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MDR2400-SR, MDR5800-SR and Orion 5825-SR
Issue 10
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6 NMS Software
6.1 Scope
This section provides minimal information required to install the Orion NMS. A detailed
HTML-based help document can be found on the NMS installation CD supplied with
new radios.
6.2 Introduction
The purpose of the Network Management System, hereafter called the NMS, is to
allow you to configure, manage or interrogate the following primary functional
elements of a Digital Radio Link:
• Indoor Unit
•
Outdoor Unit
A Digital Radio Link consists of two Indoor-Outdoor Unit stations connected through a
radio link.
The Orion NMS is designed to auto-detect the radio type it is connected to and can
support the following radio types:
•
Orion XX
•
MDR XXXX
The NMS is a PC-based software package that provides you with a graphical interface
that is used to perform on-site element management of a digital radio system. It
allows you to configure, manage and interrogate the system by selecting various
menus and options.
The hardware as well as the software constituting the NMS is collectively called the
NMS Terminal.
The NMS Terminal is the principal system support equipment associated with the radio
for system installation and commissioning.
The NMS connects to a designated NMS Terminal port (labelled Element Manager) on
the front panel of the Indoor Unit, by means of a serial data interface (this cable is
supplied in the IU box). It can also connect to any number of Indoor Units
interconnected through an IP network.
The NMS communicates with SNMP agent software that is contained in each Indoor
Unit. The NMS communicates with the agent’s software: the software enables a unit
to interpret MIB (Management Information Base) commands via SNMP (Simple
Network Management Protocol).
NOTE The NMS application supplied with older MDR radios have been replaced with
the Java-based Orion NMS. The older NMS does not support the Orion series radios
and it is highly recommended to replace this NMS with the Orion NMS.
6.3 System requirements
The following PC system requirements apply for the Orion NMS: