Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto AB II del fabbricante Carrier Access
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Access Bank II REMOTE MONITOR USER ’ S GUIDE 5395 Pearl Park way Boulder, CO 80301-2490 fax 303-546-9724 http://www.carrieraccess.com Part Number 770 - 0099 Revision: 1.
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Copyright © 1999 Carr ier Acces s Corporat ion. All ri ghts res erved. The infor mation presented in this man ual is subj ect to ch ange without notice a nd does not r epresent a commitme nt on the pa rt of Carr ier Acces s Corporati on. The hard ware and sof tware desc ribed her ein are furnis hed under a lic ense or non-di sclosure agr eement.
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Welcome i Remote Monitor Software on PC Access Bank II Access Bank II modem modem Remote Monitor Software on PC PSTN Access Bank II Welcome to Access Bank II T1 Voice Switch & Data Multiplexer from Carrier Access Corporation.
ii The Acc ess Bank II Remote Monit or User’ s Guide d escribes how to set up and confi gure the Ac cess Bank II for fir st -ti me basi c ope ra ti on us ing the MS W indows 95/ 98/ NT -based Remot e Moni tor appl i - cat i o n inst alle d on a PC .
Welcom e iii 0.0.3 Access Bank II SDSL The Access Bank II SDSL provi des T1 voic e a nd da ta mult iplexin g, and i s eq uip ped with in te gra te d Chan n el Ser vice U n it (C SU) a nd Data S ervic e Uni t (D SU).
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v CONTENTS Access Bank II Access Ban k II .. ................... .................. ............. .................... ................... ........... ii Access Ban k II SNMP ................ ........... ............. .................... ............
vi Line Codi ng: AMI or B 8ZS ..................... ............... ................... .................... .... 3-3 CSU On/Off: I gnore or Det ect ............. ... ............... ................... .................... .... 3-3 PRM Type: A T&T 54016 o r ANSI T1.
System Requ irem ents 1-1 Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.1 System Requireme nts Minimum PC requir ements for operating th e Remote Monitor ma nagement stati on are: • Intel 486 Pe ntium 100 MHz (minimu.
1-2 1.2 Software Installation 1.2.1 Installing Remote Monitor The Remote Moni tor soft ware is de signed to operate o n the W indows ® 95/98/NT e nvironment . It is distri buted on CD-ROM or on s ix 3 ½ “ di skettes. 1.2.1.1 Install from CD-ROM 1.
Software Ov er vie w 1-3 Remote Monitor System Setup T1 Setup Data Port Setup Connections Performance Maintenance System Clock Names Problem Reporting Remote Management SNMP V.
1-4 1.4 Connecting th e PC Directly to the Access Bank II The RS-232 Mana gement cable ( provided) i s equipped wi th a male 26-p in D-type s ubminiatur e connecto r on the en d that mates with the se.
Connectin g a Modem to the Acces s Bank II fo r Remote A ccess 1-5 1.5 Connecting a Mod em to the Access Bank II for Remo te Access The RS-232 Mana gement cable ( provided) is equipped wi th a male 2 .
1-6 T o connect the Acce ss Bank II t o a modem: 1. Connect t he PC to a modem u sing a standa rd modem cable . 2. Connect a modem to the Acc ess Bank II us ing the CAC Remot e Management Cable and a Null modem ad apter . 3. On the Acce ss Bank II c ontrol pa nel, set S ystem Configurati on Local/Re mote DIP swit ch 1 to Remo te mode.
Pull-D own Menu s 1-7 Now that you have su cce ssful ly load ed and launched the Remote Mon itor , you must set it up to work with your Access Bank I I. The set up process should pr oceed in t he followi ng order: 1. Select the corre ct product . 2. Set up Remot e Management.
1-8 1.7 Setting Up Remote Mon itor Use the pr ocedures in this s ection t o set up and configur e Remote Monito r . 1.7.0.1 Selecting the Current Product The fir st thing y ou must do is set the Re mote Monito r for the p r oduct you intend to manag e.
Setting Up Remote Monitor 1-9 A dialog b ox appears, as king if you want to sa ve this confi guration. 3. Select the Y es button to save your configu ration. 1.7.1 Settin g Up Remote Management The next t hing you must do is set up remote manage ment for yo ur Access Bank I I on the Remot e Management scr ee n.
