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NTNM13XKAB INM Pr oduct s Integrated Netw ork Mana gement Network Wide Back up & Restore Planning Guide Standa rd Rel 1 .0 Ju ly 1999 Update is sue: 2 July 199 9 What’ s inside ... Network Wide Bac kup & Restore Description Network Wide Bac kup & Restore Compatibilities Network Wide Bac kup & Restore Engineering Considerations Net[...]

Copy ri ght  1999 Nortel Networks, All Right s Rese rved. The information contained herein is the proper ty of Nortel Netw orks and is strictly confide ntial. Except as expressly authoriz ed in writing by Nortel Networks, the holder shall keep all i nformation contained herein confidenti al, shall disclose it only to its employees with a need to[...]

Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 iii Pub lication history 0 J ul y 199 9 Of icial release, for GA loa d, of Network W ide Backup & Restore Planning Guide, Rel 1.0, update 0.2. J une 1999 Of icial release of Network W ide Bac kup & Restore Planning Guide, Rel 1.0, update 0.1. Ma y 1999 Draft rel[...]

iv Pu blicatio n histor y Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99[...]

Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 v Contents 0 About this document vii Network Wide Backup & Restore Description 1-1 Graphical Us er Interface (GUI) 1-2 Controll er List 1-2 Controll er List Filteri ng/Sor ting 1-3 Refreshing View 1-4 User Preferences T ab 1-5 Pr int & Ex por t T ab 1-6 History [...]

vi Cont ents Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99 TCP/IP Network Requirements 5-1 Ether n et 5-1 TCP/IP 5-2 LAN requ irements 5-2 X.25 5-2 W AN req uirements 5-3 Summa r y 5-4 List of t erms 6-1[...]

Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 vii About this document 0 This document describes the Network W ide Backup & Restore supported by INM. Network W ide Backup & Restore is a software application that allo ws customer to manage network wide controller backups, which can be used to aid in network r[...]

viii About this doc ument Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99 Customer accounts mana ged in Nor th America INM Customer Care provides techn ical support for INM customer accounts managed in North America. The suppor t provided consists of emergency and regular technical support and an INM Product Services suite of additiona[...]

About this docume nt ix Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 Y ou can be charged a standard rate for service r equests that Nortel Networks considers to be outside the scope or period cov ered by t he product warranty . Y ou can purchase ext ended warranty coverage and additional support service s. These o[...]

x About this docu ment Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99 EMC conformance This product/product family complies wit h the provision s of the Lo w V oltage Directi ve 73/2 3/EEC, and with the essential protection requirements of the EMC Directiv e 89/336/EEC as amended by 92/31/ EEC, when it is properly installed and maintai[...]

Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 1-1 1 7 10 Netw ork Wide Bac kup & Restore Description 1- Network W ide Backup & Restore centralizes controller ba ckup administration and storage by allo wing all backup related activiti es to be managed at the INM platform. The Network W ide Backup & Resto[...]

1-2 Networ k Wide Back up & Rest o re Desc ript ion Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99 • Ability to print summaries of controllers being managed in both a readable, and comma separated value format. Graphical User Interface (GUI) The Network W ide Backup & Restore application is launched as a se parate process fr[...]

Networ k Wide Backup & Restor e Descript ion 1-3 Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 1 7 10 Figure 1-1 Contr oller List windo w Contro ller List Filteri ng/Sorting This feature a llo ws users to cus tomize t he controller list ac cording to the options that are chosen.[...]

1-4 Networ k Wide Back up & Rest o re Desc ript ion Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99 The list is f iltered b y selecting the checkbox es that appear at the top of the controller list. The def ault is “ All ”, b y de-se lecting all and selecti ng the desire d controllers, a list of controllers that fall int o thos[...]

Networ k Wide Backup & Restor e Descript ion 1-5 Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 1 7 10 User P ref erences T ab Figure 1-2 User Preference s tab Under the User Prefer ences tab will be the following p reference setting options: Table 1-2 Preferen ce setting options Label Input Widget values Defaul[...]

1-6 Networ k Wide Back up & Rest o re Desc ript ion Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99 Print & Export T ab Figure 1-3 Print & Export tab Under the Print & Export T ab should be the follo w ing radio b utton options: • CSV Controller Data with Header • CSV Controller Data without Header • Readable Cont[...]

Networ k Wide Backup & Restor e Descript ion 1-7 Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 1 7 10 The user would f irst select from the abov e radio but tons. The user next w ould select between “Printer” and “File” ra dio b uttons (one must alw ays be se lected). If selecting “P rinter”, th e U[...]

1-8 Networ k Wide Back up & Rest o re Desc ript ion Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99 located in the “Storage Location” defined in the “Recurring Backup” tab . T o choose a custom storage Location, select the Custom Storage Location radio but ton and type in the directory where the backups r eside. Alternati v[...]

Networ k Wide Backup & Restor e Descript ion 1-9 Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 1 7 10 Figure 1-5 Co nt rol le rs ta b The Controller T ab screen contains crucial information per taining to the Controller in question, such as the IP , MO A IP , etc. Using this component of the Backup & Restor[...]

1-10 Net work Wi de Back up & Resto re Descripti on Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99 Add new control ler Thi s is sele cted if a new con troller i s added to the network . This disabl es the de lete featur e of Save & Restore. N/A Delete selected control ler B y choos ing De lete sele cted co ntroll er, the infor[...]

Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore De scription 1- 11 Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 1 7 10 Restore T ab Figure 1-6 Restore tab Restore Act ion After selecting a backup to restore in the “Stored Backup W indow”, selecting “Restore” will start an ftp do wnload of the f ile to the controller . [...]

1-12 Net work Wi de Back up & Resto re Descripti on Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99 Details Windo w description For description, see section “Details W indow” of the History T ab . Recurring Bac kup T a b The recurring backup tab contains the information pertaining to the c ontroller's time and storage loca[...]

Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore De scription 1- 13 Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 1 7 10 Save Savi ng the dates, time, storage location, etc. of a re curring backup for a particular controller is done by entering the information into the appropriate form boxes and pressing t he "Sa v e" [...]

1-14 Net work Wi de Back up & Resto re Descripti on Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99 “Sa v e a s Def aults” a ction b u tton sa v es the curre nt information in the data f ields as the UI defaults for recurring backups. This is stored, and can be read in by the “Set T o Defaults” action b utton. It is importa[...]

Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore De scription 1- 15 Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 1 7 10 Save Action See description in “Recurring Backup” section. Clear/Set T o Defaults/Save As Defaults See description in “Recurring Backup” section. DD Two di git calendar day. XX -- whe re XX de notes an[...]

1-16 Net work Wi de Back up & Resto re Descripti on Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99[...]

Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 2-1 2 7 10 Netw ork Wide Bac kup & Restore Compatibilities 2- Network W ide Backup & Restore Release 1.0 software is compatible with INM Release 5.0 and currently supports the S/DMS T ransportNode product releases listed in T able 2-1. GUI co mpati b il itie s T[...]

2-2 Network W ide Backu p & Restor e Compati bilities Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99[...]

Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 3-1 3 7 10 Netw ork Wide Bac kup & Restore Engineering Considerations 3- Netw ork Wide Bac kup & Restore Engineering Rules The Network W i de Backup & Restore engineering considerations for Relea se 1.0 are as follo ws: • Since Network W ide Backup & R[...]

3-2 Network W ide Backu p & Restor e Engine ering Co nsideratio ns Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99 Estimated Time to Bac kup an OPC The estimated time for OPC b ackup to complete is dependent on the follo wing: • a v ailable bandwidth • number of controllers • concurrent jobs setting under the user preferenc e[...]

Network Wide Ba ckup & Re store E ngineering Consider ations 3-3 Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 3 7 10 Table 3-3 Network Wide Backup & Restore capacities Description INM Broadband Release 5 .0 HP Workstation Model C360 Number of instanc es of the B ackup an d Rest ore GUI with Admin privil ed[...]

