Zhone Technologies IMACS-200 manual

IMACS-200 System Referen ce G uide October 2007 Document Part Number: 830 -01760 -01 Revi si on A2 Release 2.0.0[...]

Zhone T echnologi es @Zhone W ay 7001 Oa kport Street Oakl and, CA 9 4621 USA 510.77 7.7000 www .zhone .com info@z hone.co m COPYRIGHT ©2000-2 007 Zhone T echnologies, Inc. and its licensors. Al l rig hts reserved. This public ation is pro tected by copyright la w . No part of this pu blication may be copied or d istributed, tran smitted, tra nscr[...]

Product Descript ion i Product Descr iption 1P r o d u c t D e s c r i p t i o n Release 2 .0.2 is the fift h softwar e release for t he IMACS-200 plat form. The IM ACS-200 offers a sub -set o f the trad ition al I MACS inte rface s op timi zed fo r use in s mall er loc ati ons. It also is des igned to oper ate ov er an e xtende d t emperature r an[...]

ii Product D escripti on Model No. Running Head Features introduc ed in this Release (2.0.0) • Allow FXS gai n to be as h igh as +6.5 dB. 1.0.3 • E&M signall ing support for T ype IV and T ype V . • SNMP support f or Online (must us e versio n 2.0.0 of Online Soft ware). • Support f or E1 signaling o n the W AN faciliti es • Introdu c[...]

Product Descript ion iii System Reference Guide • Enables Et hernet connec tion for remote management, config uration and downl oading of host code vi a a 10baseT Ether net port. T o set up the Ethe rnet port, see “Settin g Up Remote Connecti vity” on page 21 of Chapter 4, General Feat ur es. T o d ownload and acti vate new softwar e, see “[...]

iv Product D escripti on Model No. Running Head Technical s upport 7 T echnical support If you r equire as sistance with the i nstall ation or o peration of your pr oduct, or i f you want to r eturn a pr oduct for repair under war ranty , contact Zhone custo mer servic e. The c ontac t info rmat ion is as fo ll ows: If you pu rchased t he product f[...]

Product Descript ion v Safety Information and Preca utions 6. Never at tempt t o open the case. 7. The AC versio ns of this product is intended to be us ed with a thr ee-wire g rounding ty pe plug - a plug which has a grounding pin . This is a safety fe ature. Equip ment grounding is vital to ensu re safe opera ti on. Do not def ea t the purpose of[...]

vi Product D escripti on Model No. Running Head Discla imer for Shielde d Cables W ARNING! This equipment has been tested and found to co m ply with the limits for a Clas s "A" Digita l Device, pursuant t o Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These l imits ar e designed t o prov ide reasonabl e prot ection aga inst harmful interfer ence when the eq[...]

Product Descript ion vii Ordering G uide T able 1. IMACS-20 0 Ordering Guide . IMACS-200-RDNT -48VDC-OHSU IMACS 200 Sys tem with two -48 VDC Powe r Supplies and a 2-port OHSU daughter ca rd IMACS-200-48VDC-OW I M ACS 200 Syste m with single -48 VDC Power Suppl y and an Optical W AN daughter b oard. IMACS-200-RDNT -48VDC-OW IMACS 200 System wit h tw[...]

viii Product Descript ion Model No. Running Head Available Cabli ng 14 A vailable Cabling T able 2 des cribes t he cables recommended for use wi th th e IMACS-200 unit . Note: Zhon e recommends that sh ielded cables b e used to r educe int erferenc e that ca n be caused by lightning sur ge interfere nce. T abl e 2. Recommen ded cabl es Cable Used f[...]

Table of Content s 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Pro duct Descriptio n .......................... .................................... ........................... I-i 2 Fea tures Delive red in Pre vious Release s .. .................................... .................. I-i 3 Fea tures intro duced in this Release (2.0.0 ) ........ ......[...]

2 Table of C ontents Model No. Running Head Table of Contents 2.5 Power and Grou nding on th e IMACS-200 .... ........................... ................... 2-13 2.5.1 Power Suppl y and Ringing Gen e rator ......................... ........................... . 2-13 2.5.1.1 Ringing Gener ator ............... .................. ....................[...]

Table of Content s 3 Table of Contents 3.11.1 Assigning a Time Slot to a User port Port................................. ............... 3-27 3.11.2 Cross-Connect Model ................... ........................... ................................. 3-28 3.12 Circuit Names ................. ......... ......... ......... ...........................[...]

4 Table of C ontents Model No. Running Head Table of Contents Chapter 5 WAN ports 5.1 Introduction ...... .................................... ........................... .............................. 5- 1 5.2 WAN port Descript ions ...... .................. ........................... .............................. 5-1 5.3 WAN port User Sc reens [...]

Table of Content s 5 Table of Contents 9.2 HSU Ports ................................ ........................... .................................... ........ 9-1 9.2.1 HSU Port Cables.................. ........................... .................................... ........ 9-2 9.3 HSU Card User Scree n s and Settings ...........................[...]

6 Table of C ontents Model No. Running Head Table of Contents 13.2 OWAN Port .......................................... .................................... ................... 13-1 13.2.1 OWAN Port Description ................... .................. ........................... .......... 13-1 13.2.2 OWAN Alarms ................................. ...[...]

Table of Content s 7 Table of Contents A.4.4 SRU port Specifications ............... ......... ......... .................................... ....... A-8 A.4.5 HSU Port Speci fications ........................ .................................... ................ A-9 A.4.6 OHSU port Speci fications .............................. ...................[...]

8 Table of C ontents Model No. Running Head Table of Contents[...]

List o f Figures 1 List of Figures List of Figures 1-1 IMACS-200 Front Panel ....................... .................................... ......... ......... .......................... 1-1 1-2 IMACS-200 Rear Panel ................................. ......... ......... .................................... ......... ........ 1-2 2-1 IMACS-200 Front Pa[...]

2 List of Figures Model No. Running Head List of Figu res 4-4 Adding a Use r ................ ........................... .................................... ........................... ..... ....... 4-7 4-5 Login Log Sa mple Display ................................ .................................... .................. ............ 4- 8 4-6 Grou[...]

List o f Figures 3 List of Figures 9-3 Local DTE Loopbac k ............................ ........................... .................................... ............... .. 9-7 9-4 Local Network Loopback ..................... ........................... .................................... ................. 9 -8 9-5 HSU Port Test Sc reen ...........[...]

4 List of Figures Model No. Running Head List of Figu res[...]

List of Tables 1 List of Tables List of Tables 1 IMACS-200 Ordering Guide. ............................... ......... ......... .................................... ...... I-vii 2 Recommended cabl es ................ ........................... .................................... .................. ..... I-vii i 2-1 Minimum Chassi s Clearances ....[...]

2 List of Tab les Model No. Running Head List of Tables 7-3 Test Screen Actions ...................... ........................... .................................... ................... 7-11 7-4 Test Screen Option Settin gs and Defaults................. ........................... ............................ 7-11 7-5 Status Information Field Se [...]

System Overview 1-1 System Overview Introduction Chapter 1 System Overview 1.1 Intr oduction This chapt er descr ibes chas sis used b y the IMACS-200. The IMACS-20 0 is avai la bl e wit h re dund ant power sup plies which operat e in a load-shari ng mode. The IMACS-200 ch assis is manufac tured to b e RoHS-complia nt. The I MACS -200 com es “In d[...]

1-2 System Overview Model No. Running Head Introduction System Over view The IMACS-200 of fers a ra nge of power input opt ions, which are se lected t o be the most commonly use d input vol tages in use by our various custo mers. They are : -48VDC, 125VDC, 120V AC and 220V AC. The power sup ply modules are fa ctory installed, and will come with the[...]

Syst e m Ins tall ation 2-1 System Instal lation Introductio n Chapter 2 System Installation 2.1 Intr oduction This chap ter provi des inst ruction s for unpacking a nd insta lling th e IMACS-200 cha ssis at the user si te. It also inc ludes other inf ormation you will need to pro perly install the system and refers you to other chapt ers for addit[...]

2-2 Sy ste m Inst allat i on Model No. Running Head Chassis Installa tion Syste m Installa tion 2.2.2 Pr e-In stallat ion Tips 2.2.2.1 Installation Checklist Instal l your IMACS-20 0 in the following seque nce: 1. C ho ose a suita ble l o cati o n for th e sy s tem, as des cribe d in th is c ha pter . 2. Unpack and inspect the equi pment for damage[...]

Syst e m Ins tall ation 2-3 System I nstallatio n Chassis Insta llation Be sure t o locate t he system n ear all extern al equipmen t to which y ou will con nect it. Cable lengths and physical/el ectrica l charac teristi cs are c r itical to sy stem oper ation, es peciall y for data signal inte rface s. Ge neral ly , higher data ra tes r equir e sh[...]

2-4 Sy ste m Inst allat i on Model No. Running Head Chassis Installa tion Syste m Installa tion Figure 2-1.IMACS-200 Front Panel Figure 2-2.Mounting Bracket Holes The chassi s have el even holes on each si de, as shown in Figure 2- 3. Eight of these holes facili tate mount ing in a 19- or 23 -inch rack (48.2 o r 58.4 cm). Y ou can at tach the front[...]

Syst e m Ins tall ation 2-5 System Instal lation Connector Types Figur e 2-3.Chassis Mounting Holes T ab le 2- 1 out line s the mini mum c lea rance that i s re com mende d fo r the IMAC S-20 0 on a ll f our sides. T abl e 2-1. Minimum Chassi s Clearan ces 2.3 Connector T ypes The product is equipped with sev eral types of ele ctrical connect ions [...]

2-6 Sy ste m Inst allat i on Model No. Running Head Connector T y pes System I nstallation T able 2-2. F r ont panel connectors Connector Nam e Connector T ype Description Ethernet RJ45 Ethernet p o rt for remote ma nagement over IP . Serial RJ45 Asynchronou s craft port for local man agement. T able 2-3. Back p anel conn ectors Connector Nam e Con[...]

Syst e m Ins tall ation 2-7 System Instal lation Connector Pin-outs 2.4 Connector Pin-outs Following is a descripti on of the variou s connectors and t heir respecti ve pin-ou ts. 2.4. 1 High Sp ee d Data port co nnector pi nouts T able 2-4 des cribes t he signa ls and pins for the V .3 5 data por ts. The pi n assi gnments are ass ociat ed with the[...]

2-8 Sy ste m Inst allat i on Model No. Running Head Connector Pi n-outs System Install a tion Note: For purposes of conne ction and function, the IMACS-2 00 should be considered a DCE. 2.4. 2 E &M, FXS an d A larm input conn ector T able 2-5 lis t s the connecto r pinouts for t he E&M circuit s, FXS ci rcuit and the provi ded alarm i nput p[...]

Syst e m Ins tall ation 2-9 System Instal lation Connector Pin-outs 2.4. 3 T 1 interface R J 45 co nn ector T able 2-6 lis t s the T1 RJ45 conne ctor pinouts. E&M Port 2 T1-2 31 FXS Port 2 T- 2 4 3 E&M Port 2 R1- 2 6 FXS Port 2 R-2 18 E&M Port 2 E-2 32 FXS Port 3 T- 3 4 4 E&M Port 2 M-2 7 FXS Port 3 R-3 19 E&M Port 2 SG-2 33 F X[...]

2-10 Sys t e m Ins tall ation Model No. Running Head Connector Pi n-outs System Install a tion 2.4. 4 E thernet conn ections T able 2-7 l ists th e RJ45 connec tor pinouts for the ethe rnet ports on th e front and rear of the ch assis. 2.4.5 Sub Rate Data Port s T able 2-8 l ists th e RJ45 connec tor pinouts for the five sub rate data ports on th e[...]

Syst e m Ins tall ation 2-11 System Instal lation Connector Pin-outs 2.4. 6 A larm Outp ut Conn ector The IMACS-200 i s equipped with an RJ45 connection on the rear facepl ate labe lled ALARM to drive externa l alarm responde rs such as buzzers, bells, and light s. T able 2-9 indi cates the pin- outs for t his RJ45 connec t or .the T1 RJ45 con nect[...]

2-12 Sys t e m Ins tall ation Model No. Running Head Connector Pi n-outs System Install a tion 2.4. 8 Conne cting C ables to the p or ts Connect sy stem ports to the external equip ment, usi ng the pro per cables. The por ts have various types of connect ors for those co nnections. V oice port s have a 50-pin Amphe nol-type j ack. T o connect a cab[...]

Syst e m Ins tall ation 2-13 System Instal lation Power and Groundin g on the IMACS-200 2.5 Power and Gr ounding on the IMACS-200 2.5.1 Power S upply and R inging G ener ator The power supply and ringing gen erato r syst em can consi st of up to two power supp lies, and has one on- board ringing ge nerator . The IMACS-200 comes with t he proper pow[...]

2-14 Sys t e m Ins tall ation Model No. Running Head Power and Grounding on the IMACS-200 System Installation 2.5. 2 S ystem Pow er (Red undanc y) The IMACS-200 pr ovides power redun dancy for any of the powering opt ions. The supplie s are fac tory-install ed, an d the ext ernal connecto rs to receive the powering options selecte d will be pre-i n[...]

