Carrier Access AB II manual

Access Bank II REMOTE MONITOR USER ’ S GUIDE 5395 Pearl Park way Boulder, CO 80301-2490 fax 303-546-9724 http://www.carrieraccess.com Part Number 770 - 0099 Revision: 1.0 6/99[...]

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Copyright © 1999 Carr ier Acces s Corporat ion. All ri ghts res erved. The infor mation presented in this man ual is subj ect to ch ange without notice a nd does not r epresent a commitme nt on the pa rt of Carr ier Acces s Corporati on. The hard ware and sof tware desc ribed her ein are furnis hed under a lic ense or non-di sclosure agr eement. T[...]

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Welcome i Remote Monitor Software on PC Access Bank II Access Bank II modem modem Remote Monitor Software on PC PSTN Access Bank II Welcome to Access Bank II T1 Voice Switch & Data Multiplexer from Carrier Access Corporation. Access Bank II connects your company ’ s telephony and data networks to outside public and private network DS1 service[...]

ii The Acc ess Bank II Remote Monit or User’ s Guide d escribes how to set up and confi gure the Ac cess Bank II for fir st -ti me basi c ope ra ti on us ing the MS W indows 95/ 98/ NT -based Remot e Moni tor appl i - cat i o n inst alle d on a PC . The Access Bank II is a family o f intell igent T1 v oice and da ta mu ltiplexers , availab le in [...]

Welcom e iii 0.0.3 Access Bank II SDSL The Access Bank II SDSL provi des T1 voic e a nd da ta mult iplexin g, and i s eq uip ped with in te gra te d Chan n el Ser vice U n it (C SU) a nd Data S ervic e Uni t (D SU). It sup plies up to 1. 5 36 Mbp s of synchron ous bandwi dth capacit y for conne cting cus tomer premi ses tele communicati ons equipme[...]

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v CONTENTS Access Bank II Access Ban k II .. ................... .................. ............. .................... ................... ........... ii Access Ban k II SNMP ................ ........... ............. .................... ................... ........... ii Access Ban k II SDSL ................. ........... ............. ...........[...]

vi Line Codi ng: AMI or B 8ZS ..................... ............... ................... .................... .... 3-3 CSU On/Off: I gnore or Det ect ............. ... ............... ................... .................... .... 3-3 PRM Type: A T&T 54016 o r ANSI T1.403 ........ ................... ................... ........... 3-3 Self Test:[...]

System Requ irem ents 1-1 Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.1 System Requireme nts Minimum PC requir ements for operating th e Remote Monitor ma nagement stati on are: • Intel 486 Pe ntium 100 MHz (minimum) CPU, or compatible • 16MBytes RAM • 10Mbyte s availab le hard di sk space • VGA monitor with 800 x 600 res olution and 16-bit color recommend[...]

1-2 1.2 Software Installation 1.2.1 Installing Remote Monitor The Remote Moni tor soft ware is de signed to operate o n the W indows ® 95/98/NT e nvironment . It is distri buted on CD-ROM or on s ix 3 ½ “ di skettes. 1.2.1.1 Install from CD-ROM 1. Exit any applicat ions you ha ve running. 2. Place t he CD-ROM into your PC. 3. Open the setup.exe[...]

Software Ov er vie w 1-3 Remote Monitor System Setup T1 Setup Data Port Setup Connections Performance Maintenance System Clock Names Problem Reporting Remote Management SNMP V.35 Port RS-232 Port Static Connections Channel/Signal Type Event Log T1 History Maintenance Testing Analog Port LEDs DIP Switches[...]

1-4 1.4 Connecting th e PC Directly to the Access Bank II The RS-232 Mana gement cable ( provided) i s equipped wi th a male 26-p in D-type s ubminiatur e connecto r on the en d that mates with the second ary RS-232 co nnector pins of the Management port, and a fema le 25-pin connector on the DCE end for con nection to the RS- 232 communicat ions i[...]

Connectin g a Modem to the Acces s Bank II fo r Remote A ccess 1-5 1.5 Connecting a Mod em to the Access Bank II for Remo te Access The RS-232 Mana gement cable ( provided) is equipped wi th a male 2 6-pin D-ty pe sub-miniat ure connecto r on the en d that mates with the second ary RS-232 co nnector pins of the Management port, and the f emale 25-p[...]

