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ForeSight 6300

 

Network Management System

 

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09203U1-001 Rev. A

 

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07MFS6300-GS

 

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April 18, 2008

 

 

 

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Page 1: ...m Getting Started Guide Sales Office 1 301 975 1000 Technical Support 1 301 975 1007 E mail support patton com WWW www patton com Document Number 09203U1 001 Rev A Part Number 07MFS6300 GS Revised Apr...

Page 2: ...tion about the license go to www patton com Patton Electronics warrants all NMS components to be free from defects and will at our option repair or replace the product should it fail within one year f...

Page 3: ...ing 28 4 Configuring and Managing Devices 37 5 Configuring the 2616RC Card 43 6 Configuring the 3096RC Card 56 7 Configuring the 6511RC Card 76 8 Configuring Chassis 91 9 Monitoring Managed Objects 97...

Page 4: ...ng the NMS Menus and Toolbars 20 Logging out of the Application Client 20 2 Discovering Your Network 21 Introduction 22 Starting the Discovery Process 22 Viewing Node Information After Discovery 24 Co...

Page 5: ...the Front Panel 45 Configuring the Card System 45 Modify System Parameters 45 View System Status 46 View System Status Details 46 View Ethernet Status 46 View SNMP HTTP Parameters 46 Configuring Ether...

Page 6: ...1 Exporting the Configuration 61 Importing the Configuration 62 Configuring G SHDSL Ports 63 Activating Deactivating All Ports 63 Configuring Individual Ports 64 View Port Information 64 Edit CO CPE O...

Page 7: ...nable Disable DS0 Numbers 81 Edit Test Settings 82 Configuring IP Routing 84 Add Route 84 Viewing Events and Alerts 85 Exporting Importing the Configuration 85 Exporting the Configuration 85 Importing...

Page 8: ...hing Network Events 106 Saving Network Events 106 Saving Events to File 106 Exporting Events 107 Printing Events 107 About Trap Parsers 108 About Event Parsers 108 About Event Filters 108 11 Monitorin...

Page 9: ...9 FS6300 NMS Getting Started Guide Table of Contents RMA numbers 117 Shipping instructions 117...

Page 10: ...ptions window 40 21 Record Current Configuration 40 22 Hard Reset 41 23 Set Factory Default Configuration 41 24 2616RC Configuration Menu 44 25 2616RC Front Panel LEDs 45 26 Modify 2616RC Card System...

Page 11: ...eters 79 64 Modify 6511RC Ethernet Parameters 80 65 6511RC DS0 Details 82 66 6511RC E1 Link Test Settings 83 67 Add a New Route to 6511RC 84 68 6511RC Events and Alerts 85 69 Export Configuration 85 7...

Page 12: ...12 List of Tables 1 Troubleshooting messages 18 2 Network Event Details 105 3 Configured Collection Properties 111...

Page 13: ...uring alarms and clocking Chapter 4 on page 37 provides information on configuring and managing individual devices Chapter 5 on page 43 provides basic information on configuring the 2616RC card Chapte...

Page 14: ...ux 16 Bringing up the NMS Application Client from Windows XP 16 Logging into the Application Client 16 Configuring Your Password 17 Configuring your password before connecting to the client 17 Configu...

Page 15: ...e main toolbars and menus FS6300 NMS Features Integrated FCAPS Scalable NMS Configuration Management Alarm Management Security Management Administration Management Performance Management Common User T...

Page 16: ...Application Client icon and select Run Then enter authentication information in the FS6300 NMS Authentication dialog box Logging into the Application Client The FS6300 NMS Authentication box is displ...

Page 17: ...d click Configure and perform further steps 2 Enter the new password in the Type new password field 3 Re enter the same password in the Confirm new password field 4 Enter the number of days you want y...

Page 18: ...sword has expired You can either set a new password or retain the old password Click Reuse to keep the same pass word and for the same expiration period configured before Click Configure to enter a ne...

Page 19: ...cation Client is idle for more than a specific period that is when there is no interaction between the user and the Application Client no mouse or keyboard events Enter a valid password in the Pass wo...

Page 20: ...related to their function in the net work Fault Management Network Events Fault Management Alarms Performance Configured Collection Administration Tools Policies Also right clicking on a device in the...

Page 21: ...ents Introduction 22 Starting the Discovery Process 22 Viewing Node Information After Discovery 24 Configuring Multiple Cards 24 Updating the Configuration 24 Saving the Configuration 26 Forcing Disco...

