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Model 6511RC

Matrix Switch

Administrator’s Reference Guide

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07MD6511RC-ARG

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April 6, 2005

Summary of Contents for 6511RC

Page 1: ...tch Administrator s Reference Guide Sales Office 1 301 975 1000 Technical Support 1 301 975 1007 E mail support patton com WWW www patton com Document Number 11501U3 001 Rev B Part Number 07MD6511RC A...

Page 2: ...gned or intended for use as critical components in human life support systems equipment used in hazardous environments or nuclear control systems Patton Electronics Company disclaims any express or im...

Page 3: ...port Export 17 4 Alarms 21 5 DS0 Mapping 29 6 System Clocking 41 7 Ethernet 47 8 IP 53 9 IP Filtering 71 10 RIP Version 2 79 11 SNMP 87 12 System 93 13 System Log 111 14 E1 Link 123 15 SDH 133 16 Abou...

Page 4: ...Summary Table of Contents Model 6511RC Matrix Switch Administrators Reference Guide 4...

Page 5: ...current Flash configuration 18 Import Flash Configuration From File 20 4 Alarms 21 Introduction 22 Alarm System Overview window 22 Alarms management windows 24 5 DS0 Mapping 29 Introduction 30 DS0 Ma...

Page 6: ...er 72 Modify Filter 73 An example of using a filter 76 Deleting a filter 78 10 RIP Version 2 79 Introduction 80 RIP Version 2 Overview main window 80 RIP Version 2 Status 83 RIP Version 2 Configuratio...

Page 7: ...cs Totals 128 DS0 idle code configuration 129 SDH E1 test parameters 130 15 SDH 133 Introduction 135 Alarm Status 135 Statistics 139 SDH Configuration link 143 16 About 149 Introduction 150 Patton Ele...

Page 8: ...Table of Contents Model 6511RC Matrix Switch Administrators Reference Guide 8...

Page 9: ...dow 33 22 Configure Static Connections section of DS0 Mapping Configuration window 38 23 System Clocking Overview window 42 24 System Clocking help window 45 25 Ethernet Overview main window 48 26 Eth...

Page 10: ...SDH Test Detail 130 70 SDH Overview window 135 71 SDH Overview window Alarm Status section 136 72 Section path and line within an SDH circuit 136 73 SDH Section STATUS ALARMS window 136 74 SDH Line ST...

Page 11: ...1 List of Tables 1 Text conventions 4 2 Mouse conventions 5 3 Masks 63 4 Physical states 97 5 System status subsystem reference 99...

Page 12: ...Model 6511RC Matrix Switch Administrators Reference Guide 2...

Page 13: ...2 on page 11 describes using the Home window Chapter 3 on page 17 describes using the Import Export window Chapter 4 on page 21 describes using the Alarms window Chapter 5 on page 29 describes using t...

Page 14: ...alert symbol and IMPORTANT heading calls attention to important information Table 1 Text conventions Convention Meaning Garamond blue type Indicates a cross reference hyperlink that points to a figure...

Page 15: ...ion Point This word means to move the mouse in such a way that the tip of the pointing arrow on the screen ends up resting at the desired location Click Means to quickly press and release the left or...

Page 16: ...About this guide Model 6511RC Matrix Switch Administrators Reference Guide 6...

Page 17: ...7 Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter contents Introduction 8 Logging into the HTTP HTML Web Management windows 8 HTTP HTML and SNMP Object Format 9 Saving HTTP HTML Object Changes 9...

Page 18: ...L Web Management windows you must enter the 4 octet Internet Protocol IP address for example http your server ip address as the Universal Resource Locator URL into a World Wide Web WWW browser After y...

Page 19: ...variables will resemble figure 2 Figure 2 HTTP HTML and SNMP object format Saving HTTP HTML Object Changes Sometimes you will need to save changes that you have made in the HTTP HTML windows Do the f...

Page 20: ...1 Introduction Model 6511RC Matrix Switch Administrators Reference Guide 10 Saving HTTP HTML Object Changes...

Page 21: ...s cPCIShelfAddr 14 Slot ID cPCISlotID 15 CPU Idle boxIdleTime 15 Running Since Last Boot sysUpTime 15 Current Box State alarmBoxState 15 Total System Alarms alarmTotal 15 Operator Actions 15 Record Cu...

Page 22: ...mary of the system s operating status that includes the following information Number of egress ports on the rear blade Shelf address Slot ID Percent of idle CPU time Amount of time since the last time...

Page 23: ...ne see figure 4 The Configuration Menu contains the links to the various 6511RC subsystem win dows while the configuration information pane is where you can view status and other information or make c...

Page 24: ...te software made available to certain parties for before the official formal release to the general public often for early access trials or field testing Software release timestamp The date and time t...

Page 25: ...te several operator actions see figure 7 which will cause the 6511RC to oper ate according to the descriptions in the following sections Figure 7 Operator Actions buttons Record Current Configuration...

Page 26: ...ion from Flash memory and loads the factory default parameters into Flash The factory default settings will not take effect in the 6511RC until it has been re booted for example by doing a Hard Reset...

Page 27: ...17 Chapter 3 Import Export Chapter contents Introduction 18 Export current Flash configuration 18 Import Flash Configuration From File 20...

Page 28: ...cess privileges To import or export a configuration click on Import Export under the Configuration Menu to display the IMPORT EXPORT main window see figure 8 Figure 8 IMPORT EXPORT main window Export...

Page 29: ...hat shown in figure 9 Figure 9 Typical 6511RC flash memory configuration data To save the displayed data as a text file select the Save option on your browser see figure 10 For example under Netscape...

Page 30: ...for the configuration file you wish to load or click on the Browse button to select the desired file then click on the Submit Query button see figure 8 on page 18 Upon successfully importing the file...

Page 31: ...m Overview window 22 Alarms management windows 24 Alarm System Configurations window 25 Alarm Syslog Priority syslogAlarmPriority 25 Alarm Trap IP 1 through 4 alarmTrapIp0 alarmTrapIp3 26 Temperature...

Page 32: ...511RC can send to an external alarms management host By default all 6511RC alarms are set to display as major orange colored severity events but you can use the alarm systems management windows to cus...

Page 33: ...ns Management web page indication The Alarms section see figure 12 of the Alarm System Overview win dow see figure 11 on page 22 uses color coded highlighting to indicate which alarms are active and t...

Page 34: ...essages in response to alarm conditions click on the Modify Parameters hyperlink see figure 13 to open the Alarm System Configurations Alarm Response Outputs win dow refer to section Alarm System Conf...

Page 35: ...MP trap alarm response outputs Click on Modify Parameters see figure 11 on page 22 to open the Alarm System Configurations window see figure 15 Choose the alarm response output that you wish to config...

Page 36: ...enerated when the internal box temperature exceeds this value in degrees Celsius You can change the threshold temperature but we recommend using the factory default of 55 C Alarm Severity Configuratio...

Page 37: ...hting on the Alarm System main window to indicate that an event has occurred they do not generate alarm indications anywhere else ignore 0 The 6511RC will not generate an alarm Note You can disable an...

Page 38: ...4 Alarms Model 6511RC Matrix Switch Administrators Reference Guide 28 Alarms management windows...

Page 39: ...110 Direction 34 H 110 Port Number 34 H 110 Slot 34 E1 port format static connections 35 Port Type 35 E1 Number 35 Slots 35 H 110 Port Number 35 H 110 Slot 35 Defining DS0 mappings using the command l...

Page 40: ...ion The source is DS0 traffic on the H 110 side and the destination are STM 1 virtual containers The 6511RC s DS0 Mapping Overview window see figure 17 provides the means for managing mapping internal...

Page 41: ...m or the Command Line Form To choose the method you prefer use the DACS Display Type drop down box to select one of the following param eter values displayLongForm 0 Factory Default Most people consid...

Page 42: ...define DS0 connections scroll down to the Command Line Format heading Figure 19 DACS Help Information window Defining a DS0 map using the Long Form DS0 connections can be entered using one of two E1...