1-6 T o connect the Acce ss Bank II t o a modem: 1. Connect t he PC to a modem u sing a standa rd modem cable . 2. Connect a modem to the Acc ess Bank II us ing the CAC Remot e Management Cable and a Null modem ad apter . 3. On the Acce ss Bank II c ontrol pa nel, set S ystem Configurati on Local/Re mote DIP swit ch 1 to Remo te mode. Caution: Null[...]

Pull-D own Menu s 1-7 Now that you have su cce ssful ly load ed and launched the Remote Mon itor , you must set it up to work with your Access Bank I I. The set up process should pr oceed in t he followi ng order: 1. Select the corre ct product . 2. Set up Remot e Management. 3. Connect t he Remote Monitor to the Acce ss Bank II. 4. Set u p all scr[...]

1-8 1.7 Setting Up Remote Mon itor Use the pr ocedures in this s ection t o set up and configur e Remote Monito r . 1.7.0.1 Selecting the Current Product The fir st thing y ou must do is set the Re mote Monito r for the p r oduct you intend to manag e. The Remote Monitor sof tware is a mult i-produc t package. 1. From the Fi le menu, sel ect New Pr[...]

Setting Up Remote Monitor 1-9 A dialog b ox appears, as king if you want to sa ve this confi guration. 3. Select the Y es button to save your configu ration. 1.7.1 Settin g Up Remote Management The next t hing you must do is set up remote manage ment for yo ur Access Bank I I on the Remot e Management scr ee n. Y ou c anno t conn ect t he remote ma[...]

1-10 The baud rate must be se t to matc h the baud r ate o f the Access Bank I I. The facto ry def ault is 9600. 3. DO NOT cha nge any settings in t he Access Ban k I I Por t Se tt in gs wi ndow . These set t ing s are used only when you are using a modem conne ction. 1.7.2 Connecting to the Access Bank II Use the Con nection menu to conn ect to th[...]

Setting Up Remote Monitor 1-1 1 Y ou will be prompted f or a passwo rd. 4. Enter t he correc t password and click the Connect button. The defa ult passwor d is cac .The syst em i s case-sensitive,s o you must enter th is in lower case. If the a ttempt to conne ct is s uccess ful, t he row of icons i n the t itle bar bec ome acti ve, and t he messag[...]

1-12 1.7.3 Hel p Use Help t o initia te the i nteracti ve on-li ne help fo r the dis played scr een. Y ou can activ ate Help i n three ways. • Click on Help , then on What’ s This in t he pul l-down menu, as shown in th e foll owing f ig- ure, the n click on the item you want i nformatio n about. • Click on t he questi on mark in t he row of [...]

Genera l Rules and Ti ps for Usin g the Remote Monitor 1-13 1.8 General Ru les and Tips fo r Using the Rem ote Monitor The Remote Moni tor is de signed fo r easy set up, config uration, monitoring , and manag ement of th e Acce ss Bank II. Fo llowin g certai n rule s and tip s will en sure mo re reli able r es ults. T he fol lo wing sectio ns descr[...]

1-14 • Y ou can read and s end most screens i ndividual ly , all togeth er , or send just t he flagge d screens . Sendin g all scr eens take s longer , theref ore it i s more ef ficient to sen d only changed scr eens. One way to do th is is to flag each scr een you chan ge, then use t he Send All Flag ged Scr eens to Uni t icon or Connection menu[...]

Genera l Rules and Ti ps for Usin g the Remote Monitor 1-15 1.8.2 Screen Flagging • The scre en-flagging fea ture is a t ool to help you re member which sc reens you have changed, t hat you hav e not sent them to the Access Bank II, and to al low you to more ef ficient ly send ch anges to t he Access Ban k II. It i s not an a utomatic- flagging f[...]

1-16 1.8.5 Loading Configurations Any confi gurations th at have bee n saved from th e Remote Monitor c an be reloade d. When the Remote Monitor is first l oaded, ther e are no othe r configu rations t hat can be loaded. The default configu ration ( for Access Bank II) mus t be saved, or modifie d and saved before any t hing appears i n the lis t o[...]

System Set up Sc reens 2-1 Chapter 2 System Setup 2.1 System Setup Screen s The Syste m Setup sc reens gui de you thro ugh the namin g of the sy stem component s, proble m report ing, remote management, sy stem clock, and SNM P setup. Th e first thi ng you must s et up is Remote Manage ment so you ca n connect to t he Access Ba nk II, and the Send [...]