3-4 Network W ide Backu p & Restor e Engine ering Co nsideratio ns Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99[...]

Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 4-1 4 7 10 Netw ork Wide Bac kup & Restore Requirements 4- This section references the va rious require ments, both hardware and softw a re, necessary to support the Network W ide Backup & Restore Release 1.0 software. Har d ware Requirements Since Network W ide[...]

4-2 Network W ide Backu p & Restor e Requir ements Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99 • Install the INM 5.0 Core software prior to the Backup & Restore softw are. Refer to chapter 1, “Ge tting Started”, and chapter 2, “Installing the INM software”, in INM 5.0 User Guide • Install the Netw ork W ide Back[...]

Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 5-1 5 7 10 TCP/IP Netw ork Requirements 5- This section pro vides a general description of ethernet networks, TCP/IP and X.25 protocols and the requirements needed to support the operation of the Network W ide Backup and Restore application with INM Broadband. Ethe rnet[...]

5-2 TCP/IP Ne twork Req uirement s Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99 TCP/IP The TCP/IP acronym stands for T ransport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. These protocols are implemented in the protocol stack as shown in Figure 5-1 on page 1. This protocol is commonly used in conjunction with ethernet networks. The TCP/IP a[...]

TCP/IP Ne twork Requ irements 5-3 Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 5 7 10 network for data communications to remote sites. F or more information please see Mark A. Miller , Internetworking: A Guide to Network Communications , MT&T Books, 1991. Figure 5-2 INM Broadband X.25 W AN Configuration PG-00 [...]

5-4 TCP/IP Ne twork Req uirement s Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99 Figure 5-3 INM Broadband Leased Line W AN Configuration PG-0005.1 Summary T wo approaches can be used to connect the INM Broadband to the OPC modules: • If the INM Broadband and the OPC modules are co- located, then a LAN only solution may be used • [...]

Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 6-1 6 7 10 List of terms 6- ABM Access Bandwidth Manager ADM add-drop multipl ex e r alar m a signal which alerts staf f to an equipment f ault or problem AN S/DMS AccessNode ASCII American Standard Code for Infor mation Interchange balloon a balloon-shaped object that [...]

6-2 List of term s Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99 CNet control network CPC common product code CPG circuit pack group CSM centralized software management D ARP A Def ense Adv anced Resear ch Projects Agency DDS digital data storage (tape) DMS Digital Multipl ex Sys tem DMS MAP Digital Multipl ex Sys tem Mai ntenanc e A[...]

List of terms 6-3 Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 6 7 10 GUI graphical user interface highlighting the graphical application of color to a node to indicate a certain alarm se verity HP He wlett-Packard HP VUE He wlett-Packard V isual User En vironment indicator an audible or visible alert to an alarm [...]

6-4 List of term s Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99 MO A managed object agent, for example, an operations controller netw ork element (NE) a collection of equipment at one location that functions and is administered as a single entity node graphic object representing groups or single network elements NTP Nortel Networks [...]

List of terms 6-5 Network Wide Ba ckup & Restore P lanning Guide Rel 1.0 Stand ard Jul y 1999 6 7 10 PM performance monitoring SAM System Administration Manager S/DMS Synchronous/Digital Multiplexing System SOC span of control SONET a sta ndard for optical tr ansport formulat ed by the Exchange Carri ers Standar ds Association (ESCA) for the Am[...]

6-6 List of term s Integrate d Network Manage ment Rel 1.0 Standar d July 19 99 USM User Session Manager VTBM virtual tributary bandwidth management window a rectangular area of a display screen used to contain a particular a pplication WA N wide ar ea network X.25 CCITT protocol used for wide-area pa cket switching. OSI Data communication standard[...]

INM Product s Integrated Netw ork Managemen t Networ k Wid e Backup & Restor e Plann ing G uide Copyright  1999 Nortel Networks, All Rights Reser ved. The inf ormation contained herein is the proper ty of Nortel Networks and is strictly confidential. Except as expressly authorized in writing by Nortel Networks, the holder shall keep all inf [...]