Page 43: ...ds the Tu designators follow standard SDH STM 1 terminology In displayLongForm mode you will use drop down menus and text boxes to define the DS0 mapping parameters The following parameters define eac...

Page 44: ...rt to the TDM midplane bus and parameters in the second row define the receive port from the TDM midplane bus There are up to 32 configurable H 110 ports H 110 Slot H 110 ports can support up to 128 s...

Page 45: ...pe E1 Number E1 Slots H 110 Direction toH110 fromH110 H 110 port number H 110 Slots Port Type This is a fixed E1 port E1 Number Selects the E1 number Options are from 1 to 63 Slots The field labeled S...

Page 46: ...er selected is not within the range supported an error will be generated Slots Number of H 110 slots 1 128 The range should have a maximum of 32 slots this corresponds to the maximum capacity of 32 sl...

Page 47: ...r to grasp quickly than the first two examples Beyond the cluttered appearance of these last three strings they tend to obscure the part of reality they represent the con tiguous block of timeslots fr...

Page 48: ...on nection IDs start with the number one 1 and are incremented sequentially As DS0 mappings connections are defined the 6511RC assigns connection IDs automatically When the user enters DS0 mapping par...

Page 49: ...DS0 Connection ID window To view the DS0 Connection ID window for a certain DS0 mapping connection 1 On the DSO Mapping page under Static Connections find the Connection ID number for the DS0 map ping...

Page 50: ...5 DS0 Mapping Model 6511RC Matrix Switch Administrators Reference Guide 40 DS0 Connection ID DAX Connection ID window...

Page 51: ...Clocking Parameters section 43 Module Clocking Fallback sysGSClockMode 43 Module Clocking Source daxClockMainRef and daxClockFallbackRef 44 Module Clocking Fallback 44 Operator Actions buttons 44 Cloc...

Page 52: ...ry mechanism by which the T DAC monitors a Main clock Reference source and switches to a Fallback Reference source if the main reference becomes unavail able Once the main reference clock is re establ...

Page 53: ...to the selected fallback reference clock source Slave Mode The 6511RC defaults fallback feature options are not accessible to user to system for both main reference and fallback reference since the sl...

Page 54: ...pose however you must define it by selecting a value different from the main reference You must also enable the 6511RC s fallback mechanism see Enable Disable Fallback System For the 6511RC s primary...

Page 55: ...noError 0 Help Clicking the Help button displays the DACS Clocking Help window see figure 24 Figure 24 System Clocking help window Clocking Status section The Clocking Status displays status informati...

Page 56: ...ix Administrators Reference Guide 46 System Clocking Overview window Saving your work Once you have defined your desired values for the system clocking parameters you must click the Submit Query butto...

Page 57: ...erASecondaryIpAddress 51 SecondaryIpMask boxEtherASecondaryIpMask 51 SecondaryIpFilters boxEtherASecondaryIpFilters 51 Technique boxEtherATechnique 51 Ethernet Statistics window 51 Alignment Errors do...

Page 58: ...he statistics on the ethernet interface For more information about the Statistics page refer to Ethernet Statistics win dow on page 51 Modify Parameters link Clicking on the Modify link takes you to t...

Page 59: ...Ethernet IP address Note This address is not propagated via RIP SecondaryIpMask boxEtherASecondaryIpMask The secondary IP Ethernet IP subnet mask SecondaryIpFilters boxEtherASecondaryIpFilters Filter...

Page 60: ...inkIndication 1 no cable is connected to Ethernet interface Hub is not seen adminOff 2 Ethernet interface has been turned off by setting technique to disable linkIndication10M 3 Ethernet is 10M linkIn...

Page 61: ...Ethernet port off and on The remote access server must be reset for this setting to take effect disable 0 Ethernet port is disabled static 1 Ethernet port is turned on IP address es and mask s are obt...

Page 62: ...smission of a packet Five hundred and twelve bit times corresponds to 51 2 microseconds on a 10 Mbps system Excessive Collisions dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions The number of frames in which transmission...

Page 63: ...assembled Fragments 59 Successfully Reassembled 59 Reassembly Failures 59 Fragmented OK 59 Fragmented Failed 59 Fragments Created 59 Valid but Discarded 59 Modify IP Configuration window 59 Forwarding...

