certificate Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7-7

Scheduling Activations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7-8

Checking the Status of Scheduled Activations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7-9

Cancelling Scheduled Activations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7-9

Accessing and Printing the Certificate Summary Report. . . . . . . .

7-9

Setting Up NetScout Manager Plus for FrameSaver Devices

Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8-2

Configuring NetScout Manager Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8-3

Adding FrameSaver FLEX Units to the NetScout Manager
Plus Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8-4

Adding SLV Alarms Using a Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8-5

Editing Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8-6

Adding SLV Alarms Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8-8

Creating History Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8-10

Installing the User-Defined History Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8-12

Monitoring a DLCI’s History Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8-13

Monitoring the Agent Using NetScout Manager Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8-16

Summary of Contents for FrameSaver FLEX 9123

Page 1: ...FrameSaver FLEX 9123 User s Guide Document No 9123 A2 GB20 20 August 2001 ...

Page 2: ...or directly for any help needed For additional information concerning warranty sales service repair installation documentation training distributor locations or Paradyne worldwide office locations use one of the following methods Internet Visit the Paradyne World Wide Web site at www paradyne com Be sure to register your warranty at www paradyne com warranty Telephone Call our automated system to ...

Page 3: ... FrameSaver FLEX Feature Sets 1 2 Basic FLEX Features 1 4 Advanced FLEX SLV Features 1 7 OpenLane SLM System 1 8 NetScout Manager Plus and NetScout Probes 1 9 2 User Interface and Basic Operation Logging On 2 2 Main Menu 2 4 Screen Work Areas 2 5 Navigating the Screens 2 6 Keyboard Keys 2 6 Function Keys 2 7 Selecting from a Menu 2 8 Switching Between Screen Areas 2 8 Selecting a Field 2 9 Enterin...

Page 4: ...Verification Options 3 20 Configuring General System Options 3 22 Configuring the Physical Interfaces 3 23 Configuring the Network Interface 3 23 Configuring the User Data Port 3 27 Assigning Time Slots Cross Connections 3 29 Assigning Frame Relay Time Slots to the Network Interface 3 29 Assigning the Synchronous Data Port to Network Time Slots 3 32 Clearing Assignments 3 33 Configuring Frame Rela...

Page 5: ...Login 4 11 Modifying a Login 4 12 Deleting a Login 4 12 5 Operation and Maintenance Displaying System Information 5 2 Viewing LEDs and Control Leads 5 3 LED Descriptions 5 4 Control Lead Descriptions 5 6 Device Messages 5 7 Status Information 5 12 System and Test Status Messages 5 13 Network LMI Reported DLCIs Status 5 18 PVC Connection Status 5 20 Time Slot Assignment Status 5 22 IP Routing Table...

Page 6: ...re 6 5 LMI Packet Capture Utility Feature 6 5 Viewing Captured Packets from the Menu Driven User Interface 6 6 Alarms 6 7 Viewing the Trap Event Log 6 11 Troubleshooting Tables 6 11 Device Problems 6 11 Frame Relay PVC Problems 6 13 Tests Available 6 14 Test Timeout Feature 6 15 Starting and Stopping a Test 6 15 Aborting All Tests 6 16 PVC Tests 6 17 PVC Loopback 6 18 Send Pattern 6 18 Monitor Pat...

Page 7: ...g Activation Certificate Status 7 7 Scheduling Activations 7 8 Checking the Status of Scheduled Activations 7 9 Cancelling Scheduled Activations 7 9 Accessing and Printing the Certificate Summary Report 7 9 8 Setting Up NetScout Manager Plus for FrameSaver Devices Preparation 8 2 Configuring NetScout Manager Plus 8 3 Adding FrameSaver FLEX Units to the NetScout Manager Plus Network 8 4 Adding SLV ...

Page 8: ...ults MIB Support B 2 Downloading MIBs and SNMP Traps B 2 System Group mib 2 B 3 FrameSaver Unit s sysDescr system 1 B 3 FrameSaver Unit s sysObjectID system 2 B 3 Interfaces Group mib 2 B 4 Paradyne Indexes to the Interface Table ifTable B 4 NetScout Indexes to the Interface Table ifTable B 5 Standards Compliance for SNMP Traps B 6 Trap warmStart B 7 Trap authenticationFailure B 7 Traps linkUp and...

Page 9: ...re No 3100 F1 500 C 2 Canadian T1 Line Interface Cable Feature No 3100 F1 510 C 2 COM Port Connector C 3 Standard EIA 232 D Crossover Cable C 4 Configuring an External Modem C 5 Data Port Connector C 6 Standard V 35 Straight through Cable C 6 Ethernet Port Connector C 7 D Technical Specifications E Equipment List Equipment E 1 Cables E 2 Index ...

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Page 11: ... advanced Service Level Verification and Management SLV and SLM features Chapter 2 User Interface and Basic Operation Shows how to navigate the menu driven user interface Chapter 3 Configuration Provides configuration information for the FLEX unit Chapter 4 Security and Logins Provides procedures for controlling access to the FLEX unit and setting up logins Chapter 5 Operation and Maintenance Prov...

Page 12: ...at apply to FrameSaver units Appendix A Menu Hierarchy Contains a graphical representation of how the user interface screens are organized Appendix B SNMP MIBs and Traps and RMON Alarm Defaults Identifies the MIBs supported and how they can be downloaded describes the unit s compliance with SNMP format standards and with its special operational trap features and describes the RMON specific user hi...

Page 13: ...3 SLV Activation Addendum 9123 A2 GN10 FrameSaver FLEX 9123 Installation Instructions Paradyne OpenLane NMS Documentation 7800 A2 GB30 OpenLane SLM Reports Reference Guide 7800 A2 GB31 OpenLane SLM Administrator s Guide NetScout Documentation 2930 170 NetScout Probe User Guide 2930 610 NetScout Manager Plus User Guide 2930 620 NetScout Manager Plus NetScout Server Administrator Guide 2930 788 NetS...

Page 14: ...hat you should select Status from the Main Menu then select System and Test Status from the Status menu Path Provide a check point that coincides with the menu path shown at the top of the screen Always shown within parentheses so you can verify that you are referencing the correct table for example Path main config alarm Brackets Indicate multiple selection choices when multiple options can be di...

Page 15: ...OpenLane SLM system NetScout Manager Plus application Standalone NetScout Probes if needed This solution provides increased manageability monitoring and diagnostics so customers can identify problems more efficiently troubleshoot those problems faster and maximize their network to control costs It is also compatible with Concord Communication s Network Health software FrameSaver FLEX 9123 units op...

Page 16: ...d management PVCs See Basic FLEX Features on page 1 4 for other features and additional information Advanced FLEX SLV Feature Set Models with this feature set sometimes referred to as Feature Set or Group 2 provide all the basic FLEX capability plus advanced SLV features When additional SLV data is collected and the unit is accessed from an OpenLane SLM system Web access to the following informati...

Page 17: ...ons occur when scheduled and OpenLane updates the certificate information The OpenLane system also provides a Certificate Summary Report to assist you in the management of the certificate The following table summarizes the features that are included in the two feature sets See Basic FLEX Features on page 1 4 and Advanced FLEX SLV Features on page 1 7 for additional information Feature Feature Set ...

Page 18: ...MI management protocol The unit s frame relay capability also supports Inband management channels over the frame relay network using dedicated PVCs Unique nondisruptive diagnostics CIR monitoring on a PVC basis Multiple PVCs on an interface Multiplexing management PVCs with user data PVCs Multiplexing multiple PVCs going to the same location onto a single network PVC Router Independence Unique dia...

Page 19: ...ransmit rate used for downloading from the FrameSaver unit and uploading user history statistics to an NMS Network Management System via the COM port connection or a management PVC so the data can be transferred as a background task using the standard File Transfer Protocol FTP over extended periods using low bandwidth Dual Flash Memory Allows software upgrades while the unit is up and running Two...

Page 20: ...ctivity Tests can be commanded from the unit s menu driven user interface or the OpenLane system These tests include V 54 or FT1 ANSI data channel loopback support so the frame relay network service provider can perform a physical loopback from its own switch without having to contact the local service provider for loopback activation LMI Packet Capture Provides a way of uploading data that has be...

Page 21: ... with network management data transparently over a single PVC Permanent Virtual Circuit when FrameSaver devices are at each end of the circuit FTP User History Poller Provides a bulk collector using FTP through the OpenLane system that generates a file for data at the time that data is uploaded using FTP RMON Based User History Statistics Gathering Provides everything needed to monitor network ser...

Page 22: ...orming tests which include end to end PVC loopback connectivity and physical interface tests Basic configuration allows you to configure FrameSaver devices and set RMON alarms and thresholds Network DLCI Circuit IDs can also be assigned Automatic SLV device and PVC discovery allows all SLV devices with their SLV Delivery Ratio configuration option enabled to be discovered automatically along with ...

Page 23: ...ersion 2 data NetScout Manager Plus s Protocol Directory and Distribution functionality allows FrameSaver devices to measure up to eleven network layer protocols and report the amount of traffic generated by each In addition it collects performance statistics from FrameSaver devices Up to 900 samples can be stored in 15 minute buckets with 96 buckets in a 24 hour period for up to five days worth o...

Page 24: ...1 About the FrameSaver FLEX 9123 1 10 August 2001 9123 A2 GB20 20 ...

Page 25: ...en Work Areas on page 2 5 Navigating the Screens on page 2 6 Keyboard Keys Function Keys Selecting from a Menu Switching Between Screen Areas Selecting a Field Entering Information What appears on the screens depends on Current configuration How your network is currently configured Security access level The security level set by the system administrator for each user Data selection criteria What y...

Page 26: ...disabled the Main Menu screen appears see Main Menu on page 2 4 You can begin your session If security was set up and is enabled you are prompted for a login Enter your login ID and password When the user interface has been idle a session is automatically ended and the screen goes blank when the unit times out Press Enter to reactivate the interface Procedure To log in when security is being enfor...

Page 27: ...e function keys area of the screen 2 Type e Exit and press Enter For a terminal connected to the COM port the session is ended For a modem connected to the COM port the session is ended and the modem is disconnected For a Telnet connection the session is closed and if no other Telnet or FTP session is occurring over the connection the modem is disconnected If ending a session from the Configuratio...

Page 28: ...nd cancel tests for the FrameSaver unit s interfaces Configuration Display and edit the configuration options Auto Configuration Configure basic access unit setup automatically based upon a selected application You can also automatically populate network and data port DLCI configuration options with numeric settings Control Control the menu driven user interface device naming login administration ...

Page 29: ...to access these functions ESC for previous menu MainMenu Exit Save Date and Time Model Number Screen Format Description Menu Path Menu selections made to reach the current screen Device Name Customer assigned identification of the FrameSaver unit 9123 9123 C 9123 SLV 9123 C SLV FrameSaver unit s model number This is a remote site unit that supports 64 PVCs and has only the basic FLEX feature set T...

Page 30: ...en Right Arrow on same screen row or Tab on any screen row Move cursor to the next field Left Arrow on same screen row or Ctrl k Move cursor to the previous field Backspace Move cursor one position to the left or to the last character of the previous field Spacebar Select the next valid value for the field Delete Del Delete character that the cursor is on Up Arrow or Ctrl u Move cursor up one fiel...

Page 31: ...n function And press Enter to M or m MainMenu Return to the Main Menu screen E or e Exit Terminate the menu driven user interface session N or n New Enter new data O or o Modify Modify existing data L or l Delete Delete data S or s Save Save information R or r Refresh Update screen with current information C or c ClrStats Clear network performance statistics and refresh the screen Variations inclu...

Page 32: ...position 2 Press Enter The selected menu or screen appears Procedure To return to a previous screen press the Escape Esc key until you reach the desired screen Switching Between Screen Areas Use Ctrl a to switch between screen areas see Screen Work Areas on page 2 5 Procedure To switch to the function keys area 1 Press Ctrl a to switch from the screen area to the function keys area 2 Select either...

Page 33: ...t letter s of a field value or command using the unit s character matching feature Example When configuring a port s physical characteristics with the Port DTE Initiated Loopbacks configuration option field selected possible settings include Disable Local DTPLB DCLB and Both entering d or D displays the first value starting with d Disable In this example entering dt or DT would display DTPLB as th...

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Page 35: ...nformation and Setting the System Clock on page 3 10 Setting Up Auto Configuration on page 3 11 Selecting a Frame Relay Discovery Mode Automatically Removing a Circuit Setting Up Back to Back Operation on page 3 15 Changing Operating Mode Configuration Option Tables on page 3 16 Configuring the Overall System on page 3 16 Configuring Frame Relay and LMI for the System Configuring Service Level Ver...

