SESSION 3

Supervising a Q3 Network Element

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 3 Supervising a Q3 Network Element
Session presentation
 Objective: to be able to supervise a Q3
Network Element

 Program:
 3.1 Displaying NE management and alarm state 3
 3.2 Modifying the management states of an NE 15
 3.3 NE simulator 25
 3.4 Schedule a MIB backup 33
 3.5 Backing up / Restoring the MIB 41

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3.1 Displaying NE management and alarm state

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 3.1 Displaying NE management and alarm state
Management states
 Supervision state
 Operational state
 MIB alignment state
 local access control
 NML assignment state
 Simulator state (for Q3 NE only)

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 3.1 Displaying NE management and alarm state
Supervision state

SUP
Starting
DECLARED supervision …

DEACTIVATING ACTIVATING

SUP
Stopping
supervision … SUPERVISED

Stable states Transient states

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Operational state

1353 NM A 1353 NM has lost

communication with
the equipment …

DISABLED

ENABLED
1353 NM
The equipment can
be reached from the
1353 NM …

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Alignment states

1353 NM  MIB

MISALINGED

ALIGNED

1353 NM MIB
=

Stable states Transient states

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Local access state

Craft The NE allows access

terminal from the craft terminal …
key

GRANTED
Supervision Supervision
Access State Access State
Local OS

DENIED
Craft The NE refuses
terminal modifications from
key the craft terminal …

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 3.1 Displaying NE management and alarm state
NML assignment state

 Q3 NEs can be assign to the following managers:

 RM
 SY manager
 NPOS
 EML manager

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 3.1 Displaying NE management and alarm state
Simulator state

Supervision
SIM
Simulator
DISABLED Start
(in the equipment view)

DEACTIVATING ACTIVATING

Supervision
Simulator ENABLED
Stop
SIM
(in the equipment view)

Concerns Q3 NEs
Stable states Transient states only!

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 3.1 Displaying NE management and alarm state
Alarm states
 The alarm state indicates the most critical alarm present on the NE

 Critical
 Major
 Minor
 Warning
 Indeterminate
 Clear

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 3.1 Displaying NE management and alarm state
Displaying NE states
 Display NE management states
 1) In the network topology view, select sites, NEs or a single NE
 2) Select the menu Operations  Show Statuses

 Display NML assignment for an NE

 1) In the network topology view, select a NE
 2) Select the menu Tools  View Equipment
 3) Move the mouse over MGR icon
 4) Read assignment on the bottom left of the window

 Display simulator state for an NE

 1) In equipment view, move the mousse over SIM icon
 3) Read simulator state on the bottom left of the window

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Refreshing NE states
 An automatic refresh is performed at regular intervals
 To check that the NE states displayed are up to date, perform a manual
refresh

 1) In the network topology view, select a site, one or more NEs

 2) Select the menu Operations  Resynchronize

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Exercise

 Display states for an NE

 Display states for a group of NEs
 Refresh the states for an NE

Time allowed :
8 minutes

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3.2 Modifying the management states of an NE

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 3.2 Modifying the management states of an NE
Starting supervision
 1) In the network topology view, select one or more sites and NEs
 2) Select the menu Operations  Supervision  Align up
or  Align down
For a Q3 NE, start supervision and upload NE MIB-->OS
(whether Align up or Align down is selected)
 3) Wait for the result message to be displayed

 4) Click Close

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How to ping an NE (1)
 1) If the supervision doesn't start, the good reflex is to ping the NE :

From the Network Topology View,

Operation  Ping NE

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How to ping an NE (2)
 Ping selected element

Display filter

1) Select the
NE(s) 3) Results

2) Ping
selected NE(s)

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Stopping supervision
 Stopping supervision
 stops management of the selected NE
 deactivates alarm collection and configurations
 SH retrieves collected PM data from NE before closing management
session

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Stopping supervision
 1) In the network topology view, select one or more sites and NEs
 2) Select the menu Operations  Supervision  Stop

 3) Wait for the result message to be displayed

 4) Click OK

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Aborting supervision
 Aborting supervision
 stops management of the selected NE
 deactivates alarm collection and configurations
 SH immediately close the management session without collecting PM
data from NE
 faster than "stop supervision"

 1) In the network topology view, select one or more sites and NEs
 2) Select the menu Operations  Supervision  Abort Supervision
 3) Clic OK

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Enabling/disabling NE operation access (1)
 Access granted
 Configuration of the NE managed from a craft terminal only
 The OS continues to receive and process alarms and performance data
 The OS can switch back to the OS access state (access denied)
 Access denied
 NE managed by the OS only

 IN THE NETWORK TOPOLOGY VIEW

 1) Select one or more sites and NEs
 2) Select the menu Operations  Access State  OS
or  Local
 3) Click OK
 4) Wait for the result message to be displayed

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Enabling/disabling NE operation access (2)
 IN THE EQUIPMENT VIEW FROM 1353NM
 1) Select the menu Supervision  Access State  OS
or  Local
 2) Confirm by clicking YES
 3) Wait for the result message to be displayed

 IN THE EQUIPMENT VIEW FROM 1320CT

 1) Select the menu Supervision  Access State  OS
or  Requested
 2) Confirm by clicking YES
 3) Wait for the result message to be displayed

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Exercise

 Start supervision of an NE by alignment

up

 Allow local access to this NE

 Stop supervision on this NE

Time allowed :
10 minutes

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3.3 NE simulator

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Backup / Restore NE MIB (1)