Syst e m Ins tall ation 2-15 System Instal lation Power and Groundin g on the IMACS-200 The tele communications voic e signaling grou nd is a referen ced ground conne ction to the -48VDC power s ystem. Both feeds ar e referenced to t he same place wit hin the I MACS-200. This ref erence ground can occur at the -48VDC power sou rce. If the gro und c[...]

2-16 Sys t e m Ins tall ation Model No. Running Head Power and Grounding on the IMACS-200 System Installation 2.5.8 AC power inst all at io n If ordered as an AC unit, the I MACS-200 will co me pre-ass embled with o ne or two AC connector s on t he rea r panel , a s illust rate d in Fi gure 2- 4 on page 2- 5. T o apply the AC so urce to the un it, [...]

System Operation 3-1 System Configurati on and Operati on Basic Operations Chapter 3 System Configuration and Operation 3.1 Basic Operations This chapt er provides in structi ons for co nfiguring th e IMACS-200 for operati on after instal ling it a t the equi pment sit e. Before pe rforming the p rocedures in this chapter: 1. Be sure yo ur IMACS-20[...]

3-2 Syst em Operation Model No. Running Head System Power-up System Configurat ion and Operation 3.3.1 System Bo ot Following the applicati on of power , proceed a s follows: 1. Be su re your sy stem and local te rminal ar e both powere d up. 2. Conne ct a VT100-c ompatible t erminal t o the SERIAL j ack on the faceplate of t he IMACS-200 fr ont pa[...]

System Operation 3-3 System Configurati on and Operation System Power- up 3.3. 2 Loggi ng Into the Sy stem The f irst step in sta rtin g a us er ses sion i s to l og int o the s yst em. Y ou must enter a pa sswo rd that al lows you to p erform the requi red tasks on the sys t em. For access levels a nd user permissi ons , refer to t he section deta[...]

3-4 Syst em Operation Model No. Running Head System Power-up System Configurat ion and Operation 5. Once syste m a cce ss ha s bee n obt ai ned, t he IMACS 200 will prompt the user to assi gn W AN and OW AN (if provisoi ned) port default s. All four of the W AN or OW AN ports must be set t o the same interf ace type (T 1 or E 1). Th is ma in scre e[...]

System Operation 3-5 System Configurati on and Operation System Power- up Figure 3-4.T ypical System Main Screen This com plete s the login pr oces s. If you are not f amili ar wi th t he us er in terf ace s creen s o f the system, re ad the next sect ion befor e proceedi ng. Otherwi se, contin ue with the desired operati on.[...]

3-6 Syst em Operation Model No. Running Head System Screens System Configurat ion and Operation 3.4 System Scr eens The s ystem scree n wi ll disp lay ea ch por t that is curre ntl y insta lle d onto the sys tem al ong w ith the port status and loca tion. 3.4.1 System Main Screen After you log in , a System Ma in Screen F igure 3-6 appears, s howin[...]

System Operation 3-7 System Configurati on and Operati on System Screens Figur e 3-5.T ypical port S tatus Display From the Sys tem Main Scre en, you can also acc ess other screens , as shown in Figu re 3-5. These scr eens are desc ribed in the following par agraphs. 3.4.3 Service T yp e Mai n Sc reens Each port type in the syst em has a por t Main[...]

3-8 Syst em Operation Model No. Running Head System Screens System Configurat ion and Operation The port c onfiguration pa rameters and current opti on setti ngs appear in numerous rows and columns bel ow the header . This regi on of each s creen li sts the options on the le ft and one or more asso ciated c olumns of data f ields from l eft to righ[...]

System Operation 3-9 System Configurati on and Operati on System Screens The highl ighted area in t he uppe r right c orner shows the current al arm status da ta. In Figu re 3-6 below , a yellow alarm ha s oc cur red on W AN port 4, and a Loss of Signa l al ar m ha s be en detecte d on W AN port 3. Figure 3-6.T ypical port Main Screen The botto m l[...]

3-10 System Operation Model No. Running Head Port Configuration System Configuration and Oper ation 3.4.4 T est and D ebug Sc reen Y ou can al so go from t he Syst em Main Sc reen to a T est and Debug Scree n, which allows you to perfo rm system-l evel maintena nce operations. Y ou can back u p the system co nfiguration onto an e xternal computer a[...]

System Operation 3-11 System Configurati on and Operation Port Configuratio n 3.5. 2 Recor ding Y our C onfiguratio n Settin gs Y ou should always rec ord the configur ation opt ion sett ings for each por t after you set them. This infor matio n ma y be n eeded later for s y stem opera tion . T o reco rd the po rt c on fig u rati o n data, first p [...]

3-12 System Operation Model No. Running Head Reinitial izing the System System Configurat ion and Operation 3.6 Reinitializing the System The syste m stores inform ation about its cur rently i nstalled ports, the port c onfiguration op tion settin gs, W AN connections, pas swords, and other data in nonvolatil e memory (NVRAM). When you chang e any [...]

System Operation 3-13 System Configurati on and Operation Reinitializi ng the System . Figur e 3-8.System Scre en - T est and Debug. Once here, enter ‘Z’ to zi p the syst em, and the s creen see n in Fig ure 3-9 wil l appear . Figure 3-9.Cold-S tart NVRAM “Zip”T est and Debug Scr een. W ARNING! Confirming the "Z" command will star[...]

3-14 System Operation Model No. Running Head Alarms System Configurat ion and Operation When you press “ z ”, the syst em will ask, "OK to Zip the sys tem (y/n)"? Press “ y ” to have the system te st and re initial i ze itself. All NVRAM in formation w ill be erased from t he IMACS-200, and a new log-in scree n will appe ar . Sinc[...]

System Operation 3-15 System Configurati on and Operati on Alarms The third char act er se t is t he a larm modi fier (in this c ase, m indicat es a minor alarm) . See the “Ala rms a nd Al arm Fi l ters ” sect ion la ter in this ch apte r for m ore in form a tion a bout a lar m modifier s. The f our th ch aract er se t ( YEL ) is the type of al[...]

3-16 System Operation Model No. Running Head Alarms System Configurat ion and Operation 3.7.2 Alarm F ilter Se tting s Y ou can set filters for ea ch alar m so t hat the alar m reports occu rrences in a number of dif ferent ways. Figur e 3- 1 1 sho ws t he Al ar m F ilte rs scr ee n, which is access ed by pr ess ing " f " ( Filt ers comma[...]

System Operation 3-17 System Configurati on and Operati on Alarms T able 3-2. Alarm Filter s W ARNING!Alarm Modifiers Each alar m may also be d e signated as I=i nfo , m=min or , M=major or C=crit . The filter modifier appears o n both the active alarm and a l arm history sc reens. Filter Ala r m Meani ng NOS No Signal Incoming W AN signal is lost.[...]

3-18 System Operation Model No. Running Head Alarms System Configurat ion and Operation When int erfac ing to t he Exte rna l Alarm po rts, t he occur rence of any al arm d esigna ted as crit will tr igger a f orm-C relay con tact on the Exter nal Alarm port . The rela y contact actio n sets off an annu nciator or l amp at the equipmen t site. Simi[...]

System Operation 3-19 System Configurati on and Operation Cross-Connecting (XCON) Figur e 3-12.T ypical Alarm History Screen 3.8 Cross- C onnecting (XCON) From the Sys tem Main Scre en, you can a ccess a Cross-Conne ct Screen by pres sing “ x ” ( Xco n ) that lets you c ross-conn ect W AN time slot s between T1 links. For a de tailed descrip ti[...]

3-20 System Operation Model No. Running Head System Level Mai ntenance System Configurat ion and Operation Figur e 3-13.System T est and Debug Screen[...]

System Operation 3-21 System Configurati on and Operati on System Level Mainten a nce 3.9. 2 Debug ging the System The D (Debug) c ommand is only a vailable to fa ctory per sonnel with a password authori z ation higher t han "Super user ." It give s access t o the syst em softwar e coding. 3.9. 3 B acki ng up the S ystem Con figurat ion D[...]

3-22 System Operation Model No. Running Head System Level Mai ntenance System Configurat ion and Operation I P and netmask paramet ers must be set. Y ou may need to change the routin g table on your PC to incl ude the IMACS-2 00 ethernet addr ess as th e gateway , or the loca l host add r ess as the gatew ay fo r the s yst em rece ivi ng the fi le [...]

System Operation 3-23 System Configurati on and Operati on System Level Mainten a nce 5. Press “G” f or Go - an NV image overwrit e command confirmat ion appear s. Enter “Y” for y es. 6. Confirmatio n appears when the NV Ra m flash bac kup is complete. Pr ess Enter as prompted o n the screen. 7. TFTP backup i s now ready to proc eed. Select[...]

3-24 System Operation Model No. Running Head System Level Mai ntenance System Configurat ion and Operation 3. Use the a rrow keys to highl ight the Protocol s electio n and press Ente r . 4. Select TFTP and press En ter . 5. Y ou w ill re ceiv e an NV Ram im age ove rw rit e con fi rmati on me ssa g e. Pr ess “Y” for ye s . 6. Enter t he desire[...]

System Operation 3-25 System Configurati on and Operati on Time Slot Assignment 9. A system back up compl et io n me ssa ge a ppea rs and t he sy stem then prompts you to press Enter to cont inue. The backup is now complete. 3.9.8 XMOD EM Restor e Follow the steps listed below to perform an XMODEM restore. Note: Resto re ac tions may be de nied, ba[...]

3-26 System Operation Model No. Running Head Assignin g Time Slots System Configurat ion and Operation The IMACS-200 maxi mizes the use of incoming and outgoing T1 lines. Y ou can do this by assigni ng spec ific c hannels , or DS0 t ime sl ots , to voice and da ta por ts i n the syst em. Y ou also can cros s-connect time sl ots betwe en T1W AN port[...]

System Operation 3-27 System Configurati on and Operati on Assigning Time Slots 3.1 1.1 Assign ing a Ti me Slot to a User port Port Y ou can def ine a ti me slot ma p from any us er port ( data or voice) f or connec tions involv ing that port , or from a W AN port for cross -connection s involving only W AN ports. For exampl e, Figure 3- 16 shows t[...]

3-28 System Operation Model No. Running Head Circuit Names System Configurat ion and Operation 3.1 1 .2 Cr oss-Connect Model The Cross- connect mo del allows you t o access one T1 links for each of two W AN ports, for a total o f four T1 links. All W AN port conn ections to other W AN ports ar e accomplished through t he cross-conn ect opti on on t[...]

System Operation 3-29 System Configurati on and Operati on Circuit Names Figur e 3-17.Cross Connect Scr een Circuit s are then selected by movi ng the arr ow keys up and down. Only net work type circu its are shown o n the first Cros s Connect s creen. T o display a list of al l cross connect s in the I MACS-200 system fro m the Cross Con nect scre[...]

3-30 System Operation Model No. Running Head Circuit Names System Configurat ion and Operation Figur e 3-19.Cross Connect Cir cuit (Rename) Hitting "S" to sa ve the ci rcuit name changes th e name of the circ uit as shown in th e below figur e: Figur e 3-20.Cross Connect Rename Circuit (Saving) 3.12.2 Backup and Res tore Cir cuit Name T a[...]

System Operation 3-31 System Configurati on and Operati on Circuit Names Figure 3-21.NVRAM Backup Screen When NVRAM i s resto red via TFTP or from FLASH, the e ntire i mage is transf erred i ncluding the cir cuit name t able. The c ircuit name t a ble shown as Xcon Names has been a dded to the select ions to allo w ascii re store as shown in the fi[...]

3-32 System Operation Model No. Running Head Cross-Connectin g WAN Time Slots System Configuration and Oper ation 3.13 Cr oss-Connecting W AN Time Slots After ass igning the user ports to DS0 time slot s, you can also assign the remaining W AN time slots f or pass-t hrough cross-co nnections betwee nT1 links. Y ou can cross- connect W AN time slot [...]

System Operation 3-33 System Configurati on and Operation Cross-Connec ting WAN Time Slots T able 3-4. Ti me Slot Cross-Connection Options an d Defaults CIRCUIT ID A cir cuit is define d as a gro up of one or more DS0 time slots cross -connect ed from one W AN link to another . Each cir cuit can carry eit her voice or dat a traf fic, and need s its[...]

3-34 System Operation Model No. Running Head Cross-Connectin g WAN Time Slots System Configuration and Oper ation W ARNING! When cr oss-connecting multi ple independ ent data DS0 time slots (sequentially grouped time slots shou ld work) for data. Super -rat e [data type cr oss-connect] is multip le DS0s sequential ly assigned betw een W AN aggr ega[...]

System Operation 3-35 System Configurati on and Operation Cross-Connec ting WAN Time Slots The e xam ple i n Fi gure 3-26 sh ow s wan-1 as th e sele cte d W AN p ort. Figur e 3-26.W AN Unit Options TS/BW The firs t Time Sl ot/Bandwidth col umn shows the different time slo ts of wan-1 tha t will be assigned to this pass-t hrough conn ection. Figure [...]