Page 36: ...e on page 3 34 Manually Configuring DLCI Records on page 3 37 Configuring PVC Connections on page 3 40 Setting Up Management and Communication Options on page 3 42 Configuring Node IP Information Configuring Management PVCs Configuring General SNMP Management Configuring Telnet and or FTP Session Support Configuring SNMP NMS Security Configuring SNMP Traps Configuring the Ethernet Port Configuring...

Page 37: ...ay menu of the FrameSaver 9123 is shown below Configuration Menu Changing an Auto Configuration setting can also change the FrameSaver unit s configuration See Setting Up Auto Configuration on page 3 11 for additional information main config 9123 C SLV Device Name Node A 3 26 2000 23 32 CONFIGURATION EDIT DISPLAY System Network Data Ports Time Slot Assignment PVC Connections Management and Communi...

Page 38: ...n Option Area Description Current Configuration The currently active set of configuration options Customer Configuration 1 An alternate set of configuration options that the customer can set up and store for future use Customer Configuration 2 Another alternate set of configuration options that the customer can set up and store for future use Default Factory Configuration A read only configuration...

Page 39: ...n From menu appears NOTE Loading a configuration with many DLCIs from a unit s Customer Configuration 1 or 2 option area may take time Allow a minute or more for the file to be loaded 3 Select the configuration option area from which you want to load configuration options and press Enter Current Configuration Customer Configuration 1 Customer Configuration 2 or Default Factory Configuration The se...

Page 40: ... s See Chapter 2 User Interface and Basic Operation for additional information When creating new PVC connections or management PVCs some configuration options will be blank For a valid setting to appear Tab to the configuration option and press the spacebar 3 Repeat Steps 1 and 2 until all changes are complete NOTE Only Security Access Level 1 users can change configuration options Security Access...

Page 41: ...reen appears requiring a Yes or No response If you select No the Main Menu screen reappears and the changes are not saved If you select Yes the Save Configuration To screen appears 3 Select the configuration option area to which you want to save your changes usually the Current Configuration and press Enter When Save is complete Command Complete appears in the message area at the bottom of the scr...

Page 42: ...seconds For managed networks use the Dedicated Network Management Link that was created The menu structure and selections and the features and functions of the FrameSaver unit are changed based upon the type of service being used main easy_install 9123 C SLV Device Name Node A 3 26 2000 23 32 EASY INSTALL Service Type Frame Relay Node IP Address 000 000 000 000 Clear Node Subnet Mask 000 000 000 0...

Page 43: ...s configuration options or control features are available only physical layer functions are available NOTE If previously set to Frame Relay then changed to Leased Line all frame relay related screens and features are filtered so they are transparent to the user All frame relay links DLCIs and PVCs are preserved In the case of time slots all Frame Relay Network 1 FrameRly1 time slot assignments are...

Page 44: ... to Table 3 7 DLCI Record Options and Table 3 10 Management PVC Options for configuration information Entering System Information and Setting the System Clock Select System Information to set up or display the general SNMP name for the unit its location and a contact for the unit as well as to set the system clock Main Menu Control System Information The following information is available for view...

Page 45: ... supported by the network service provider When operating in Frame Relay mode the auto configuration feature maintains associated DLCI option settings when Standard LMI is used on the network interface Main Menu Auto Configuration Auto Configuration Screen Example main auto configuration 9123 C SLV Device Name Node A 1 24 2000 23 32 AUTO CONFIGURATION Frame Relay Discovery Mode 1MPort Automatic Ci...

Page 46: ... FrameSaver unit s user data port must be configured manually it cannot be configured automatically The following will occur when a Frame Relay Discovery Mode is selected Discovery Mode Configuration Description 1MPort default Auto configuration is enabled on Port 1 A management DLCI is configured A multiplexed network DLCI containing two embedded DLCIs EDLCIs is configured for Port 1 user data an...

Page 47: ...leted at any time using the Configuration menus No previously discovered and configured DLCIs or cross connections will be removed unless authorized or Automatic Circuit Removal is enabled see Automatically Removing a Circuit on page 3 14 Additional discovered DLCIs will be configured according to the current Frame Relay Discovery Mode setting Selecting or changing the setting will not affect IP A...

Page 48: ... DLCIs and PVC connections that include multiplexed network DLCIs Unsupported standard network DLCIs that are not configured as the primary destination in a management PVC Non management PVCs in which unsupported standard network DLCIs are included DLCIs not included in three consecutive LMI full status response messages LMI status responses that indicate a Deleted status for the DLCI All configur...

Page 49: ...of the UNI user network interface Only one of the units will have its operating mode changed Procedure To set up back to back operation 1 On the unit to be configured for Back to Back operation manually configure DLCIs DLCIs should be configured before connecting the two units 2 Access the Change Operating Mode screen Main Menu Control Change Operating Mode 3 Select Back to Back Operation and resp...

Page 50: ...Physical Interface Options Table 3 6 Interface Frame Relay Options Table 3 7 DLCI Record Options Table 3 8 PVC Connection Options Table 3 9 Node IP Options Table 3 10 Management PVC Options Table 3 11 General SNMP Management Options Table 3 12 Telnet and FTP Session Options Table 3 13 SNMP NMS Security Options Table 3 14 SNMP Traps Options Table 3 15 Ethernet Port Options Table 3 16 Communication ...

Page 51: ...own disabling the network interface and deasserting its control leads When LMI on Port 1 comes back up the network interface is reenabled The LMI state on the network interface has no effect on the LMI state on Port 1 That is the network interface s LMI follows Port 1 s LMI Used at central sites this setting is useful when the remote site router on the other end of the PVC connection can initiate ...

Page 52: ...Possible Settings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Default Setting 1 Configures the LMI defined N3 parameter which sets the number of error free messages that must be received before clearing an error event Applies to both the user and network sides of a UNI 1 10 Specifies how many error free messages it will take to clear the error event LMI Status Enquiry N1 Possible Settings 1 2 3 4 255 Default Setting 6 C...

Page 53: ... only 5 30 Specifies the number of seconds between the receipt of status enquiry messages in increments of 5 LMI N4 Measurement Period T3 Possible Settings 5 10 15 20 25 30 Default Setting 20 Configures the LMI defined T3 parameter which is the time interval in seconds that the network side of the LMI uses to measure the maximum number of status enquiry messages that have been received N4 from the...

Page 54: ...or SLV devices If some of the units are FrameSaver 9124s or 9624s they must be running software version 1 2 or higher Enable An extra byte for FDR DDR statistics collection is included with each frame which is used at the receiving end to determine the amount of data dropped by the network Disable Extra byte is not included DLCI Down on SLV Timeout Available Settings Enable Disable Default Setting...

Page 55: ...size for SLV communications SLV Synchronization Role Available Settings Tributary Controller None Default Setting Tributary Determines the role the unit plays in maintaining synchronization of user history data collection and storage between FLEX and or SLV devices Tributary Uses network timing received from incoming SLV communications and provides network based synchronization information to othe...

Page 56: ...in band data stream If the FrameSaver unit is accidently commanded to execute a disruptive test on the interface providing the management access control can be regained after the timeout expires terminating the test Disable Loopback and pattern tests must be manually terminated Test Duration min Possible Settings 1 120 Default Setting 10 Specifies the maximum duration of user initiated tests Displ...

Page 57: ...for transmitted and received signals on the T1 network interface D4 Uses D4 framing format NOTE This setting is not recommended by network carriers False yellow alarms may occur after traffic has been running and the channel returns to idle or when there is light traffic when other settings are selected ESF format does not create this problem ESF Uses Extended Superframe framing format Line Coding...

Page 58: ...the currently selected interface System Transmit timing is derived from the current system clock source see Table 3 3 General System Options Interface Transmit timing is derived from this interface NOTE When Interface is configured the clock must be synchronized to the system clock source Network Initiated LLB Possible Settings Enable Disable Default Setting Enable Allows the initiation and termin...

Page 59: ...CLB actuate or DCLB release sequence either V 54 or FT1 ANSI compliant from the network on the DS0s used for the network frame relay link When enabled and a DCLB activate sequence is received the unit initiates a DCLB on the network interface When a DCLB release sequence is received the DCLB is stopped Disable DCLB actuate and DCLB release sequences are ignored V 54_ _ANSI DCLB actuate and DCLB re...

Page 60: ... period or a 10 5 or 10 4 condition occurs Clears when fewer than 93 CRC6 errors are detected within the same time period 10E 7 Declares an EER if more than 9 CRC6 errors are detected in a 60 second period or a 10 6 or 10 5 or 10 4 condition occurs Clears when fewer than 10 CRC6 errors are detected within the same time period 10E 8 Declares an EER if more than 41 CRC6 errors are detected in three ...

Page 61: ...Internal Determines whether the DTE s transmitted data is clocked into the FrameSaver unit by its internal transmit clock or by the external clock provided by the DTE NOTE Changing settings for this configuration option causes the FrameSaver unit to abort any physical port tests including any DTE initiated loopback tests Internal The FrameSaver unit uses the interchange circuit DB ITU 114 Transmit...

Page 62: ... ITU 105 RTS is monitored to determine when valid data communication is possible with the DTE Disable RTS is not monitored RTS is assumed to be asserted and data is being transmitted regardless of the state of the lead Port DTE Initiated Loopbacks Possible Settings Local Disable Default Setting Disable Allows a local external DTE Loopback to be started or stopped via the port s attached data termi...

Page 63: ...n assignments for the unit or for a selected interface NOTE Although it is not required progressing through each screen in order from top to bottom helps to minimize errors Use the following procedures to assign cross connections Assigning Frame Relay Time Slots to the Network Interface Before assigning network time slots for use by frame relay traffic configure the network physical and frame rela...

Page 64: ... assigned to something other than frame relay so it is unavailable Assigned time slots cannot be modified from this screen Available The time slot is currently unassigned FrameRly1 The time slot is assigned to frame relay service link 1 main config tslot_assign frame_relay 9123 C SLV Device Name Node A 3 20 2000 23 32 FRAME RELAY NETWORK 1 ASSIGNMENT Time Slot Discovery Disable N01 N02 N03 N04 N05...

Page 65: ... time slots on the network interface 2 Enable or disable Time Slot Discovery When enabled the unit examines all time slots not cross connected to other ports to determine which time slots are being used by the network for frame relay traffic These time slots are set to FrameRly1 This is the factory default When disabled time slot assignments must be manually configured 3 If Time Slot Discovery is ...

Page 66: ...e Meaning Assign To Specifies Net1 network time slots Ntt This field represents time slot tt of the network interface Available The time slot is currently unassigned Port 1 Synchronous data Port 1 is assigned to the time slot main config tslot_assign sync_data net 9123 C SLV Device Name Node A 2 24 2000 23 32 SYNC DATA PORT ASSIGNMENT Assign To Net1 N01 N02 N03 N04 N05 N06 N07 N08 Assigned Assigne...

Page 67: ...o field A matrix of the current cross connect status of all time slots on the selected interface appears 3 Move the cursor to the next time slot that can be edited underlined Use the spacebar or type in the desired time slot to display its time slot assignment 4 Repeat Step 3 until the synchronous data port is assigned to all desired time slots 5 Save the configuration Clearing Assignments Clearin...

Page 68: ...nges to Net1FR1 after being set initially Display Conditions This option value only appears for a user data port Initialize_From_Interface The LMI type supported on this frame relay link will be configured to match the LMI protocol discovered from the attached Network line or DTE device Once a protocol has become active the protocol will be set to the protocol discovered Standard Annex A or Annex ...

Page 69: ...e messages that must be received before clearing an error event Applies to both the user and network sides of a UNI 1 10 Specifies how many error free messages it will take to clear the error event LMI Status Enquiry N1 Possible Settings 1 2 3 4 255 Default Setting 6 Configures the LMI defined N1 parameter which sets the number of status enquiry polling cycles that the user side of the LMI initiat...

Page 70: ...ble Settings 5 10 15 20 25 30 Default Setting 20 Configures the LMI defined T3 parameter which is the time interval in seconds that the network side of the LMI uses to measure the maximum number of status enquiry messages that have been received N4 from the user side 5 30 Specifies the interval of time in increments of 5 Frame Relay DS0s Base Rate Possible Settings Nx64 Nx56 Default Setting Nx64 S...

Page 71: ... Out of Range 16 1007 If the DLCI number is part of a connection this field is read only NOTES If a DLCI number is not entered the DLCI record is not created The DLCI number entered must be unique for the interface Changing settings for this configuration option causes the FrameSaver unit to abort any active frame relay tests 16 1007 Specifies the DLCI number inclusive DLCI Type Possible Settings ...

Page 72: ...ly This value is the maximum amount of data that the service provider has agreed to accept during the committed rate measurement interval Tc CIR Uses the value in the CIR bps option as the committed burst size Bc The Bc and excess burst size Be options are updated when a CIR update is received from the network switch Other Allows you to specify the committed burst size for the DLCI When Other is s...

Page 73: ...t such as a router Display Conditions This option is not available for the network interface Low Data configured for the DLCI has low priority Medium Data configured for the DLCI has medium priority High Data configured for the DLCI has high priority Outbound Management Priority Possible Settings Low Medium High Default Setting Medium Specifies the relative priority for management traffic sent on ...

Page 74: ...s configuration option are frame relay interfaces that have at least one DLCI or EDLCI defined that are not part of a PVC connection or management link For example if Port 1 has no DLCIs defined Port 1 would not appear as a valid setting Port 1 Specifies the user data port as the source link Net1 FR1 Specifies the Network interface or network data port as the source link Clear All Clears all Link ...

Page 75: ...tion DLCI for a frame relay interface The DLCI must be defined and cannot be part of a PVC connection or management link For multiplexed DLCIs at least one EDLCI must be unconnected for the DLCI to be a valid selection NOTES Primary Destination DLCI has no value if Primary Destination Link contains no value For the basic FLEX feature set only one EDLCI per multiplexed DLCI may be used in the PVC c...

Page 76: ...P This set of configuration options includes a Troubleshooting TS Management Link feature to help service providers isolate device problems within their networks This feature allows Telnet or FTP access to the unit on this link Troubleshooting over this link is essentially transparent to customer operations No alarms or SNMP traps are generated to create nuisance alarms for the customer TS_Access_...

Page 77: ...ion Possible Settings None COM Ethernet PVCname Default Setting None Specifies an IP destination to route data that does not have a specifically defined route Examples If the default IP network is connected to the communications port select COM If the default IP network is connected to a far end device over the management PVC named London for the remote device located in the London office select t...

Page 78: ...iated DLCI Record prompt appears If you select No The link designation is removed and the option is set to None Yes The link designation is removed and the option is set to None and the link and its DLCI will be deleted None Disables or does not specify a TS Access Management Link PVCname Specifies the name of the TS Management PVC Display Conditions This selection only appears when a dedicated ma...

Page 79: ...s changed from a DLCI number to None the Delete the associated DLCI Record prompt appears If you select No The special troubleshooting link designation is removed and the option is set to None Yes The special troubleshooting link designation is removed and the option is set to None In addition all management PVCs and DLCI records associated with the link will be deleted If a deleted management PVC...

Page 80: ...he Remove otherwise unused components associated with the deleted PVC prompt for quick removal of unused DLCIs If the Management PVC selected is defined as a trap Initial Route Destination a Default IP Destination or a TS Access Management Link an Are You Sure prompt appears to warn you To configure these options Service Type on the Easy Install screen must be set to Frame Relay Table 3 10 Managem...

Page 81: ... Possible Settings Enable Disable Default Setting Disable Specifies whether frames packets sent on a management PVC have the Discard Eligible DE bit set This bit is used by the network to prioritize which frames to discard first during periods of network congestion This allows management traffic to be viewed as lower priority than customer data Enable Sets the DE bit to one on all frames sent on t...

Page 82: ...nditions This option does not appear if the DLCI field does not reference a multiplexed DLCI NOTE Clearing the DLCI or changing it to a standard DLCI suppresses EDLCI field 0 62 Specifies the EDLCI number inclusive Primary Link RIP Possible Settings None Proprietary Standard_out Default Setting For multiplexed DLCIs Proprietary For nonmultiplexed DLCIs Standard_out Specifies which Routing Informat...

Page 83: ...wo names that are allowed to access the objects in the FrameSaver unit s MIB The community name must be supplied by an external SNMP manager whenever the manager tries to access an object in the MIB ASCII text entry Adds to or changes Community Name 1 maximum 255 characters Clear Clears Community Name 1 Name 1 Access Possible Settings Read Read Write Default Setting Read Write Specifies the type o...

Page 84: ...Read Allows read only access SNMP Get command This includes all objects specified as either read only or read write in the MIB RFCs Read Write Allows read and write access SNMP get and set commands Table 3 11 General SNMP Management Options 2 of 2 Table 3 12 Telnet and FTP Session Options 1 of 3 Telnet Session Possible Settings Enable Disable Default Setting Enable Specifies whether the FrameSaver...

Page 85: ... 1 and that at least one Login ID is set to Level 1 Otherwise access will be lost If this occurs you must reset the unit to the factory defaults and begin the configuration process again A reset is required if the Communication Port s Port Use option is set to Net Link see Table 3 3 General System Options Level 2 Allows Telnet access by users with Login ID access levels of 1 2 and 3 with the capab...

Page 86: ...n does not affect the TS Access Management Link Enable User is prompted for a login ID and password Disable No login is required for an FTP session FTP Max Transfer Rate Kbps Possible Settings 1 1536 Default Setting 1536 Sets the maximum receive rate of file transfer to the system via management PVCs This option allows new software and configuration files to be downloaded using selected bandwidth ...

Page 87: ...rform security checks Number of Managers Possible Settings 1 10 Default Setting 1 Specifies the number of SNMP management systems that are authorized to send SNMP messages to the FrameSaver unit An IP address must be configured for each management system allowed to send messages Configure IP addresses in the NMS n IP Address configuration option 1 10 Specifies the number of authorized SNMP manager...

Page 88: ...n Read Allows read only access SNMP Get command to the MIB objects This includes all objects specified as either read only or read write in the MIB RFCs Read Write Allows read and write access SNMP Get and Set commands to the MIB objects However access for all read only objects is specified as read only Table 3 13 SNMP NMS Security Options 2 of 2 Table 3 14 SNMP Traps Options 1 of 3 SNMP Traps Pos...

Page 89: ...estination when no route is available in the routing table see Table 3 9 Node IP Options Ethernet Uses the Ethernet port Only appears when the Ethernet port s Interface Status option is enabled see Table 3 15 Ethernet Port Options COM Uses the COM port Only available when Port Use is set to Net Link see Table 3 16 Communication Port Options PVCname Uses the defined management linkname the name giv...

Page 90: ...fic events on both the T1 network and DSX 1 interfaces Ports Generates these trap messages for linkUp linkDown and enterpriseSpecific events on the user data port only All Generates these trap messages for linkUp and enterpriseSpecific events on all interfaces except for the COM port that are applicable to the FrameSaver model DLCI Traps on Interfaces Possible Settings Network Ports All None Defau...

Page 91: ...do not have a route This is required when the NMS is on a different subnet than the unit If you select No the COM port or a PVC will be used for packets without a route Disable The port is not active When the port is disabled the following will occur No alarms or traps configured for the port will be generated All port uses that refer to the Ethernet port like the Default IP Destination and Initia...

Page 92: ...Disable Determines whether the port can be used to supply the MAC Media Access Control address of a FrameSaver unit at the other end of a PVC using ARP Address Resolution Protocol This technique is used for communication between devices on different networks but on the same subnet Using this technique the Default Gateway Address is provided when there is an ARP request and when data is sent to the...

Page 93: ...115 2 Default Setting 19 2 Specifies the rate for the COM port in kilobits per second 9 6 115 2 Kbps Sets the communication port speed Character Length Possible Settings 7 8 Default Setting 8 Specifies the number of bits needed to represent one character NOTE Character length defaults to 8 and cannot be changed if Port Use is set to Net Link 7 Sets the character length to seven bits 8 Sets the cha...

Page 94: ...etermined by the user s access level When a login is not required the effective access level is determined by this option NOTE The effective access level is always the lowest one assigned to either the port or the user For example if the Port Access Level assigned is Level 2 but the User Access Level is Level 3 then only level 3 access will be permitted for the port Display Conditions This option ...

Page 95: ...ion link Port Use option is set to Net Link Display Conditions This option only appears when Port Use is set to Net Link 001 000 000 000 223 255 255 255 Shows the IP address for the COM port which you can view or edit Clear Clears the IP address for the COM port and fills the address with zeros When the IP Address is all zeros the COM port uses the Node IP Address if one has been configured Subnet...

Page 96: ...d standard RIP messages to communicate routing information about other FrameSaver units in the network Standard RIP messages received on this link are ignored NOTE The router must be configured to receive RIP on the port connected to the COM port configured as the management interface e g Cisco config t router RIP int serialx IP RIP Receive version 1 ctl z WR To create this management interface ma...

Page 97: ...Modem Commands Possible Settings Disable AT Default Setting Disable Specifies the type of commands to be sent over the COM port Disable Commands will not be sent over the COM port AT Standard Attention AT Commands are sent over the COM port to control the external device All AT command strings will end with a carriage return hex 0x0D and a line feed hex 0x0A CAUTION Do not use this setting if you ...

Page 98: ...3 Configuration 3 64 August 2001 9123 A2 GB20 20 ...

Page 99: ...ce Access on page 4 4 Controlling Telnet or FTP Access on page 4 4 Limiting Telnet Access Limiting FTP Access Limiting Telnet or FTP Access Over the TS Management Link Controlling SNMP Access on page 4 8 Disabling SNMP Access Assigning SNMP Community Names and Access Levels Limiting SNMP Access Through IP Addresses Creating a Login on page 4 11 Modifying a Login on page 4 12 Deleting a Login on pa...

Page 100: ...simultaneous Telnet sessions or one Telnet session and one active asynchronous terminal session or two simultaneous asynchronous terminal sessions Controlling Asynchronous Terminal Access Direct asynchronous terminal access to the menu driven user interface can be limited by Requiring a login Assigning an access level to the port or interface See Configuring the Communication Port in Chapter 3 Con...

Page 101: ...ting 3 Save your changes To Set the configuration option Require a login Login Required to Enable NOTE User ID and password combinations must be defined See Creating a Login on page 4 11 Limit the effective access level to Level 3 or Level 2 Port Access Level to Level 2 or Level 3 NOTE Regardless of a user s login access level a user cannot operate at a level higher than the access level specified...

Page 102: ...on External Modem Com Port 2 Enable the Dial In Access configuration option This option only appears when the External Device Commands option is set to AT 3 Save your change See Configuring the COM Port to Support an External Modem in Chapter 3 Configuration for more information about external device communication port configuration options Controlling Telnet or FTP Access The FrameSaver unit prov...

Page 103: ... 2 Set the following configuration options as appropriate 3 Save your changes See Configuring Telnet and or FTP Session Support in Chapter 3 Configuration for more information about setting Telnet configuration options To Set the configuration option Disable Telnet access Telnet Session to Disable Require a login Login Required to Enable NOTE User ID and password combinations must be defined See C...

Page 104: ...mation about setting FTP configuration options To Set the configuration option Disable FTP FTP Session to Disable Require a login Login Required to Enable NOTE User ID and password combinations must be defined See Creating a Login on page 4 11 If you want to allow users to configure the unit or perform file transfers including downloads keep the access at Level 1 Level 1 access is required to down...

Page 105: ...ee Configuring Telnet and or FTP Session Support or Configuring Node IP Information in Chapter 3 Configuration for more information about these configuration options To Set the configuration option Disable access via the TS Access Management Link TS Access Management Link to None Assign an access level to the TS Access Management Link TS Management Access Level to Level 2 or Level 3 NOTE Regardles...

Page 106: ...gning IP addresses of those NMSs that can access the unit Disabling SNMP Access When the SNMP access is disabled the FrameSaver unit will not respond to SNMP messages Procedure To disable SNMP access 1 Select the General SNMP Management options Main Menu Configuration Management and Communication General SNMP Management 2 Disable the SNMP Management option 3 Save your change See Configuring Genera...

Page 107: ...name must be supplied Procedure To assign SNMP community names and access types 1 Select the General SNMP Management options Main Menu Configuration Management and Communication General SNMP Management 2 Set the following configuration options as appropriate 3 Save your changes See Configuring General SNMP Management in Chapter 3 Configuration for more information about General SNMP Management con...

Page 108: ...eneral SNMP Management in Chapter 3 Configuration for more information about SNMP management configuration options Procedure To limit SNMP access through IP addresses 1 Select the SNMP NMS Security options Main Menu Configuration Management and Communication SNMP NMS Security 2 Select and set the following configuration options as appropriate 3 Save your changes See Configuring SNMP NMS Security i...

Page 109: ...nit and Restoring Communication in Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 3 Save your changes When Save is complete the cursor is repositioned at the Login ID field ready for another entry See Configuring SNMP NMS Security in Chapter 3 Configuration for more information about security configuration options In the field Enter the Login ID ID of 1 to 10 characters Password Password from 1 to 10 characters Re ent...