Page 64: ...65 Mask genRouteMask 65 Interface genRouteIfIndex 65 Protocol genRouteProto 65 Seconds Since Updated genRouteAge 65 Tag genRouteTag 66 Gateway genRouteGateway 66 Cost genRouteCost 66 State genRouteSt...

Page 65: ...anaging the IP subsystem involves monitoring IP statistics and parameters and defining IP addressing and routing parameters Note All items described in this chapter are defined in RFC 1213 Management...

Page 66: ...lated windows The IP Overview main window displays certain IP statistics as well as the status of the IP forwarding mecha nism forwarding or not forwarding The following sections describe the contents...

Page 67: ...fining IP routing parameters see IP Routing Information win dow on page 62 Address Translation Info Clicking the Address Translation hyperlink displays the IP address translation sub window where you...

Page 68: ...an attempt was made to find a route to forward them to that final destination In entities which do not act as IP Gateways this counter will include only those packets which were source routed via the...

Page 69: ...mber of failures detected by the IP reassembly algorithm for whatever reason timed out errors etc Note The Reassembly Failures value is not necessarily a count of discarded IP frag ments since some al...

Page 70: ...ptions are available forwarding 1 acting as a gateway not forwarding 2 not acting as a gateway Default Time To Live ipDefaultTTL The default value inserted into the Time To Live TTL field in the IP he...

Page 71: ...you wish to view and click the Details hyperlink Figure 32 Address window Entry Interface Index ipAdEntIfIndex The index value that identifies the interface to which this entry applies Entry Subnet M...

Page 72: ...genRouteDest The destination IP address of this route An entry with a value of 0 0 0 0 is considered a default route Multiple routes to a single destination can appear in the table but access to such...

Page 73: ...he interface identified by a particular value of this index is the same interface as identified by the same value of ifIndex This may be zero in the case that the route is not active or no interface c...

Page 74: ...ched to an interface Packets to a network will be routed to that interface allowing the gateway IP address to be dynamic Fill in the Destination genRouteDest Mask genRouteMask and Inter face genRouteI...

Page 75: ...ether the value of the corresponding ipRouteDest field belongs to a Class A B or C network and then using the appropriate mask from table 3 on page 63 Interface genRouteIfIndex The index value which u...

Page 76: ...to be removed costly 5 A valid route but not in use because of its higher cost Forwarding Table The Forwarding Table window see figure 35 displays the IP forwarding parameters for all routes in the 6...

Page 77: ...ry from the route identified with said entry It is an implementation specific matter as to whether the agent removes an invalidated entry from the table Accordingly management stations must be prepare...

Page 78: ...ranslation table Figure 36 Address Translation Information window The following sections describe the information displayed on the Address Translation Information window Interface ipNetToMediaIfIndex...

Page 79: ...ference Guide 8 IP tabular information from agents that corresponds to entries not currently in use Proper interpretation of such entries requires examination of the relevant ipNetToMediaType object o...

Page 80: ...8 IP 6511RC Matrix Switch Administrators Reference Guide 70 Address Translation Information window...

Page 81: ...Mask 74 Destination IP 75 Comparison filterIpDestinationAddressCmp 75 Address filterIpDestinationIp 75 Mask filterIpDestinationMask 75 Source Port 75 Comparison filterIpSourcePortCmp 75 Port filterIpS...

Page 82: ...everal users The access server enables 20 separate filters to be defined of which up to 10 can be used on a single user con nection A single filter can be assigned to a user via the Static Users Authe...

Page 83: ...irection Specifies the direction of the filter that is whether it applies to data packets inbound or outbound from the access server The filter only applies to dial in users users on other interfaces...

Page 84: ...te Block filters take priority therefore any applied and matching block filters will drop the packet Next pass filters are examined if PASS filters have been defined then at least one of them must mat...

Page 85: ...ill have the effect of disabling destination IP address comparison Source Port Applies the filter action based on the stated comparison to the source port number TCP or UDP Comparison filterIpSourcePo...

Page 86: ...is established The following choices are available anyPackets 0 Applies the filter to all packets onlyEstablishedConnections 1 Only applies the filter to established TCP connections Default for diali...

Page 87: ...Protocol not set TCP Established anyPackets Default for dial in apply to Dial in ID 3 Name DNS Direction inbound Action pass Source IP and mask not set Destination IP 192 10 10 1 mask 255 255 255 255...

Page 88: ...t no compare Destination Port no compare Protocol 1 TCP Established anyPackets Default for dial in apply to Dial in Note This would also allow traceroute to work Deleting a filter To delete a filter d...

Page 89: ...P Address rip2IfStatAddress 83 Bad Packets rip2IfStatRcvBadPackets 83 Bad Routes rip2IfStatRcvBadRoutes 83 Sent Updates rip2IfStatSentUpdates 83 Status rip2IfStatStatus 83 RIP Version 2 Configuration...

Page 90: ...Version 2 MIB Extension RIP Version 2 Overview main window The RIP Version 2 Overview main window see figure 39 provides the means for you to manage the 6511RC s RIP Version 2 subsystem The window di...

Page 91: ...ss Each IP Address in the table defines a single routing domain in a single subnet for the 6511RC to use when making RIP routing decisions Note Each IP Address displayed in the RIP Version 2 table als...

Page 92: ...o 2 Enter the protocol version to be used for sending RIP packets The following choices are available doNotSend 1 ripVersion1 2 ripVersion 1 implies sending RIP updates compliant with RFC 1058 rip1Com...

Page 93: ...ts rip2IfStatRcvBadPackets The number of RIP response packets received by the RIP process which were subsequently discarded for any reason e g a version 0 packet or an unknown command type Bad Routes...

Page 94: ...s describe the configurable parameters displayed on the RIP Version 2 Configuration window Address rip2IfConfAddress The IP Address of this system on the indicated subnet For unnumbered interfaces the...

Page 95: ...esults in an octet string of length zero Authentication may not be bypassed by reading the MIB object Metric rip2IfConfDefaultMetric This variable indicates the metric that is to be used for the defau...

Page 96: ...10 RIP Version 2 Model 6511RC Matrix Switch Administrators Reference Guide 86 RIP Version 2 Configuration window...

Page 97: ...snmpInBadValues 90 Error Status Read Only snmpInReadOnlys 90 Generated Errors snmpInGenErrs 90 Get Get Next Variables snmpInTotalReqVars 90 Set Variables snmpInTotalSetVars 90 Get Requests snmpInGetRe...

Page 98: ...s Three hyperlinks to the SNMP sub windows shown in the diagram below to display the MIB diagrams for the Corporate Enterprise and Products MIBs When you click one of the MIB hyperlinks your browser w...

Page 99: ...e you must visit the 6511RC HOME page and click the Record Current Config uration button When you click the Record Current Configuration but ton the 6511RC will copy the configuration currently stored...

Page 100: ...tocol error to generate an SNMP PDU which contains the readOnly value in the error status field as such this object is provided as a means of detecting incorrect implementations of the SNMP Generated...

Page 101: ...by the SNMP protocol entity and for which the value of the error status is noSuchName Bad Values snmpOutBadValues The total number of SNMP PDUs that were generated by the SNMP protocol entity and for...

Page 102: ...11 SNMP Model 6511RC Matrix Switch Administrators Reference Guide 92 SNMP window...

Page 103: ...oxMsgBlksConfigured 102 Free boxMsgBlksFree 102 Total Time Waited boxCountMsgBlkTaskWait 102 Total Times Unavailable boxCountMsgBlkUnavailable 102 Operating System Heap Memory Statistics 102 Total Siz...

Page 104: ...boxSnmpMasterPassword 106 User Password boxSnmpMonitorPassword 106 System Parameters Configuration window 107 Installation Parameters 107 Country installCountry 107 System Manager sysContact 108 Modu...

Page 105: ...an overall summary of the 6511RC Matrix Switch s current oper ating status The page displays the currently operating software release and timestamp along with such infor mation as system temperature p...