3-36 System Operation Model No. Running Head Cross-Connectin g WAN Time Slots System Configuration and Oper ation Make your se lection by using the space bar and arrow keys. The ar row key moves f rom slot to slot , and the sp ace bar toggles between selecti ng and desel ecting a time sl ot. Figur e 3-27.Ti m e Slot and Band w idth Options W/U The [...]

System Operation 3-37 System Configurati on and Operation Cross-Connec ting WAN Time Slots SIG/TC Y ou can def ine a pat tern to be transmit ted on a cross-c onnected circui t if one of the cir cuit’ s two W AN links fails on a W AN to W AN cross-connect . This is known as T runk Condit ioning (TC) , and can be ass ign ed fo r the trans por t cha[...]

3-38 System Operation Model No. Running Head Cross-Connectin g WAN Time Slots System Configuration and Oper ation If you ch oose user , also ente r a two-di git hexad ecimal code for the bit patter n to be se nt in each direct ion. Eac h digit ca n be from 0 t o 9 or a to f. Figure 3 -29 shows a t ypical signal ing bit patter n entry screen. Figur [...]

System Operation 3-39 System Configurati on and Operation Cross-Connect Actions 3.14 Cr oss-Connect Actions Figure 3- 5 summarizes the acti ons you can perform from the Cross - Connect Screen. The se actions appear at the bo ttom highlighted line of the scr een. T able 3-5. Cross-Connect Screen Actions Action Function Add Allows y ou to pr ogr am a[...]

3-40 System Operation Model No. Running Head Cross-Connect Acti ons System Configurat ion and Operation T o up date a c r oss- connected circuit from the Cros s-Connect Screen , highlight th e circuit na m e to be up dated, and press “ p ” to invoke the uPda te command. Figure 3-26 s hows the W AN port 1-3 and TS ( t ime slots) 6 t hrough 8 bei[...]

System Operation 3-41 System Configurati on and OperationRecordi ng the Time Slot Configuration 3.15 Recording the T ime Slot Configuration Afte r set ti ng up the i n itia l s yste m conf igura tio n and defin e the ti me sl ot ma p, r ec ord th is informat ion on paper . Recordi ng the initial con figur ation in a logi cal ma nner will help if yo[...]

3-42 System Operation Model No. Running Head Power Supply Redundancy System Confi guration and Operati on feeds in to the IMACS-200, t he power sup ply fail alarm will be ra ised. Both t he AC and DC versions of the I M ACS-200 can h ave backup p ower feeds and supp lies, if so orde red. Upon failur e, the ALARM LED on t he fac eplat e of th e IMAC[...]

General F eatures 4-1 IMACS-200 General Features Introduction Chapter 4 IMACS-200 General Features 4.1 Intr oduction The main l ogi n l eve l of the IMACS- 200 is th e highest level a nd a llows access t o Al ar ms an d alarm fil tering, overall cr oss-connect info rmation, and acces s to backup and restor e functions. 4.2 CPU De scriptions The mai[...]

4-2 G enera l Feat ure s Model No. Running Head CPU User Screens and Sett ings IMACS-200 General Feat ures 4.3 CPU User Screens and Settin gs The IMACS-200 mai n CPU has several us er inter face scr eens for p ort configurat ion and network st atus viewing p urposes. These s creens are de scribed in t he remainder of thi s chapter . 4.3.1 CPU Main [...]

General F eatures 4-3 IMACS-200 General Features CPU User Screens and Set tings T able 4-1. CPU Main Screen Actions 4.3. 2 U ser Name s, Passwords an d G roups Y ou may want t o change you r system access pa sswords freq uently , in order to maintain optimum s ecurity o n your networ k. The recommende d passwords are a minimum of 6 and no more than[...]

4-4 G enera l Feat ure s Model No. Running Head CPU User Screens and Sett ings IMACS-200 General Feat ures When the sys t em is first co mmission ed, there is o nly one group de fined: Each user group represent s a dif ferent acce ss level that all ows a login id to perform sys tem certai n tasks after l ogging in. 4.3.2.1 User Grou ps The User Gro[...]

General F eatures 4-5 IMACS-200 General Features CPU User Screens and Set tings When the sys tem is fi rst commissi oned, or af ter a ZIP fun ct ion, th e user group d efaul ts to th e followin g configuratio n: T able 4-5. Default Grou p Permissions User group 1 is the " Superuser " and it s attribut es are not provi sionable. User group[...]

4-6 G enera l Feat ure s Model No. Running Head CPU User Screens and Sett ings IMACS-200 General Feat ures Figur e 4-3.User Name Screen T able 4-6 s hows the val id actio ns that a user can pe rform when at the u ser name fi eld.[...]

General F eatures 4-7 IMACS-200 General Features CPU User Screens and Set tings T able 4-6. usrName Screen Actions Refresh Sele cting ‘R’ fo r ref r e sh wi ll re new t he dat a pres e nted o n the s cre en . Add T o add a user , choose the A functio n. Use carr iage ret urns to up date a fi eld, and ar row keys t o move aroun d in the scre en.[...]

4-8 G enera l Feat ure s Model No. Running Head CPU User Screens and Sett ings IMACS-200 General Feat ures Del Sele cting the ‘E ’ dele te fun ctio n will a llow the us er to d elet e t he use r th at the cu rsor i s current ly posi t ion ed upon. Gr oup Selecti ng ‘G’ will show the permi ssions fo r acc ess t o a Supe ruser that can be ch [...]

General F eatures 4-9 IMACS-200 General Features CPU User Screens and Set tings 4.3.3 Access Le vel Pe rmissi ons W ith the Admin level use r , the Group set ting can be changed on a group bas i s. Begin by accessi ng the User Name Screen as shown i n Figure 4- 3 on page 4 -6. Select the Group option by typing “G”, and a screen su ch as in Fi g[...]

4-10 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head Other CPU Settings IMACS-200 General Feat ures Access Pr ovisioning This cove rs al l p rovis ion in g scr een s a nd a c tivi ti es as socia ted w ith al l the ac ces s inte rf ace s. This include s OHSU, HSU, SRU, voice, alarm, and Et hernet pos ts Access Alarms This cove rs all alarm reporti ng sc[...]

General F eatures 4-11 IMACS-200 General Features Other CPU Settings Figur e 4-7.Other CPU Fields and Settings Refe r to Fi gur e 4 -7 f or the fo llo w ing fi eld d e fini tions and th eir m eanin gs. NODE ID In th is fi eld, e nter a 14-c harac ter node name for th e Inte gra ted A cces s Sys tem. This entry must be unique for each system i n you[...]

4-12 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head Other CPU Settings IMACS-200 General Feat ures VIEWER This fie ld displays t he current p assword for V iewer SNMP acc ess. All us ers can see t his field. This pass word level gives read only access to configurati on options and diagnostic features. SYS CONT In this field, enter t he name of a perso[...]

General F eatures 4-13 IMACS-200 General Features Other CPU Settings FCR Fast Cir cu it R es tor e. Th is fiel d can be s et to on or off , t he default is of f . When s et to of f, normal T1 r ecovery mode s are in ef fect. When set to o n, the services will rest ore as so on as the fac ilit y beco mes avai lable for ser vice. Selec ting to on wil[...]

4-14 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head Other CPU Settings IMACS-200 General Feat ures 4.4.1 System Cl ock So ur ce Figur e 4-8.Setting the System Clock Source The IMACS-2 00 can b e set to sour ce to an incoming timin g so urce from the W AN, the HSU, the option a l OW AN, or on its inter nal clock. Figu re 4-8 shows this se tting from th[...]

General F eatures 4-15 IMACS-200 General Features Other CPU Settings 4.4.2 Setting t he Sys tem Time Figure 4-9.Setting the System Time From the Clo ck level of the CPU, the us er can set the date and time as sho wn in Figure 4-9. From this same level , the craf ts person can execut e the Alar m Cut Of f (ACO).[...]

4-16 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head SNMP Network Management IMACS-200 Gener al Features 4.5 SNMP Network Management SNMP acces s allows us ers to re motely gather in formation, pr ovision, t est and monito r the IMACS 200. This s ection pr esents this type of Network Management System (NMS) f or diagnosi ng and reporting tr ouble at un[...]

General F eatures 4-17 IMACS-200 General Features SNMP Network Management Y ou can c hange your Manager , Operator , and V iewer passwo rds at any time. See your sys tem administ rator to change your password or ac cess leve ls. A us er wh o ha s re ad/w rite a cce ss to the A dmi niste r Sy stem syst em f uncti on (see T abl e 4-4 on page 4-4) w i[...]

4-18 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head TCP/IP Network Management IMACS-200 General Features 4.6 TCP/IP Network Management Using IP ad dresses, you can c omm unicat e directly with the affec t ed system, diagno se the problem, an d dispatch a techni cian if necessa ry . Figure 4- 10shows the TCP/IP Scree n. T o access thi s screen, p r ess[...]

General F eatures 4-19 IMACS-200 General Features TCP/IP Network Management T able 4-8. TCP/IP Scr een Actions T able 4-9. TCP/IP Screen Options and Defaults HOST TY PE The Host T ype is used to c ontrol I P forwardi ng. When Host T ype is set to gateway , IP datagra ms are all owed being forwarde d. When Host T ype is set to host , no f orwarding [...]

4-20 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head TCP/IP Network Management IMACS-200 General Features DEF AUL T IP SLOT The Defaul t IP Slot options are dete rmined by the choi ce of Defau lt IP Port . If none, local ether or ipr -fr is sele cted f or th a t pa ra mete r , t his op tion will sh ow n/a . If wan or sa4 is select ed, the options f or [...]

General F eatures 4-21 IMACS-200 General Features Remote Administration RP T3 IP ADD R The RP T3 IP Addres s is the IP addres s of the third Netwo rk Management Sy stem host running an SNMP tr ap server . RP T3 COMM UN STR The RP T3 Community S tring holds the commun ity string for the thir d NMS host running a SNMP trap s erver . The community str[...]

4-22 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head Remote Administrati on IMACS-200 Gener al Features 4. Enter in th e HOST NETMASK: [ IP mask ] 5. Select the HOST TYPE as either host or gateway . As a host sys tem, the IMACS- 200 terminat es the IP when packets ar e destined fo r its address. As a gatewa y , the IMACS-200 has the a bility to perfor [...]

General F eatures 4-23 IMACS-200 General Features Remote Administration b. Choosing Host typ e as gateway will set up th e downs tream management channel , or SCC4. The IP stat ic route must be set via the r O ute option after y ou have saved th e above. T o set up a stat ic route, cho ose the r O ute o ption from the tcp/Ip s creen and choose the [...]

4-24 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head Remote Administrati on IMACS-200 Gener al Features b. T elnet [d evice IP a ddress] 12. From the I MACS-200: a. Ping PC on IP netw ork 13. From a PC on a different network t han the IP network: a. Ping [devic e IP address] b. T elnet [d evice IP a ddress] 14. From the I AD , Pin g PC on the net work [...]

General F eatures 4-25 IMACS-200 General Features Remote Administration T o move from one screen (p age) to another , press “ d ” ( pgDn ) or “ u ” ( pgUp ). Pres sing “ d ” goes to t he next-highe st page numb er . If you are on Page 4 when you press “ d ”, you will wrap around to Page 1. Page 4 is cur r ently not used on the IMACS[...]

4-26 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head Remote Administrati on IMACS-200 Gener al Features T able 4-10. N etwork S tatistics Screen Actions 4.7.2.1 IP Parameters The I P para mete rs a p pea r in the fi rst N e twor k Stati stics Scre e n (Fig ure 4 -15) . Thes e are describ ed below . Default TTL The Defaul t TT L field shows the T ime T [...]

General F eatures 4-27 IMACS-200 General Features Remote Administration Datagrams Sent The Datagra ms Sent field shows t he total number of da tagrams sen t by the local syst em to the network ho st. TX Disported - RAM The TX Disported - RAM field shows the tota l number of datagr ams sent by the loc al system that w ere d isp or ted due to lack o [...]

4-28 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head Remote Administrati on IMACS-200 Gener al Features 4.7.2.2 TCP S tate Paramet ers The TCP stat e parame ters appe ar in the third Network Stat istics Screen (Fi gure 4-16 ). They are desc ribed below . Figure 4-16.T ypical Network S tatistics Screen, Page 2 Packets Rece ived The Packet s Received fie[...]

General F eatures 4-29 IMACS-200 General Features Remote Administration Bytes Delivere d Above The Bytes De livered Above field shows the number of informa tion or t raps sent from TCP layer of the networ k host to the lo cal system. Bytes From Above The Bytes Fr om Above field shows th e nu mbe r o f i nfo rmat io n or traps sent t o th e TCP laye[...]

4-30 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head Remote Administrati on IMACS-200 Gener al Features R TT Decr eased The R TT Decreased fie l d shows the number o f times the retran smission t ime-out was dec r ease d bec aus e th e s yst em w as not bus y . Connections Opened The Connect ions Opened fiel d shows the total number of c onnections tha[...]

General F eatures 4-31 IMACS-200 General Features Remote Administration 4.7.2.3 UDP Parameters The UDP paramet ers appea r in the four th Network St atistics Scr een (Figur e 4-17). The y are describ ed below . Figure 4-17.T ypical Network S tatistics Screen, Page 3 Packets From Above The Packets Fro m Above fiel d shows t he numb er of UDP pac ket[...]

