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Model 2604 T1/E1 Digital Access and Cross-Connect System (DACS) Administrator ’ s Reference Guide Sales Office: +1 (301) 975-1000 T echnical Support: +1 (301) 975-1007 E-mail: support@patton.com WWW : www .patton.com Document Number: 110051UA Rev . A Part Number: O7MD2604DACS-ARG-A Revised: February 20, 2002[...]

P atton Electronics Company , Inc. 7622 Rickenbacker Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20879 USA V oice: +1 (301) 975-1000 F ax: +1 (301) 869-9293 T echnical S upport: +1 (301) 975-1007 T echnical S upport e-mail: support@patton.com WWW : www .patton.com Copyright © 2001, P atton Electronics Company . All rights reserved. The information in this document is [...]

1 Contents About this guide ...................................................................................................................................................13 Audience............................................................................................................................................................... 13 S[...]

Contents DSL DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 2 Alarm Name .............................................................................................................................................32 Alarm Time ..................................................................................................................................[...]

3 DSL DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide Contents Carrier Sense Errors (dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors) .........................................................................................47 Received Frames Too Long (dot3StatsFrameTooLongs) .................................................................................47 Other Received Erro[...]

Contents DSL DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 4 Default Time-To-Live (ipDefaultTTL) ...........................................................................................................62 Total Datagrams Received (ipInReceives) .......................................................................................................62 Disc[...]

5 DSL DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide Contents Info (ipRouteInfo) ..........................................................................................................................................69 IP Routing Destination window ..........................................................................................................[...]

Contents DSL DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 6 Others Received with No Delivery (udpInErrors) ...........................................................................................80 Sent (udpOutDatagrams) ................................................................................................................................80 L[...]

7 DSL DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide Contents Get Next Requests (snmpInGetNexts) ............................................................................................................92 Set Requests (snmpInSetRequests) ..................................................................................................................92 [...]

Contents DSL DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 8 Free (boxHeapFreeSpace) ........................................................................................................................100 Largest (boxHeapLargestSpace) ...............................................................................................................100 Enc[...]

9 DSL DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide Contents Daemons ......................................................................................................................................................109 SysLog Daemon IP Address(syslogDaemonIP) ........................................................................................109 S[...]

Contents DSL DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 10 Receive Equalizer (linkRxEqualizer) ........................................................................................... .............124 Line Build Out (linkLineBuildOut) ........................................................................................................124 Yellow A[...]

11 DSL DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide Contents Line Code Violations (dsx1TotalLCVs) ........................................................................................................131 Far End Line Statistics—Current.....................................................................................................................[...]

Contents DSL DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 12 20 License ......................................................................................................................................................... 143 Introduction .................................................................................................................[...]

13 About this guide This guide describes configuring a P atton Electronics digital cross connect (DACS). This section describes the following: • Who should use this guide (see “ A udience ”) • Ho w this document is organized (see “S tr ucture ”) • T ypographical conventions and terms used in this guide (see “T ypographical conventi[...]

About this guide T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 14 • Chapter 17 describes configuring the T1/E1Link window • Chapter 18 describes configuring the T1/E1 Assignment window • Chapter 19 describes the contents of the About windo w • Chapter 20 describes the contents of the License window • Appendix A contains a table with the [...]

15 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide About this guide Mouse conventions The following conventions ar e used when describing mouse actions: T able 2. Mouse conventions Convention Meaning Left mouse button This button refers to the primar y or leftmost mouse button (unless you have changed the default configuration). Right mouse button Th[...]

About this guide T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 16[...]

17 Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter contents Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................18 Logging into the HTTP/HTML Administration Pages .........................................................................................[...]

1 • Introduction T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 18 Introduction Introduction Y ou may configure the digital cr oss connect (DACS) by using its internal HTTP/HTML Administration P ages. Howev er , to enter into the HT TP/HTML pages, you must first define the LAN Address T echnique, LAN IP Address, and LAN Subnet M ask for the DACS[...]

Saving HTTP/HTML Object Changes 19 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 1 • Introduction Saving HTTP/HTML Object Changes Sometimes you will need to sav e changes that you have made in the HTTP/HTML pages. Do the follo wing to make changes to read/write variables: 1. Select the appropriate Modify screen. 2. Make changes to the desired para[...]

1 • Introduction T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 20 Saving HTTP/HTML Object Changes[...]