2-2 2.1.2 Names Screen The Names sc reen all ows you to assig n names to the system an d the T1, Dat a, and FX voic e ports. Simply ty pe the names you want to a ssign in the respective fields. Whe n you are fini shed with all setup en tries, i t is a goo d idea to s ave the co nfigurat ion. If you want to sa ve the conf igurati on in a new confi g[...]

System Set up Sc reens 2-3 2.1.3 P roblem Repor ting Scr een T o set up th e problem repor ting scr een, left cl ick in t he appropr iate box f or each al arm list ed, select ing the t ype of repo rting you want each al arm to use , logging or dialout . Enter the pager alarm or prin ter alar m telephone number to whi ch you want t he dialo ut alarm[...]

2-4 2.1.4 The System Clock S creen Use the Sy stem Cloc k screen t o synchron ize the Acc ess Bank II clock wit h the manage ment PC clock, or manually set the Access Bank II clock to any time you want. T o synchroniz e the clo cks, simply clic k on the Local Synchr onize bu tton, and send the sc reen to t he Access Ba nk II. T o set the Access Ban[...]

System Set up Sc reens 2-5 2.1.5.1 Configuring Network Parameters Several basic settings are required before using the SNMP/T elnet facilities provided by Access B ank II. The basic settings to be configured b y the user are: IP Address The Internet address identifies the Access Bank II on a TCP/IP based n etwork. This field is required – each Ac[...]

2-6 coldS tart T rap and warmS tart T rap These traps are combined in the Access Bank II: A coldStart(0) trap signifies that the send ing protocol entity is reinitializin g itself such that th e agent’ s configu- ration or the protocol en tity implementation may be altered . This is typically a power reset. A warmStart(1) trap signifies that the [...]

System Set up Sc reens 2-7 2.1.5.3 Configuring System Group Information The values that can be configured are: System Name The system Name is a strin g of 1-123 characters th at is the administrative assigned name for this managed node. Loca tion This is a string of 1-12 3 characters that describes the physical loca tion of this node. Contact This [...]

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T1 Setup 3-1 Chapter 3 T1 Setup 3.1 T1 Setup The T1 Setup s creen all ows you to con figure th e T1 spans for your inst allati on. T1 Setup fields are used to set up the T1 n etwork interfaces to match the characteristics of the attached T1 data streams, such as line code, framing format, and enabling d etection of inband CS U loop codes[...]

3-2 3.1.1 Sys tem C lock S ource The T1 Setup sc ree n also allows you to set th e sys t em cloc k sour ce. The cl ock source i s use d for tim- ing the transmit side of al l the T1s and for th e Tx and Rx cl ock signal s on seri al data po rts. W e rec- ommend sett ing th e primary and s econdary cl ocks to di ff erent sou rces. 3.1.2 T1 Hardware [...]

T1 Definiti ons 3-3 T1 Hardware Set up Fields (see definitions be low) 3.2 T1 Defin itions T1 Hardware Setup fields ar e used to set up the T1 network in terfaces to match the characteristics of the attached T1 data streams, such as line cod e, fr aming format, and enabling detection o f in band CSU loo p co des. The fields are defined below . 3.2.[...]

3-4 3.2.6 Line Build Out (LBO): CSU 0 db/DSX ( 0’-133’), CSU - 7.5 dB, CSU -15 dB, CSU -22 dB, DSX (133’- 266’), DXS (266’-399’ ), DSX (399’ - 533’), DSX (533’-65 5’) Selects the signa l level to be transmitte d from the Access Ba nk II to the T1 line(s). The default is 0 dB/DSX (0’-133’), which is the normal signal level re[...]

V.35 Data P ort Setup 4-1 Chapter 4 Data Port Setup 4.1 V.35 Data Port Setup The Acces s Ba nk I I contro l panel contains a V .35 DCE p ort for connect i ng t o synchro nous DTE data sources such as ro uters and FRADs fr om 56 Kbps to 1 ,536 Mbps in N = 1 to 24 Nx56/Nx6 4 Kbps steps. Th ere are no physical DIP switche s for conf iguring t his high[...]

4-2 4.1.6 Settin g the CTS Control Option CTS Control can be set to force CTS hi gh, force CTS low , follo w R TS, or foll ow CD. Force CTS high is the corre ct sett ing for no rmal operat ion. Set a s required by data equi pment connec ted to the Access Ban k II.[...]