4-32 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head Remote Administrati on IMACS-200 Gener al Features 4.7.2.4 TELNET Parameters The TELNET parame ters also appea r in the f ourth Netwo rk St atistics Scre en (Figur e 4-17). They are d escribed below . Bytes Re ceived The Bytes Re ceived field sh ows the total numbe r of bytes that were received by th[...]

General F eatures 4-33 IMACS-200 General Features Remote Administration Sessions Closed The Sessi ons Closed f i eld shows the to tal number of ses sions that were closed by the loc al syste m wi th th e net work hos t. TX W ait fo r Buff er The T X W a it for B uffer fi eld s how s the to tal numb e r of t ransm is si ons th at w e re de l aye d b[...]

4-34 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head Remote Administrati on IMACS-200 Gener al Features 4.7.2.6 SCC Parameters The SCC paramet ers for por ts C1 through C4 appe ar in the fourt h through s eventh Netwo r k Statisti cs S creen (Fi g ure 4 - 18) . The y are d e scri bed b elo w . Figur e 4-18.SCC Port P arameters In Pack ets The In Pack e[...]

General F eatures 4-35 IMACS-200 General Features Remote Administration The In Errors field shows the number of packet s received by the local system which had errors and were di scarded as faul ty . Out Packets The Out Pack ets field shows t he number of packets sent by the local system. Out O ctets The Out Oc tets fi eld shows t he number of byte[...]

4-36 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head Remote Administrati on IMACS-200 Gener al Features 4.7.2.7 SA4 P arameters The SA4 para m eters appear in the ei gth Network S tatis tics Scr een (Figur e 4-19). The y are describ ed below . Figure 4-19.SA4 Bit Parameters In Pack ets The In Pack ets field shows the number of packets recei ved by the [...]

General F eatures 4-37 IMACS-200 General Features Host Software Upgrade Procedure In Err ors The In Errors field shows the number of packet s received by the local system which had errors and were di scarded as faul ty . Out Packets The Out Pack ets field shows t he number of packets sent by the local system. Out O ctets The Out Oc tets fi eld show[...]

4-38 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head Host Software Upgrade Pr ocedure IMACS-200 General Features 4.8. 2 L aptop Setup Follow the steps listed below to set up th e laptop computer . 1. B oot th e la pt op. 2. Click “ ST ART ”. 3. Select “ Pr ograms ”, “ Access ories ” , an d click on “ HyperT erminal ”. 4. In the Hyp erT [...]

General F eatures 4-39 IMACS-200 General Features Software Download Procedures 4.8.3 Upgrad e Preparati on Follow the steps listed below to per form an upgr ade. 1. Connect t he laptop to the TERM port on the Integrated Acce ss System. 2. Press Ent e r , and log in to the system. 3. Using the arrow keys , move the cur sor to CPU and pr ess Enter . [...]

4-40 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head Software Download Procedure s IMACS-200 General Feat ures 8. At the HyperT erminal scree n, select file transf er and send the file . Choose the appropriat e binar y fi le to dow nloa d us i ng the XMODEM protocol to BIN buf fer 1 or 2, dep ending upon which bin is empty . 9. Followin g completion of[...]

General F eatures 4-41 IMACS-200 General Features Software Download Procedures Note: When upgr ading fr om a PC, an et hernet c r oss-over cabl e will be r equir ed. Use the TCPIP sett ings to pu t your PC on a network connection (such as 192.0.0.1), and set the IMACS-2 00 on the same su bnet (such as 192.0. 0.2). 2. At the Logi n screen , enter th[...]

4-42 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head Software Download Procedure s IMACS-200 General Feat ures Figur e 4-21.Flash Screen with Commands 5. Select the desired command. Press Enter . The acti vate, downlo ad, and erase canno t be performed on t he active soft ware. 6. E nter Y to repla ce t h e curre nt so ftwar e. The s ystem re m oves th[...]

General F eatures 4-43 IMACS-200 General Features Software Download Procedures Figure 4-22.Flash Scr een with Software Removed 10. Enter t he IP addre ss of the TFTP serve r . Press Enter . 1 1 . Ente r the firmw are f ilen ame . Pres s Enter . The download software appear s in the Fl ash scre en. Figure 4-23.Flash Scr een with Downloaded Software [...]

4-44 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head Software Download Procedure s IMACS-200 General Feat ures This res ets the I MACS-200 and ma kes the se lected so ftware the curr ent acti ve load. Upon reset and activatio n, you will l ose the c urrent T elnet conn ection.[...]

General F eatures 4-45 IMACS-200 General Features CPU Error Mess ages 4.10 CPU Err or Messages Refer to Appendix B in this Gu ide for further informatio n on Error Mes sages regard ing this port. 4.1 1 CPU T r oubleshooting On power -up, the IMACS-20 0 performs a self-test. Th is is th e only diagnosti c availab le for the fir st rele ase of the un[...]

4-46 Gen e ral Fe atur es Model No. Running Head CPU Troubleshooting IMACS-200 Gener al Features[...]

WAN Po rts 5-1 WAN ports Introduction Chapter 5 WAN ports 5.1 Intr oduction This chapt e r provides con f iguration and t roublesh ooting informati on for the W ide-Are a Network (W AN) ports. There are four W AN ports ava ilable on the IMACS-200. The W AN ports manage th e flow of data thr ough the I MACS-200 network. They termin ate T1or E1 li ne[...]

5-2 WA N Port s Model No. Running Head WAN port User Screens and Setti ngs WAN ports 5.3 W AN port User Scr een s and Se ttin gs 5.3.1 W AN Settings fo r T1 an d E 1 T able 5-1 s hows the W AN port Main Scr een for T1 o peration. Figure 5-1.W AN T1 Port Main Screen T able 5-2 shows t he W AN port Main Scr een for E1 Operati on. Figure 5-2.W AN E1 P[...]

WAN Po rts 5-3 WAN ports WAN port User Scree ns and Settings T able 6-1 s ummarizes th e actions you can perform from this sc reen, and T able 6-2 l ists the settin gs controlled on the screen alon g with their poss i ble and defaul t values. T able 5-1. W A N Screen Actions T able 5-2. W A N Scr een Option Settings and Defaults Notes: 1 is used to[...]

5-4 WA N Port s Model No. Running Head WAN port User Screens and Setti ngs WAN ports FORMA T The Fram e sett ing toggl es t he fra me f ormat to b e us ed on t he T1 W AN link so that it mat ches the fram e for ma t u sed b y th e T1 ca rr ier . Set the f orm a t Pa ram e ter bas ed on the type of fr am e format t he T1 carrier re quires. The optio[...]

WAN Po rts 5-5 WAN ports WAN port User Scree ns and Settings LIN E LB The Line Loo pback setting lo ops the T1 line ba ck towards the networ k, as shown in Fig ure 5-3. This loopback al so continues sen ding the incoming d a ta toward the CPE. Ch oosing on allows yo u to test the end -to-end T1 circ uit path from the far end. Choosing off disables [...]

5-6 WA N Port s Model No. Running Head WAN port User Screens and Setti ngs WAN ports LB GE N The Loopback Generate setti ng (avail able only in esf format) generates out-b and diagnostic code s tha t ar e sen t to the r emo te e quip ment . Th ese c odes are com patib le wi th D DS n etwo rks and allo w you to c ommand a latc hing loopback at r emo[...]

WAN Po rts 5-7 WAN ports WAN port User Scree ns and Settings 5.3.2 Cr o ss-Con nect ( XCON) For looki ng at DS0 uti lization o n a per W AN port ba sis, the xcon option is inc lud ed. Sim pl y place you r cursor on a W AN port of your choosing, and hit the ‘x’ k ey . A figure similar to Figure 5- 5 will app ear . Figure 5-5.W AN C r oss-Connect[...]

5-8 WA N Port s Model No. Running Head WAN port User Screens and Setti ngs WAN ports Figure 5-6.Adding a W AN to W AN Cross-connect Figur e 5-7.T1 Cros s-Connect Screen (display only)[...]

WAN Po rts 5-9 WAN ports WAN port User Scree ns and Settings 5.3.3 Perform ance Da ta All W AN ports gather performan ce data. The performan ce data for a T1 lin e is viewed by typing “ p ” in the W A N port Ma in Scr een, to inv ok e the Perf command. Performanc e data is accumulat e d for 15-minute i ncrements that include the curr ent period[...]

5-10 WAN P orts Model No. Running Head WAN port User Screens and Setti ngs WAN ports ES An Errored Second (ES) is a se cond with on e or more CRC-6 (ESF), or CRC-4 (T1) erro rs, one or more Out-Of-Frame (OOF) er rors, or one or more Controll ed Slips . UAS An Unavaila ble Second (UAS) is any second during wh ich service is unavailable. An unavaila [...]

WAN Po rts 5-11 WAN ports WAN port User Scree ns and Settings DM A Degraded Min ute (DM) is any minut e during t he reporting pe riod that has an error ra te grea ter tha n 10- 6 as describe d in ITU-T G .821. The count f or this field is fr om 1 to 15 , rather than 1 to 900 for the other fields. ST A TUS If one of the describ ed errors occu rs dur[...]

5-12 WAN P orts Model No. Running Head WAN port User Screens and Setti ngs WAN ports 5.3.4 Far -End Perfor mance Data The Far -End Performance Dat a Screen is similar to the Performan ce Data Scr e en. NOTE: Only ANSI T1. 403 mode is suppor ted by th e IMACS-200 for this feature. This opt ion is not availabl e i n E1 mode . The sam e st atisti cs a[...]

WAN Po rts 5-13 WAN ports WAN port User Scree ns and Settings ES An Errored Second (ES) is a se cond with on e or more CRC-6 (ESF) or BPV (D4 /D-Frame) errors, one or more OOFs, or one or more Co ntrolled Sl ips. UAS An Unavaila ble Second (UAS) is any second during wh ich service is unavailable. An unavaila ble signal stat e is declar ed after t e[...]

5-14 WAN P orts Model No. Running Head WAN port User Screens and Setti ngs WAN ports 5.3.5 T est Sc reen Pressin g “ t ” ( Te s t command) in th e W AN port Main Screen br ings up th e screen shown in Figure 5- 10. From this screen, y ou can create te st situa tions bet ween W AN ports or b etween a single W AN port and dat a test equipment at [...]

WAN Po rts 5-15 WAN ports WAN port User Scree ns and Settings BERT The Bit Er ror Rate T ester (BER T) sends a da ta patte r n and measure s the bi t error rate (BER) on the se lected W AN port. The patter ns that ca n be selec ted are off , mark (all ones) , spa ce (all ze ros), 1:1 (0101) , 1:7 (0 100 0000), 3:24 ( t his pattern req uires 3 bytes[...]

5-16 WAN P orts Model No. Running Head WAN port User Screens and Setti ngs WAN ports OSS The Out of Synchroniza tion Seco nds (OSS) fi eld shows t he number of seconds t hat the W AN BER T has been out of synchroni zation. Si nce this is an inf ormation- only field, t here are no user-se lectable para m ete rs. BER The Bit Err or Rate ( BER) field [...]

WAN Po rts 5-17 WAN ports WAN port Error Messages 5.4 W AN port Error Mess ages Refer to Appendix B in this Gu ide for further informatio n on Error Mes sages regard ing this port. 5.5 W AN port T roubleshooting The W AN port may be faulty i f a CGA-Red al arm is in pro gress on e ither por t of the port. This alarm occ urs if the inco m ing net wo[...]

5-18 WAN P orts Model No. Running Head WAN port Troubleshootin g WAN ports[...]

FXS Ports 6-1 Chapter 6 FXS Ports 6.1 Intr oduction This chapt er provi des connect or pinout, confi guratio n, and troubleshoo ting informatio n for the Foreig n Exchange - S tation (FXS) V oice port. This por t is labeled V oice. See Appendix C for pino uts of this conn ector . This port manage s the flow o f FXS voice traf f ic over the net wor [...]

6-2 FXS Ports Model No. Running Head Figur e 6-1. T ypical FXS port Main Screen The botto m highli ghted line of t his scree n shows vari ous actions tha t you can perfor m from this sc reen. Y ou perform the de sired action b y pressing the as sociated upperc ase lett er key . T able 6-1 s ummarizes these ac tions. For examp le, after you con figu[...]

FXS Ports 6-3 T able 6-2su m marizes the configurat ion settings f or the FXS ports, al ong with t he available and fact ory-default opt ion settings. The parameters and setti ngs are a lso descr ibed in t he followin g paragraphs. T able 6-2. Mai n Scr een Option Sett ings and Def aults Notes: 1. All four ports must be set t o either u-law o r a-i[...]

6-4 FXS Ports Model No. Running Head TS The TS setting identi fies t he tim e slot on the W AN link to which thi s port is assigne d. V alues rang e from 1 to 24 for T1 li nks, a nd 01 to 31 for E1 link s. Fo r a di spla y of the a vaila ble time slots , refe r to t h e cro s s-c on nect map f or th e W AN li nk; see C hapte r 4, System Configura t[...]