1-10 The baud rate must be se t to matc h the baud r ate o f the Access Bank I I. The facto ry def ault is 9600. 3. DO NOT cha nge any settings in t he Access Ban k I I Por t Se tt in gs wi ndow . These set t ing s are used only when you are using a modem conne ction.
Setting Up Remote Monitor 1-1 1 Y ou will be prompted f or a passwo rd. 4. Enter t he correc t password and click the Connect button. The defa ult passwor d is cac .
1-12 1.7.3 Hel p Use Help t o initia te the i nteracti ve on-li ne help fo r the dis played scr een. Y ou can activ ate Help i n three ways. • Click on Help , then on What’ s This in t he pul l-down menu, as shown in th e foll owing f ig- ure, the n click on the item you want i nformatio n about.
Genera l Rules and Ti ps for Usin g the Remote Monitor 1-13 1.8 General Ru les and Tips fo r Using the Rem ote Monitor The Remote Moni tor is de signed fo r easy set up, config uration, monitoring , and manag ement of th e Acce ss Bank II. Fo llowin g certai n rule s and tip s will en sure mo re reli able r es ults.
1-14 • Y ou can read and s end most screens i ndividual ly , all togeth er , or send just t he flagge d screens . Sendin g all scr eens take s longer , theref ore it i s more ef ficient to sen d only changed scr eens.
Genera l Rules and Ti ps for Usin g the Remote Monitor 1-15 1.8.2 Screen Flagging • The scre en-flagging fea ture is a t ool to help you re member which sc reens you have changed, t hat you hav e not sent them to the Access Bank II, and to al low you to more ef ficient ly send ch anges to t he Access Ban k II.
1-16 1.8.5 Loading Configurations Any confi gurations th at have bee n saved from th e Remote Monitor c an be reloade d. When the Remote Monitor is first l oaded, ther e are no othe r configu rations t hat can be loaded.
System Set up Sc reens 2-1 Chapter 2 System Setup 2.1 System Setup Screen s The Syste m Setup sc reens gui de you thro ugh the namin g of the sy stem component s, proble m report ing, remote management, sy stem clock, and SNM P setup.
2-2 2.1.2 Names Screen The Names sc reen all ows you to assig n names to the system an d the T1, Dat a, and FX voic e ports. Simply ty pe the names you want to a ssign in the respective fields. Whe n you are fini shed with all setup en tries, i t is a goo d idea to s ave the co nfigurat ion.
System Set up Sc reens 2-3 2.1.3 P roblem Repor ting Scr een T o set up th e problem repor ting scr een, left cl ick in t he appropr iate box f or each al arm list ed, select ing the t ype of repo rting you want each al arm to use , logging or dialout .
2-4 2.1.4 The System Clock S creen Use the Sy stem Cloc k screen t o synchron ize the Acc ess Bank II clock wit h the manage ment PC clock, or manually set the Access Bank II clock to any time you want. T o synchroniz e the clo cks, simply clic k on the Local Synchr onize bu tton, and send the sc reen to t he Access Ba nk II.
System Set up Sc reens 2-5 2.1.5.1 Configuring Network Parameters Several basic settings are required before using the SNMP/T elnet facilities provided by Access B ank II. The basic settings to be configured b y the user are: IP Address The Internet address identifies the Access Bank II on a TCP/IP based n etwork.
2-6 coldS tart T rap and warmS tart T rap These traps are combined in the Access Bank II: A coldStart(0) trap signifies that the send ing protocol entity is reinitializin g itself such that th e agent’ s configu- ration or the protocol en tity implementation may be altered .
System Set up Sc reens 2-7 2.1.5.3 Configuring System Group Information The values that can be configured are: System Name The system Name is a strin g of 1-123 characters th at is the administrative assigned name for this managed node. Loca tion This is a string of 1-12 3 characters that describes the physical loca tion of this node.
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T1 Setup 3-1 Chapter 3 T1 Setup 3.1 T1 Setup The T1 Setup s creen all ows you to con figure th e T1 spans for your inst allati on. T1 Setup fields are used to set up the T1 n etwork interfaces to matc.