Page 110: ... 1 Select Administer Logins Main Menu Control Administer Logins 2 Page through login pages records using the PgUp or PgDn function keys until the login to be deleted is displayed 3 Select Delete 4 Save your deletion When the deletion is complete the number of login pages records reflects one less record and the record before the deleted record reappears Example Page 2 of 4 is changed to Page 2 of ...

Page 111: ...s Messages which includes Self Test Results Messages Last System Reset Date and Time Health and Status Messages Test Status Messages Network LMI Reported DLCIs Status PVC Connection Status Time Slot Assignment Status IP Routing Table on page 5 24 Performance Statistics on page 5 26 Clearing Performance Statistics Service Level Verification Performance Statistics DLCI Performance Statistics Frame R...

Page 112: ...talled referred to as a network access module or NAM i e T1 FR NAM This card type is supported by the SNMP SysDescr Object Hardware Revision Unit s hardware version Format nnnn nnx consists of a 4 digit number followed by two digits and one alphabetic character Current Software Revision Software version currently being used by the unit Format nn nn nn consists of a 6 digit number that represents t...

Page 113: ... screen with the appropriate status highlighted Main Menu Status Display LEDs and Control Leads Display LEDs Control Leads Screen Refresh the screen to view control lead transitions LED and control lead descriptions are in the sections that follow 00 16707 O K O K A L M T E S T F R S I G O O F A L M Network System Port FrameSaverTM SLV FrameSaver FLEX 9123 C main status leds 9123 C SLV Device Name...

Page 114: ... Indication Signal AIS CTS Down DLCI Down DTR Down Exceeded Error Rate EER LMI Down Loss of Signal LOS Out of Frame OOF Primary Clock Failed Self Test Failed SLV Timeout Two Level 1 Users Accessing Device Yellow Alarm Signal OFF No failures have been detected These alarms appear on the System and Test Status screen See Health and Status Messages on page 5 14 for additional information TST Test Mod...

Page 115: ...ng period ALM Alarm Yellow ON An alarm condition is present on the network interface Current alarm conditions Alarm Indication Signal AIS Excessive Error Rate EER Loss of Signal LOS Loss of Frame LOF Out of Frame OOF Yellow Alarm Signal OFF No alarm condition is present on the network interface Table 5 3 User Data Port LED Label Indication Color What It Means OK Operational Status Green ON The int...

Page 116: ... when they are highlighted that is in the On state They are described in Table 5 4 Additional Control Leads Table 5 4 Additional Control Leads Label Indication What It Means Network Interface LMI OK LMI Operational Status LMI is operating successfully on the first frame relay link on the network interface This control lead is filtered in Leased Line mode User Data Port TXD Transmit Data Data is be...

Page 117: ...action needed or configure another path for traps and try again Cannot Save no Level 1 Login IDs Security was being set up but all the logins were assigned either Level 2 or Level 3 access Set up at least one login with Access Level 1 so the unit can be configured Command Complete Configuration has been saved or all tests have been aborted No action is needed Connection Refused Seen at an FTP term...

Page 118: ...creen The date does not exist e g February 30th Reenter the date in the month day 4 digit year format and or time in the hour minutes seconds format Invalid time must be hh mm ss A non valid system time was entered on the System Information screen Reenter the time in the hour minutes seconds format Invalid Already Active A test was already in progress when it was selected No action is needed Inval...

Page 119: ...for the network link and try again No DLCIs available for connection New was selected from the PVC Connection Table but all configured DLCIs have been connected No action needed or configure more DLCIs and try again No DLCIs available for connection New was selected from the Management PVCs option screen but all Link DLCI pairs have been connected Configure more network and or Port 1 Links DLCIs p...

Page 120: ...ch what was entered in the Password field Try again Contact your system administrator to verify your password Permission Denied Seen at an FTP terminal A file transfer was attempted but the User did not have Level 1 security See your system administrator to get your security level changed Wrong file was specified when the put command was entered Try again entering the correct file with the put com...

Page 121: ...empt to access the menu driven user interface through the COM port is made IP addresses and logins of the users currently accessing the interface are also provided Wait and try again Contact one of the IP address user and request that they log off User Interface Idle Previously active session is now closed ended and access via the COM port is now available Log on to the FrameSaver unit Session has...

Page 122: ...9123 unit Status Menu NOTE Status messages in the following sections are in alphabetical order main status 9123 C SLV Device Name Node A 3 26 2000 23 32 STATUS System and Test Status LMI Reported DLCIs PVC Connection Status Time Slot Assignment Status IP Routing Table Performance Statistics Trap Event Log Display LEDs and Control Leads Identity Ctrl a to access these functions ESC for previous men...

Page 123: ... System Reset Date and Time This field indicates the last time the FrameSaver unit was reset It appears after the Self Test Results field at the top of the System and Test Status screen Date is in mm dd yyyy format month day year Time is in mm ss format minutes seconds Table 5 6 Self Test Results Messages Message What It Indicates What To Do Failure xxxxxxxx An internal failure occurred xxxxxxxx r...

Page 124: ...eature is useful for product demonstrations or for a point to point configuration using a leased line CTS down to Port 1 Device The user data port CTS control lead on the FrameSaver unit is off DLCI nnnn Down frame relay link 1 2 The DLCI for the specified frame relay link is down DTR Down from Port 1 Device The DTR control lead from the device connected to the user data port is deasserted EER at ...

Page 125: ...received is greater than or equal to 12 5 Possible reasons include Network cable problem No signal is being transmitted at the far end FrameSaver unit T1 facility problem Network Com Link Down The communication link for the COM port is down and the COM port is configured for Net Link OOF at Network 1 An Out of Frame OOF condition is detected on the network interface Possible reasons include Incomp...

Page 126: ...ime slot discovery is currently taking place to determine the time slots that will be used for frame relay traffic on the network interface This message only appears when the Time Slot Discovery option is enabled Main Menu Configuration Time Slot Assignment Frame Relay Network Assignments and an LMI failure is detected on the network interface s frame relay link Yellow at Network 1 A yellow alarm ...

Page 127: ...face Monitor Pttn Active DLCI nnnn frame_relay_link 1 2 The unit is monitoring a test pattern on the specified DLCI on the specified frame relay link Monitor Pttn Active Interface A Monitor Pattern test is active on the specified interface This test cannot be activated on user data ports that have Port Use set to Frame Relay No Test Active No tests are currently running PLB Active Network 1 A Payl...

Page 128: ...it transparently without being monitored and with no demultiplexing multiplexing of management diagnostics or user data being performed Only DLCIs on the Net1 FR1 and Port 1 frame relay links appear on this screen nonconfigured DLCIs on other links are discarded See Table 5 9 Network LMI Reported DLCIs Status main status lmi_dlcis 9123 C SLV Device Name Node A 3 26 2000 23 32 frame relay link LMI ...

Page 129: ...tus Active Inactive Deleted New LMI reported status of the DLCI Whether the DLCI is active capable of carrying data in the frame relay network Whether it is inactive in the frame relay network Whether it has been deleted by the frame relay network or Whether it has been created by the frame relay network CIR bps 0 1536000 Displays the committed information rate reported by the Stratacom switch CIR...

Page 130: ...the unit Source destination is frame relay link 1 on Network 1 User data port Port 1 Virtual circuit is a management link that terminates in the unit where Name is the link name DLCI 16 to 1007 For standard DLCIs Identifies an individual link connection embedded within a DLCI main status connections 9123 C SLV Device Name Node A 03 26 2000 23 32 Page 1 of 2 PVC CONNECTION STATUS Source Primary Des...

Page 131: ...e interface or frame relay link due to internal operating conventions Activation of an alternate virtual circuit is not warranted that is no alarm condition on the primary destination link has been detected Disabled The PVC cannot be activated and is essentially disabled as a result of how the unit was configured Possible causes The physical interface at one or both ends of the PVC is are disabled...

Page 132: ...entries in three rows Together each two field entry defines the assignment for one network interface time slot The top field represents the time slot of the network interface The bottom field represents the cross connect status of the associated top field network time slot Network Timeslot Assignment Status Screen Example main status timeslot net_display 9123 C SLV Device Name Node A 3 26 2000 23 ...

Page 133: ...N24 The Cross Connect Status Field bottom Indicates Unassgn The time slot is unassigned FrameRly1 The time slot is assigned to the network frame relay link This assignment only appears when the FrameSaver unit is operating in frame relay mode S1 P01 The synchronous data port Port 1 is assigned to the network interface time slot 01 to 24 ...

Page 134: ...55 255 Hop The number of hops in the route to the destination 1 15 If 16 appears the route is in the process of being aged out main status ip_rout 9123 C SLV Device Name Node A 3 26 2000 23 32 Page 1 of 2 IP ROUTING TABLE Destination Mask Gateway Hop Type Interface TTL 135 001 001 000 255 255 255 000 135 026 001 254 1 Tmp PVCMgmt1001 130 135 001 002 111 FFF EEE FFF FFF 135 026 001 254 1 NMS PVCMgm...

Page 135: ...oute was added because an ICMP Internet Control Management Protocol redirect message was received from a router indicating a better route to the destination That is a datagram was sent to a router and the router is informing the datagram source through an ICMP redirect message of a better route Tmp The route was added as a temporary route in order to respond to an IP packet that was received The r...

Page 136: ...n of a condition Main Menu Status Performance Statistics Physical and link layer statistics Layers 1 and 2 are collected on the port The following menu shows the performance statistics that can be selected Performance Statistics Menu main status performance 9123 C SLV Device Name Node A 3 26 2000 23 32 PERFORMANCE STATISTICS Service Level Verification DLCI Frame Relay ESF Line Ethernet Clear All S...

Page 137: ...ed via the menu driven user interface may be different from those viewed from the NMS Procedure To clear all statistics Performance Statistics Clear All Statistics Procedure To clear specific sets of statistics Use the ClrSLV DLCIStats function key to reset the SLV and DLCI performance statistic counters for the currently displayed DLCI from one of the following screens Performance Statistics Serv...

Page 138: ... communicated with the other end or if the device at the other end of the multiplexed DLCI does not have an IP Address configured Dropped SLV Responses The number of SLV inband sample messages sent for which a response from the far end device has not been received Inbound Dropped Frames Total number of frames transmitted by the far end device that were dropped in transit The counts continue to inc...

Page 139: ...evice that were above the excess information rate and were dropped in transit Latest RdTrip Latency Current round trip latency measured in milliseconds between the FrameSaver unit and the device at the other end of the multiplexed DLCI connection Unknown appears if communication with the far end device is not successful Avg RdTrip Latency Average round trip latency measured in milliseconds between...

Page 140: ...d that the DLCI was active in the network DLCI Up Time Days hours minutes and seconds since the DLCI was last declared Active after a period of inactivity Down is displayed if the DLCI is inactive If the DLCI was Down this is the amount of time since the DLCI recovered If the DLCI was never Down this is the amount of time since the unit discovered that the DLCI was active in the network Total Tx F...

Page 141: ...Above EIR The number of frames and octets received on the selected DLCI of the frame relay link that were above the excess information rate With DE Set The number of frames and octets received on the selected DLCI of the frame relay link with the discard eligible bit set With BECN Set The number of frames and octets received on the selected DLCI of the frame relay link with backward explicit conge...

Page 142: ...mber of data octets bytes received over the interface FECNs Received The number of foreword explicit congestion notifications received over the interface The network sends FECNs to notify users of data traffic congestion in the same direction of the frame carrying the FECN indicator BECNs Received The number of backward explicit congestion notifications received over the interface The network send...

Page 143: ...CI The number of frames received over the interface that were addressed to unknown DLCIs The DLCI may not have been configured or it has been configured to be Inactive Indicates that the FrameSaver units or devices at both or either end of the circuit have been configured incorrectly Unknown Error The number of frames received over the interface that do not fall into one of the other statistic cat...

Page 144: ...s Frames received when the link was down Inactive and disconnected DLCIs Inactive destination DLCIs Unknown EDLCIs Rx Overruns The number of receiver overruns too many bits on the interface Rx Non Octet Frames The number of non octet frames received on the interface Rx CRC Errors The number of received CRC cycle redundancy check errors Tx Total Errors The total number of transmit errors on the int...

Page 145: ... current one etc Selecting a specific time is useful when the approximate time at which a specific event occurred is known Edit any of the interval or time fields on lines 10 13 or 16 When Enter is pressed the values change to the selected range To select intervals You must enter an interval or time on Occurring on and before a selected interval or time Line 10 The display will include the selecte...

Page 146: ...and OOF events A maximum of 65 535 error events can be counted Once 65535 is reached it stays at that number until the network issues a reset command main status performance esf 9123 C SLV Device Name Node A 3 26 2000 23 32 Network 1 ESF LINE PERFORMANCE STATISTICS Current Interval Timer ESF Error Events Near 123 Far 124 Near 15 Far 12 ES UAS SES BES CSS LOFC Time Near Far Near Far Near Far Near F...

Page 147: ...y Errored Seconds SES Any second with 320 or more CRC errors or one or more Out Of Frame OOF events Bursty Errored Seconds BES Any second with more than one but less than 320 CRC errors Controlled Slip Seconds CSS Any second with one or more controlled slips a replication or deletion of a DS1 frame by the receiving device This is collected for network performance statistics only Loss of Frame Coun...

Page 148: ...d The line is not connected Full The Ethernet port is operating in full duplex mode 4 wire Half The Ethernet port is operating in half duplex mode 2 wire Disabled The Ethernet port has been disabled Frames Transmitted The number of successfully transmitted frames on the port Frames Received The number of frames received on the port Errored Frames The number of errors detected on the port Possible ...

Page 149: ...d in the tables contained in Standards Compliance for SNMP Traps in Appendix B SNMP MIBs and Traps and RMON Alarm Defaults main status event_log 9123 C SLV Device Name Node A 3 26 2000 23 32 TRAP EVENT LOG Total Trap Events 535 Time Elapsed Since Event Event 0d 23 59 59 Change in Frames Discarded due to Inbound Resource Errors on Sync Data Port S01P1 frame relay link Port 1 exceeded threshold of 1...

Page 150: ...m ocd into a FrameSaver unit You cannot get a program file from the FrameSaver unit to a host Before putting a download file you must use the bin binary command to place the data connection in binary transfer mode When transferring SLV user history information to the NMS you can only get a uhbcfull dat file It is recommended that you use the NMS application to get this information see Transferring...

Page 151: ...the directory contents in the specified directory If no directory is specified the current one is used get file1 file2 Copy a file from the remote directory of the FrameSaver node to the local directory on the host for configuration files only remotehelp command Print the meaning of the command If no argument is given a list of all known commands is printed ls directory Print an abbreviated list o...

Page 152: ...rade provided this function is supported by your equipment 4 Type cd system to change to the system directory 5 Perform a put of Rxxxxxx ocd xxxxxx being the software release number to the nam ocd file to start the upgrade NOTE During the download a series of hash marks appear When the hash marks stop appearing there is a pause of about 30 seconds before the nam ocd File Transfer Complete message ...

Page 153: ...ftware 1 Go to the Control menu and select Select Software Release Main Menu Control Select Software Release The currently loaded software version and the new release that was just transferred are shown If the download failed Invalid appears in the Alternate Release field instead of the new release number Repeat the procedure in Upgrading System Software if this occurs 2 Select Switch Reset 3 Ente...

Page 154: ...nitiate an FTP session to the device from which SLV statistics or packet data will be retrieved 2 Type bin to enter binary transfer mode 3 Type hash to enter hash mode if you want to monitor the progress of the upgrade provided this function is supported by your equipment 4 Type cd data to change to the data directory 5 Close the FTP session SLV statistics and or LMI Packet Capture data are now av...

Page 155: ...igured Unit Troubleshooting Management Link Feature on page 6 5 LMI Packet Capture Utility Feature on page 6 5 Viewing Captured Packets from the Menu Driven User Interface Alarms on page 6 7 Viewing the Trap Event Log on page 6 11 Troubleshooting Tables on page 6 11 Device Problems Frame Relay PVC Problems Tests Available on page 6 14 Test Timeout Feature Starting and Stopping a Test on page 6 15 ...

Page 156: ...ntenance as well as the user interface screen Main Menu Status Display LEDs and Control LEDs Health and status Health and Status Messages in Chapter 5 Operation and Maintenance Main Menu Status System and Test Status Messages also appear at the bottom of any menu driven user interface screen Performance statistics Performance Statistics in Chapter 5 Operation and Maintenance to help you determine ...

Page 157: ...MS documentation The unit performs a self test when it is reset Resetting the Unit from the Control Menu Use this procedure to initiate a reset and power on self test of the unit Procedure To reset the unit from the Control menu 1 From the Main Menu screen select Control 2 Select Reset Device and press Enter The Are You Sure prompt appears 3 Type y Yes and press Enter The unit reinitializes itself...

Page 158: ...n on page 6 3 for other methods of resetting the unit 3 Tab to the desired prompt and type y Yes at one of the prompts If no selection is made within 30 seconds or if No n is entered the unit resets itself and no configuration changes are made Once the unit resets itself connectivity is restored and the Main Menu screen appears If selecting The following occurs Reset COM Port usage Port Use is set...

Page 159: ...itrace syc in the system s data directory so the data can be uploaded and transferred to a Network Associates Sniffer for analysis The LMI Trace Log also provides access to captured packet information See Viewing Captured Packets from the Menu Driven User Interface on page 6 6 for additional information on this feature Procedure To use this utility 1 Select the LMI Packet Capture Utility Main Menu...

Page 160: ...packet and the number of bytes in the packet The LMI Type identified in the Protocol Discriminator portion of the captured packet and the DLCI number for the packet The type of information contained in the captured packet either Sequence Number Exchange or Full Status Report The send and receive rcv sequence numbers from the captured packet 0 255 On the Packets Received side of the screen PVC stat...

Page 161: ...network service provider DTR Down from Port 1 Device The DTR control lead on the device connected to the specified port is off This message applies to data ports that act as DCEs Examine the attached DTE and cable connected to the system s port Check that the port cable is securely attached at both ends Check the status of the attached equipment EER at Network 1 The error rate of the received netw...

Page 162: ...Protocol setting reflects the LMI type being used Verify that Frame Relay Performance Statistics show LMI frames being transmitted If all of the above have been verified and the physical link is not in Alarm contact your network provider For user data port Check that the DTE cable is securely attached at both ends Verify that Transmit Clock Source and Invert Transmit Clock options are properly con...

Page 163: ...bling problem T1 facility problem Check that the framing format for the network interface is correct Check that the network cable is securely attached at both ends Contact your network provider Primary Clock Failed A failure of the configured primary clock source for the unit was detected and the secondary clock is providing the timing for the unit This condition clears when the configured primary...

Page 164: ...cessing Device Another user with Level 1 security access is currently accessing the unit Be aware that actions of the other user may override your test commands and configuration changes Wait until no other Level 1 users are accessing the unit if testing or configuration will be performed Yellow at Network 1 A yellow alarm signal is received on the network interface Network cable problem T1 facili...

Page 165: ...ot lit The power cord is not securely plugged into the wall receptacle to rear panel connection Check that the power cord is securely attached at both ends The wall receptacle has no power Check the wall receptacle power by plugging in some equipment that is known to be working Check the circuit breaker Verify that your site is not on an energy management program Power On Self Test fails Only Alar...

Page 166: ...t Run the Lamp Test If the LED in question does not flash with the other LEDs then contact your service representative Not receiving data Network cable loose or broken Reconnect or repair the cable Call the network service provider Receiving data errors on a multiplexed DLCI but frame relay is okay Frame Relay Discovery is being used for automatic DLCI and PVC configuration The equipment at the ot...

Page 167: ... Configure LMI characteristics to match those of the DTE or network LMI link is inactive Verify that the LMI link is active on the network the Status Msg Received counter on the Network Frame Relay Performance Statistics screen increments Losing Data Frame relay network is experiencing problems Run PVC Loopback and Pattern tests to isolate the problem then contact the service provider Out of Sync ...

Page 168: ...n Main Menu Easy Install No PVCs have been configured on the interface Check that both ends of the cables are properly seated and secured Tests can be commanded from the OpenLane SLM system using its enhanced Diagnostic Troubleshooting graphical interface as well as from the menu driven user interface main test 9123 C SLV Device Name Node A 3 26 2000 23 32 TEST Network PVC Tests Data Port PVC Test...

Page 169: ...use this feature enable the Test Timeout configuration option and set a duration for the test to run in the Test Duration min configuration option see Configuring General System Options in Chapter 3 Configuration NOTE These configuration options do not pertain to tests commanded by the DTE like a DTE initiated External Loopback Starting and Stopping a Test Use this procedure to start monitor or ab...

Page 170: ...ou want to start and press Enter Stop now appears and is highlighted and the status of the test changes to Active 6 Press Enter to stop the test Start reappears and the status of the test changes back to Inactive 7 View the length of time that the test has been running in the Result column Aborting All Tests Use the Abort All Tests selection from the Test menu to abort all tests running on all int...

Page 171: ...rcuit the other end can send and monitor pattern tests The example below shows a PVC Test screen for a FrameSaver unit with the multiplexed DLCI 550 selected If a standard DLCI was selected Disruptive rather than Non Disruptive would be displayed after Test Also the Connectivity test would not appear PVC Tests Screen Example NOTE Errors encountered during these tests may be caused by mismatched CI...

Page 172: ... sends packets filled with a hexadecimal 55 test pattern and sequence number over the selected interface and DLCI to another FrameSaver device To send a pattern test on a link Main Menu Test Network PVC Tests Data Port PVC Tests If the CIR is zero the pattern will be sent at a rate of 1000 bps 98 16186 DTE Network PVC x Network PVC Loopback PVC x PVC x DTE Network 98 16187 Port PVC Loopback PVC x ...

Page 173: ...reached 99999 appears in these fields Connectivity Connectivity is a proprietary method that determines whether the FrameSaver device at the other end of the frame relay PVC is active This test stops automatically and can only be executed for circuit multiplexed PVCs To run a connectivity test on a link Main Menu Test Network PVC Tests Selecting Connectivity sends a frame to the FrameSaver unit at...

Page 174: ...tern error counter CAUTION You should not run these tests with frame relay equipment attached you must disconnect the frame relay equipment and use external test equipment main test network 9123 C SLV Device Name Node A 3 26 2000 23 32 NETWORK 1 PHYSICAL TESTS Test Command Status Results Local Loopbacks Line Loopback Start Inactive 0 00 00 Payload Loopback Start Inactive 0 00 00 Repeater Loopback ...

Page 175: ...enu Test Network Physical Tests CAUTION This test may affect the operation of the frame relay PVCs assigned to the selected port While in loopback the frame relay link will be down so any IP data being sent while this test is active will be disrupted An LLB cannot be started when one of the following tests is active Payload Loopback Send Remote Line Loopback or an active Monitor Pattern on this ne...

Page 176: ...remote device Main Menu Test Network Physical Tests CAUTION This test may affect the operation of the frame relay PVCs assigned to the selected port While in loopback the frame relay link will be down so any IP data being sent while this test is active will be disrupted A PLB cannot be started when one of the following tests is active Line Loopback Repeater Loopback Send Remote Line Loopback or an...

Page 177: ...attached device or test equipment should generate and monitor data to be looped back The FrameSaver unit will not respond to any messages from the network during this test CAUTION This test may affect the operation of the frame relay PVCs assigned to the selected port While in loopback the frame relay link will be down so any IP data being sent while this test is active will be disrupted An RLB ca...

Page 178: ...ollowing tests is active Any Loopback on the same interface Send FT1 Loopback or Data Channel Loopback on the synchronous data port Data Channel Loopback on the frame relay link on this network interface Procedure To start and stop a remote Line Loopback 1 Select Network Physical Tests Main Menu Test Network Physical Tests 2 Select the code Up or Down in the Send Line Loopback field Up Puts a remo...

Page 179: ...over the frame relay link using one of the following in band methods V 54 Loopback ANSI T1 403 Annex B Fractional T1 FT1 Channel Loopback The frame relay service provider can use DCLB to verify the integrity of the frame relay circuit CAUTION V 54 and FT1 Loopbacks may affect the operation of the frame relay PVCs assigned to the selected port While in loopback the frame relay link will be down so ...

Page 180: ...e Send or Monitor field If sending monitoring a user defined pattern enter the desired 2 byte hexadecimal value in the field next to Send or Monitor When sending a pattern the Inject ERR function key appears Use Inject ERR if you want to inject a bit error in the transmitted bit pattern 3 Highlight the Send command to send a pattern or the Start command to monitor a pattern and press Enter to star...

Page 181: ...tion of the remaining ports Use this test to isolate problems on the user data port Main Menu Test Data Port Physical Tests An attached device or test equipment must generate the data to be looped back CAUTION This test may affect the operation of the frame relay PVCs assigned to the port Any IP data being sent while this test is active will be disrupted 99 16284 Network Port User Data Port DTLB ...