Page 22: ...efore starting the Discovery process at least one node must be deployed powered up and connected to the network To start Discovery 1 From the Tools menu at the top of the screen select Discovery Admin...

Page 23: ...very Note The discovery process may take some time depending on how many nodes there are to discover on your network During the Discovery process a blue icon with an actively spinning wheel will be in...

Page 24: ...s for that chassis The main window also displays all of the cards for that chassis including a quick look of which slot each card is in and if there are currently any alarms for that slot Hover the mo...

Page 25: ...pdate on the subnet for the following fields Geographical Area ID Integer that identies the geographical area Geographical Area Name Descriptive name of the geographical area Network Node ID Integer u...

Page 26: ...1 Click on Record Current Configuration in the menu tree on the left side of the screen This will save all current configurations in non volatile memory for the devices listed in the panel on the rig...

Page 27: ...ight click on the device icon You can do this in the Geographical Area Network Node Chassis or Card sections of Network Maps 2 Select Re Discover Cards from the pull down menu A window displays with i...

Page 28: ...rm Trap Manager 29 Configuring Alarms through the Network Node 29 Configuring Alarms through a Card in the Chassis 30 Alarm Indications 32 Viewing a Summary of Alarms 32 Configuring Clocking Synchroni...

Page 29: ...ight clicking on a network node in the Geographical Areas section or by right clicking on a card in the Chassis section Configuring Alarms through the Network Node To configure the IP address for the...

Page 30: ...each card 1 From the menu tree on the left side of the screen select the Chassis for the card that you want to config ure 2 In the main window right click on the Card then select Alarm Parameter Confi...

Page 31: ...erature Alarm Trap Managers 1 4 4 Click Modify to save your configuration in the card s volatile memory 5 Return to the Alarm Systems Overview screen Before the most severe active alarm is propagated...

Page 32: ...Geographical Aera level a network node will also display alarm alerts if a card in a chassis has an alarm Viewing a Summary of Alarms To view a summary of all systems with an alarm click on Failed Sy...

Page 33: ...Figure 13 Chassis Menu Chassis Clocking Sync The Chassis Clocking Synchronization window displays Figure 14 Modify System Clocking 4 Select Modify System Clocking from the menu tree on the left side...

Page 34: ...ck the Clear All Alarms button 4 Click the Refresh button All of the alarms that were related to clocking should be cleared Other alarms not related to clocking may still be present The next step afte...

Page 35: ...om this window you can view and verify the configuration settings for the card s entire clocking system including whether any fail ures have occurred and if any clock related alarms are active Figure...

Page 36: ...g Alarms and Clocking The configurable parameters are Main Reference Fallback Reference Clock Fallback Clock Auto Recover Note Refer to the FS6300 Administrator s Reference Guide for details on the fu...

Page 37: ...g Devices 38 Working with Network Maps 39 Geographical Areas 39 Nodes 39 Chassis 39 Slots Devices 39 Ports Interfaces 39 Managing Operator Actions 40 Record the current configuration 40 Reboot the dev...

Page 38: ...mation you can find and configure about specific devices through the Net work Maps and Network Database sections of the FS6300 NMS Adding Devices To add individual devices to the FS6300 NMS 1 Click Se...

Page 39: ...options Nodes Click on a Network Node in the main menu tree to view a map of Chassis in that node Right click on the icon of a Chassis in the main window to view a pull down menu of options Chassis C...

Page 40: ...ork Maps navigate to the Chassis or Card Slot 2 Right click on the card s icon in the main window and select Operator Action The Reset Options win dow appears It shows the card model IP address and so...

Page 41: ...ck on the card s icon in the main window and select Operator Action The Reset Options win dow appears It shows the card model IP address and software revision of the card Figure 23 Set Factory Default...

Page 42: ...ard on page 43 3096RC Chapter 6 Configuring the 3096RC Card on page 56 6511RC Chapter 7 Configuring the 6511RC Card on page 76 Viewing LEDs To view the real time LEDs of a chassis or card 1 Navigate t...

Page 43: ...7 Modify Ethernet Parameters 47 View Ethernet Statistics 47 Viewing Events and Alerts 48 Exporting Importing the Configuration 48 Exporting the Configuration 48 Importing the Configuration 49 Configur...

Page 44: ...e table in the main window The best way to reach the configuration menu for a card is to select the card in the main menu tree then right click on the card s icon in the main window 2616RC Configurati...

Page 45: ...g Cards on page 27 in Chapter 2 Display T1E1 Map Layer See Viewing the T1 E1 Map Layer on page 55 UnManage See Chapter 9 Monitoring Managed Objects on page 97 Viewing the Front Panel Click on Card Fro...

Page 46: ...save your changes Click Refresh View System Status Click on View System Status in the Card System Configuration window to see an overview of the physical sta tus of the card and the system status View...

Page 47: ...Ethernet Parameters in the menu tree in the Ethernet Overview window see Figure 27 Figure 27 Modify 2616RC Ethernet Parameters 1 Enter the main address and mask for the card in the Primary IP Address...

Page 48: ...ms and severity of alarms for the card Figure 28 2616RC Events and Alerts Exporting Importing the Configuration Click on Export Import Configuration to save or load a configuration file Exporting the...

Page 49: ...Configuring the 2616RC Card Importing the Configuration To load a configuration file click on Import Configuration in the menu tree of the window then click Browse to select the configuration file yo...

Page 50: ...The IP Overview window shows details for routing destinations and includes information for gateway cost interface protocol and state of each route Figure 31 Add a New Route to 2616RC Add Route To add...

Page 51: ...View SystemLog Configuration in the System Log window To configure the syslog information click on Modify SystemLog Configuration in the menu tree in the Syslog window Figure 32 Modify System Log Cha...

Page 52: ...face Settings Figure 34 2616RC T1 E1 Link Configuration window 1 In the T1 E1 Link Configuration window click on Configuration Line Interface Settings Modify Line Settings 2 Select a link from the dro...

Page 53: ...link from the drop down menu at the top of the window 3 Edit the desired options Force Yellow Alarm Auto On Disable Loopback Configuration No Loop Payload Loop Line Loop Other Loop Send Code Send No...

Page 54: ...dual links to Frame Relay or PPP 1 Select Frame Relay or PPP from the drop down menu for that channel 2 Repeat Step 1 for all of the individual channels you want to change 3 Click Submit View Line Sta...

Page 55: ...of T1 E1 links on the 2616RC card Click the Print button to send the report to a printer on your network Click the Export to Excel button to send the report to Microsoft Excel to save in a spreadshee...

Page 56: ...ion 61 Importing the Configuration 62 Configuring G SHDSL Ports 63 Activating Deactivating All Ports 63 Configuring Individual Ports 64 View Port Information 64 Edit CO CPE Options 65 Determine Best P...

Page 57: ...enu for a card is to select the card in the main menu tree then right click on the card s icon in the main window 3096RC Configuration Menu The following options are available in the pull down menu fo...

Page 58: ...g Cards on page 27 in Chapter 2 Display T1E1 Map Layer See Viewing the T1 E1 Map Layer on page 75 Display G SHDSL Map Layer Viewing the G SHDSL Map Layer on page 75 UnManage See Chapter 9 Monitoring M...

Page 59: ...save your changes Click Refresh View System Status Click on View System Status in the Card System Configuration window to see an overview of the physical sta tus of the card and the system status View...

Page 60: ...Ethernet Parameters in the menu tree in the Ethernet Overview window see Figure 42 Figure 42 Modify 3096RC Ethernet Parameters 1 Enter the main address and mask for the card in the Primary IP Address...

Page 61: ...rms and severity of alarms for the card Figure 43 3096C Events and Alerts Exporting Importing the Configuration Click on Export Import Configuration to save or load a configuration file Exporting the...

Page 62: ...Configuring the 3096RC Card Importing the Configuration To load a configuration file click on Import Configuration in the menu tree of the window then click Browse to select the configuration file yo...

Page 63: ...SHDSL window The G SHDSL window shows the number of G SHDSL ports available linked ports failed ports training ports ports in test mode and ports downloaded Figure 46 3096RC G SHDSL window Activating...

Page 64: ...e rate Edit Configuration Click on Edit Configuration in the menu tree of the Port Configuration window Circuit ID Desired State and Test Mode are configurable 1 Enter the Circuit ID in the text field...

Page 65: ...the CO CPE options for a port 1 Click on Modify CO Options or Modify CPE Options in the menu tree of the Port Configuration win dow 2 Edit the desired configurable options Payload Rate Select a rate...

Page 66: ...lity The CO interprets line probe messages from the CPE and calculates a worst case payload value The worst case value determines the highest payload rate the CO and CPE can acheive without errors Not...

Page 67: ...view and print different reports about port details CO CPE details data path and Fifo information for the G SHDSL ports on the 3096RC card Click the Print button to send the report to a printer on yo...

Page 68: ...The IP Overview window shows details for routing destinations and includes information for gateway cost interface protocol and state of each route Figure 51 Add a New Route to 3096RC Add Route To add...