3-2 3.1.1 Sys tem C lock S ource The T1 Setup sc ree n also allows you to set th e sys t em cloc k sour ce. The cl ock source i s use d for tim- ing the transmit side of al l the T1s and for th e Tx and Rx cl ock signal s on seri al data po rts. W e rec- ommend sett ing th e primary and s econdary cl ocks to di ff erent sou rces.
T1 Definiti ons 3-3 T1 Hardware Set up Fields (see definitions be low) 3.2 T1 Defin itions T1 Hardware Setup fields ar e used to set up the T1 network in terfaces to match the characteristics of the attached T1 data streams, such as line cod e, fr aming format, and enabling detection o f in band CSU loo p co des.
3-4 3.2.6 Line Build Out (LBO): CSU 0 db/DSX ( 0’-133’), CSU - 7.5 dB, CSU -15 dB, CSU -22 dB, DSX (133’- 266’), DXS (266’-399’ ), DSX (399’ - 533’), DSX (533’-65 5’) Selects the signa l level to be transmitte d from the Access Ba nk II to the T1 line(s).
V.35 Data P ort Setup 4-1 Chapter 4 Data Port Setup 4.1 V.35 Data Port Setup The Acces s Ba nk I I contro l panel contains a V .35 DCE p ort for connect i ng t o synchro nous DTE data sources such as ro uters and FRADs fr om 56 Kbps to 1 ,536 Mbps in N = 1 to 24 Nx56/Nx6 4 Kbps steps.
4-2 4.1.6 Settin g the CTS Control Option CTS Control can be set to force CTS hi gh, force CTS low , follo w R TS, or foll ow CD. Force CTS high is the corre ct sett ing for no rmal operat ion. Set a s required by data equi pment connec ted to the Access Ban k II.
RS-232 Data P ort Setup 5-1 Chapter 5 RS-232 Data Port Setup 5.1 RS-232 Data Port Setu p The Access Ban k II control panel cont ains a RS-232 dat a port for connecting to serial devi ces such as termina ls, SNA devices a nd X.25 P ADs.Ther e are no phy sical DIP swit ches for conf iguring this serial interf ace.
5-2 5.1.2 S ynchron ous Data R ate Option If your RS-232 seri al device uses a syn chronous da ta rate, select e ither th e 56K or the 64K data ra te from the screen, as shown below . Note that only one DS0 of the T1 ca n be cross connec ted to the RS-232 port in the Connectio ns menu.
RS-232 Data P ort Setup 5-3 5.1.3 Asynchro nous Su brate Options If your RS-232 seri al device uses asyn chronous su brates, s elect the ap propriate opti ons as shown belo w . Note that only one DS0 of the T1 ca n be cross connec ted to the RS-232 port in the Connect ions menu.
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Stat ic C onnec tions 6-1 Chapter 6 Connections 6.1 Static Connections This scr een allows the user to config ure the voi ce group a nd data co nnectivi ty .
6-2 6.1.1 Conn ecting Individual Ch annels T o connect ind ivi dual channel s: 1. Click on a n origina tion chan nel The sele cted chann el turns yellow 2. Click on t erminati on channel The connec tions sho w in the spa n/channel boxes. 3. For a dat a channel, repeat the proc ess but se lect the V .
Channel Ty pe 6-3 6.1.2 Configur ing Contiguo us Channels 1. Click on t he firs t channel in the gr oup and, hold ing the mouse button down, drag t o the end channel in the group. The ch annels wil l turn ye llow . 2. Click on a First s pan channel for a bypa ss connect ion.
6-4 Figure 6- 1: Channel/Si gnal Type Sc reen 1. Click on a ny highli ghted chan nel. Y ou can also cli ck and dra g to selec t a group o f contigu ous channel s. 2. Click on t he channel type (Cl ear or Not Cl ear) th at you want t o assign to this c hannel or chan nel s.
The Event Log Screen 7-1 Chapter 7 Performance 7.1 The Event Log Screen This scr een allows the user to reques t the Alar m/Event his tory log f rom the Acce ss Bank II . These logs ar e typi call y asso ciate d with the al arm co nditi ons on t he acces s port s, conf igura tion changes and events a ssociat ed with the Access Bank i tself.