21 Chapter 2 Home Chapter contents Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................22 Operating Status Variables ......................................................................................................................[...]

2 • Home T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 22 Introduction Introduction This chapter describes the HOME window—the first Administration Page that you see after logging into the DACS (see figure 3). F rom HOME , you can monitor current systems status, save any system configuration changes, or reset the system without pow er-cycling[...]

Operating Status Variables 23 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 2 • Home Operating Status V ariables There are sev en system variables which describe the immediate operating status of the DACS. These variables are shown in figur e 4 and are described in the follo wing sections. Figure 4. ST A TUS menu % CPU Idle (boxIdleTime) This is [...]

2 • Home T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 24 Immediate Actions 2. Without clicking on Record Current Configuration , all configuration changes will be lost if the po wer is recycled. After doing the Record Curr ent Configuration save, the current configuration of the DA CS will not be lost with power cy cling. Note The most import[...]

25 Chapter 3 Impor t/Expor t Chapter contents Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................26 Export Configuration .................................................................................................................[...]

3 • Import/Export T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 26 Introduction Introduction The Import/Export function enables you to make a backup (or expor t ) copy of your DACS’ s configuration parameters. By exporting the configurations, the saved files can quickly be loaded, or imported , into a replace- ment DACS—greatly speeding up [...]

Export Configuration 27 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 3 • Import/Export T o export the flash configuration, click on the Expor t Flash link on the Import/Expor t main page. The DACS will display text configuration information resembling that shown in figur e 7. Figure 7. T ypical DACS flash memor y configuration data[...]

3 • Import/Export T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 28 Import Configuration T o save the displayed data as a text file, select the Save option on your bro wser (see figure 8). F or example, under N etscape, select File > Save As . A dialog bo x will display enabling you to save the contents of the export parameters to a text file[...]

29 Chapter 4 Alarms Chapter contents Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................30 Displaying the alarms window ..................................................................................................................[...]

4 • Alarms T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 30 Introduction Introduction The DACS has an extensive alarm r eporting system which enables users to configure, monitor , and test major and minor alarms. The alarm system can be set to notify of equipment failures (for example, a power supply failure) or T1/E1 port malfunctions. There are[...]

Displaying the alarms window 31 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 4 • Alarms The T1/E1 DACS M ultiplexer has four methods to notify an alarm condition: 1. F ront panel LED—The front panel ALARM LED has three states that indicate the presence and severity of an alarm. The states are: - Off—N o alarm present - Solid—M inor alarm - [...]

4 • Alarms T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 32 Displaying the alarms window Alarm Response Outputs Alarm Response Outputs display the curr ent setting for handling alarm notification via the different Alarm Response Outputs. T o change the Alarm Response Outputs parameters, refer to “ Alarm Parameters ” on page 33. Relay Response[...]

Displaying the alarms window 33 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 4 • Alarms Alarm Time The Alarm Time column displays the number of seconds the alarm has been activ ated. Alarm Count The Alarm Count column indicates how many times the alarm has occurred and is useful for monitoring self- clearing alarms. Generate Alarm F or testing pu[...]

4 • Alarms T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 34 Modify Response—Configuring the alarm response system • Clear Alarm—Clearing the alarm resets the alarm, resets Time S ince Alarm to 0.00 seconds and resets Alarm Count to 0 (zero). T ypes of Alarms • Box Alarm G roup - Box: Over T emperature—When the internal box temperatur e e[...]

Modify Alarms—Configuring alarm severity levels 35 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 4 • Alarms T emperature Threshold An alarm message is generated when the internal box temperature ex ceeds this threshold value (degr ees Cel- sius). Y ou can change the threshold temperature, but we r ecommend that you use the factory default. Modif[...]

4 • Alarms T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 36 Modify Alarms—Configuring alarm severity levels • MinorS elfClearing(3)—Generate a minor alarm that automatically clears after a fixed period of time. I f the alarm condition has not ceased, the alarm will be automatically cleared, but another alarm will be immedi- ately generated.[...]

37 Chapter 5 DS0 Mapping Chapter contents Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................38 Displaying the DS0 Mapping window.............................................................................................. ..........[...]

5 • DS0 Mapping T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 38 Introduction Introduction One of the remote locations is the CP E’ s DACS. The second remote location is typically connected through some W AN port’ s time slots. For communication between these r emote locations they shall be connected together within the DACS. These connections[...]