FXS Ports 6-5 the signa l leve l, set t he Tx TLP set ting t o a posi tive va lu e (i.e., the more po siti ve the nu mber , the more t he signal level is decrease d). For exa mple, an inc oming signal at -5 dBm ca n be increas ed to -2 dBm by se tt ing t he Tx TLP to -3 dB . The Tx TLP ra nge is -6.5 dB to +9.0 dB . CODING The Coding f ield set s t[...]

6-6 FXS Ports Model No. Running Head P A TTRN The Patte r n field selec ts an outgoin g test pa ttern fo r the current po rt. The test pat tern is generat ed by the sy stem and sent to t he selected por t. Y ou can se lect a di ff erent pat tern for each port . The none option disab les the t est patt ern. The D-mW (Dig ital milliw att) opt ion sen[...]

FXS Ports 6-7 6.3.2 T est Sc reen The T est opt ion facil itates test ing and ma intenanc e by allowing you t o monitor and set t he status of the ana log inter face leads, and to monitor or s et the va lue of the A, B, C, and D signali ng bits of all FXS ci rcuits o n that por t. In cross-conn ect syst ems, the tes t option also allows yo u to app[...]

6-8 FXS Ports Model No. Running Head TES T The T est par ameter sho w s if t he port is in test mode o r not. Ina c tive ports and ports that are assigned to inactive W ANs will show a test st atus of n/a . The test st atus options f or active ports ar e off and on . Tx ABCD The T ransmit ABCD setti ng allows the user to eit her monitor t he status[...]

FXS Ports 6-9 TO N TW K In cross -c onne ct systems only , the T o Network parame ter allows you to br eak the circuit an d send a te st tone on the net work side of the system. The options for this fiel d are none, and D-mW . Choose none if you do no t want to inject a tone toward the ne twork. In this ca se , th e PCM signal r eceived f rom the C[...]

6-10 FXS Ports Model No. Running Head noW AN There is no W AN port configured in the slot to which the FX S port is assigned. call Call set-up is in progre ss . busy Call is in p r og r e ss. idle No call is in pr ogress (port is available f or a call) . TC The p ort is in T runk Conditioning because a CGA alarm occu rred on the associated W AN por[...]

FXS Ports 6-11 6.4 FXS Err or Messages Refer to Appendix B in the Sys tem Reference Gui de for f urther i nformat ion on Erro r Messa ges re g ardin g this p ort. 6.5 FXS port T r oubleshooting The FXS port m ay be fa ulty if a voice si gnal is not r eceived at one en d of a cir cuit, or i f signali ng is not detect ed. The f ollowing a re possi bl[...]

6-12 FXS Ports Model No. Running Head 4. At your e nd, go to the FXS po rt Main Screen and send a digital mi lliwatt test tone (0 dBm) toward the CPE. If you still don’ t rec eive a signal, che ck the cabli ng from the FXS port to yo ur CPE , and chec k the CPE i tself . If t hose it ems are okay , repla ce the FXS port at your e nd. 5. If the F [...]

E&M Ports 7-1 Chapter 7 E&M Ports 7.1 Intr oduction This chapt er provides in formati on regar ding th e configur ation and troubleshooti ng for the E&M V o ice Circ uits. The E&M por ts manage the flow of toll -grade voi ce traf fic through the IMACS-200 sy stem. Each port encodes an analog (voice, VF) signal to a digi tal bit stre[...]

7-2 E& M P ort s Model No. Running Head T ype I sig nal li ng i s achieved by c onnecting a gro und on the SG lead. T ype I E&M si gna lling is then achieved by operating the E a nd M leads t o achieve o ff-hook and on-hook signals .Figure 7-1 ill ustrates a typi cal T ype I interf ace. Figur e 7-1.T ype I E&M Signal ing Note: For T ype[...]

E&M Ports 7-3 Figure 7- 2 illust rates a T ype II E&M signal ing interface where the connecting equipme nt (normall y a PBX or o t her inter -of fice carrie r systems) origina tes on the M -lead. The connecti ng equipment provides a contact closure between th e M and SB leads at th e interfac e to send a n 0ff-hook ( originat e) and an o pe[...]

7-4 E& M P ort s Model No. Running Head T ype IV E &M is arran ged ex actly lik e T y pe II E& M, exc e pt tha t a me chani cal re lay is u sed for th e M rela y as in T yp e I E& M, see F ig ure 7 -3. Figure 7-3.T ype IV E&M Signaling[...]

E&M Ports 7-5 T ype V is symmetri cal and allows two signaling nod es to be connecte d back-to-back, as illust rated in Figure 7- 4. This is the most common interfac e type used outsi de of Nort h America . T ype V uses two leads for supervisor si gnaling: E, and M. D uring i nactivity the E-lead a nd M-l ead are open. The PBX ( th at act s a s[...]

7-6 E& M P ort s Model No. Running Head 7.3 E&M por t User S cr eens and Settings 7.3.1 E&M port Mai n Screen Y ou must c onfigure t he E&M por t for oper ation af ter in stalling it in the syst em chassis. Th is is done fr om th e E&M Main port Screen, which is sho wn in Fi gur e 7 -5. T o go to that sc ree n, highlig ht the de[...]

E&M Ports 7-7 T able 7-1. Main Screen Actions T able 7-2, “Main S creen Opti on Setting s and Default s,” on page 7-7 s ummarizes the configur ation setting s for the E&M port , along wit h the avai lable and facto ry-default opt ion settin gs. The paramete rs and set tings ar e also des cribed in the f ollowing pa ragraphs. T able 7-2.[...]

7-8 E& M P ort s Model No. Running Head ST A TE The St ate setting d etermines whether th e port is active or inac tive. An ina ctive por t does not occupy a t i me slot on a W AN link. Set th is field to stdby ( standby) for ports that will not b e used or t hat are no t yet conf igured. Or , set it t o actv (activ e) f or ports tha t a re re [...]

E&M Ports 7-9 Tx TLP The T ransmit TLP set ting con t rols the amou nt of gain o r loss added to the voice signal coming in fro m the lo cal C PE be fo re it is enco ded to digit al PC M. T o i ncrea se the inco ming si gnal level, s et the Tx TLP fiel d to a negat ive value (i.e., the more ne gative th e number , the more gain is ad ded) . T o[...]

7-10 E&M Po rt s Model No. Running Head P A TTRN The P atter n is th e out going test pa tte rn to be sen t to the se lect ed po rt by th e syste m. Y ou c an send a di fferent p attern t o each port . The none setting disabl es the t est pattern. The D-mW (Digita l milliwatt ) option s ends a 1 kHz t one at 0.0 d Bm. The set ting of the Rx TLP[...]

E&M Ports 7-11 7.3.2 T est Sc reen The T est opt ion facil itates test ing and ma intenanc e by allowing you t o monitor and set t he status of the ana log inter face leads, and to monitor or s et the va lue of the A, B, C, and D signali ng bits of all E&M cir c uits on that por t. In cro ss-connect syst ems, the te st option also allows yo[...]

7-12 E&M Po rt s Model No. Running Head TES T The T est par ameter sho w s if t he port is in test mode o r not. Ina c tive ports and ports that are assigned to inactive W ANs will show a test st atus of n/a . The test st atus options f or active ports ar e off and on . Tx ABCD The T ransmit ABCD setti ng allows the user to eit her monitor t he[...]

E&M Ports 7-13 TO U SE R In cross- connect sy stems only , the T o User parame ter allows you to break th e circuit and s end a test ton e o n the u ser si de o f t he s ys tem. The optio ns for this fi eld are none, and D-mW . Choose none if yo u do not w ant to injec t a tone towa rd the C PE. In this ca se, th e PCM sign al recei ved fr om t[...]

7-14 E&M Po rt s Model No. Running Head TYP E The T ype informati ona l fiel d shows the cur rent st atus of th e signal field sel ecte d on the main E&M por t screen f or this port. V alid s ettings f or E&M and wink modes is loop (loop star t). ST A TUS The S tatus field sh ows the curr ent status of the port. T able 7-5 lists a nd de[...]

E&M Ports 7-15 7.4 E&M po rt Err or Messages Refer to Appendix B in the Sys tem Reference Gui de for f urther i nformat ion on Erro r Messa ges re g ardin g this p ort. 7.4.1 E&M port T roubles ho ot i ng The E&M port may be f aulty if a voice signal is not received at o ne end of a ci rcuit, or if E&M signali ng is not detect e[...]

7-16 E&M Po rt s Model No. Running Head 4. At your e nd, go to the E&M port ’ s Main Screen and se nd a digit al milliwa tt test t one (0 dBm) towar d the CPE. If you stil l don’t re ceive a si gnal, che ck the cabling f rom the E&M port to your CPE, and check the CPE itsel f. If those it ems are okay , replace the E&M port at y[...]

Sub Rate Data Ports 8-1 SRU Ports Introduction Chapter 8 SRU Ports 8.1 Intr oduction This chapt er provides in formati on regar ding th e configur ation and troubleshooti ng for the Low Delay Subr ate Data ( LD-SRU) ports . The SRU port s allow you to co nnect up to 5 RS-232, low-spee d and medium-speed ( 300 kbps to 38.4 kbps) dat a termi nals to [...]

8-2 Sub Rate Da ta Ports Model No. Running Head SRU port User Screens and Settings SRU Ports Figur e 8-1.T ypical SRU port Main Screen The highl ighted botto m line of thi s screen shows numerous acti ons you can per form from this screen. T o perform a n action, simply pres s the uppe rcase key indica ted on this lin e. For example, to save y our [...]

Sub Rate Data Ports 8-3 SRU Ports SRU port User Screens and Set tings T able 8-1. Main Screen Actions T able 8-2 l ists th e SRU port Main Screen parameters and available o ption set t ings. T able 8-2. Mai n Scr een Option Sett ings and Def aults Notes: 1. The only opt ions ava ilable for the SRU por ts a re: a and b-5 .All five por ts wil l us e [...]

8-4 Sub Rate Da ta Ports Model No. Running Head SRU port User Screens and Settings SRU Ports ST A TE The S tate s etting d etermines whether the port is active or i nactive. S et this field to stdby (standby ) for ports tha t are not to be used or that h ave not yet been c onfigured . Set it to actv (activ e) for ports th at are ready for use. The [...]

Sub Rate Data Ports 8-5 SRU Ports SRU port User Screens and Set tings Figur e 8-2.SRU T ime Slot Integration SR TS The Subrat e T ime Slot (SR TS) indi cates the sub r ate position within t he DS0 time slot th e port will occ upy ( see Figu re 8-2 ). If a framing is se le cte d , onl y one subr ate ti me slo t is supp ort ed and the SR TS setting w[...]

8-6 Sub Rate Da ta Ports Model No. Running Head SRU port User Screens and Settings SRU Ports INTF The Interf ac e set ting allows you to choos e the protoc ol nec es sary for the termina l ass ociated with this p ort . The c hoice s ar e asyn (Asyn chronous), and sy nc (Synchronous). I f Synchrono us transmis sion is s elected, the choices for ST O[...]

Sub Rate Data Ports 8-7 SRU Ports SRU port User Screens and Set tings LB The Loopback s etti ng all ows you to act ivate local loopba cks on th e SRU port. Thes e sett ings are off , toward the dte (D TE), an d tow ard th e net (network). F igure 8-3 shows a diagram o f the loca l loopback con ditions. Figur e 8-3.Local Loopbacks[...]

8-8 Sub Rate Da ta Ports Model No. Running Head Test Screen SRU Ports 8.3 T est Scr een Pressin g “ t ” ( Te s t command) in the SRU port Main Scre en will bring up the T est Screen shown in Fi gure 8-4. Fr om this scr een, you ca n create t est situat ions bet ween SRU ports, or between a single port and d ata test equipme nt at a remote si te[...]

Sub Rate Data Ports 8-9 SRU Ports Test Screen T able 8-4. T est Screen Actions T able 8-5. T est Scre en Opti on Settings and D efault s BERT Bit Error Rate T ester ( BER T) se nds a data pa ttern and me asures the bit error rate (BER) on the select ed SRU port. The patterns tha t can be select ed are off , mark (all on es), space (a ll zeros), 1:1[...]

8-10 Sub Rate Data Ports Model No. Running Head Test Screen SRU Ports CTS The C lear T o Sen d (CT S) op tion a llo ws yo u to d efine whe the r the C TS c ontro l lead shou ld b e held on (high ) or off (lo w). Select ing either on or off will ov errid e the s ele ction made in the SRU port scr een. The th ird option is nor m (nor ma l) whic h m e[...]

Sub Rate Data Ports 8-11 SRU Ports Test Screen OSS The Out of Sy nchronization Se con ds f ield shows the numbe r o f seconds that t he S RU BER T has been o ut of synchroniz ation. Since t his is a n informat ion-only field , there ar e no user-sel ectab le p a rame ters. BER The Bit Err or Rate (BER) fie ld shows the rate at which errors ar e bei[...]