Page 69: ...View SystemLog Configuration in the System Log window To configure the syslog information click on Modify SystemLog Configuration in the menu tree in the Syslog window Figure 52 Modify System Log Cha...

Page 70: ...e Interface Settings Figure 54 3096RC T1 E1 Link Configuration window 1 In the T1 E1 Link Configuration window click on Configuration Line Interface Settings Modify Line Settings 2 Select a link from...

Page 71: ...link from the drop down menu at the top of the window 3 Edit the desired options Force Yellow Alarm Auto On Disable Loopback Configuration No Loop Payload Loop Line Loop Other Loop Send Code Send No...

Page 72: ...vidual channels to Frame Relay or PPP 1 Select a link from the drop down menu at the top of the window 2 Select Frame Relay or PPP from the drop down menu for that channel 3 Repeat Step 1 for all of t...

Page 73: ...View Modify in the T1 E1 Inband Management menu tree to view a list of T1 E1 channels Figure 57 3096RC T1 E1 Inband Management window Adding a T1 E1 Management Channel To add a channel to a configured...

Page 74: ...s to view and print different reports about the activity line interface settings and test settings of T1 E1 links on the 3096RC card Click the Print button to send the report to a printer on your netw...

Page 75: ...Layer to show a map of all the T1 E1 ports on the card Right click on a port in the map to configure its link Figure 59 3096RC T1 E1 Port Map Viewing the G SHDSL Map Layer Click on Display G SHDSL Ma...

Page 76: ...80 Configuring E1 Links 81 Edit Line Interface Settings 81 View Alarm Status 81 View Line Statistics 81 Configure DS0 Settings 81 Enable Disable DS0 Numbers 81 Edit Test Settings 82 Configuring IP Ro...

Page 77: ...ard is to select the card in the main menu tree then right click on the card s icon in the main window 6511RC Configuration Menu The following options are available in the pull down menu for the 6511R...

Page 78: ...onitoring Managed Objects on page 97 Viewing the Front Panel Click on Card Front Panel GUI to view the front panel of the card in real time Figure 62 6511RC Front Panel LEDs Configuring the Card Syste...

Page 79: ...ormation from the Front Handle Reset drop down menu 7 Click Modify to save your changes Click Refresh View System Status Click on View System Status in the Card System Configuration window to see an o...

Page 80: ...et Over view window To configure the Ethernet settings click on Modify Ethernet Parameters in the menu tree in the Ethernet Overview window see Figure 64 Figure 64 Modify 6511RC Ethernet Parameters 1...

Page 81: ...Configuration in the menu tree for the E1 Link window then select the links you want to view alarms for from the TUG3 TUG2 and TU drop down menus View Line Statistics You can view Current Past and Tot...

Page 82: ...l DS0 numbers click Enable All If you want to deactivate all DS0 numbers click Disable All A status emssage will display Click OK Edit Test Settings Click on Test Configuration in the menu tree for th...

Page 83: ...Alarm drop down menu then click Modify 2 Select a loop test from the Loopback Config drop down menu then click Modify Loopback options include Payload Loop Line Loop Other Loops or No Loops 3 Select...

Page 84: ...The IP Overview window shows details for routing destinations and includes information for gateway cost interface protocol and state of each route Figure 67 Add a New Route to 6511RC Add Route To add...

Page 85: ...ms and severity of alarms for the card Figure 68 6511RC Events and Alerts Exporting Importing the Configuration Click on Export Import Configuration to save or load a configuration file Exporting the...

Page 86: ...Configuring the 6511RC Card Importing the Configuration To load a configuration file click on Import Configuration in the menu tree of the window then click Browse to select the configuration file yo...

Page 87: ...m Log to view and modify syslog information Modify Syslog Configuration If you only want to view the syslog configuration click on View SystemLog Configuration in the System Log window To configure th...

Page 88: ...hysical Interface corresponds to the physical cabling atatched to the STM 1 interface ports Select Optical if you are using fiber optic cable connected to the rear card SC connectors Select Electrical...

Page 89: ...pe of AU that corresponds to the SDH multiplexing path you want to use Select au4Mapper if you want to multiplex three TUG 3s into an AU 4 Select au3Mapper if you want to multiplex seven TUG 2s into a...

Page 90: ...ee of the SDH Configuration window Hover the mouse pointer over an LED Section Line or Path to view the alarm status Viewing Statistics To view SDH statistics click on Near End Statistics or Far End S...