Displaying the DS0 Mapping window 39 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 5 • DS0 Mapping Help (DACS help information) Clicking on the Help button displays the DACS H elp Information windo w (see figure 14). The purpose of this window is to help the user learn ho w to add DS0 connections using the DACS HTML pages. This win- dow define a[...]

5 • DS0 Mapping T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 40 Displaying the DS0 Mapping window Device Slots The "slots" input identifies the DS0 channels—each DS0 channel is 64 kbps—that you would like to con- nect. Each time slot in a T1 or E1 W AN port has 24 or 31 DS0 channels, respectively . When selecting the slots you must[...]

41 Chapter 6 Clocking Chapter contents Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................42 Configuring the System Clock Settings........................................................................................................[...]

6 • Clocking T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 42 Introduction Introduction Click on Clocking in the Configuration Menu to display the System Clocking Configuration main window (see figure 15). Figure 15. System Clocking Configuration window The Clocking window is where the primary and secondary clocking sources that synchronize al[...]

Configuring the System Clock Settings 43 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 6 • Clocking • netref-1(101)—N/A • netref-2(102)—N/A • internal(200)— The internal free-running oscillator is the clock source. • external(300)—The external clock source connected to the 3-position terminal block on the rear of the 2604 DACS is t[...]

6 • Clocking T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 44 Configuring the System Clock Settings[...]

45 Chapter 7 Ethernet Chapter contents Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................46 Ethernet statistics .........................................................................................................................[...]

7 • Ethernet T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 46 Introduction Introduction The DACS pro vides management and statistical information in the Ether net window (see figure 16). M ost of the descriptions for these MIB variables are from RFC 1643. D etailed information regar ding the SNMP MIB II variables may be downloaded fr om RFC 1643,[...]

Ethernet statistics 47 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 7 • Ethernet ifOutU castPkts, ifOutM ulticastPkts, or ifOutBroadcastPkts, and is not counted by the corr esponding instance of the dot3S tatsM ultipleCollisionFrames object." Multiple Collision Frames (dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames) The number of successfully transmitted [...]

7 • Ethernet T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 48 Ethernet statistics Other Received Errors (dot3StatsInternalMacReceiveErr ors) The number of frames in which reception fails due to an internal MAC sublay er receive err or . A frame is only counted if it is not counted by either the dot3S tatsF rameT ooLongs object, the dot3StatsAlignm[...]

49 Chapter 8 Filter IP Chapter contents Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................50 Defining a filter ..........................................................................................................................[...]

8 • Filter IP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 50 Introduction Introduction The DACS software pr ovides an IP filtering system that enables y ou to set up security for the internal manage- ment system. Each filter is a defined list of parameters based upon attributes in the IP , TCP , and UDP headers. There are two major steps to ?[...]

Defining a filter 51 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 8 • Filter IP After entering an ID number and name, click on the name of the filter to display the filter parameters window (see figure 18). Figure 18. Filter IP parameters window The configurable filter parameters are : • N ame (filterI pName) • Direction (filterI pDire[...]

8 • Filter IP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 52 Defining a filter The following sections pro vide detailed descriptions of the configurable filter IP parameters. Name (filterIpName) This is the name of the filter Direction (filterIpDirection) S pecifies the direction of the filter (that is, whether it applies to data packets [...]

Defining a filter 53 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 8 • Filter IP Destination Mask (filterIpDestinationMask) This is the destination mask used when comparing a packet’ s destination address. Bit positions that are set to 1 will be compared and 0’ s will be ignored. Thus, a setting of 0.0.0.0 will have the effect of disabling de[...]

8 • Filter IP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 54 Defining a filter[...]

55 Chapter 9 ICMP Chapter contents Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................56 Block ICMP redirects (boxBLockIcmpRedirects) ..................................................................................................56[...]

9 • ICMP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 56 Introduction Introduction When networking problems or undesirable conditions occur , the ICMP protocol is used for communicating control or error information plus testing. The statistics listed on the DACS ICMP windo w (see figure 19) com- prise those contained in RFC 792—Internet Contro[...]

ICMP Receive/Send Messages window 57 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 9 • ICMP T otal Sent [imcpOutMsgs] Similar to icmpI nMsgs, T otal Sent represents the total number of ICMP messages which the 2604 has attempted to send. This variable includes all ICMP messages counted by icmpOutErrors (see “ wo/Errors [icm- pOutErrors]”). w/Er[...]

9 • ICMP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 58 ICMP Receive/Send Messages window ICMP source quench message back to the sending device. A host may send this messages if packets arrive too fast to be processed or if there is network congestion. The source quench message is a request to reduce the rate at which the source is sending traf?[...]

59 Chapter 10 IP Chapter contents Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................61 IP main window ...................................................................................................................................[...]

10 • IP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 60 Advanced… ....................................................................................................................................................67 O/S forwarding table window .....................................................................................................[...]

Introduction 61 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 10 • IP Introduction The IP (Internet P rotocol) window lists IP statistics and parameters, and enables you to modify IP settings. Figure 20. IP main window Click on IP under the Configuration Menu to display the IP window . IP main window All items described in this chapter are defin[...]

10 • IP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 62 IP main window Forwarding (ipFor warding) The indication of whether this entity is acting as an IP gateway in respect to the forwarding of datagrams received by , but not addressed to, this entity . IP gateways for ward datagrams, IP hosts do not (ex cept those source-routed via the host). N[...]

IP main window 63 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 10 • IP Note The Discar ded w/N o Errors counter does not include any datagrams discarded while awaiting r e-assembly . T otal Deliveries (ipInDelivers) The total number of input datagrams successfully delivered to IP user-protocols (including ICMP). Out Requests (ipOutRequests) The t[...]

10 • IP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 64 Modify # Fragmented OK (ipFragOKs) The number of IP datagrams that have been successfully fragmented at this entity . # Fragmented Failed (ipFragFails) The number of IP datagrams that have been discarded because they r equired fragmenting at this entity , but were not fragmented because thei[...]

Addressing Information 65 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 10 • IP Addressing Information The IP addressing Information windo w (see figure 22) is wher e you can view the default address for outgoing IP datagrams, the local or loopback address of the box, and the IP addr ess of the box as defined in Chapter 15, “System ”. Figure[...]

10 • IP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 66 Routing Information Routing Information The IP Routing I nformation window (see figure 24) displays information r equired to r oute IP datagrams, including the IP address, subnet mask, next-hop router , and interface for each network interface defined in the DACS. The IP Routing I nformati[...]

Routing Information 67 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 10 • IP Mask (ipRouteMask) Indicates the mask to be logical-ANDed with the destination addr ess before being compar ed to the value in the ipRouteDest field. F or those systems that do not support arbitrar y subnet masks, an agent constructs the value of the ipRouteM ask by dete[...]

10 • IP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 68 O/S forwarding table window O/S forwarding table window The O/S forwarding table window lists forwarding information for all routes. Figure 25. IP Routing For warding T able Destination (ipRouteDest) The destination IP address of this route. An entry with a value of 0.0.0.0 is considered a d[...]

O/S forwarding table window 69 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 10 • IP • direct(3)—route to dir ectly connected (sub-)network • indirect(4)—route to a non-local host/network/sub-networ k Note The values direct(3) and indir ect(4) refer to the notion of direct and indirect routing in the IP architectur e. Setting this object t[...]

10 • IP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 70 IP Routing Destination window IP Routing Destination window The IP Routing Destination windo w (see figure 26) sho ws next-hop routing information. Figure 26. Routing Destination window Route Destination (ipRouteDest) The destination IP address of this route. An entry with a value of 0.0.0.[...]

Address Translation Information 71 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 10 • IP Seconds Since Updated (ipRouteAge) The number of seconds since this route was last updated or otherwise determined to be correct. T ag (RouteT ag) An identifier associated with the route. This can have different meanings depending on the protocol. F or exam- [...]

10 • IP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 72 Address Translation Information Net Address (ipNetT oMediaNetAddress) The IP address corresponding to the media-dependent physical addr ess. Physical (ipNetT oMediaPhysAddress) The media-dependent physical address. T ype (ipNetT oMediaT ype) The type of mapping. Setting this object to the va[...]

73 Chapter 11 TCP Chapter contents Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................74 TCP main window .................................................................................................................................[...]

11 • TCP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 74 Introduction Introduction T ransmission Control P rotocol (TCP) is in the T ransport layer of the OSI model and sits on top of IP . I t is one of the more widely used protocols among the TCP/IP suite. The TCP subsystem web pages of the 2604 DACS pro vides management and statistical informat[...]

TCP main window 75 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 11 • TCP Maximum Connections (tcpMaxConn) The limit on the total number of TCP connections the entity can support. In entities wher e the maximum number of connections is dynamic, this object should contain the value -1. Active Opens (tcpActiveOpens) The number of times TCP connectio[...]