8-12 Sub Rate Data Ports Model No. Running Head SRU port Error Messages SRU Ports 8.4 SRU port Err or Messages Refer to Appendix B in the Sys tem Reference Gui de for f urther i nformat ion on Erro r Messa ges re g ardin g this p ort. 8.5 SRU port T roubleshooting SRU port pro blems could ind icate a n umber of poss ible cau ses, in cluding: • Fa[...]

High Sp eed Data Port s 9-1 Chapter 9 HSU Ports 9.1 Intr oduction This chapt er provides in formati on regar ding th e configur ation and troubleshooti ng for the IMACS-200 High- Speed Data Po rts. The I MACS-200 provide s two High-Speed Data ports which conne ct via an RS-530 interface DB-25 connector , and em ploy V .35 sta ndard for high-spe ed [...]

9-2 High Speed Data Por ts Model No. Running Head 9.2.1 HSU Port Cable s For conne cting HSU Port s for DTE and DCE trans mit cl ocking , use the PRM-1 261M cabl es. 9.3 HSU Card User Screens and Setti ngs The HSU Cards pe rmit configurat ion and ope ration t hrough use of several u ser scre ens and optional settings. 9.3.1 HSU Card Main S cr een Y[...]

High Sp eed Data Port s 9-3 T able 9-2. HSU S e tting Opt ions and Def aults Notes: 1. The vali d range displayed i s from 1-24 for T1, a nd 1- 31 for E1. ST A TE The St ate setting d etermines whether th e port is acti ve or inac tive. An ina ctive port does not occupy ti me slots on a W AN link. Set S tate to standby ( stdby ) fo r ports you are [...]

9-4 High Speed Data Por ts Model No. Running Head WA N The W AN setting iden tifies the W AN or OW AN port to wh ich the output of this por t is direct ed. I (the options a r e wan-1 to wan-4, and owan -1 to owan-4 ). MODE The Mode pa rameter a l lows you to ident ify how th e HSU port appe ars to the devi ce on the other en d of the interf ace cab[...]

High Sp eed Data Port s 9-5 Figur e 9-2.HSU Port Time Slot Assignment Scr e en RA TE The Rate sett ing allows you to sele ct the bandwidth fo r all time sl ots assign ed to this port. The availab le options are 56 k or 64k . This selecti on is multipl ied by th e number o f time sl ots assigned to the port, to define the overa ll port speed. For ex[...]

9-6 High Speed Data Por ts Model No. Running Head Tx CLOCK PLR TY The T ransmit Cloc k Polarity ( Tx CLOCK PLR TY) se tting pr ovides anot her way to compens ate for l ong cables i n those ca ses where th e DTE equipme nt does not provide SCTE. When you choose inv (i nve rt ed m ode) , t he r elationship b etween the clock and data is al te red to [...]

High Sp eed Data Port s 9-7 CTS DELA Y The Clear T o Send (CTS) Delay sett ing delays chang es in the CTS signal in the local mode . Enter th e value you need in millisec onds. The ava i lable options are 0 , 30 , 60 , and 100 ms. If you do not kno w what value you need, start with 0 (zer o) ms and i ncrease t he value gr adually until you no lo ng[...]

9-8 High Speed Data Por ts Model No. Running Head Figur e 9-4.Local Network Loopback LB GEN MODE The Loopbac k Generation Mode (LB GEN MODE) settin g defines the typ e of inband loo p-up and loop- down code s that will be sent to t he remot e equi pment. T wo industr y-sta ndard c odes are suppo rted: v. 5 4 , w hich is co mpa t i ble with C CIT T [...]

High Sp eed Data Port s 9-9 EER THRHD The Excessi ve Err or Rate (EER) Thre sho ld (THRHD) pa ramete r sett ing de fines an e rror rat e threshol d which, when exceeded, causes a n alarm to be decl ared. If the number of errors exceeds t his threshold, an E will be pla ced in the S tatus Column of the port’ s Performance Monitorin g Screen. The a[...]

9-10 High Speed D ata Ports Model No. Running Head 9.3.2 HSU Card T est Screen Selecti ng “T est” from the HSU Main Screen wil l access the T est Screen shown in Figure 9-5. From this screen, you can create tes t situatio ns between HSU ports, o r between a singl e port and test equipment at a remote si te. T able 9-4 lists t he actions you c a[...]

High Sp eed Data Port s 9-11 T able 9-5. T est Scre en Opti on Settings and D efault s BERT The Bit Er ror Rate T ester (BER T) sends a da ta patte r n and measure s the bi t error rate (BER) on th e s elect ed HS U p ort. The patt erns t hat can b e s elect ed ar e of f , mark (11 11), spac e (0000), 1:1 (1010 alternat ing), 1:7 (0 100-0000), 3:2 [...]

9-12 High Speed D ata Ports Model No. Running Head SES The Severe ly Errore d Second s (SES) f ield indic ates t he tot al numbe r o f seco nds in wh ich th e bit err or rate exceeded one bit p er thousand ( 1 x 10 - 3 ). Thi s is a n info rmat ion-o nly fi eld ; it is not user -configur able. CSES The Conse cutive Severe ly Errored Seco nds (CSES)[...]

High Sp eed Data Port s 9-13 9.4 HSU Err or Messages Refer to Appendix B for furt her info rmation on HSU Erro r Messages. 9.5 HSU Port T r oubleshooting Problems wi th an HSU port s could be caused by a number of things. T ypically , a problem is indicat ed by a los s of incomi ng signal on a data po rt at ei ther end o f the circui t. Y ou can pe[...]

9-14 High Speed D ata Ports Model No. Running Head[...]

OHSU Ports 10-1 Chapter 10 OHSU ports 10.1 Intr oduction This chapt er provides configurati on, and troublesho oting infor mation for the optional Opti cal High-Sp eed Data Unit (OHSU) por ts. These port s are labeled on the rear fa ceplate as OHSU1 and OHSU2. Connector s above each OHSU port LED indicator are labeled Tx and Rx for the transmit and[...]

10-2 OHSU Port s Model No. Running Head 10.2.2 OHSU port Cables The OHSU port ut ilizes 50 um or 62.5 um o ptical fiber c ables with BFOC12. 5 (ST) connector s. A separate tr ansmit and re ceive fi ber is re quired for each port. 10.3 OHS U po rt User S cr eens and Setti ngs The OHSU ports permit configu ration a nd operat ion throu gh use of sever[...]

OHSU Ports 10-3 T able 10-1. OHSU port Main Scr een Actions T able 10-2. OHSU port Setting Options and Defaults ST A TE The St ate setting d etermines whether th e port is acti ve or inac tive. An ina ctive port does not occupy ti me slots on a W AN link. Set S tate to standby ( stdby ) fo r ports you are n ot using or have not y et configured. Se [...]

10-4 OHSU Port s Model No. Running Head W AN TS The T S (tim e slot) set ting id entif ies th e time slots on t he W AN link. Unlike ot her user ports, the OHSU port can use many time slots o n a single W AN or OW AN port to create a super -rate circui t for an i ndividual OHSU port. One t o 12 DS0 time s lots on a s ingle T1 or E1 can be assembl e[...]

OHSU Ports 10-5 Figur e 10-4.Local User Loopback Choose th e net (netw ork) se tting to loop the incomin g da ta from the ne twor k back towa rd th e far end. Th is loopback is shown in Figu re 10-5. It t ests some of the local OHSU port c ircuitry , the loc al syste m common ports, the W AN link por t, the f ar-end OHSU p ort and CPE device, and t[...]

10-6 OHSU Port s Model No. Running Head[...]

Alarm Ports 11-1 Alarm ports Introduction Chapter 11 Alarm ports 1 1.1 Introduct ion The IMACS-200 sy stem has eight al arm ports configured as: Four outbo und alarm switches (relay c ontacts) to allo w the syste m to rep ort alarms to exter nal buzze rs, b ells , ligh ts, a larm a nnun cia to rs a n d oth e r sy st em s. The a lar m contact s are [...]

11-2 Alarm Ports Model No. Running Head Alarm port User Sc reens and Settings Alarm ports 1 1.2 Alarm port User Screens and Settings 1 1.2.1 Alarm F ilter Sc r een Se nsor S etting First, make sure the master set ting for a ll alarm se nsors is se t properl y as the SENSOR vari able in the Alar m Fil te r Scre en. T o set this v ariab le, fi rst se[...]

Alarm Ports 11-3 Alarm ports Alarm port User Screens and Set tings Figur e 1 1- 2. Alarm Level from the Main Screen Figure 1 1-3 shows the Alarm Po rts Main Screen. Thi s screen allows the craf ts perso n to individ ually set the alarm out puts ( SWITCH ) and the alarm inputs ( SENSOR ) .The inputs ar e receive d on leads through the 50-pi n Amphen[...]

11-4 Alarm Ports Model No. Running Head Alarm port User Sc reens and Settings Alarm ports T abl e 1 1-1. Al arm Cont acts Ma in Sc r een Acti ons T able 1 1-2. Alarm C ontacts Set tings and De faults SWITCH The Switch setting indicate s that the outbo und alarm switch i s actv (on) or stdby (off). ACT ON The A c t On p ara m eter d efine s th e typ[...]

Alarm Ports 11-5 Alarm ports Alarm port Error Messages 1 1.3 Alarm port Err or Messages Refe r to Ap pend ix B in this Guid e for fur ther in for mation on Err or Mes sage s regar ding these ports . 1 1.4 Alarm port T roubleshooting Alarm port problems co uld indic ate a number of pos sible cau ses. T ypical ly , a problem is indicat ed by the l os[...]

11-6 Alarm Ports Model No. Running Head Alarm port Trouble shooting Alarm ports 6. If the Alarm port is determined to be faulty , return t he fault y unit fo r repair to the locati on specified by yo ur distributo r .[...]

IPR 12- 1 IP Routing Introduction Chapter 12 IP Routing 12.1 Intr oduction This chapt er provi des infor mation for the I P Router (I PR) functi on contai ned in the IMACS 200 platf orm. 12.2 IPR Description 12.2.1 IMACS 200 IPR The IMACS 200 IPR por t is an Ethernet interf ace port a nd uses a modul ar jack f or a 10Base- T connecti on (RJ48), a n[...]

12-2 IPR Model No. Running Head Frame Relay Network I P Routing 12.3 Frame Relay Network 12.3.1 IPR Con necting IP LANs The IPR Card can be used for con n ecting IP LANs toge ther through Frame Relay Network. Figure 12 -1 shows a Fr ame Relay Network between two Ethernet LANs. Figure 12-1.IPR Card Connected to IP LANs through Frame Relay Network[...]

IPR 12- 3 IP Routing Frame Relay Network 12.3.1.1 IPR to the Internet The IPR car d ca n be used as a gateway to t he Internet t hro ugh Fr ame R elay Net w or k. Fi gur e 12-2 shows how the IPR is route d through Frame Rela y Network to the Interne t Router . Figure 12-2.IPR Card Routed to the Internet t hr ough Frame Relay Network[...]

12-4 IPR Model No. Running Head Frame Relay Network I P Routing 12.3.1.2 IPR The IPR Card can be used for connecting IP nodes on Ether net to the IP nodes on Fra me Relay Network. This is used for network management s olutions. Figur e 12-3 s hows how the IPR c ard is used t o connect IP nodes on Frame Rela y Network. Figure 12-3.IPR Card Connected[...]

IPR 12- 5 IP Routing IPR Conf iguration Scree ns and Settings 12.4 IPR Configuration Scre ens and Settings 12.4.1 IPR Main Screen The Ethern et IP screen act ivates the Ethe rnet ports for routing to an IP address. F igure 12-4 shows the E thernet and Defau l t IP screen. Figur e 12-4.IPR Ethernet and Default IP Screen T able 12-1. IPR 1Ethernet an[...]

12-6 IPR Model No. Running Head IPR Configurat ion Screens an d Settings IP Routing T able 12-2. IPR 10B2 and 10BT Ethernet and Default IP Option Settings and Defaults ETH IP R ST A TE Activate s or deact ivates Etherne t port. The setting s are ac tv or stdby . ETH IPR ADDR IPR’ s own Ethernet IP address on this IP network. ETH IP R MASK The IP [...]

IPR 12- 7 IP Routing IPR Conf iguration Scree ns and Settings 12.4.2 Frame Re lay Po rts Con figur ation Screen The Frame Rel ay Ports Configur ation scr een displ ays when pre ssing “ F ” ( Fr ) fro m the IP Interf ace Me nu sc ree n. Fi gure 12-5 shows th e Fra me Rel ay Por ts Conf igu ration screen. Thi s scree n al lo ws th e user to a ct [...]

12-8 IPR Model No. Running Head IPR Configurat ion Screens an d Settings IP Routing T able 12-4. IPR Frame Relay Menu Option Settings and Defaults FRM RL Y ST A TE Activate s or disa bles the Frame Relay port. Opt ions are actv (active), o r stdby (standby) . FRM RL Y W AN Point to the W AN or Server slo t . Options are wan-1 th rough wan-4 . FRM R[...]

IPR 12- 9 IP Routing IPR Conf iguration Scree ns and Settings FRM RL Y T392 The Q.933 DCE polling i nterval, defining the ti me to expec t a status enqui ry mess age. FRM RL Y N391 Defines t he time inte rval for t he DTE to send a full status e nquiry message every N391 polli ng cycle s. FRM RL Y DCE N392 Defi nes the n umb er of err ors allo wed [...]