Page 182: ...t must have configured the SNMP trap managers to be sent the ping Select Procedure 2 to ping the SNMP trap managers To remotely complete setup of a FrameSaver unit following its physical installation performed in leased line mode When five IP Ping tests are run consecutively within a 5 second period the unit automatically switches to frame relay mode so frame relay parameters can be entered and se...

Page 183: ...mmunication SNMP Traps Or for a local DLCI between the central site FrameSaver unit and its router verify that a Default IP Destination route has been configured Main Menu Configuration Management and Communication Node IP Default IP Destination Configure both SNMP Traps and a Default IP Destination when PVC Multiplexing is used as when using the Auto Configuration feature 4 Select the IP Ping tes...

Page 184: ...sh or blink on and off at the same time every 1 2 second during execution of the test When the test is stopped the LEDs are restored to their normal condition Main Menu Test Lamp Test If the Test Timeout configuration option is enabled and a Test Duration is set the Lamp Test stops when the test duration expires See Test Timeout Feature on page 6 15 for additional information ...

Page 185: ...page 7 6 Entering an Activation Certificate Checking Activation Certificate Status Scheduling Activations Checking the Status of Scheduled Activations Cancelling Scheduled Activations Accessing and Printing the Certificate Summary Report OpenLane Support of FrameSaver Devices The OpenLane Service Level Management SLM system provides the following features Web and database services Web access to he...

Page 186: ...t Multiple maintenance schedules for scheduling more than one maintenance period with a report for each scheduled task Multiple Circuit IDs for multiple access levels so customers as well as network service providers have access to network management information Device reset capability HP OpenView adapters for integrating OpenLane with the OpenView Web interface Setting Up the OpenLane SLM System ...

Page 187: ...FLEX SLV support 1 Start the OpenLane services then access the application 2 Log in as Admin for access to customer profiles frame relay access facilities components and PVC components 3 Add FrameSaver devices 4 Create customer profiles 5 Set up historical data collection 6 Set up SLV report filters for Web access to report data for FrameSaver devices with the FLEX SLV feature set activated See th...

Page 188: ...es the network contact the service provider If you are a network service provider or distributor contact Paradyne at 1 800 727 2396 www paradyne com via a purchase order or your Electronic Data Interchange EDI If submitting a purchase order by fax send it to 1 727 532 5270 An Activation Certificate can also be ordered through the Paradyne store at www paradyne com store Provide the following infor...

Page 189: ...so you can start activating units immediately The actual certificate will arrive the next day When the certificate arrives it will include the following information Activation Certificate number Your OpenLane License Key number Model Prefix 9123 Feature Group SLV Number of device activations ordered included on this certificate Sales order number Customer purchase order number Customer or company ...

Page 190: ... occurred as scheduled View activations that are scheduled cancel activations or change the FrameSaver devices that are scheduled for activation as needed Generate and print a report that summarizes the activity on all Activation Certificates in your system which includes the number of activations ordered the number of activations remaining on the certificate and the date the certificate was order...

Page 191: ...om of the Firmware Feature Maintenance menu 4 If no Activation Certificates have been entered into the system or if adding another certificate Click inside the New certificate box under Add certificate Enter the Activation Certificate number from the certificate Click on the prompt below it The frame at the bottom of the screen is refreshed to display information about the new certificate See the ...

Page 192: ...will be activated Select whether to activate selected devices 4 Select the FrameSaver devices to be activated at this time under Select devices by model device name or IP address then click on the prompt below the device selection table The table in the lower frame lists all the devices in the selected category Entering an asterisk in the Name or Device IP field will display all FrameSaver devices...

Page 193: ...that will not be activated then click on the prompt under Abort verifications activations to verify your selections and Apply Activations for the selected devices will be cancelled See the OpenLane SLM system s online Help for additional information Accessing and Printing the Certificate Summary Report The Certificate Summary Report provides information about the Activation Certificate and the act...

Page 194: ...7 Setting Up OpenLane for FrameSaver Devices and Activating SLV Capability 7 10 August 2001 9123 A2 GB20 20 ...

Page 195: ...cout Manager Plus on page 8 3 Adding FrameSaver FLEX Units to the NetScout Manager Plus Network Adding SLV Alarms Using a Template Editing Alarms Adding SLV Alarms Manually Creating History Files Installing the User Defined History Files Monitoring a DLCI s History Data on page 8 13 Monitoring the Agent Using NetScout Manager Plus on page 8 16 Release 5 5 or higher of the NetScout Manager Plus sof...

Page 196: ...or creating history files specific to the FrameSaver unit are available OpenLane paradyne directories include the following Properties paradyne fsd file found in OpenLane netscout alarms directory Properties paradyne fst file found in OpenLane netscout alarms directory Alarms slvtemplate fct file found in OpenLane netscout alarms directory User history pd udh files found in OpenLane netscout userH...

Page 197: ...r the agent and DLCIs Refer to the NetScout documentation for additional information about accessing and managing the FrameSaver unit through NetScout Manager Plus refer to the NetScout Manager Plus User Guide to help you install the application monitor traffic and diagnose emerging problems on network segments NetScout Manager Plus NetScout Server Administrator Guide to help you configure agents ...

Page 198: ...guration and administration icons appear in the box below the application bar 4 Click on the Config Manager icon to open the Configuration Manager main window 5 Select the Add button down the center of the screen 6 Minimally enter the following Agent name IP address Enter 1 for the frame relay logical interface to be monitored Properties File Select paradyne 7 Select the OK button at the bottom of...

Page 199: ...ally on page 8 8 NOTE Perl must be installed in your system to use the eztrap utility in the procedure below If you have an NT system please install Perl before proceeding Procedure 1 Open a terminal window and go to NSHOME usr 2 Type eztrap i filename fct o agentname fct agentname and press Enter to run the eztrap utility to create alarm threshold values across all DLCIs for the copied fct file T...

Page 200: ... buttons still selected click on the Config Manager icon to open the Configuration Manager main window 2 Select the Custom radio button from the Properties File area in the upper right of the window then Property down the center of the screen The Custom Property Editor window opens 3 Select a DLCI from the Trap list and select the Edit button to the right of the list The Edit Trap window opens ...

Page 201: ...ings you may want to change 5 Select the OK button at the bottom of the screen to apply your changes The window closes and the Configuration Manager main window reappears 6 Select the Install button down the center of the Configuration Manager main window to apply your changes Refer to Editing Alarms in the NetScout Manager Plus NetScout Server Administrator Guide to change alarm thresholds ...

Page 202: ...faults be used Follow the procedure below to configure alarms manually To load OpenLane default settings for alarms see Adding SLV Alarms Using a Template on page 8 5 Procedure 1 From the NetScout Manager Plus main window with the FrameRelay and Admin radio buttons still selected click on the Config Manager icon to open the Configuration Manager main window 2 Select the Custom radio button from th...

Page 203: ... Refer to Configuring Alarms in the NetScout Manager Plus NetScout Server Administrator Guide for additional information Field Select or Enter Domain User Defined DLCI DLCI number for trap being assigned Stats Type PARADYNE Trap Variable Trap variable to be configured Key1 The ifIndex for the frame relay logical interface is 1 Key2 DLCI number same as DLCI above Type Absolute or Delta radio button...

Page 204: ...se files have a pdn udh user defined history format and are found in the OpenLane netscout userHistory directory The userHistory files should be moved to NSHOME usr so they can be used A separate udh file must be created and loaded for each DLCI or link that will be monitored before a customized user history table can be loaded Use a text editor to create these udh files by Copying one of the inte...

Page 205: ...ct IDs The frame relay interface number 101015001 must replace IFN and the DLCI number to be monitored must replace DLCI Example frCircuitSentFrames Change 1 3 6 1 2 1 10 32 2 1 6 IFN DLCI to 1 3 6 1 2 1 10 32 2 1 6 101015001 301 The only valid interface number for a FrameSaver 9123 model is 101015001 4 Edit the new file as needed Refer to Creating UDH Files and Using Custom History in the NetScou...

Page 206: ...e 1 Type dvuhist f agentname user_history_table_number config number_of_buckets interval download_file udh to load user defined history files for the frame relay link Example dvuhist f Dallas51 3 config 30 60 Dallas51k udh The interval must be entered in seconds 2 Type dvuhist f agentname DLCI_number user_history_table_number config number_of_buckets interval download_file udh to load user defined...

Page 207: ...From the NetScout Manager Plus main window with the FrameRelay radio button still selected select the Traffic radio button The appropriate icons appear 2 Highlight an agent in the agent list box so that its DLCIs appear in the DLCI list box under the agent list box 3 Highlight the DLCI to be monitored 4 Click on the Custom History icon The NetScout Custom History window opens Adjust the size of th...

Page 208: ...List window opens The newly defined user history variables should appear on this list 6 Highlight the desired set of user history variables and select the OK button Data is gathered based upon the configured user history variables This may take some time so please be patient 7 Select 2D or 3D Bar from the Format menu if desired 3D Bar is shown ...

Page 209: ...f the data 8 Click anywhere on this window to return to the previous window view see Step 7 of this procedure Refer to Launching User History and Understanding Custom History Display in Using Custom History of the NetScout Manager Plus User Guide for additional information See Object ID Cross References Numeric Order in Appendix B SNMP MIBs and Traps and RMON Alarm Defaults to identify OID informa...

Page 210: ... either the Traffic or Protocol radio button to monitor the newly added agent or one of its DLCIs NOTE Only the Traffic and Protocol radio buttons on the application selection bar are supported for FrameSaver FLEX agents The procedure that follows describes how to monitor an agent s traffic The procedure is the same for protocol monitoring but you may be prompted to select a Domain Group as well a...

Page 211: ...itor one of the agent s DLCIs highlight the DLCI to be monitored 4 Click on an applicable icon The selected graphical report should open Traffic icons that would be of particular interest are Traffic Monitor and Domain History In the example below the Domain History icon was selected which is actually a real time report NOTE If Size Distribution is the selected View and distribution size has been ...

Page 212: ...8 Setting Up NetScout Manager Plus for FrameSaver Devices 8 18 August 2001 9123 A2 GB20 20 ...

Page 213: ...etwork Health on page 9 2 and reports Discovering FrameSaver Elements on page 9 3 Configuring the Discovered Elements on page 9 4 Grouping Elements for Reports on page 9 5 Generating Reports for a Group on page 9 6 About Service Level Reports About At a Glance Reports About Trend Reports Printed Reports Reports Applicable to FLEX and SLV Devices on page 9 7 For additional information about install...

Page 214: ...ain access to those features and functions Make sure you license the Poller application so you can poll FLEX units and collect data To use this application 1 Discover network elements units and interfaces in the network 2 Configure the Network Health applications then save them 3 Organize elements into groups for reporting purposes 4 Set up and run reports Setup and operation information is contai...

Page 215: ... elements Provide RMON2 and similar data for information gathered about network traffic between nodes Procedure To find FLEX device elements in your network 1 Select the LAN WAN radio button to specify the element type to be found Network Health treats frame relay element discovery as a WAN element type 2 Enter the IP Addresses of the FLEX units to be located and the Community String Community Nam...

Page 216: ... CIR for FrameSaver FLEX unit elements from Network Health 1 Select the Edit Before Saving button at the bottom of the Discovering dialog box once the discovery process is completed The Poller Configuration window opens 2 Double click on the first element discovered The Modify Element dialog box opens 3 In the Speed box select the Override radio button and enter the CIR for the unit in the text bo...

Page 217: ...name in the Group Name field Up to 64 characters can be entered A through Z a through z 0 through 9 dashes periods and underscores _ can be used No spaces can be included and the word All cannot be used 3 Select the WAN radio button above the Available Elements list 4 Highlight all the DLCIs listed on the Available Elements list or select specific DLCIs then select the left arrow button The highli...

Page 218: ...usiness process Executive IT Manager and Customer Service Level reports are provided Using these reports you can measure service performance against goals and agreements Ranges for service level goals can be set for up to five variables availability bandwidth bytes health exceptions and latency These ranges need to be set before reports are scheduled About At a Glance Reports At a Glance Reports c...

Page 219: ... accumulated exception points It is a good idea to run this report daily so that DLCIs having the most problems can be attended to first DLCIs contained on this report need immediate attention If a DLCI suddenly shows up on these reports check whether any new equipment has been added to the network and whether it is properly configured If its configuration is correct the equipment could be faulty ...

Page 220: ...nce of various groups The report summarizes service levels for a group of DLCIs along with details on individual DLCIs within that group Customer Service Level Report Provides service level information for customers This report is used to provide service level information to service customers to help them determine optimum service levels needed based upon their own traffic data as well as provide ...