RS-232 Data P ort Setup 5-1 Chapter 5 RS-232 Data Port Setup 5.1 RS-232 Data Port Setu p The Access Ban k II control panel cont ains a RS-232 dat a port for connecting to serial devi ces such as termina ls, SNA devices a nd X.25 P ADs.Ther e are no phy sical DIP swit ches for conf iguring this serial interf ace. The RS-2 32 screen allows you to set[...]

5-2 5.1.2 S ynchron ous Data R ate Option If your RS-232 seri al device uses a syn chronous da ta rate, select e ither th e 56K or the 64K data ra te from the screen, as shown below . Note that only one DS0 of the T1 ca n be cross connec ted to the RS-232 port in the Connectio ns menu.[...]

RS-232 Data P ort Setup 5-3 5.1.3 Asynchro nous Su brate Options If your RS-232 seri al device uses asyn chronous su brates, s elect the ap propriate opti ons as shown belo w . Note that only one DS0 of the T1 ca n be cross connec ted to the RS-232 port in the Connect ions menu. When using a n asynchro nous rate, the Acc ess Bank II must be u sed t[...]

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Stat ic C onnec tions 6-1 Chapter 6 Connections 6.1 Static Connections This scr een allows the user to config ure the voi ce group a nd data co nnectivi ty . The da ta group is used to a ssign cha nnels to the V .35 port. Configur ations: • Drop and I nsert (T1 to T1) c an be voice or dat a • V oice Group (T1 to F X #1 and FX #2 ) • Data Grou[...]

6-2 6.1.1 Conn ecting Individual Ch annels T o connect ind ivi dual channel s: 1. Click on a n origina tion chan nel The sele cted chann el turns yellow 2. Click on t erminati on channel The connec tions sho w in the spa n/channel boxes. 3. For a dat a channel, repeat the proc ess but se lect the V .35 group . T o clear a connection: 1. Hold the S [...]

Channel Ty pe 6-3 6.1.2 Configur ing Contiguo us Channels 1. Click on t he firs t channel in the gr oup and, hold ing the mouse button down, drag t o the end channel in the group. The ch annels wil l turn ye llow . 2. Click on a First s pan channel for a bypa ss connect ion. The Span co nnection boxes show the con nections you made. T o make chan n[...]

6-4 Figure 6- 1: Channel/Si gnal Type Sc reen 1. Click on a ny highli ghted chan nel. Y ou can also cli ck and dra g to selec t a group o f contigu ous channel s. 2. Click on t he channel type (Cl ear or Not Cl ear) th at you want t o assign to this c hannel or chan nel s. Clear is used for d ata connections at eithe r Nx56K or Nx64K spee ds. Not C[...]

The Event Log Screen 7-1 Chapter 7 Performance 7.1 The Event Log Screen This scr een allows the user to reques t the Alar m/Event his tory log f rom the Acce ss Bank II . These logs ar e typi call y asso ciate d with the al arm co nditi ons on t he acces s port s, conf igura tion changes and events a ssociat ed with the Access Bank i tself. Alarms [...]

7-2 Events: Message Explanati on Power Up This is a n information al message t hat logs the time and date that th e stytem was powered up. Remote Monitor Login/ logout Thi s is an info rmational message th at logs the time and date that us ers l ogged i nto and of f the Remot e Monit or sof tware. Loca l/Rem ote s witc h chang e This is an i nforma[...]

The Event Log Screen 7-3 The foll owing fiel ds are di splayed whe n the alarms a re retri eved. High BPV rate for 1 5 minute s; BPV ra te no mi- nal for 15 minutes This is a n alarm mess age repor ting info rmation ab out time periods in whic h the syst em logs high or nominal rates of bipolar violations (BPVs). Approximat ely 1,544 BPVs per 15 mi[...]

7-4 The Scree n also dis plays to t he user t he total number of Eve nts that have been de tected a nd the tot al number of e vents tha t the Remote Moni tor appli cation has r etrieved. 7.1.1 Retrieving Events from the Event Log The Event l og scre en a llows the us er to r etri eve the events in 6 eve nt in cremen ts or r etrieve the ent ire even[...]

The Event Log Screen 7-5 Performance info rmation is monitor ed for Network Loo pback Seconds, Loss of Carrier , Alarm Indication S ig- nal, Loss of Fram e Count, Y ell ow Alarm Secon ds, Unavailable Seconds, Severely Err ored Seconds, Erro red Second s, and B ipolar V iolatio ns. 7.1.4 Defin itions Network Loopbac k Seconds - When a Network Loo pb[...]