12-10 IPR Model No. Running Head IPR Configurat ion Screens an d Settings IP Routing 12.4. 3 F rame Relay PV C Configurat ion Scr een The Frame Rel ay PVC Configuratio n screen, Fi gure 12-6, confi gures the Frame Relay PVC by enter ing the PVC name , state, a nd port in which to ac tivate. Figure 12-6.IPR Frame Relay PVC Configuration Screen T abl[...]

IPR 12-11 IP Routing IPR Conf iguration Scree ns and Settings T able 12-6. IPR FR PVC Configuration Option Settings and Defaults ST A TE This act ivates or deactiv ates the P V C. Options are actv (active), and stdby ( standby) . DLCI DLCI number fo r the current PVC. Op tions are 16-1023. Do not u se 1023 if the LM I TYPE is set to ‘lm i’ IP I[...]

12-12 IPR Model No. Running Head IPR Configurat ion Screens an d Settings IP Routing 12.4. 4 F rame Relay Por t LMI Scr e en The Frame Relay Port LMI s creen Figure 12-7, s hown below displays t he information re lating to the DCE an d DTE statistics for IPR por t. By press ing the “ C ”( Clear ) key all inform atio n display e d on the curr en[...]

IPR 12-13 IP Routing IPR Conf iguration Scree ns and Settings 12.4. 5 I P Routing T able Sc reen The IP Routi ng T able is a displ ay only sc reen. Figur e 12-8 wil l display when pre ssing “ O ” ( rOut ) fr om the I P Interf ace Menu screen. The current I P routes wi ll display . Under th e Interf ace paramete r HOST R T and ETHER are shown. T[...]

12-14 IPR Model No. Running Head IPR Configurat ion Screens an d Settings IP Routing 12.4.6 S tat ic Rou tes Co nfigur ation Screen The St atic Route Confi guration screen, Fi gure 12-9 d isplays wh en pressi ng “ S ” ( St a t ) fro m the IP Int er fac e Men u scre e n. Th e IP Stat ic in fo rma tion c an b e a dded by e n teri ng a va lid IP n[...]

IPR 12-15 IP Routing IPR Conf iguration Scree ns and Settings T able 12-8. IPR IP S t atic Routes Configuration Option Settings and Defaults IP NET A destina t ion IP network ad dress. Ent er a valid IP addr ess (e.g. 125.15.0.0). SUBNE T A subnet mas k. Enter a va lid subne t mask (e.g. 255.255.0.0). GOT O IP addres s of the next IP g ateway for t[...]

12-16 IPR Model No. Running Head IPR Configurat ion Screens an d Settings IP Routing[...]

OWAN Ports 13-1 Chapter 13 OWAN Port 13.1 Intr oduction This chapt er provides configurati on, and troublesho oting infor mation for the optional Opti cal W AN (OW AN) port. This port is labeled on t he rear face plate as OW AN1 and OW AN2. Connector s above each OW AN port LED indicat or carry both t he transmit a nd receive connecti ons within ea[...]

13-2 OWAN Ports Model No. Running Head On the transmi t signa l side, th e CMI encod ed DS2 or E2 signal is fed into a la ser driver fr om the CMI encod er . On the receive sig nal side, the e lectrical si gnal is then f ed through an di gital multiple xer to th e clock recovery circuit to obt ain a clean DS2 or E2 signal a nd reference clock. The [...]

OWAN Ports 13-3 13.2.3 OW AN LED Ind ication s The LEDs incl uded below t he port c onnectors for t he OW AN are tri -color LEDs . The LED can eithe r be of f, green, yel low or red. T able 13-1 indic ates the col or of the LED for the act i on indicat ed. T able 13-1. LED S tatus Indicators 13.2.4 OW AN port C ables The OW AN port utiliz es 1310 n[...]

13-4 OWAN Ports Model No. Running Head Figur e 13-2.IMACS-200 Main screen The main lo gin screen shows po rt statuses f or the OW AN ports. T wo sections ar e provide d, separat ed by a space. The firs t two status indic ators as shown in fig ure are the Optical transport medium stat us indicat ors. In th e illustra tion, the f irst por t is acti v[...]

OWAN Ports 13-5 Figure 13-3.T ypical OW AN port Main Screen The botto m highli ghted line on thi s screen lists s everal ac tions you can perform from t he screen. T o perform an operati on, simply pres s the upper case let ter assoc iated wit h the desi red action. For example, to save your option settings , type “ s ”. T able 13-2 lists the a[...]

13-6 OWAN Ports Model No. Running Head SIG ST A TUS This fie ld refl ects that status of the opt ical li nk. Possible valu es indicate los s of signa l (los) , normal ( no rm ) SIG TYPE This rea d-only fi eld indicates the type of signaling emplo yed on the opti cal link . possible valu es ar e ds2 and e2 . 13.4.1 Po rt Settings for OW AN Figure 13[...]

OWAN Ports 13-7 ST A TE The St ate setting d etermines whether th e port is acti ve or inac tive. An ina ctive port does not occupy ti me slots on a W AN link. Set S tate to standby ( stdby ) fo r ports you are n ot using or have not y et configured. Se t it to active ( actv ) for ports that are ready for use. Format The form at set ting deter mine[...]

13-8 OWAN Ports Model No. Running Head Figure 13-5.T ypical Settings for the E1 OW AN Ports T able 13-4. OW AN P ort Setting Options and Defaults for E1 ST A TE The St ate setting d etermines whether th e port is active or inac tive. An ina ctive por t does not occupy ti me slots on a W AN link. Set S tate to standby ( stdby ) fo r ports you are n [...]

OWAN Ports 13-9 TS16 The TS 16 set t ing changes the signaling usage of slot 16 for cas (Channel Associ at ed Signali ng), ccs (Common Channel Signal ing) or nos (No Sign aling) . In the fi rst two opt ions, time slot 16 is u sed to carry signa ling infor mati on f or all c hann els on the E1 . If nos i s se lected , then time s lot 16 beco mes a v[...]

13-10 OWAN Ports Model No. Running Head 13.5.1 Cr o ss-Connect (XCON) Sc r een The Cross- Connect ( Xco n ) com man d in th e OW A N port s cre en all ow s yo u to vi ew th e time slot or DS0 as signments that have been set up in the s ystem. Highlight the OW AN on the card and press the “ x ” ( Xcon ) to select Cross -Connect. Either an E1 scr[...]

OWAN Ports 13-11 Figur e 13-7.XCON Screen for T1 13.5.2 T est Screen Pressing “ t ” ( Te s t command) in the OW AN Port Screen br ings up the screen sho wn in Figure 13-8. From thi s screen, you can create test situat ions betwee n OW AN interfa ces or betwe en a single OW AN card and d ata test equipme nt at a re mote site . T able 13-6 l ists[...]

13-12 OWAN Ports Model No. Running Head Figure 13-8.OW AN Port T est Screen T able 13-6. T est Screen Actions T able 13-7. OW AN Port T est Screen Option s Action Function Save Saves changes to settin gs. Undo Returns all settin g s to the las t sav e d state. Refresh U pdates certain time-related info rmation fields that are not au tomatically upd[...]

OWAN Ports 13-13 BERT The Bit Er ror Rate T ester (BER T) sends a da ta patte r n and measure s the bi t error rate (BER) on the se lected W AN port. The patter ns that ca n be selec ted are off , mark (all ones) , spa ce (all ze ros), 1:1 (0101) , 1:7 (0 100 0000), 3:24 ( t his pattern req uires 3 bytes to display) , qrss (quasi- random sign al so[...]

13-14 OWAN Ports Model No. Running Head OSS The Out of Synchroniza tion Seco nds (OSS) fi eld shows t he number of seconds t hat the W AN BER T has been out of synchroni zation. Since th is is an i nformati on only fi eld, there are n o user se lecta ble p aram eters . BER The Bit Err or Rate ( BER) field s hows the rate at which erro rs are being [...]

Diagnos tics 14-1 System Testing and Diagnostic s Introduction Chapter 14 System Testing and Diagnostics 14.1 Intr oduction This chapt er descr ibes the IMACS-200 co mprehensive set of built- in diagnos tic tool s that enable t h e o per at or t o r emot ely tr oubl eshoot and resol ve problems. Thr ough out the user port chapter s in this syste m [...]

14-2 Diagnos tics Model No. Running Head User port Diagnostics System Testin g and Diagnostics 14.3 User port Diagnostics 14.3.1 W AN Diag no stics Software- initia ted diagn ostics on T1 W AN aggregates i nvolve looping t he W AN signal toward t he net work ( line lo opback) or t he sy stem ( local loopb ack) and pl acing any one of t he DS0 chann[...]

Diagnos tics 14-3 System Testing and Diagnostic s User port Diagnostics 14.3.2 V oice Diagnostics The softwar e-init iated dia gnostics s upported are voice ports incl ude the sett ing of both analog and digit al loopbacks to ward the ne twork and the gener ation of Quiet T one and a Digit al MilliW att signal on a po rt-by-port basis. The operat o[...]

14-4 Diagnos tics Model No. Running Head .System with Cross-Connect Op tion System Testing and Diagnos tics 14.4 . System with Cr oss- Connect Option 14.4.1 Cir c uit Diag no stics In syste ms equipped with Cro ss-Connect CPUs, t he cross-conne ct element adds ano ther level of testi ng within the node a nd enhances the syst em’ s diagnostic capa[...]

Diagnos tics 14-5 System Testing and Diagnos tics Benefits of Built-In Diagnosti cs 14.5 Benefits of Built-In Diagnostics The real power of the inte gral dia gnostics of the Integrat ed Access Sy stem can be fully appreci ated when the individ ual diagn ostic tools a r e ap plied to everyday tr oubleshoo ting such as th e one ill ustrate d in the f[...]

14-6 Diagnos tics Model No. Running Head Benefits of Built-In Diagnosti cs System Tes ting and Diagnostics In Fi gure 1 4-1 , diagn ostic s 4, t he E1 link o f the re mote Integ rat ed Ac ce ss S y ste m is configur ed in Line Loopback. Alt ernatively , a loop up co de can be sent fr om the loca l Integ rat ed Ac ce ss S y ste m to put the E1 lin k[...]

Diagnos tics 14-7 System Testing and Diagnos tics Benefits of Built-In Diagnosti cs Figur e 14-2.Built-In Diagnostics Example (Diagnostics 5- 9)[...]

14-8 Diagnos tics Model No. Running Head Benefits of Built-In Diagnosti cs System Tes ting and Diagnostics[...]

System Standards and Specificatio ns A-1 Appendix A System Standards and Specifications A.1 Introduction This appen dix lists the Integrated Acces s System IM ACS-200 stan dards, spec ifications, compli ance, power s ources and pre-i nstallation settings for the user ports. A.2 S tandards Compatibility The f ollow ing i s a com preh ens i ve li st [...]

A-2 System Standards and Specificatio n s Model No. Running Head A.3 Chassis S tandards A.3.1 Dimens ions A.3.2 Ch assis Power A.3.3 Environment A.3.3.1 Ambient T emperature and Humidity Ambient te m peratu re and humidi ty as per IEEE 1613 - 2003 Section 4.1. Ambient re fers to conditi ons at a l ocation 3 0 cm (1 1.81 inch es) from t he surfac e [...]

System Standards and Specificatio ns A-3 A.3.4 Eq uipm ent Han dling A.3.4.1 Packaged Equipment Shock Criteria As per IEEE ST D 1613 - 2003 sect ion 10 T able 15. 1000 mm fall . A.3.4.2 Unpackaged Equipm ent Shock Criteria As per IEEE ST D 1613 - 20 03 section 10 T able 15. 100 mm fal l. A.3.5 Office V ibration and T ransp ortatio n V ibr ation A.3[...]

A-4 System Standards and Specificatio n s Model No. Running Head A.4 Port Specifications A.4.1 W AN port Specifications W AN ports Physic al Performance and T est Options Loopb acks Line, Local, Lo opback Gen eration and Detection, (ESF only) T1 Nation al Bit Su pporting (G .704) T1 Interface Bit Rat e and T ole r ance 1.544 Mb ps + 32 ppm Number o[...]

System Standards and Specificatio ns A-5 A.4. 2 F XS port Speci fications FXS ports IMACS-20 0-FXS Number of Ports IMACS- 200-F X S 4 port s Physical Interface Connecto r 1 female 50-pin te lco conn ector T ransmiss ion Perfor mance Performance Exceeds requ irements of ITU-T Rec. G .713 Signal ing Mo des Signa ling Modes Fore ign Exc hange Stati o [...]

A-6 System Standards and Specificatio n s Model No. Running Head A.4.3 E&M po rt Speci fi c at io ns E&M p orts 4- Wir e Physical Interface 4-W ire Number of Ports 4 Conn ectors 4 RJ45 te lco conn ector T ransmiss ion Perfor mance Performance Exceeds requ irements of ITU-T G .712 (4-wir e)) Signal ing Signaling T ypes Switch selectable - al[...]