7-2 Events: Message Explanati on Power Up This is a n information al message t hat logs the time and date that th e stytem was powered up. Remote Monitor Login/ logout Thi s is an info rmational message th at logs the time and date that us ers l ogged i nto and of f the Remot e Monit or sof tware.
The Event Log Screen 7-3 The foll owing fiel ds are di splayed whe n the alarms a re retri eved. High BPV rate for 1 5 minute s; BPV ra te no mi- nal for 15 minutes This is a n alarm mess age repor ting info rmation ab out time periods in whic h the syst em logs high or nominal rates of bipolar violations (BPVs).
7-4 The Scree n also dis plays to t he user t he total number of Eve nts that have been de tected a nd the tot al number of e vents tha t the Remote Moni tor appli cation has r etrieved.
The Event Log Screen 7-5 Performance info rmation is monitor ed for Network Loo pback Seconds, Loss of Carrier , Alarm Indication S ig- nal, Loss of Fram e Count, Y ell ow Alarm Secon ds, Unavailable Seconds, Severely Err ored Seconds, Erro red Second s, and B ipolar V iolatio ns.
7-6 Sever ely Err ored Seconds - Err or ed Seconds (LES) - A Li ne Er ror ed Sec ond, according to T1M1.3 , i s a second in wh ic h o ne or more Line Co de V i olation erro r events we re detect ed.
Testing 8-1 Chapter 8 Maintenance 8.1 Testing The Remote Moni tor p rovides a testing screen to maintain and test the status of the A ccess B ank II. This provides several loopback configurations that you can initi ate to isolate problems in th e network.
8-2 8.1.1.1 Loopback To incorporate the internal BERT functionality into the loop, select the BERT Enabled checkbox. The general Network loopbacks are illustrated in the diagram below. The general Equipment loopbacks are illustrated below. Because of the Access Bank II architecture, not all loopbacks are available.
Testing 8-3 8.1.2 Internal BERT Configuration The I ntern al Ber t Confi gurat ion al lows y ou to c o nfigu re the BER T chi p (if e nable d) to g e nerat e spe- cific patterns and error r ates.
8-4 8.2 Analog Ports The 24 avai lable an alog port s are ass ociated wi th the voi ce channel s and plug-i n analog ca rds of the Access Ban k II. The ana log port status i s activat ed upon ent ering the sc reen and di splay s the sig nal- ing bit s associa ted with th e card type a nd its signaling t ype configurat ion.
Analo g Ports 8-5 • Loop-rev erse-battery sig naling • Network-p rovided reverse -battery si gnaling • E&M signali ng • Custo mer -insta llation-provi ded loop -start supervis ion. 8.2.1 Update Interval The Update Interval window graph ically r epresents t he user -selected interval fo r updating the i nfor- mation on this scr een.
8-6 Ringin g 0 0 Ground-s tart signaling (F XO- FXS) L C F L O ( o n h o o k ) 0101 L C F O L C ( o f f h o o k ) 1111 Ringing RG (service request) 000 0 Ground-s tart signalin g with RLCF (FXO-FXS) L.
Analo g Ports 8-7 The inte rpretat ion of the signali ng bits for ES F framing are as f ollows: The following ab breviations are used in this table: LCF - Loop current feed RLCF - Reverse loop current.
8-8 8.3 LEDs The Access Bank II al lows the us er , from a remote site, to monitor th e signali ng state of the Si gnal Leads for the var ious dat a por ts that are provided. If the signal on th e Lead is active high , it is s hown in the c olor b lue; otherwi se it is not lit.
LEDs 8-9 8.3.1 System LEDs The S y stem LEDs p ortio n of the L E Ds sc reen di splay s the c urren t stat e of T1 s pans 1 and 2, as we ll as the c urrent st atus of the V .
8-10 8.3. 1.1 Definition of Line Status LEDs for T1 Span 1 and T1 Span 2 (first two LEDs) 8.3. 1.2 Definition of Test LEDs for T1 Span 1 and 2 (third and fourth LEDs) 8.
DIP Switches 8-1 1 Read icon , or pull do wn the Connecti on menu and cl ick on Read Cur rent Screen from Unit..
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