7-6 Sever ely Err ored Seconds - Err or ed Seconds (LES) - A Li ne Er ror ed Sec ond, according to T1M1.3 , i s a second in wh ic h o ne or more Line Co de V i olation erro r events we re detect ed. Bipolar V iolation (BPV) Error Event - A BPV error even t for an AMI- coded sig nal is th e occur- rence o f a pulse of the same polarity a s the previ[...]

Testing 8-1 Chapter 8 Maintenance 8.1 Testing The Remote Moni tor p rovides a testing screen to maintain and test the status of the A ccess B ank II. This provides several loopback configurations that you can initi ate to isolate problems in th e network. Figure 8-1 : The Testing Scr een 8.1.1 Loopback Configuration The Loopback Co nfiguration pane[...]

8-2 8.1.1.1 Loopback To incorporate the internal BERT functionality into the loop, select the BERT Enabled checkbox. The general Network loopbacks are illustrated in the diagram below. The general Equipment loopbacks are illustrated below. Because of the Access Bank II architecture, not all loopbacks are available. If an unavailable loop- back is s[...]

Testing 8-3 8.1.2 Internal BERT Configuration The I ntern al Ber t Confi gurat ion al lows y ou to c o nfigu re the BER T chi p (if e nable d) to g e nerat e spe- cific patterns and error r ates. Normal ly , the error rate is left at None , but the BER T patt e rn can be transmi tted with a known erro r rate to co nfirm othe r test eq uipment acc u[...]

8-4 8.2 Analog Ports The 24 avai lable an alog port s are ass ociated wi th the voi ce channel s and plug-i n analog ca rds of the Access Ban k II. The ana log port status i s activat ed upon ent ering the sc reen and di splay s the sig nal- ing bit s associa ted with th e card type a nd its signaling t ype configurat ion. The Analo g Port S tatus [...]

Analo g Ports 8-5 • Loop-rev erse-battery sig naling • Network-p rovided reverse -battery si gnaling • E&M signali ng • Custo mer -insta llation-provi ded loop -start supervis ion. 8.2.1 Update Interval The Update Interval window graph ically r epresents t he user -selected interval fo r updating the i nfor- mation on this scr een. Set [...]

8-6 Ringin g 0 0 Ground-s tart signaling (F XO- FXS) L C F L O ( o n h o o k ) 0101 L C F O L C ( o f f h o o k ) 1111 Ringing RG (service request) 000 0 Ground-s tart signalin g with RLCF (FXO-FXS) L C F L O ( o n h o o k ) 0101 RLCF LC (off hook) 0 1/0 1 1 LCFO RG (service request) 1100 Ringin g 0 0 Loop-rever se- batter y signaling (DID) (DPO-DP[...]

Analo g Ports 8-7 The inte rpretat ion of the signali ng bits for ES F framing are as f ollows: The following ab breviations are used in this table: LCF - Loop current feed RLCF - Reverse loop current feed LCFO - Lo op current feed open LO - Loop Open LC - Loo p closure RG - Ring ground ESF Framing F ormat See the legend at the end of this ta ble f[...]

8-8 8.3 LEDs The Access Bank II al lows the us er , from a remote site, to monitor th e signali ng state of the Si gnal Leads for the var ious dat a por ts that are provided. If the signal on th e Lead is active high , it is s hown in the c olor b lue; otherwi se it is not lit. This is us eful for diagnosis of the da ta ports. In additi on, the var[...]

LEDs 8-9 8.3.1 System LEDs The S y stem LEDs p ortio n of the L E Ds sc reen di splay s the c urren t stat e of T1 s pans 1 and 2, as we ll as the c urrent st atus of the V .35 Data Port. LEDs Function T1 #1 Current status of T1 #1 span T1 #2 Current status of T1 #2 span T1 T est #1 Status of T1 #1 span in test mod e and additional status informati[...]

8-10 8.3. 1.1 Definition of Line Status LEDs for T1 Span 1 and T1 Span 2 (first two LEDs) 8.3. 1.2 Definition of Test LEDs for T1 Span 1 and 2 (third and fourth LEDs) 8.3. 1.3 Definition of V.35 Status LED (last LED) 8.4 DIP Switches This scr een sho ws the set tings of the DIP switches on the connected Access Bank II and t he cards that pop ulate [...]

DIP Switches 8-1 1 Read icon , or pull do wn the Connecti on menu and cl ick on Read Cur rent Screen from Unit.[...]

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