11 • TCP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 76 TCP (Details) TCP (Details) F rom this screen you can view port details for remote and local TCP connections (see figure 29). Figure 29. TCP Details window Local Port (tcpConnLocalPor t) The local port number for this TCP connection. Remote Address (tcpConnRemAddress) The remote IP address[...]

TCP (Details) 77 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 11 • TCP • finW ait1(6) • finW ait2(7) • closeW ait(8) • lastAck(9) • closing(10) • timeW ait(11) • deleteT CB(12)[...]

11 • TCP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 78 TCP (Details)[...]

79 Chapter 12 UDP Chapter contents Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................80 Handling of NETBIOS UDP Broadcasts (boxNetbiosUdpBridging) ..............................................................80 Received (udpInDatagr[...]

12 • UDP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 80 Introduction Introduction U ser Datagram P rotocol (UDP) is supported by the DACS. Detailed information regar ding the SNMP man- agement information base (MIB) variables can be found in RFC1213: Management Information Base for N etwork Management of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II . T o mana[...]

Introduction 81 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 12 • UDP Listener T able (udpT able) A table containing UDP listener information. Local Address (udpLocalAddress) The local IP address for this UDP listener . In the case of a UDP listener that is willing to accept datagrams for any IP interface associated with the node, the value 0.0.0[...]

12 • UDP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 82 Introduction[...]

83 Chapter 13 RIP V ersion 2 Chapter contents Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................84 RIP Version 2 main window.............................................................................................................[...]

13 • RIP Version 2 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 84 Introduction Introduction The RIP V ersion 2 main window (see figure 31) describes routing information as defined b y the Routing I nfor- mation P rotocol (RIP). All object identifiers described in this chapter comply with those contained in RFC 1724: RIP V ersion 2 MIB Extensi[...]

RIP Version 2—Configuration 85 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 13 • RIP Version 2 2. Enter the protocol version to be used for sending RIP packets . The following choices are available: – doNotSend (1) – ripV ersion1 (2) —ripV ersion 1 implies sending RIP updates compliant with RFC 1058 – rip1Compatible (3) —rip1Compatibl[...]

13 • RIP Version 2 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 86 RIP Version 2—Configuration Domain (rip2IfConfDomain) V alue inserted into the Routing Domain field of all RIP packets sent on this interface. Authentication T ype (rip2IfConfAuthT ype) The type of Authentication used on this interface. • noAuthentication (1) • simpleP assw[...]

RIP Version 2 (Statistics) 87 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 13 • RIP Version 2 Status (rip2IfConfStatus) W riting invalid has the effect of deleting this interface. • valid (1) • invalid (2) RIP V ersion 2 (Statistics) By clicking on Statistics in the RIP V ersion 2 main window , you enter the RIP V ersion 2 Status win- dow (se[...]

13 • RIP Version 2 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 88 RIP Version 2 (Statistics)[...]

89 Chapter 14 SNMP Chapter contents Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................90 SNMP window.....................................................................................................................................[...]

14 • SNMP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 90 Introduction Introduction The DACS pro vides management and statistical information on SNMP . Detailed information on the SNMP MIB variables may be downloaded fr om the RFC. Click on SNMP under the Configuration Menu to dis- play the SNMP window (see figure 34). Figure 34. SNMP window SN[...]

In 91 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 14 • SNMP Bad Community Names (snmpInBadCommunityNames) The total number of SNMP M essages delivered to the SNMP protocol entity which used a SNMP community name not known to said entity . Bad Community Uses (snmpInBadCommunity) The total number of SNMP messages delivered to the SNMP protocol ent[...]

14 • SNMP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 92 Out Get Next Requests (snmpInGetNexts) The total number of SNMP Get-N ext PDUs that have been accepted and processed b y the SNMP protocol entity . Set Requests (snmpInSetRequests) The total number of SNMP Set-R equest PDU s that have been accepted and processed b y the SNMP protocol entit[...]

Out 93 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 14 • SNMP Get Responses (snmpOutGetResponses) The total number of SNMP Get-Response PDU s that have been generated by the SNMP protocol entity . T raps (snmpOutT raps) The total number of SNMP T rap PDU s that have been generated by the SNMP protocol entity . Authentication Failure T raps (snmpE[...]

14 • SNMP T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 94 Out[...]