Page 106: ...ow displays System Status table Displays the state of alarms the internal temperature of the Matrix Switch dis played in Celsius C Fahrenheit F the current operating status of the two power supplies a...

Page 107: ...e switches are closed indicating that the handles are locked and the Matrix Switch cannot be removed from the cPCI chassis Rear handle switch Open The switch on at least one of the two rear handles is...

Page 108: ...minutes 180 seconds rate5min 300 Refresh every 5 minutes 300 seconds Click Modify after selecting the desired refresh rate Figure 48 System Status table Figure 49 Alarm symbols Rear READY LED blue On...

Page 109: ...hing red star see figure 49 indicates there is an alarm condition in the primary clock A green square denotes that the primary clock is functioning properly Fallback clock A flashing red star see figu...

Page 110: ...ports 2 16 Port 1 and 2 16 Port 2 which can be routed through the rear blade to the cPCI chassis mid plane Link A green square see figure 49 on page 98 denotes that no alarms are present and parameter...

Page 111: ...cal This value represents a count of how many times the CPU was fully utilized expressed in 1 100th seconds Time Slices 90 Utilized boxCPUWarning This value represents a count of how many times the CP...

Page 112: ...packet The difference between Total Time Waited and Total Times Unavailable is whether the CPU task goes to sleep or simply dumps the packet to continue on Operating System Heap Memory Statistics This...

Page 113: ...perlink The following sections describe the statistical counters displayed on the System Message Blocks window Buffer Size boxBufferSize The size in bytes of the buffer No of Buffers boxBufferCount Th...

Page 114: ...w You can use the System Parameters Configuration window to modify configurable installation SNMP and HTTP parameters To display the System Status Parameters window on the System Status Overview windo...

Page 115: ...WWW sites that rely heavily on graphics enableGraphics 1 When this option is selected graphics on WWW pages are displayed disableWeb 2 When this option is selected access to the WWW pages is denied fo...

Page 116: ...mation about the SNMP version and the HTTP accessibility Version boxSnmpVersion This parameter selects the SNMP version number supported by this unit Select snmpv1 1 only SNMP2 is not currently suppor...

Page 117: ...onfigurable parameters window on the System Parameters window click the Modify Parame ters link see figure 53 on page 104 The following sections describe the configurable parameters displayed on the S...

Page 118: ...for everyone Monitor Privilege boxMonitorPrivilege Specifies the privileges given to the monitor user Privileges can be removed or additional write access can be given beyond read only access The fol...

Page 119: ...andle diable 0 The 6511 will NOT restart when someone unlocks the topmost front handle SNMP and HTTP The SNMP and HTTP parameters table figure 54 on page 107 displays the selectable SNMP version toget...

Page 120: ...tch web management interface Logging on with monitor access gives you read only access to a limited selection of management information Certain parameters displayed for superuser access are hidden to...

Page 121: ...syslogUnixFacility 116 Call Trace syslogCallTrace 116 SYSTEM LOG configuration window 117 Daemons 117 SysLog Daemon IP Address syslogDaemonIP 117 SNMP Trap Daemon IP Address syslogTrapIP 117 Priority...

Page 122: ...Memory NVRAM RAM The 6511RC s Random Access Memory RAM Config port The 6511RC s RS 232 control port presented as an RJ 45 connector on the front panel SNMP trap daemon An external host computer runni...

Page 123: ...gure 57 Modify Clicking on the Modify link displays the System Log configuration window You can use the System Log configuration sub window to view and modify the values of syslog configurable paramet...

Page 124: ...address of a host system which is running a SNMP trap daemon SNMP Trap messages with a priority greater than or equal to the configurable syslogTrapPriority will be sent to this IP address Min Priorit...

Page 125: ...l be used to store system level messages priorityDisable 1000 No messages will be stored Min Priority for SNMP Trap Daemon syslogTrapPriority System messages which have a priority equal to or greater...

Page 126: ...ng this will activate the call tracing utility This is a powerful debugging utility which will log every sin gle function call and return At the death of a box the call trace will be printed out and c...

Page 127: ...meters Daemons This portion of the System Log Configuration window displays the parameters that define the IP address for the SysLog Daemon and the IP address for the SNMP Trap Daemon SysLog Daemon IP...