1353NM
Simulator
simulator
MIB
Simulator
Align up
Simulator
Align down
NE
Q3 Not
active active
MIB Activate MIB

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Backup / Restore NE MIB (2)
 Loading the simulator with a configuration
 IN THE EQUIPMENT VIEW
 Align the configuration of the real NE with the simulator
 menu : Supervision  Simulator  Align up

 Restoring a configuration to a NE
 IN THE EQUIPMENT VIEW
 Align the configuration of the simulator with the NE
 menu : Supervision  Simulator  Align down
 Activate the configuration in the NE
 menu : Supervision  Simulator  Activate

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Principles (1)

BD
RM
TSD-IM USM
USM

PNM
PNM USM
USM
AS AS-IM
PNM-IM DB
TSD-IM

Q3 EML-IM
ED
NEs IDs
TSD-IM NE
NE
simulator R T
simulator
A
DB
ST

TSD-IM

NE
NE DB

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Principles (2)
 Work on an NE or on the NE simulator, but never on both.

 The NE simulator is used for:

 off-line browsing
 In case of DCN failure the NE simulator is the only way for the
1353NM operator to look up the NE's configuration (the
configuration stored at the time of the last backup).
 off-line configuration

 The simulator can be started only if the NE is in the "OS isolation" state.

 In default configuration, the Simulator can be started only once at a time on

a given 1353NM.

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 3.3 NE simulator
off-line configuration
 1) Load NE configuration in the simulator (Note 1)
 2) Stop supervision of NE (Note 2)

 FOR A NOT SUPERVISED EQUIPMENT VIEW

 3) Start the simulator, menu : Supervision  Simulator  Start
 4) Modify the configuration
 5) Stop the simulator, menu : Supervision  Simulator  Stop
 6) Start supervision (changes done in the simulator don't appear)
 7) Align the simulator's MIB down to the NE,
 menu : Supervision  Simulator  Align down
 8) Activate the new configuration
 menu : Supervision  Simulator  Activate
 wait for communication to be re-established following "OS Isolation"

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 3.3 NE simulator
off-line browsing
 FOR A SUPERVISED EQUIPMENT VIEW in OS ISOLATION state
 1) Start the simulator, menu : Supervision  Simulator  Start
 2) Display the configuration
 last known configuration
 last NE alarm state
 3) Stop the simulator, menu : Supervision  Simulator  Stop

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Display simulator usage status
 To know if the simulator is already in service:
 1) from the TMN-OSs Management
window, select the 1353NM icon and then
Actions  1353NMAdmin
 2) select the menu
NE Administration  OBS Monitoring
 3) the opened window indicates if the
simulator is in service and on which NE

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Exercise

 Display the on board simulator state

window
 Align up the supervised NE in the
simulator
 Activate the off-line configuration
 Add a board
 Restart NE supervision and activate the
modifications made in the simulator
 Restore the NE's original configuration

Time allowed :
20 minutes

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3.4 Schedule a MIB Backup

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Schedule a MIB backup (1)
 Warning : THIS FUNCTION IS AVAILABLE ONLY FOR Q3 EQUIPMENTS
WHICH HAVE SIMULATOR INTO THE 1353NM SYSTEM

 1) From Network Topology View,

Operations  Run FT Scheduler
 2) Menu Job  New

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Schedule a MIB backup (2)

 3) Enter a "Job
name" and
"information" 3
 4) Click on the right
arrow and 5
answer "yes" to the
question 4

"A job may be for

SWDL or backup.
Do you want a
backup Job ?"
 5) Set activation
date and time

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Schedule a MIB backup (3)

 6) Select the backup session 10

then click on the right arrow to
create a NE
 7) Select the NE and enter NE
details for MIB backup
 8) If required, select the
7
parameter "misalignment flag" 6

 9) Save your job with the

"save" button
 10) Submit your job with the
"submit" button
 11) Close the window with the
menu Job  Exit
8
9
9

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Monitor MIB backup schedule

 To see running "job", select menu

Job  Show backup running
job…

 To see the result of backup, select

menu Job  View backup report

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Stop a running job

 1) menu Job  Show running job...

 2) select the job to stopped
 3) click on "abort"

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How to do it ?

 Schedule a MIB backup for two NEs

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Exercise

 Schedule a MIB backup for one NE

 Display the status while job is

running

 Display the report

Time allowed :
20 minutes

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3.5 Backing up / Restoring the MIB

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principle
 Warning : THIS FUNCTION IS AVAILABLE ONLY FOR Q3 EQUIPMENTS
WHICH HAVE NO SIMULATOR INTO THE 1353NM SYSTEM

1353NM
file
modification

backup restore

NE Not
Q3 active active
MIB activate MIB

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Backing up the configuration
 In Equipment view, select the menu
download  MIB management
 Enter a name for the backup
 Click Backup
 wait for the message
backup successfully completed!
to be displayed

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Restoring the configuration
 In Equipment view, select the menu
download  MIB management
 Select the backup to be restored
 Click Restore
 wait for the message
Restore completed
to be displayed
 Click Activate and confirm

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How to do it ?

 How to perform a backup and a restore

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Exercise

 Perform a backup
 Modify an element of the configuration
(for example, add a board)

 Perform a restore
 Check that the change made previously
Time allowed :
has been overwritten by rewriting
15 minutes

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SELF-ASSESSMENT

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Evaluation
 Objective: to be able to supervise a Q3
network element

Thank you for answering

the self-assessment
of the objectives sheet

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