Page 221: ... Glance Report For FrameSaver units with the SLV and SLM reporting feature set performs trend analysis on up to ten specified variables for DLCIs This is the first Network Health report to integrate the FrameSaver FLEX SLV unit s unique monitoring capabilities using the unit s SLV advanced network statistics ...

Page 222: ...e g burst octets but a bandwidth trend report should be generated when investigating problems that appear on Exceptions Reports Supplemental Reports and Health reports Use trend reports to view individual variables for DLCIs having a high Health Index rating to help locate which variable is causing a problem leading to a DLCI s poor Health Index rating See the Network Health Reports Guide for more...

Page 223: ... A 1 A Menu Hierarchy Menus The following menus are a graphical representation of the FrameSaver FLEX 9123 unit s menu organization The following menu structures are shown Frame Relay mode on page A 2 Leased Line mode on page A 4 ...

Page 224: ...nitor Pattern Tests Test PVCTests Network Data Port PhysicalTests Network Data Port Other IP Ping Lamp Test Abort All Tests PVCTests DLCI Number PVC Loopback Send Pattern Monitor Pattern Connectivity IP Routing Table Destination Mask Gateway Hop Type Interface TTL Trap Event Log Number of Trap Events Time Elasped Since Event Event Load Configuration from Configuration Edit Display System Network D...

Page 225: ... Software Release LMI Packet Capture Utility Disconnect Modem Reset Device Administer Logins Login ID Password Access Level New Login Entry Select Software Release Current Release Alternate Release Switch Reset LMI Trace Log LMI Packet Capture Utility Capture Interface Packet Capture Start Stop Status Packets in Buffer Display LMI Trace Log MAIN MENU Status Test Configuration Auto Configuration Co...

Page 226: ...stination Mask Gateway Hop Type Interface TTL Load Configuration from Configuration Edit Display System Network Data Ports Time Slot Assignment Management and Communication Network and Data Ports Physical MAIN MENU Status Test Configuration Control Easy Install System General Management and Communication Options Node IP General SNMP Management Telnet and FTP Session SNMP NMS Security SNMP Traps Et...

Page 227: ...are Release Disconnect Modem Reset Device Administer Logins Login ID Password Access Level New Login Entry Select Software Release Current Release Alternate Release Switch Reset MAIN MENU Status Test Configuration Control Easy Install Easy Install Service Type Node IP Address and Subnet Mask TS Access Create Dedicated Network Management Link Ethernet Port Options Screen Time Slot Assignment Screen...

Page 228: ...A Menu Hierarchy A 6 August 2001 9123 A2 GB20 20 ...

Page 229: ... mib 2 on page B 4 Paradyne Indexes to the Interface Table ifTable NetScout Indexes to the Interface Table ifTable Standards Compliance for SNMP Traps on page B 6 Trap warmStart Trap authenticationFailure Traps linkUp and linkDown Traps enterprise Specific Traps RMON Specific RMON Alarm and Event Defaults on page B 15 Physical Interface Alarm Defaults Frame Relay Link Alarm Defaults DLCI Alarm Def...

Page 230: ...S 232 Like MIB RFC 1659 Frame Relay Service MIB RFC 1604 Enterprise MIB RMON Version 1 MIB RFC 1757 RMON Version 2 MIB RFC 2021 Downloading MIBs and SNMP Traps Paradyne standard and enterprise MIBs are available from the Paradyne World Wide Web site Procedure To access Paradyne MIBs 1 Access the Paradyne World Wide Web site at www paradyne com 2 Select Technical Support 3 Select Management Informa...

Page 231: ...t PARADYNE T1 FrameSaver Flex Model 9123 C S W Release MM mm bb MM Major mm minor bb build format NAM CCA number hardware version in hhhh hhh format Serial number sssssss FrameSaver Unit s sysObjectID system 2 The following is the system object identifier sysObjectID system 2 or OID for the NMS subsystem in the FrameSaver 9123 unit 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 1 14 2 4 4 11 1 for the basic FLEX feature set or...

Page 232: ...1 Ethernet Ethernet Port Ethernet Port T1 FR NAM Hardware Version hhhh hhh 101006001 Sync Data Port S01P1 Synchronous Data Port 1 Synchronous Data Port Slot 1 Port 1 T1 FR NAM Hardware Version hhhh hhh 101003001 COM Communications port COM Port T1 FR NAM Hardware Version hhhh hhh 101004001 Frame Relay Logical Layer FR UNI Frame relay logical link on the T1 network interface For the DTE side Networ...

Page 233: ...Port 1 For the user side RMON IN OUT Synchronous Data Port of FR DTE Slot 1 Port 1 T1 FR NAM Hardware Version hhhh hhh 3 For the network side RMON IN OUT Synchronous Data Port of FR SERVICE Slot 1 Port 1 T1 FR NAM Hardware Version hhhh hhh RMON Logical Layer RMON Frame Relay Logical Interfaces These values are calculated For the DTE ifIndex 1 2 17 For the DCE DTE calculated value 1 IN RMON IN ifNa...

Page 234: ...ng or a 1 64 byte string within quotes e g Chicago to New York and only appears when a DLCI with circuitID is associated with the trap linkName is the name given to the link Frame relay linkName only appears when a frame relay link has been named and is associated with the trap ifName is the string returned for the SNMP ifName variable Examples DLCI 100 Chicago to New York of Network T1 frame rela...

Page 235: ... Reset command sent Power disruption String Unit reset Variable Binding devLastTrapString devHealthAndStatus mib Table B 4 authenticationFailure Trap Trap What It Indicates Possible Cause authenticationFailure Access to the FrameSaver unit was attempted and failed SNMP protocol message not properly authenticated Three unsuccessful attempts were made to enter a correct login user ID password combin...

Page 236: ...gs Physical and logical sublayers are represented by the entry in the MIB II Interfaces Table It is supported by a combination of the Frame Relay Extension MIB and either the Frame Relay Services MIB or the Frame Relay DTEs MIB Table B 5 linkUp and linkDown Traps Trap What It Indicates Possible Cause linkDown A failure in one of the communication interfaces has occurred A failure in one of the com...

Page 237: ...hutdown linkUp No alarms on the interface String ifString up Synchronous Data Port Supported by the media specific RS232 like MIB ifIndex RFC 1573 ifAdminStatus RFC 1573 ifOperStatus RFC 1573 devLastTrapString devHealthAndStatus mib linkDown One or more alarm conditions are active on the port Alarm conditions include DTR off 1 RTS off 2 Not DTR or RTS but link is down String ifString alarmString d...

Page 238: ...elay link Port 1 LMI down ifString administratively shutdown Due to an intentional shutdown linkUp LMI is up or Frame Relay link is enabled String ifString up Network DTE Side of the Frame Relay UNI Supported by the media specific Frame Relay DTE s MIB ifIndex RFC 1573 ifAdminStatus RFC 1573 ifOperStatus RFC 1573 devLastTrapString devHealthAndStatus mib linkDown LMI is down for the LMI Protocol co...

Page 239: ...changed to CIR bps enterpriseConfig Change 6 devLastTrapString devHealthAndStatus mib Configuration has been changed via the menu driven user interface an SNMP Manager or auto configuration after 60 seconds has elapsed without another change String Device configuration change enterpriseDLCI delete 17 devFrExtDlciIfIndex devFrExt mib devFrExtDlciDlci devFrExt mib devLastTrapString devHealthAndStatu...

Page 240: ...software has detected that the primary clock source has failed String Primary clock failed enterprisePrimary ClockFailClear 101 Operating software has detected that the primary clock source is operational again String Primary clock restored enterpriseRMON ResetToDefault 13 devLastTrapString devHealthAndStatus mib All RMON related option changes have been reset to their default values Default Facto...

Page 241: ...TrapString devHealthAndStatus mib At least one test has been started on an interface or virtual circuit String testString test started on ifString e g DTE Loopback test started on Sync Data Port S01P1 enterpriseTest Stop 105 All tests have been halted on an interface or virtual circuit String testString test stopped on ifString e g Disruptive PVC Loopback test stopped on DLCI 100 of Sync Data Port...

Page 242: ...Threshold RFC 1757 devLastTrapString devHealthAndStatus mib Object being monitored has risen above the set threshold String Change in variableName typeString threshold of alarmRisingThreshold by alarmValue AlarmRisingThreshold e g Octets received on Network T1 frame relay rose to threshold of 1 fallingAlarm alarmIndex RFC 1757 alarmVariable RFC 1757 alarmSampleType RFC 1757 alarmValue RFC 1757 ala...

Page 243: ...cal Interface Alarm Defaults Frame Relay Link Alarm Defaults DLCI Alarm Defaults Paradyne Area DLCI Alarm Defaults NetScout Area See Standards Compliance for SNMP Traps on page B 6 for information about how traps work and Traps RMON Specific on page B 14 for traps specific to remote monitoring Rising Event Operation If a rising threshold is crossed during the interval shown in a table e g frames d...

Page 244: ... Defaults Item Sample Type1 MIB Tag OID 2 Interval Event Type Rising Threshold Default Falling Threshold Default Unavailable Seconds D MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devTelcoFreeRunUAS OID 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 5 4 8 1 2 I 900 secs 15 mins Rising 1 1 1 D Delta Indicates that the calculated difference between the current value and the previous value is contained in the MIB 2 I in the OID Interface ID ...

Page 245: ...1 1 Long Frames D MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLinkRxLong OID 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 7 1 7 I 900 secs 15 mins Rising 1 1 Rx Discards D MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLinkRxDiscards OID 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 7 1 15 I 900 secs 15 mins Rising 1 1 Tx Discards D MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLinkTxDiscards OID 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 7 1 14 I 900 secs 15 mins Rising 1 1 Rx To...

Page 246: ...2 6 9 4 7 1 16 I 900 secs 15 mins Rising 1 1 Rx CRC Errors D MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLinkRxCrcErr OID 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 7 1 17 I 900 secs 15 mins Rising 1 1 Total LMI Errors D MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLinkTotal LMIErrs OID 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 7 1 32 I 900 secs 15 mins Rising 1 1 Table B 10 Frame Relay Link Alarm Defaults 2 of 2 Item Sample Type1 MIB Tag OID2 In...

Page 247: ...1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 1 1 23 I D 900 secs 15 mins Rising 5 5 Rx FECNs D MIB FR DTE MIB RFC 2115 Tag frCircuitReceivedFECNs OID 1 3 6 1 2 1 10 32 2 1 4 I D 60 secs 1 min Rising 1 1 Rx BECNs D MIB FR DTE MIB RFC 2115 Tag frCircuitReceivedBECNs OID 1 3 6 1 2 1 10 32 2 1 5 I D 60 secs 1 min Rising 1 1 Congested Seconds D MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtDlciSts CongestedSecs OID 1 3 6 1 4 1 179...

Page 248: ...r Plus for FrameSaver Devices Table B 12 Static DLCI Alarm Defaults NetScout Area 1 of 2 Item Sample Type1 MIB Tag OID 2 Interval Event Type Rising Threshold Default Falling Threshold Default Current Latency A MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLatencyLatest OID 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 3 1 7 I D 60 secs 1 min None Must be configured 0 Average Latency A MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLatencyAvg...

Page 249: ... of link capability Tx DLCI Link Utilization D MIB FR DTE MIB RFC 2115 Tag frCircuitSentOctets OID 1 3 6 1 2 1 10 32 2 1 7 I D 60 secs 1 min Rising 70 of link capability 65 of link capability 1 D Delta Indicates that the calculated difference between the current value and the previous value is contained in the MIB A Absolute Indicates that the exact value for the item is contained in the MIB 2 I i...

Page 250: ... SNMP variable to monitor When the threshold set for the monitored variable is exceeded an SNMP trap is sent and or a log entry is made This table is helpful in identifying alarm conditions being tracked when viewing the NetScout Custom History screen shown below which provides the OID instead of the alarm condition See Table B 14 for an RMON history OID cross reference and Table B 15 for an RMON ...

Page 251: ...rCircuitReceivedBECNs 1 3 6 1 2 1 10 32 2 1 6 I D Tx Frames MIB FR DTE MIB RFC 2115 Tag frCircuitSentFrames 1 3 6 1 2 1 10 32 2 1 7 I D Tx Octets MIB FR DTE MIB RFC 2115 Tag frCircuitSentOctets 1 3 6 1 2 1 10 32 2 1 8 I D Rx Frames MIB FR DTE MIB RFC 2115 Tag frCircuitReceivedFrames 1 3 6 1 2 1 10 32 2 1 9 I D Rx Octets MIB FR DTE MIB RFC 2115 Tag frCircuitReceivedOctets 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 1 ...