Page 128: ...e selecting priorityDisable will turn off all messages priorityVerbose 5 priorityDebug 10 priorityInfo 20 priorityOddity 40 priorityService 60 prioritySystem 80 priorityDisable 1000 Min Priority for F...

Page 129: ...orityService 60 prioritySystem 80 priorityDisable 1000 Unix Facility syslogUnixFacility This setting is used when syslog messages are sent to a Unix type syslog daemon In this case the message will in...

Page 130: ...in the following sections Time slTick Time stamps are generated every 10 ms Message slMessage This is the message stored in RAM If the 6511RC loses power the messages stored in volatile RAM will be l...

Page 131: ...dow 121 Model 6511RC Matrix Switch Administrators Reference Guide 13 System Log Message slfMessage This is the message stored in Flash memory If the 6511RC loses power the messages stored in non volat...

Page 132: ...13 System Log Model 6511RC Matrix Switch Administrators Reference Guide 122 System Log Non Volatile Memory window...

Page 133: ...onds dsx1IntervalSEFSs 127 UASs unavailable seconds dsx1IntervalUASs 127 CSSs controlled slip seconds dsx1IntervalCSSs 127 PCVs path code violations dsx1IntervalPCVs 128 LESs line errored seconds dsx1...

Page 134: ...14 E1 Link Model 6511RC Matrix Switch Administrators Reference Guide 124 Loopback Configuration dsx1LoopbackConfig 131 Send Code dsx1SendCode 131...

Page 135: ...From the E1 Link page select the group TUG3 and TUG2 containing the E1 or E1s of interest Once you have selected a TUG2 and TUG3 group click the Submit Query button to view the E1 configuration and in...

Page 136: ...s dsx1CurrentSEFSs The number of severely errored framing seconds encountered by a DS1 interface in the current 15 minute interval UASs unavailable seconds dsx1CurrentUASs The number of unavailable se...

Page 137: ...t recently completed 15 minutes interval When all 96 intervals are visible then the 6511RC has been operating powered on for at least 24 hours If less than 96 intervals are visible then it has been le...

Page 138: ...er of degraded minutes DMs encountered by a DS1 interface in one of the previous 96 15 minute intervals LCVs line code violations dsx1IntervalLCVs The number of line code violations LCVs encountered b...

Page 139: ...The number of line errored seconds encountered by a DS1 interface in the previous 24 hour interval BESs bursty errored seconds dsx1TotalBESs The number of bursty errored seconds BESs encountered by a...

Page 140: ...s to E1 SDH Test Overview page see figure 68 that displays the following E1 Circuit Statistics displays time elapsed and valid intervals information Line Interface Options Displays E1 circuit ID and E...

Page 141: ...hat the interface does not support The val ues mean dsx1NoLoop 1 Not in the loopback state A device that is not capable of performing a loopback on the interface shall always return this as its value...

Page 142: ...14 E1 Link Model 6511RC Matrix Switch Administrators Reference Guide 132 SDH E1 test parameters...

Page 143: ...ction Statistics Current 140 Near End Section Statistics History 140 Near End Line Statistics Current 140 Near End Line Statistics History 141 Near End Path1 Statistics Current 141 Near End Path1 Stat...

Page 144: ...ace Configuration 145 1 byte Trace Message Length 145 16 byte Trace Message Length 145 64 byte Trace Message Length 145 Number of Paths per Frame 146 AU 4 Mapping 146 AU 3 Mapping 146 Path Trace Monit...

Page 145: ...tistics for Near and Far end Near End section line and path statistics Far End line and path Figure 70 SDH Overview window Alarm Status The Alarm Status section allows at a glance indication of the co...

Page 146: ...path and line within an SDH circuit Section alarm If an alarm is present in the SDH section the indicator will change from green to red Clicking on the icon will take the user to the SDH Section STAT...

Page 147: ...SDH Line STATUS ALARMS window Line AIS Line AIS defect is detected as a 111 pattern in bits 6 7 and 8 of the K2 byte in five consecutive frames Line AIS defect is terminated when bits 6 7 and 8 of the...