Page 91: ...hassis Chapter contents Introduction 92 Chassis Configuration Menu 92 Viewing the Chassis LEDs 93 Managing Inband H110 Channels 93 Add H110 Management Channel 94 Delete H110 Management Channel 95 View...

Page 92: ...sis Figure 75 Chassis Configuration Menu Chassis Overview Shows information for the chassis including Area ID and Network Node Chassis ID Name and Type Network IP Number of Cards and Alarm Status Chas...

Page 93: ...panels of all of the cards in the chassis in real time Figure 76 Chassis LEDs Managing Inband H110 Channels Click on Inband H110 Channel Management to bring up the Channel Management window To view a...

Page 94: ...agement Channel to Chassis 2 Select a Source Card from the drop down menu 3 Enter a Channel Name for the Source Card in the text field 4 Select a Target Card from the drop down menu 5 Select a port fr...

Page 95: ...is 1 Click on Delete in the menu tree of the Inband Management window Figure 79 Delete H110 Management Channel from Chassis 2 Select a Source Card from the drop down menu and click View 3 Select the r...

Page 96: ...ting Started Guide 8 Configuring Chassis Viewing the Card Layer Map Click on Display Card Layer to view a map of all of the cards in the chassis Right click on a card to configure to view it s configu...

Page 97: ...ction 98 Working with Managed Objects 98 Geographical Areas 99 Network Nodes 99 Chassis 99 Network Addresses 100 Cards 100 Interfaces 100 DSL Ports 101 IDSL Ports 101 T1 E1 Ports 101 E1 Links 101 Work...

Page 98: ...ed Objects in the main menu tree to view a full list of managed objects in the network Right click on a device in the Managed Objects table to view a device specific menu for config uring that device...

Page 99: ...menu for a network node has the following options Delete Objects and Traces See the FS6300 Administrator s Reference Guide Alarm Trap Manager See Configuring the Alarm Trap Manager on page 29 in Chapt...

Page 100: ...network Select a row and click the new menu in the toolbar at the top of the screen or right click on the row to view the configuration menu for that card Each card has different configuration option...

Page 101: ...he information for the port IDSL Ports Navigate to Network Database Managed Objects IDSL Ports in the menu tree to view a list of all man aged IDSL ports in the network Select a row and click the new...

Page 102: ...e E1 link to the UnManaged Objects table Update Status Refreshes the information for the link Working with Unmanaged Objects Click on Network Database UnManaged Objects to view a list of all of the ob...

Page 103: ...iewing the current list of events 104 Viewing details of an event 105 Viewing alarms related to an event 105 Searching Network Events 106 Saving Network Events 106 Saving Events to File 106 Exporting...

Page 104: ...on the left side of the screen This chapter describes how to view network events configure trap and event parsers configure event filters and save the current list of network events Viewing Network Ev...

Page 105: ...selected event Table 2 Network Event Details Property Description Index Specifies a unique ID created for each of the events that are generated Severity Specifies the severity of the event such as Cr...

Page 106: ...operty field then a Date Time box is available where you need to set the date and time You can enter more search fields by clicking the More button 5 Click Search Saving Network Events There are sever...

Page 107: ...splays The exported custom view data file will be saved in the FS6300 NMS Home directory Printing Events To print the current range of events displayed in the table 1 Click on Network Events under Fau...

Page 108: ...s and status poll events into a readable for mat before the events are filtered Note For detailed information about configuring event parsers such as adding deleting and modifying event parsers saving...

Page 109: ...109 Chapter 11 Monitoring Performance Data Chapter contents Introduction 110 Viewing Configured Collection Data 110 Viewing Current Performance Data 111 Viewing Collected Performance Data 113...

Page 110: ...600 seconds default interval The data collected from a device in the network is called Performance Data This chapter describes how to view current and collected data The FS6300 NMS collects data from...

Page 111: ...a line chart by default of the current perfor mance data for the selected statistic Table 3 Configured Collection Properties Property Description Statistic Name A description to identify the Statisti...

Page 112: ...view Line Chart Bar Chart Area Chart Scatter Chart X Y Chart 7 By default the Current Graph Viewer updates the information in the chart every 15 seconds To change the Polling Interval click Stop Polle...

Page 113: ...ion window 3 Select the row of the statistic that you want to view collected data for 4 Select View at the top of the screen then choose Plot Collected Statistic OR Right click on the row and choose P...

Page 114: ...last 24 hours Choose Today Last One Week or Custom based on the range of data you want to display For Custom set the From and To range in Month Date Year Hour Seconds AM PM format Then click Plot Cha...

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