System Standards and Specificatio ns A-7 Diagnos tics Analog lo opbac k Digital loopback “Make Busy ” si gnaling co ntrol S tanda rds Com patibility Bell System TR43801 ITU-T Recom mendati ons G .711, G .7 12 a nd G . 714[...]

A-8 System Standards and Specificatio n s Model No. Running Head A.4.4 SRU port Sp ec ifications SRU Ports Num ber of P orts 5 Physical Int erface female 8-pin RJ-48 Electrical Interface RS232C, ITU-T V .28 Operational In terface DCE - Fu ll Duplex Interface Settin gs Asynchr on ous , Syn chron o us Sub-ra te Framin g Format DS0-A, D S0-B w ith 5 d[...]

System Standards and Specificatio ns A-9 A.4.5 HS U Port Specification s Number of Dat a P ort s Physical I nterfaces E lectr ical Interfaces 2 2 fem ale 25 -pin DB25 D-c onne ctor s ITU -T V .35 Data Speeds N x 56 k and N x 64k , where N = 1 to 24 (up to 1536 kbps) - Softwar e Configu rable by DS0 Data For ma t Sync hr onous Data Prot oc ol Transp[...]

A-10 System Standards and Specificatio ns Model No. Running Head A.4.6 OHS U port Sp ecifications Number of Dat a P ort s Physical In terfaces Optical Interf aces 2 4 ST connectors IEEE C37.94 Data Speeds N x 64 k, where N = 1 t o 12 - Softwar e Config urable Data For ma t Sync hr onous Data Prot oc ol Transpare nt T ran smit Clock per Port Interna[...]

System Standards and Specificatio ns A-11 IPR Server Speci fications 1.5 IPR S erver Specificati ons IPR Inpu t/Outpu t 2 maximu m (1 10 -BaseT Eth ernet, 1Frame Relay Wid e-Area N etwo rk) LAN T raffic I/O 10BaseT Frame Relay Traf fic I/O T1, E1, Frame Relay Port T ypes UNI DCE, UNI DTE, NNI MTU 1500 by tes No. of PVCs 25 Routing T able 100 entrie[...]

A-12 System Standards and Specificatio ns Model No. Running Head IPR Server Specifi cations[...]

Error Mess ages B-1 Appendix B Error Messages B.1 Intr oduction This appen dix li sts t he IM ACS-2 00 err or me ssage s. On e of the se me ssag es may appe ar at th e bottom of t he scree n when you ent er a comma nd, indicati ng that the syst em did not pe rform the reques ted act ion. This conditi on may have been caused by an ope ra tor err or [...]

B-2 Erro r Messa g es Model No. Running Head Cannot define any mor e XCON cir cuits. The maximum number of cross - connect circuit s is 99. Can NOT dele te cir cuit while test is active. Y ou must end the test in pro gress before deletin g the cir cuit. Cannot do it in V iewer mode. Y ou are lo gged in unde r the V iewer password, bu t that l evel [...]

Error Mess ages B-3 Channel test is available from W AN XCON screen. T o test a c ross-conn ected voic e circui t, go to t he Cross-Con nect Scree n. Cir cuit name mu st be enter ed. Y o u m ust e nter a name for th e cr os s-c onne ct circ uit be for e a ttem ptin g this c omm and. Config. changes must be made fr om primary W AN. Y ou cannot make [...]

B-4 Erro r Messa g es Model No. Running Head Illegal addr ess and mask combination. The combina ti on of IP add re ss and mask numb ers you chose is inv al id. Chan ge either the IP address or mask number . Illegal IP Mas k . The IP net mask number you chose is invali d. Invalid character in Node Id. The only va lid character s for a Node ID are al[...]

Error Mess ages B-5 Invalid T ime slot. When assign ing time sl ots to us er voice a nd data por ts, you must choose time slot number 1 to 24 for a W A N T1 port. Invalid user n ame. User name must be a combin ation of alpha- numeric cha racters . Control ch aracters, spac es, and sp ecial cha racters are not a llowed. Invalid W AN /SR VR. Y o u ca[...]

B-6 Erro r Messa g es Model No. Running Head No more than two W ANs in BER T te st ar e allowed. Y ou can pla ce only two W AN ports i n the BER T test mode si m ultane ously . No timeslot(s) spe cified. Y ou cannot activat e a user por t that d oesn’ t have any W AN time slots as signed to it. Not implemente d yet. Y ou cannot use a feat ure or [...]

Error Mess ages B-7 Password minimum is 6. Use letter s AND numbers Passwords m ust be a t least six cha racters long and co ntain both lett ers and nu mbers. A minimum of one number must be use d. Pass word mis matc h. The passwor d verifi cation bo x did not mat ch the ori ginal box . Performance statist ics not av ailable. Y ou cannot obtain per[...]

B-8 Erro r Messa g es Model No. Running Head Redunda ncy swit chover is complet e. Y ou have as ked the sys t em to switch to t he redundant W AN port, and the switc hover was successf ully completed. ( This is no t an error messa ge; it normally a ppears af ter you i nitiate the swit chover .) Redu ndan t W AN is taken alr eady . Y ou cannot switc[...]

Error Mess ages B-9 Switch r equest sent to p ort. The syste m has sen t your red undancy sw itchover command to th e associated por t. Switchover must be made from the primary W AN. Y ou cannot switch to a r edundant W AN port from anot her redundan t W AN port. Y ou c an only switch f rom a primar y port to a redundant port. T est function is not[...]

B-10 Error Mes sages Model No. Running Head[...]

Glos sary -1 Glossary This Appendi x lists the gl ossary of terms used in the telecommunica tions ind ustry tod ay . AAL A TM Adaption Layer ABCD bits The bits that carry signal ing informati on over a T1 or E1 line . ABR A vailable Bit Rate ACAMI Alternat e Channel AM I, t ransmitting data on every o t her DS0 in a DS1 t o ensure ones-density . AC[...]

-2 Glossa ry Model No. Running Head AIS Alarm Indi cation Si gnal AIS/ALM Alarm Indi cation Si gnal/Alar m AIM A TM Inv e rse M u ltiple xer a-law E1 compandin g standard used i n the conversion between analog and digital signal s in PCM ALIS Analogue Li ne Interface Solut ion systems. AMI Alternat e Mark I nversion, a line coding fo rmat for T1 li[...]

Glos sary -3 B7R Bit #7 Redun dant B7R port A network po rt used to provide Ne twork Management capab ility for t he syste m. B8ZS Bipolar 8 -Zero Substitut ion, a codi ng scheme th at maintains minimum-ones d ensity on a T1 line. Baud Rate A measure of transmis sion speed over a n analog phone lin e B-channel In IS DN , a full-du plex, 64 kbps (?[...]

-4 Glossa ry Model No. Running Head BRITE BRI T erminal Emul ation CAS Channel-As soc iat ed Signa li ng, a me ans of conv eyi ng voi ce- ci rc uit signaling over an E1 lin e. CAS–CC Channel Ass ociated Si gnaling– Common Channel CAS–BR Channel Ass ociated Signali ng–Bit-r obbing mo de, used to convey voice-ci r cuit signali ng over a T1 li[...]

Glos sary -5 CGA Carr ier Gro up Ala rm, a con diti on that result s from a ne twor k fail ure. For ces all voice circui ts off - hook or on-hook un til the alarm- causing co ndition is cle ared and t he CGA ends. CLUE Customer -Located Equi pment clear cha nnel A DS0 channel without format ting restricti ons (i.e., uses t he full 64 kbps bandwidth[...]

-6 Glossa ry Model No. Running Head CSA Carr ier Se rving A rea CSC Common Signali ng Channel CSU Chan nel S e rvic e Unit, an in terfac e to a T 1 line tha t t ermi nate s the l o cal l oo p. CTE Channel T erminating Equi pment (Netwo rk) CTS Clear T o Send, a lead on a n interface in dicating that t he DCE is re ady to rec eive data . D4 A common[...]

Glos sary -7 d/i Drop an d Insert, one of the modes of operat ion for t he W AN port. DID Dire ct Inw ard D ia lin g DLC Digital Loop Carrie r DLCI Data Link Co nnection I dentifi er DM Degraded Min utes. Number of minutes wi th ES, UAS or LOS gr eater t han zero (0). DMA Dire ct Mem o ry Ac ce ss DPO Dial -Puls e O rigi natin g DP T Dial -Puls e T[...]

-8 Glossa ry Model No. Running Head DS1 Digi tal S i gna l , Leve l 1 DSL Digital Subscribe r Line DSR Data Set Re ady DSX Digi tal S i gna l Cros s-c onne ct DTE Data T e rm ina l Equi pmen t DTR Data T erm ina l Read y DX Duplex Signal ing E1 Digital 2.048 Mbps li ne rate, widel y used in countri es outside t he U.S. and Canada. EFCI Explici t Fo[...]

Glos sary -9 Errored Seconds. The n umber of seconds fo r which BRI port has detected a NEBE or FEBE grea ter tha n zero (0). ESF Extended Su perframe (24-frame s equence for a T1 l i ne; consists of two superframes ) ESS Electro nic Switching Syst em E&M Earth and M agneti c, or recEi ve and tra nsMit. The signali ng leads o n inter -switch vo[...]

-10 Glos sary Model No. Running Head Far End Bloc k Error , shows tran smission e rrors det ected by t he far en d equip ment FOTS Fibe r Opti cs Transm is sio n S yste ms fram e A delinea t ed assembly of i nformation , consisting of one sequenc e of 24 encoded chan nel samples ( T1) or 32 channe l samples ( E1). FS Frame Signa ling bit s (T1 line[...]

Glos sary -11 A physical connecti on to the e arth, cha ssis, or other r eference poi nt HDB3 High-Densi ty Bipolar Orde r of 3, th ree-z ero maxi mum codi ng for E1 li nes. Provide s a fourth zero vio lation for dat a bytes. HDLC High-Level Data Link Control (bit-or iented pr otocol) HDSL High-b it rate Digital S ubscriber Line HSU port High-Sp ee[...]

-12 Glos sary Model No. Running Head Interne t Protocol IPR Interne t Protoco l Router ISP Interne t Service Provi der ITU Interna t ional T elecommun ications Union (pre viously kn own as CCITT [Consultat ive Committee f or Inter national T elegra ph and T elephon e]) ITU-T Interna tional T elecommunica tions Union, T echnical secto r IXC Inter-ex[...]

Glos sary -13 Line T erm inat ion LUL T LT L i k e U n i t LUNT NT Like Unit MAC Media Acces s Control MBS Nortel’ s Meridian Bus iness Set. An elec tronic tele phone set capabl e of handling t he Meridian Digi tal C e ntr ex fea ture s offer e d by D MS S uper Node Swit ch. Mbps Megabits p e r second MDC Meridian Di gital Centrex modem Contract [...]

-14 Glos sary Model No. Running Head T1 compandin g standard used i n the conversion between analog and digital signal s in PCM systems. NEBE Near End Blo ck Error . Shows transmi ssion error s detected by the near end e quipment Network p ort A CPU port, Reso urce port, or W AN port used in t his system. NMS Network manag ement system, a comput er[...]

Glos sary -15 Out of Ser vice, an in dication that a system el ement has f ailed. OSI Ope n Syst ems I nterc onne ction PA M Pulse Ampli tude Modulat ion PBX Private Branch Excha nge, a small phone s w itch i nside a co m pany . PCM Pulse Code M odula tion PDU Protocol Data Unit ping A program us ed to test IP-leve l connectivi t y from one IP addr[...]

-16 Glos sary Model No. Running Head Point-t o-Point Pr otocol PPS PPhone Fo reign Excha nge St ation port. An interf ace at th e end of the FX line connected to MBS. prot ocol Procedure or set of rule s for communi cation between t wo devices. PSTN Public Switc hed T elephone Networ k. PT T Postal, T elephone, and T elegraph author ity PVC Perm an[...]

Glos sary -17 SES Seve rel y E rrore d Sec onds SF Superfra me, a T1 frami ng format c onsisting of 12 frames. Also known as D4 framin g. SLC Subscrib er Loop Carrier, a Digital Loop Carr ier (DLC). SLIP Serial Line Inter net Protocol SMDS Swit c hed Mu lti-m e gabit Data S e rvice SNMP Simple Netwo r k Management Protoco l SONET Synchronou s Optic[...]

-18 Glos sary Model No. Running Head TCP/IP T ransmissio n Control Pr otocol/ Internet Protocol TDM T ime- D ivisio n Multip lexin g TELNET An applica tion protocol o ffe ring virtual t erminal s ervice in the I nternet suite of protoc ols. time slot map Specifi cation of the co nnections between al l incoming and outgoing l ines conne cted to t he[...]

Glos sary -19 User port A V oice port , Data port , or Alarm por t. VBR V ari able B it Rate VC V irt ual Channe l VCL V irt ual Channe l Link VP V irt ual Path VPC V irt ual Path C onnecti on WA N W ide Area Network WA N p o r t W ide Area Netwo rk port ( one of the ports for this sys t em). wideband A bandwidth equal to many indiv idual channels [...]

-20 Glos sary Model No. Running Head Zero Code Sup pression[...]