Page 148: ...ected with the New Data Flag NDF set to 1001 without a valid concat enation indicator LOP state is cleared when either a valid pointer with a normal NDF set to 0110 or a valid concatenator indicator i...

Page 149: ...Only in service provisioned Path Terminating equipment can detect mismatched Signal labels It is considered provisioned if it has been configured for a mapping and has been assigned signals to and fr...

Page 150: ...de Figure 78 Near End Section Statistics History Near End Section Statistics History The Near End Section Statistics History window see figure 78 displays historical information on the condition of th...

Page 151: ...tatistics for the 6511RC The information fields include Current Width Current Status Current ESs errored seconds Current SESs severe errored seconds Current CVs code violations and Current UASs unavai...

Page 152: ...ored seconds SESs severe errored seconds CVs code violations UASs unavailable seconds and Valid Data Figure 84 Far End Line Statistics History Far End Path 1 Statistics Current The Far End Path Statis...

Page 153: ...optical interface SDH Interface Configuration Configurable parameters for the STM 1 port Path Trace Configuration Configurable parameters for Path trace SDH Mapper configures E1 mapping for either As...

Page 154: ...ed on the section trace msg len setting This field is not used with 1 byte message length If the length is set to 16 this field is 15 bytes maximum length A 1 byte crc 7 check is appended to the strin...

Page 155: ...12 au4Mapper 1 When the AU mapping is set to AU 4 the VC 4 High Order Path three TUG 3s Each TUG 3 can be configured to carry up to 21 E1s mapp Path Trace Configuration The Path Trace function verifie...

Page 156: ...maximum length based on the path trace msg len setting This field is not used with 1 byte message length If the length is set to 16 this field is 15 bytes maximum length A 1 byte crc 7 check is appen...

Page 157: ...s therefore a 2 Mbit signal using this mapping doesn t need to be framed This mapping allows easy interface with existing PDH systems because variable bit justification bits bytes used for timing comp...

Page 158: ...15 SDH Model 6511RC Switch Matrix Administrators Reference Guide 148 SDH Configuration link...

Page 159: ...149 Chapter 16 About Chapter contents Introduction 150 Patton Electronics Company contact information 150...

Page 160: ...cs Company contact information Click on About under the 6511RC s Configuration Menu to display the ABOUT main window see figure 88 Figure 88 ABOUT window Patton Electronics Company contact information...

Page 161: ...151 Chapter 17 License Chapter contents Introduction 152 End User License Agreement 152 1 Definitions 152 2 Title 152 3 Term 152 4 Grant of License 153 5 Warranty 153 6 Termination 153...

Page 162: ...ing conditions 1 Definitions A Effective Date shall mean the earliest date of purchase or download of a product containing the Patton Electronics Company Program s or the Program s themselves B Progra...

Page 163: ...or non infringement In no event shall Patton Electronics Company or its licensors be liable for any damages whatsoever including without limitation damages for loss of business profits business inter...

Page 164: ...17 License Model 6511RC Matrix Switch Administrators Reference Guide 154 End User License Agreement...

Page 165: ...155 Appendix A Updating the operating software Chapter contents Introduction 156 Software upgrade procedures 156...

Page 166: ...To obtain an updated software release you will need A computer workstations such as a PC or laptop with a standard browser such as Internet explorer or Nest cape Navigaotr An Internet connection to y...

Page 167: ...he page lists all Model 6511RC software releases and the release date for each Figure 91 Model 6511RC Software Updates window 4 Determine which software release you need then click the icon in the Dow...

Page 168: ...link to register 7 The Patton Upgrades Registration page appears see figure 94 Complete the registration form and click the Register button at the bottom of the page Figure 94 Patton Upgrades Registra...

Page 169: ...LAN PROCEDURES To load new software into the 6511RC execute the following steps 1 Boot the 6511RC 2 Open a DOS window on your Windows platform 3 After the 6511RC has fully booted type the following co...

Page 170: ...A Updating the operating software Model 6511RC Matrix Switch Administrators Reference Guide 160 Software upgrade procedures...

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