Page 252: ...xDE 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 1 1 37 I D Network Frames Offered MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtDlciRmtOffFr 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 1 1 39 I D Network Frames Offered In CIR MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtDlciRmtOffFrInCir 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 1 1 41 I D Network Frames Dropped In CIR MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtDlciDropOffFrInCir 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 1 1 43 I D Net...

Page 253: ...dn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtDlciStsInactiveSecs 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 3 1 5 I D Average Latency MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLatencyAvg 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 3 1 6 I D Maximum Latency MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLatencyMax 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 3 1 8 I D Latency Packet Size MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLatencyPacketSz 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 4 2 1 3 6 1 4 1 1...

Page 254: ...Long 1 3 6 1 4 1 17n95 2 24 2 6 9 4 7 1 11 I LMI Sequence Errors MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLinkSeqErr 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 7 1 15 I Rx Discards MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLinkRxDiscards 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 7 1 17 I Total Rx CRC Errors MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLinkRxCrcErr 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 7 1 18 I Rx Illegal Frames MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtL...

Page 255: ...it 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 10 3 1 3 I N Rx Port Burst Octets 1 5 MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLinkUtilRxOctets 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 10 3 1 4 I N Tx Port Burst Octets 1 5 MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLinkUtilTxOctets Table B 14 History OID Cross Reference 5 of 5 Object ID OID 1 Item MIB Tag 1 I Interface ID of the frame relay link D DLCI number N Additional numeric index used b...

Page 256: ...Frames 1 3 6 1 2 1 10 32 2 1 9 I D Rx DLCI Link Utilization MIB FR DTE MIB RFC 2115 Tag frCircuitReceivedOctets 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 5 4 8 1 2 I Unavailable Seconds MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devTelcoFreeRunUAS 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 1 1 17 I D Tx Frames Exceeding CIR MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtDlciTxFrOutCIR 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24...

Page 257: ...g devFrExtLinkTxDiscards 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 7 1 15 I Rx Discards MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLinkRxDiscards 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 7 1 16 I Rx Nonoctet Aligns MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLinkRxNonOctet 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 7 1 17 I Rx CRC Errors MIB pdn_FrExt mib E Tag devFrExtLinkRxCrcErrs 1 3 6 1 4 1 1795 2 24 2 6 9 4 7 1 18 I Rx Illegal Frames MIB pdn_FrExt mi...

Page 258: ...B SNMP MIBs and Traps and RMON Alarm Defaults B 30 August 2001 9123 A2 GB20 20 ...

Page 259: ...ignments for the connectors interfaces and cables Rear Panel The following illustration shows the FrameSaver 9123 unit s rear panel The sections that follow provide pin assignments for each interface NOTE In the pin assignment tables of this appendix if the pin number is not shown it is not being used 00 16690 P 0 R T COM NET POWER ETHERNET ...

Page 260: ...nterface Cable Feature No 3100 F1 510 The T1 line interface cable is used in Canada as an interface between the FrameSaver unit s network connector and the T1 network interface The following shows pin assignments and the purpose of each Function Circuit Direction Pin Number Receive Ring R1 From Network 1 Receive Tip T1 From Network 2 Transmit Ring R To Network 4 Transmit Tip T To Network 5 98 1621...

Page 261: ...IA 232C communication port connector Signal Direction Pin Shield GND 1 DCE Transmit Data TXD From DTE In 2 DCE Receive Data RXD To DTE Out 3 DCE Request To Send RTS From DTE In 4 DCE Clear To Send CTS To DTE Out 5 DCE Data Set Ready DSR From DTE In 6 Signal Ground GND 7 DCE Carrier Detect CD To DTE Out 8 DCE Data Terminal Ready DTR From DTE In 20 Pins 5 6 and 8 are tied together ...

Page 262: ...eSaver unit See the procedure in Configuring an External Modem on page C 5 to configure an external modem Pin 1 Pin 14 Pin 13 Pin 25 Pin 1 Pin 14 Pin 13 Pin 25 P2 Plug Chassis Ground TXD RXD RTS DSR Signal Ground CD RLSD RXC DTR XTXC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pin 496 15180 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 P1 Chassis Ground TX...

Page 263: ...he COM Port connection 2 Reconnect the crossover cable to the external modem 3 Enable auto answer on your modem and configure it to use the following LSD DSR CTS RTS and DTR control leads See the table below for AT D0 command strings Use the following command string AT C0 D2 S0 R1 D0 S0 1 AT Command String To configure the modem to C0 Force LSD on D2 Drop the connection when the unit drops DTR S0 ...

Page 264: ... Signal ITU CT Direction 34 Pin Socket Shield 101 A Signal Ground Common 102 B Request to Send RTS 105 To DSU In C Clear to Send CTS 106 From DSU Out D Data Set Ready DSR 107 From DSU Out E Receive Line Signal Detector RLSD or LSD 109 From DSU Out F Data Terminal Ready DTR 108 1 2 To DSU In H Local Loopback LL 141 To DSU In L Transmit Data TXD 103 To DSU In P A S B Receive Data RXD 104 From DSU Ou...

Page 265: ...provides the pin assignments for the FrameSaver unit s 8 position RJ45 Ethernet port unkeyed modular jack Signal Direction Pin 10BaseT Transmit Data TD To LAN Interface Out 1 10BaseT Transmit Data TD To LAN Interface Out 2 10BaseT Receive Data RD From LAN Interface In 3 10BaseT Receive Data RD From LAN Interface In 6 ...

Page 266: ...C Connectors Cables and Pin Assignments C 8 August 2001 9123 A2 GB20 20 ...

Page 267: ...sical Environment Operating temperature Storage temperature Relative humidity Shock and vibration 32 F to 122 F 0 C to 50 C 4 F to 158 F 20 C to 70 C 5 to 85 noncondensing Withstands normal shipping and handling Power Consumption and Dissipation 4 5 watts 60 Hz 3 0 135 A at 120 VAC 12 Result 15 4 Btu per hour Physical Dimensions Height with feet Height without feet Width Depth 2 1 inches 5 3 cm 2 ...

Page 268: ...e relay service RJ48C CA81A using adapter cable D4 ESF AMI B8ZS 0 0 dB 7 5 dB 15 dB 22 5 dB Selectable AT T TR 62411 Ethernet Port Standard Data rates 8 position modular unkeyed USOC RJ45 jack ANSI IEEE Standard 802 3 Ethernet Version 2 10 100 BaseT auto sensing 10 and 100 Mbps Ethernet rates Data Port Standard Data rates 34 position V 35 connector V 35 ITU ISO 2593 Variations for T1 rates automat...

Page 269: ...sing 120 Vac Power Supply Network Cable Installation Instructions and Quick Reference 9123 A1 223 FrameSaver FLEX 9123 C T1 Central Site with 120 PVCs and Basic FLEX Feature Set Includes 1 Slot Housing 120 Vac Power Supply Network Cable Installation Instructions and Quick Reference 9123 A1 215 FrameSaver FLEX 9123 C SLV T1 Central Site with 120 PVCs and Basic FLEX and Advanced FLEX SLV Feature Set...

Page 270: ...48C RJ49C 20 feet 6 1 meters For use in the U S 035 0209 2031 3100 F1 500 T1 Line Interface Cable RJ48C to CA81A 20 feet 6 1 meters For use in Canada 035 0221 2031 3100 F1 510 Standard EIA 232 Straight Through Cable DB25 to RJ48 14 feet 4 3 meters For connection to an asynchronous terminal or PC with an 8 pin modular interface 035 0314 1431 3100 F2 540 Standard EIA 232 Straight Through Cable DB25 ...

Page 271: ... 3 34 ANSI Performance Report Messages 3 25 ANSI T1 403 Annex B FT1 Channel Loopback 6 25 ARP inverse 1 4 Proxy 3 58 assign community names and access levels 4 9 frame relay time slots 3 29 synchronous data port 3 32 time slots and cross connections 3 29 AT commands 3 63 At a Glance Reports 9 6 authentificationFailure trap B 7 Auto Configuration 1 5 2 4 Active 5 14 setting up 3 11 AutoRoute 3 55 a...

Page 272: ...ds manually 3 37 frame relay options 3 34 NetScout Manager Plus 8 3 network interface 3 23 SLV options 3 20 System options 3 16 the system 3 3 Connectivity test 6 19 Control keys 2 6 lead descriptions 5 6 Leads Ignore 3 60 Leads and LEDs 5 3 menu branch 2 4 controlling asynchronous terminal access 4 2 external device access 4 4 FTP access 4 4 SNMP access 4 8 Telnet access 4 4 conversation elements...

Page 273: ...nts C 6 port initiated loopbacks 3 28 DTLB 6 27 DTR control lead 5 6 down 6 7 down from Port 1 Device 5 14 Ignore Control Leads 3 60 E EDLCI 3 48 Destination 3 41 Source 3 40 EER at Network 5 14 6 7 LED 5 4 5 5 linkDown trap B 9 EIA 232C COM Port connector C 3 EIR enforcement 3 18 statistics 5 28 elements DLCIs 9 3 Embedded Data Link Connection Identifier EDLCI 3 40 3 41 3 48 ending a session 2 3 ...

Page 274: ...ons 3 49 Traps 3 55 generating reports 9 6 glossary x grouping elements for reports 9 5 H hardware revision NAM 5 2 HDLC errors frame relay statistics 5 34 Health and Status 6 2 messages 5 14 history adding files 8 10 installing files 8 12 monitoring DLCI 8 13 Hop 5 24 I ICMP IP routing table type 5 25 Identity displaying 5 2 Ignore Control Leads 3 60 Inactivity Timeout 3 51 3 61 Initial Route Des...

Page 275: ...tbeat T1 3 18 3 35 Inbound Heartbeat T2 3 19 3 36 N4 Measurement Period T3 3 19 3 36 OK control lead 5 6 packet utility 6 5 Parameters 3 35 pass through 3 17 Protocol 3 34 Status Enquiry N1 3 18 3 35 uploading packet capture data 5 44 local external DTE loopback 3 28 locked out 4 3 4 11 6 4 logging in 2 2 logging out 2 3 Login 4 1 creating 4 11 ID 4 11 modifying and deleting 4 12 Required 3 50 3 6...

Page 276: ... data port to time slots 3 32 cable pin assignments C 2 Com Link Down 5 15 6 9 configuring the interface 3 23 DLCI records options 3 37 Health Concord reports 9 1 Initiated DCLB 3 25 Initiated LLB 3 24 Initiated PLB 3 25 interface control leads 5 6 LEDS 5 5 options 3 23 latency 1 7 reference time 1 7 time slot assignments 5 22 Network Health installation and setup 9 2 NMS IP Address 3 53 3 55 4 10...

Page 277: ...47 Link RIP 3 48 Primary Clock Failed 5 15 6 9 Source 3 22 printed reports 9 7 printing certificate report 7 9 problem indicators 6 2 product related documents xi Proprietary RIP 3 48 3 55 3 62 Protocol address resolution 1 4 3 58 LMI 3 34 Routing Information RIP 3 48 3 62 Simple Network Management SNMP 3 49 Proxy ARP 3 58 PVC availability 1 7 connection status 5 20 connections 3 40 total number 1...

Page 278: ... configuring 3 20 statistics 5 28 Session Access Level 3 51 4 5 4 7 ending 2 3 starting 2 2 Set DE 3 47 setting Date Time system clock 3 10 date and time 3 10 setting up auto configuration 3 11 SNMP trap managers 3 53 so router can receive RIP 3 10 SIG LED 5 5 SLA 1 7 1 8 SLM 1 8 OpenLane 7 1 performance monitoring feature set 1 7 SLV Activation Certificates how to order 7 4 configuring 3 20 Deliv...

Page 279: ...d Location 5 2 setting the clock data time 3 10 T T1 Canadian line interface cable C 2 Canadian network cable C 2 LMI Heartbeat 3 18 3 35 network cable C 2 network interface and cable C 2 network interface options 3 23 T2 LMI Inbound Heartbeat 3 19 3 36 T3 LMI N4 Measurement Period 3 19 3 36 tab key 2 6 Tc 3 38 TCP 5 40 Telnet limiting access 4 4 4 5 Session 4 5 user interface options 3 50 Termina...

Page 280: ...nk 3 42 3 44 Access Level 3 44 3 45 4 7 limiting Telnet access 4 5 4 7 TST LED 5 4 TTL 5 25 TXD control lead 5 6 Type Access 3 54 U UNI 3 18 3 19 3 35 3 36 upgrading system software 5 42 uploading data 5 44 user history adding files 8 10 installing files 8 12 monitoring DLCI 8 13 statistics gathering 1 6 1 7 user interface 2 1 cannot be accessed 6 11 external modem Com port options 3 63 resetting ...

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