95 Chapter 15 System Chapter contents Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................97 System main window ...........................................................................................................................[...]

15 • System T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 96 Physical Location (sysLocation) ...............................................................................................................101 Web Settings (boxBackgroundFlag) ........................................................................................................101 [...]

Introduction 97 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 15 • System Introduction The System main window (see figure 35) contains general setup information about the DA CS. System param- eters are P atton Enterprise MIB object identifiers, though some are contained in RFC 1213, Management I nformation Base for N etwork Management of TCP/IP-[...]

15 • System T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 98 System main window System main window F rom this window you can view information for the CPU, SNMP and HTTP , L AN IP , Manufacturer , Mes- sage Blocks, Operating S ystem H eap M emory , Enclosure System, I nstallation, and Other . The main window also has the follo wing links: • Modif[...]

System main window 99 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 15 • System How to Obtain Address (boxIP AddressT echnique) This displays the current method for obtaining the LAN IP address (see figure 35 on page 97). Address(boxIP Address) If the address technique in use abo ve is static, then the value display ed in the Address field is th[...]

15 • System T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 100 System main window T otal Times Unavailable (boxCountMsgBlkUnavailable) The total number of times that the proper size message block was not available to hold a packet, and the CPU task dumped the packet. The difference between T otal Time W aited and T otal T imes Unavailable is whethe[...]

System main window 101 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 15 • System Running Since Last Boot (sysUpT ime) This SNMP variable repr esents the time since the network management portion of the system was last re-ini- tialized (see figure 35 on page 97). System Manager (sysContact) This SNMP variable repr esents the textual identificatio[...]

15 • System T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 102 System—Modify window System—Modify window The System—Modify window (see figure 36) is where you can change SNMP and HTTP , L AN IP , Installation, and Other . Figure 36. System—Modify window SNMP and HTTP This portion of the System—Modify window provides information about the[...]

System—Modify window 103 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 15 • System User Password (boxSnmpMonitorPassword) This accesses the user monitoring password for r ead only access of certain selected information. Not all param- eters shown using the superuser password ar e displayed under the user passwor d. (see figure 36 on page 102). [...]

15 • System T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 104 System—Modify window • france(5) • germany(6) Other This portion of the System—Modify window contains information described in the following sections. System Manager (sysContact) This SNMP variable repr esents the textual identification of the contact person for this managed no[...]

System—Packet Holding Message Blocks... 105 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 15 • System • writeU serlpW anS ystemU pload(498)—The monitor user can change all parameters—except passwor ds— under authentication, drop-and-insert, dial-in, IP , T1/E1, Frame R elay , S ystem, and System Log links. The monitor user can also load [...]

15 • System T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 106 System—Packet Holding Message Blocks...[...]

107 Chapter 16 System Log Chapter contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................108 System Log Main Window ...................................................................................................................[...]

16 • System Log T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 108 Introduction Introduction The System Log window (see figure 38) displays the r esults from the system-wide error r eporting subsystem. The object parameters in the system log are all P atton Enterprise MIB object identifiers. Figure 38. System Log main window System Log Main Windo[...]

System Log—Modify 109 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 16 • System Log System Log—Modify The System Log—Modify window (see figure 39) displays SysLog and SNMP T rap Daemon IP Address loca- tions, message priorities for the offered SysLog destinations, priority and maintenance information. Figure 39. System Log—Modify window D[...]

16 • System Log T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 110 System Log—Modify Min Priority for SysLog Daemon (syslogDaemonPriority) System messages which have a priority equal to or gr eater than this setting will be sent to the syslog daemon defined by the SysLog D aemon IP Address (syslogD aemonIP). • prioritySystem(80) • priorityDi[...]

System Log—Modify 111 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 16 • System Log • prioritySystem(80) • priorityDisable(1000) Min Priority for RAM (SyslogT ablePriority) System messages which have a priority equal to or gr eater than this setting will appear in System Log—V olatile M emory . The low er the number next to the priority li[...]

16 • System Log T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 112 System Log—Modify • local5(21) • local6(22) • local7(23) Call T race (syslogCallTrace) Enabling this will activate the call tracing utility . This is a powerful debugging utility which will log ever y single function call and return. At the death of a box the call trace will[...]

System Log—Volatile Memory 113 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 16 • System Log System Log—V olatile Memory The System Log—V olatile Memor y window (see figur e 40) displays timestamp and stored system log message information. Figure 40. System Log—V olatile Memor y window Time (slTick) T ime stamps are generated every 10 ms.[...]

16 • System Log T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 114 System Log—Non-Volatile Memory System Log—Non-V olatile Memory The System Log—Non-V olatile window (see figure 41) displays the time stamp and the messages kept in the non-volatile F lash memory . Figure 41. System Log—Non-V olatile Memor y window Time (slfTick) T ime stamp[...]

115 Chapter 17 T1/E1 Link Chapter contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................118 T1/E1 Link Activity main window ..........................................................................................................[...]

17 • T1/E1 Link T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 116 Controlled Slip Seconds (dsx1CurrentCSSs) .................................................................................................127 Path Code Violations (dsx1CurrentPCVs) ....................................................................................................1[...]

117 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 17 • T1/E1 Link Severely Errored Frame Seconds (dsx1FarEndIntervalSEFSs) ........................................................................133 Unavailable Seconds (dsx1FarEndIntervalUASs) ...........................................................................................133 Controlled[...]

17 • T1/E1 Link T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 118 Introduction Introduction The T1/E1 Link Activity window (see figure 42) sho ws the configuration of the T1/E1 Interface, and reports statistics on the quality of the T1/E1 connection. The statistics listed in this section comprise those contained in RFC 1406—Definitions of Man[...]

T1/E1 Link Activity main window 119 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 17 • T1/E1 Link • Near End Line Statistics—Histor y… link—clicking on this link takes you to the page that displays line sta- tistics for the previous 15-minute interval. F or more information about this page, r efer to “N ear End Line S tatistics—History[...]

17 • T1/E1 Link T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 120 Line Status (dsx1LineStatus) Line Status (dsx1LineStatus) This variable indicates interface line status. It contains loopback, failur e, receiv ed alarm and transmitted alarm information. If any condition other than No Alarms exists, you can click on the Alarms Present link to view [...]

Line Status (dsx1LineStatus) 121 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 17 • T1/E1 Link Alarm Indication Signal (AIS) Failure The Alarm Indication Signal failure is declar ed when an AIS defect is detected at the input and the AIS defect still exists after the Loss Of F rame failure (which is caused by the unframed nature of the all-ones si[...]

17 • T1/E1 Link T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 122 Line Status—Configuration Line Status—Configuration Clicking on the Line Status—Configuration link in the T1/E1 Link Activity window displays the W AN Circuit Configuration window (see figur e 44). This window contains general information about the DS1 interface, including[...]

WAN Circuit Configuration—Modify 123 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 17 • T1/E1 Link W AN Circuit Configuration—Modify Clicking on the Configuration link in the T1/E1 Link Activity window displays the W AN Circuit Configura- tion—Modify window (see figure 45). F rom this window , you can change line interface settings, sign[...]

17 • T1/E1 Link T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 124 WAN Circuit Configuration—Modify • dsx1E1(4)—Based on CCITT/ITU G.704 without CR C • dsx1E1-CR C(5)—Based on CCITT/ITU G.704 with CRC Line Coding (dsx1LineCoding) This variable describes the type of Zero Code S uppression used on the link, which in turn affects a number of[...]

WAN Circuit Configuration—Modify 125 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 17 • T1/E1 Link • Y ellowF ormatF rame12FS(3)—FS bit of frame 12 FDL (dsx1FDL) This describes which implementation of FDL is being used, if any . FDL applies only to T1 circuits. • other(1)—Indicates that a protocol other than one follo wing is used. • d[...]

17 • T1/E1 Link T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 126 WAN Circuit Configuration—Modify • dsx1Send511P attern—Sending a 511 bit fixed test pattern • dsx1Send3in24P attern—Sending a fixed test pattern of 3 bits set in 24 • dsx1SendOtherT estP attern—Sending a test pattern other than those described by this object. Error I[...]

Near End Line Statistics—Current 127 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 17 • T1/E1 Link Near End Line Statistics—Current Click on Near End Line Statistics—Current to display line statistics for the current 15-minute interval (see figure 46). Figure 46. Current Near End Perfor mance window Errored Seconds (dsx1CurrentESs) The numb[...]

17 • T1/E1 Link T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 128 Near End Line Statistics—History Degraded Minutes (dsx1CurrentDMs) The number of degraded minutes (DMs) encountered by a DS1 interface in the current 15-minute interval. Line Code Violations (dsx1CurrentLCVs) The number of line code violations (LCVs) encountered b y a DS1 interfac[...]

Near End Line Statistics—History 129 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 17 • T1/E1 Link Severely Errored Frame Seconds (dsx1IntervalSEFSs) The number of severely error ed framing seconds encountered by a DS1 interface in one of the pr evious 96, individual 15-minute, intervals. Unavailable Seconds (dsx1IntervalUASs) The number of unav[...]

17 • T1/E1 Link T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 130 Near End Line Statistics—Totals Near End Line Statistics—T otals Click on Near End Line Statistics—T otals to display the total statistics of errors that occurr ed during the previ- ous 24-hour period, the previous 96 15-minute intervals (see figure 48). Figure 48. T otals of[...]

Far End Line Statistics—Current 131 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 17 • T1/E1 Link Degraded Minutes (dsx1T otalDMs) The number of degraded minutes (DMs) encountered by a DS1 interface in the previous 24-hour interval. Line Code Violations (dsx1T otalLCVs) The number of line code violations (LCVs) encountered b y a DS1 interface in[...]

17 • T1/E1 Link T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 132 Far End Line Statistics—History Controlled Slip Seconds (dsx1FarEndCurrentCSSs) The number of far-end controlled slip seconds encountered by a DS1 interface in the curr ent 15-minute inter- val. Line Errored Seconds (dsx1FarEndCurrentLESs) The number of far-end line errored second[...]

Far End Line Statistics—History 133 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 17 • T1/E1 Link Interval (dsx1FarEndInter valNumber) A number between 1 and 96, where 1 is the most r ecently completed 15-minute interval and 96 is the least recently completed 15-minutes interval (assuming that all 96 intervals are valid). Errored Seconds (dsx1Fa[...]

17 • T1/E1 Link T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 134 Far End Line Statistics—Totals Far End Line Statistics—T otals Click on Far End Line Statistics—T otals to display the total statistics of errors that occurr ed during the previous 24-hour period (see figure 51). This is the sum of the current 15-minute interval and all time [...]

Far End Line Statistics—Totals 135 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 17 • T1/E1 Link Bursty Errored Seconds (dsx1FarEndT otalBESs) The number of far-end bursty errored seconds (BESs) encounter ed by a DS1 interface in the previous 24-hour interval. Degraded Minutes (dsx1FarEndT otalDMs) The number of far-end degraded minutes (DMs) en[...]

17 • T1/E1 Link T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 136 Far End Line Statistics—Totals[...]

137 Chapter 18 T1/E1 Assignment Chapter contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................138 Displaying the T1/E1 Assignment window..............................................................................................[...]

18 • T1/E1 Assignment T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 138 Introduction Introduction The T1/E1 Assignment subsystem displays the W AN Assignment T able giving the DS0 mapping connection for each time slot for all four W AN ports. At the top of the W eb page are four hyperlinks showing the status of each W AN P or t’ s Alarms. F or e[...]

Displaying the T1/E1 Assignment window 139 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 18 • T1/E1 Assignment Line S tatus Alarms web page. The “Line Status Alarms ” page gives the status of the T1/E1 W AN port. This is the same web page seen under the T1/E1 Link Activity page in the T1/E1 Link subsytem. U nder each W AN port column group are[...]

18 • T1/E1 Assignment T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 140 Displaying the T1/E1 Assignment window[...]

141 Chapter 19 About Chapter contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................142 Patton Electronics Company contact information ...............................................................................................1[...]

19 • About T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 142 Introduction Introduction The About link displays P atton Electronics Company contact information (see “P atton Electronics Company contact information ”). Click on About under the Configuration Menu to display the About main window (see figure 53). Figure 53. About window Patton E[...]

143 Chapter 20 License Chapter contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................144 End User License Agreement ..................................................................................................................[...]

20 • License T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 144 Introduction Introduction The License link pr esents the End U ser License Agreement for the DACS software. Click on License under the Configuration Menu to display the License main window (see figure 54). Figure 54. License window By opening the DA CS, operating the Designated Equip[...]

End User License Agreement 145 T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 20 • License 2. Title: T itle to the Program(s), all copies of the P rogram(s), all patent rights, copyrights, trade secrets and proprietary information in the P rogram(s), worldwide, remains with P atton Electronics Company or its licensors. 3. T erm: The term of this Ag[...]

20 • License T1/E1 DACS Administrators’ Reference Guide 146 End User License Agreement[...]